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Xbox Creator Seamus Blackley Was Almost Fired For Saying That Gaming Is Like Touching Yourself
The creator of the original Xbox, Seamus Blackley, made a colorful analogy before the console came out in 2001. He compared playing games to touching yourself. This went over about as well as you’d expect with his bosses at Microsoft. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were apparently on the brink of giving Blackley the boot.