We have to accept as a society that games are not escapist. They really do change us.

When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.

I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.

Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy.