Some excerpts:
> Talking specifically about Brianna Wu, Loni Reeder said, “based on her political aspirations, personal assumptions, and libelous accusations against a man [Nolan Bushnell] where no complaints have been raised or filed — she made a big, unfounded noise against Nolan — and the Pioneer Award honor was withdrawn.”
> ...
> To Summarize…
> •Activists expressed prior desire to bring the #MeToo movement to the video game industry.
> •No one who has worked with Nolan Bushnell has complained of any impropriety.
> •Several past employees, including women, have come forward to speak in Bushnell’s defense.
> •Al Alcorn directly refutes Brianna Wu’s interpretation of his story.
> •All former Atari employees are telling stories that are consistent with one another.
> There were drugs, there were hot tubs, there were relationships, and none of that would fly today. But none of it indicates a culture that was hostile to women.
> Indeed, Loni Reeder and other former Atari employees recently worked on a spreadsheet in order to contradict the sexism claims being lobbed at Nolan Bushnell. According to their research, in those pre-Warner days of Atari, 36% of the workforce were women.
It's sounds like the accusations are basically a twitter political hit-job with little grounding in fact. Social media was a mistake.
> Talking specifically about Brianna Wu, Loni Reeder said, “based on her political aspirations, personal assumptions, and libelous accusations against a man [Nolan Bushnell] where no complaints have been raised or filed — she made a big, unfounded noise against Nolan — and the Pioneer Award honor was withdrawn.”
> ...
> To Summarize…
> •Activists expressed prior desire to bring the #MeToo movement to the video game industry.
> •No one who has worked with Nolan Bushnell has complained of any impropriety.
> •Several past employees, including women, have come forward to speak in Bushnell’s defense.
> •Al Alcorn directly refutes Brianna Wu’s interpretation of his story.
> •All former Atari employees are telling stories that are consistent with one another.
> There were drugs, there were hot tubs, there were relationships, and none of that would fly today. But none of it indicates a culture that was hostile to women.
> Indeed, Loni Reeder and other former Atari employees recently worked on a spreadsheet in order to contradict the sexism claims being lobbed at Nolan Bushnell. According to their research, in those pre-Warner days of Atari, 36% of the workforce were women.
It's sounds like the accusations are basically a twitter political hit-job with little grounding in fact. Social media was a mistake.