In a statement of such poo it deserves a place in Private Eye's 'Pseuds Corner', Atari's Nolan Bushnell this week appeared to compare classic videogames with the works of Shakespeare.

Obviously getting far too carried away for his own good in an interview with trade mag MCV, he blundered: "Some gameplay, much like a wonderful script, can be done over and over again. Regardless of time, Romeo and Juliet is still a wonderful story, for example."

Hmm... What would Shaky have made of this, I wonder? Indeed, what would he have made of Final Fantasy VIII?


Act One Scene One

Macbeth: "How now, hey nonny nonny, fair lady. Is that a scorpion-type creature I see before me?"

Lady Macbeth: "Forsooth and verily, my lord, hey nonny nonny noo."

Creature: "Hiss, hey nonny."

Macbeth: "Argh! Tis poisoned, hey nobbly poo. I die."

(He dies)

Lady Macbeth: Oh wretched fortune, et cetera. My heart is broken, hey dollopy big ones with cheese. I die."

(She dies)

Creature: Hey diddly fiddly bits with twirls. Poo will out, that is my conclusion."

Game Kid: "I'll get my coat."