To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.
A game is a series of interesting choices.
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
How do you beat Bobby Fischer? You play him at any game but chess. I try to stay in games where I have an edge.
Find your own way into your story. Find your own way into your game.
The game is about making the right decisions.
I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
You don't want to play the whole game careful, but you certainly don't want to play careless.
In soccer, you have to be sly.
I like knowing where my teammates are without having to look.
You give me enough shots, I'll average 20. You give me a particular system where I stick close to the basket, I'll average 10 rebounds.
That's why this game is so great. It's a game of failure.
I've been playing video games since I was 10 years old, and I think it's important to play games if you want to design them yourself.
You can't find a bad count to throw a curveball.
People watch the points, they watch the highlights. But the defense I think helps the offense.
I say it often, that I feel like I'm just living out the Story Mode in 'Smackdown vs. RAW' that I always used to play.
Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.
Nintendo's mission is to try to make people happy, to try to make people smile.
Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.
When we considered what to do with the graphics capability of the Wii, we put more attention and focus on the ability to create new experiences rather than the quality of the graphics.
It sometimes becomes difficult to tell when you're even creating a buzz. You know, everything in this game, it so relies on timing that that part is really important, and it's something that everyone tries to pay a lot of attention to.
We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.
Football is a bit like chess: it's not just the piece being moved that matters; it's also the effect that move has on all the other pieces.
