Don Mattrick, 30 Years Ago, As A Game Developer Youth With A Sports Car

Don Mattrick Doesn’t Care About Nuclear Calamity

After Mattrick dismisses the idea that they’re building programs to wipe kids’ brains, he seems apathetic to panelist Pierre Berton’s inquiry about the (then) very real threat of nuclear annihilation. Of course, at this point, Reagan is amassing a military stockpile south of the border, the Soviet Union is looking weaker than ever and these kids just made enough dough to buy sports cars and pay off part of their university. The Cold War was receding, not approaching a climax and the Soviet Union would fall eight years later.

Of course, who needs fat stacks when…