On vacation, I totally unplug. I don't bring a laptop with me.
From Will Wright
I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.
And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.
The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does.
For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.
There are a lot of issues that I hope we deal with at some point that we haven't up to now, for various reasons. Some technical, and some more political.
A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior.
I typically go overboard when I research new projects.
We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at this point, but we are definitely still interested in that area.
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