“ Hell, if Mark Twain were around today, he’d probably be making games that make money. That people flame other people about on message boards. That everyone plays, and no one really, truly understands.
With the current wave of consoles, we’re going to see a lot more games made by a lot more people, many of them in Japan, many of them elsewhere. We haven’t yet seen the first Mark Twain of videogames — though Mother 2 and Metal Gear Solid 2 come close. Sadly, a lot of people are not particularly waiting for this genius designer’s arrival…
…Games are a young form of entertainment. The children who grew up with games are now adults. Many of them are as blind to the idea of the artistic videogame as our parents are to Eminem, as our parents’ parents were to The Beatles, as The Beatles’ fans were blind to the conceptuality of Yoko Ono. God bless the children of today, for seeing the genius of Pokémon. One of them is the first Tolstoy of videogames.
With the current wave of consoles, we’re going to see a lot more games made by a lot more people, many of them in Japan, many of them elsewhere. We haven’t yet seen the first Mark Twain of videogames — though Mother 2 and Metal Gear Solid 2 come close. Sadly, a lot of people are not particularly waiting for this genius designer’s arrival…
…Games are a young form of entertainment. The children who grew up with games are now adults. Many of them are as blind to the idea of the artistic videogame as our parents are to Eminem, as our parents’ parents were to The Beatles, as The Beatles’ fans were blind to the conceptuality of Yoko Ono. God bless the children of today, for seeing the genius of Pokémon. One of them is the first Tolstoy of videogames.
— Tim Rogers, Dreaming In An Empty Room (Metal Gear Solid 2)
