I guess I didn't have a lot of friends, so that's what made videogames so important. They played back. I could do them myself. Solitaire can't surprise you; there's no AI. But videogames play back with you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love video games. When I was growing up, video games were very important to me.
Everyone has played video games at some point these days, and video games are fun.
Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social.
I have been playing games since I was about 6, and they've always been a big hobby of mine.
I loved playing computer games. I used to be one of the top World of War-crafters in the world for a couple of years.
The great thing about games is that it's tremendously collaborative, and it opens you up to this other world of thinking and storytelling and how you construct those stories.
The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game.
I've played so many moms, best friends, sisters and understanding people.
These days when you say 'videogame', people think of immersive games that take over your life and require three thumbs to control. My goal is to create games that almost retreat into the background. I'm interested in bringing them back to their role as a social facilitator, the way party games help people to interact.
I don't play video games because I know that if I ever started, I'd never be able to maintain a career again.