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Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.
But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.
Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?
Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the game.
... no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy.
There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.
Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.
In short: developers do not give players enough credit. And maybe even players don't give players enough credit.
You need to develop mental habits that allow you to activate the same brain patterns we activate during gameplay.
It seems that when anything aimed at kids catches on, it causes the collective antennae of the older set to go up.
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
Save myself from death is that it?! Is that why I've come here?! I'm not afraid to die! At times I've welcomed death!
Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day.
When do you do things for the love of it? Always. If you're not feeling that, go do something else. Life is too short.
I'm not very charismatic or telegenic. I feel bad for the kids waiting three hours in line for their book to be signed.
So if you want to find somebody to blame for the way i am, I guess you'd have to start with the public education system.
I don't know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it's hard for me to get interested in other people's vacations.
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.
The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my own breath any more.
Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around.
My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.
A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.
I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake.
Twitter is like Ozymandias' wall of tv's in Watchmen. You don't read every tweet, but from the whole you can absorb the zeitgeist.
My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.
Research shows that when we're under stress or facing a major obstacle, we tend to focus on our weaknesses and what we're afraid of.
I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.
Well, the problem is, it's not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I'm pretty much one of the best people I know.
The key to any good comic strip or television sitcom is to reset the board at the end of the episode because people like familiarity.
When parents or gamers ask me, 'What's the best game to play?' I say that playing face-to-face is more beneficial than playing online.
Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.
Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.
When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.
He got the crib, so for the first few months of my life I had to sleep in the top dresser drawer, which I'm pretty sure isn't even legal.
I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use.
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.
When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.
I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson
Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.
The single-player game is a strange mutant monster which has only existed for 21 years and is about to go away because it is unnatural and abnormal.
A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke
I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain kids is to make them laugh.
Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara