Jesse Schell Games Quotations

A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude

Games are starting to creep into every aspect of our day.

One of the main things that's appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It's an unusual game that's impossible to win.

We are shifting into an enjoyment-based economy. And who knows more about making enjoyment than game developers?

Facebook is terrifying to the traditional games biz.

Games have no other purpose than to please.

People don't just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them.

Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.

Game mechanics are the core of what a game truly is. They are the interactions and relationships that remain when all of the aesthetics, technology, and story are stripped away.

I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the 'Gamepocalypse:' the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.