I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show.
Steven SpielbergThe most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years.
Steven SpielbergAudiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.
Steven SpielbergI love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.
Steven Spielberg