Because several ‘Titans’ characters have been used in video games, I’ve got royalty checks for six figures. And I had no knowledge of this until I opened the mailbox, because I don’t follow the video game world!
I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn’t want to study acting.
I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information.
I remember hearing the name… ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – what the hell is that?’ But I was hit by the bug as well. I used to watch the cartoon every morning before I went to school, played the video game at the arcades, and was a big fan of the comics.
It’s all so surreal seeing yourself in a video game.
The little boy inside of all us men always loves something video game related.
I think I can pinpoint the moment that I realized that I enjoyed hip-hop music and it was the video game called Need For Speed Underground.
I’m not a video game guy.
It’s my dream to make learning as addictive as a video game.
I think that building any product that has a lot of user loyalty is a bit like making a sequel to a great movie or video game – people generally want ‘more of the same thing, except better and different.’
I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. ‘Hey, man, what are you playing?’ ‘Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I’m performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!’
Among video game developers, it’s called ‘crunch’: a sudden spike in work hours, as many as 20 a day, that can last for days or weeks on end. During this time, they sleep at work, limit bathroom breaks and cut out anything that pulls their attention away from their screens, including family and even food.
I think the most insidious version of crunch is when you say, ‘Hey, I’m working for this triple-A video game; I personally want it to be as good as possible, so I’m going to stay tonight until 10 P.M. to finish this feature.’
Comics are a dying art. If you ask a little kid to choose between a video game with insane graphics or comic books… you have to compete with cable, satellite TV with its thousands of channels, and with video games that are like movies, with CGI explosions where you can blow up worlds.
It’s so hard to tell people I’m in a video game… just because I grew up with my dad being in a video game.
There’s so many kids who only know me from the video game.
In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone’s writing all day long – sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they’re James Cameron’s Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
I’ve kind of been in a video game, I’ve kind of been an action figure. It was actually a Barbie doll, so that’s why I say kind of, but if I can get made fun of on ‘South Park’ or ‘Family Guy,’ then I’ll know that I’ve done something good with my life.
I try to take as many reps as I can, whether it’s on a video game, playing EA ‘Madden Football’ or in the playbook, just drawing it or just visualizing it in my head.
As for the claim that drone ‘pilots’ are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military’s own term for its drone kills – ‘bug splat,’ which happens to be the name of a children’s video game – and other evidence negates that.
Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game?
I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called ‘Fallout 3,’ and that was really fun.
