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" The transition from the original Xbox to the Wii wasn't a big deal for my team. The business hadn't changed fundamentally. "
Warren Spector
Original
Business
Team
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" If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictly in terms of teenage boys or even teenage girls. We need to think about things that are relevant to normal humans and not just the geeks we used to be. "
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Reach
Thinking
Used
" The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible. "
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You
Creative
" Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air. "
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System
Up
" 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. "
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Perception
Time
Think
" I like Disney stuff. No-one looks at 'Toy Story' and says,' Oh, that's just for kids.' Why is it that games can only appeal to a certain audience, but movies and books - I mean, how many adults read 'Harry Potter?' "
Warren Spector
Why
Audience
Toy
" Whatever adults don't understand, because they didn't grow up with it, is the thing they're going to be afraid of and try to legislate out of existence. It happened with videogames, it happened with television, it happened with pinball parlours and rock and roll. "
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Rock
Television
Grow
" I remember on Deus Ex there was one programmer - Alex Durand, a guy who still works for us - he decided he was going to get through the game without ever using a weapon. I would never think to do that. And that's fine. "
Warren Spector
Without
Think
Game
" In papergaming, players can look at a character sheet of their own creation and see all of their skills, right there, in black and white. "
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Character
Black And White
Black
" I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005. "
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Started
Point
January
" Gamers are everywhere, coming in all ages and genders, and developers have grown up, too. "
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Developers
Coming
Gamers
" In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards. "
Warren Spector
Time Passes
Time
Differently
" Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can. "
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Want
Right
Reach
" I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons! "
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Master
Thesis
Wrote
" Used games allow more people, specifically younger people, to become game fans because of the lower price point. "
Warren Spector
Game
People
Price
" I have never been assigned a game, I have never made a game I didn't want to make. I've never done anything just to make somebody some money. "
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Game
Anything
Money
" When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running. "
Warren Spector
Just
Game
You
" I will not support any game that doesn't express what I think is worthwhile. "
Warren Spector
Support
Any
Game
" 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
Situation
Kind
Celebration
" I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me. "
Warren Spector
Away
Fan
Me
" For me, the cool thing is doing things that could only be done in gaming. "
Warren Spector
Things
Cool
Doing
" I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do! "
Warren Spector
Yourself
World
Win Or Lose
" 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
Interesting
Only
Morality
" The more people who game, the better for everyone. "
Warren Spector
More
Better
Everyone
" $200, 300 million games, I'm a little scared about that; there aren't a lot of companies that have the resources or the courage to spend that much. "
Warren Spector
Courage
Scared
Much
" I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don't, I'll open a bookstore. "
Warren Spector
Enough
Winner
Think
" I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game. "
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Game
Director
Original
" Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse. "
Warren Spector
Men
Mickey Mouse
Relationship
" I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons. "
Warren Spector
Teach
History
Texas
" Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use. "
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You
Run
Game
" Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that. "
Warren Spector
Games
Someone
Time