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.

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.

Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.

I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.

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

Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement.

I typically go overboard when I research new projects.