Players like to know that they've discovered things that even the designers didn't know were in the game.

And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know.

Computer and video games represent one of the most important new media developments of this generation. Unlike many other forms of entertainment they offer players the opportunity to explore, be creative, learn through interaction and express themselves to others. It is vitally important that we protect and nurture this new art form so that it can reach its full potential. Like most new forms of artistic expression that have come before (music, novels, movies), the primary critics of video games are the people that do not play them.

Everybody has a different definition of the good side.

We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at this point, but we are definitely still interested in that area.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.

I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game.