PAST QUOTES
If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society. –Jean Piaget
Good multiplayer game design needs to either work to incorporate politics, or work to eliminate them. –unknown
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of discussion. – Plato
In most Eurogames, a random event occurs which the player then reacts to. .... It is more common in American games for the player to make a decision or perform an action and then a random event determines the outcome. – Greg Aleknevicus
Our critics are our friends, they show us our faults. – Benjamin Franklin
On Chess: "That is certainly a refined and ingenious recreation," said Federico, "but it seems to me to possess one defect; namely, that it is possible for it to demand too much knowledge, so that anyone who wishes to become an outstanding player must, I think, give to it as much time and study as he would to learning some noble science or performing well something or other of importance; and yet for all his pains when all is said and done all he knows is a game. Therefore as far as chess is concerned we reach what is a very rare conclusion: that mediocrity is more to be praised than excellence." –Baldesar Castiglione, Etiquette for Renaissance Gentlemen (1528)
"I'm a terrible speller." –Alfred Butts, inventor of Scrabble
Scrabble involves a lot of luck. People who think of themselves as intelligent say they prefer games of skill to games of chance, but in fact too little chance can ruin a game. Chess is a game of pure skill, and there are few things more futile and depressing than playing Chess against someone much better than you: at any given point, your opponent can know all your possible next moves, and unless he or she slips up, the better player will stroll to victory. Connect Four is a game of pure skill, too, but the problem is the opposite one: with a bit of forward thinking, it's possible to force every game into a stalemate – so, unless you're drunk, or four years old, or both, you need never lose. –unknown