People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we’ve already won. Games have won; it’s inevitable. Warren Spector Read Quote
I often get painted as the guy who’s trying to tell other people what to make and what to like, and that’s really not my goal, but I believe so passionately that games can be more than a lot of people think they can. Warren Spector Read Quote
The only morality I’m interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player’s ears, because that’s the interesting thing to me. Warren Spector Read Quote
We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do? Warren Spector Read Quote
For most developers, that kind of situation – a player figuring out how to do something that the designer didn’t intend – to most developers, that’s a bug. For me, that’s a celebration. Warren Spector Read Quote
Gamers both demand and deserve novelty. They need something new. As a game developer, one of my rules is there will be at least one thing in every game that I worked on that no one on the planet has seen before. Warren Spector Read Quote
Unfortunately, the rights to ‘System Shock’ trademark and copyright are both up in the air. Warren Spector Read Quote
I do not believe in the concept of good and evil in my personal life, in the real world. I just don’t believe it. I never try to judge. Warren Spector Read Quote
The reality, for me at least, is that the finest recreation of a paper game, played on computer, pales in comparison with the actual, face-to-face experience. Warren Spector Read Quote
The fact is most computer roleplaying games that offer a zillion highly specialized skills end up with nine-tenths of a zillion skills that every player quickly realizes aren’t worth the experience points to buy. Warren Spector Read Quote
