Warren Spector

“$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.”

“In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.”

“I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.”

“Oswald is an interesting character. Disney lost the rights to him in 1928 to Universal, who was distributing the cartoons and basically handed him over to Walter Lantz.”

“It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.”

“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.”

“Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.”

“I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.”

“I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' picture was the first film I remember seeing. I was two years old when it came out, and it changed my life forever. I had nightmares about dragons and stuff for years - and loved it!”

“I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.”

“When you're dealing with a new platform, the real trick is just getting the game running.”

“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.”

“Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.”

“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!”

“The more people who game, the better for everyone.”

“The transition from the original Xbox to the Wii wasn't a big deal for my team. The business hadn't changed fundamentally.”

“Honestly, there have been some pretty good Marvel games, but I don't think there's ever been a great one.”