ANTIC Interview 55 - John-Michael Battaglia
John-Michael Battaglia
\n\xa0
\nJohn-Michael Battaglia worked as a copywriter at Atari for about a year from 1981 through 1982, writing manuals and box copy for Atari 2600 and 5200 video games. He wrote the manuals for Atari 5200 Football, Space Dungeon, WaterWorld, Phoenix, and Adventure. He later worked at Catalyst, Nolan Bushnell\u2019s incubator for technology startups.
\n\xa0
\nThis interview took place March 2, 2015.
\n\xa0
\nLINKS
\n\n\xa0
\nDigital Press interview with John-Michael
\n\xa0
\nTeaser quotes:
\n\xa0
\n\u201cDebacle, yes. Debacle is quite the right word. That was probably my proudest moment.\u201d
\n\xa0
\n\u201cI think of my first day I probably sent e-mails to my friends saying: you\u2019ll never believe where I am now. I\u2019m playing video games and getting paid for it.\u201d
\n\xa0
\n\u201cIt was another one of those instances where a writer could actually have input into the game design, provided the game designer was open to that kind of feedback.\u201d