I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.

The new Pirates! builds on that legacy delivering an even more powerful and fun experience to players... and is still unmatched in offering a blend of genres in one great game.

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

A game is a series of interesting choices.

I think computing power is ready to do 3D justice. It was great for shooters and racing games in the past, but I didn't think it was right for strategy games.

A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.

I like games that are simple. Not games that are trivial, but also not games that require you to invest a week or to relearn something. I like games that you can just pick up, sit down in front of, and get going.