ktbluear

I think it's fair to say that the games you guys tend to make seem to involve a very systems focused approach.

I'm curious if this sort of systemic thinking creeps it's way into your personal lives in other ways, or changes your perceptions of the world around you in any way? Politics, science, cooking, commerce, traffic patterns for example....

a) Regarding the marginalization of videogames as a media:

1. Why do you think games and game experience are underrepresented within the media and academia? When will NPR (for example) have a show dedicated to talking about games, or even correspondents that cover them? When will games and the philosophy of games become a part of media classes in the same ways that film and literature are?

2. Should this cultural shift occur in your opinions, or are games safer or better served avoiding the spotlight (despite being nearly mass-market)?

3. If so, what are ways that the industry could shift the perception of games as marginalized, or at the very least, encourage a dialogue about games and their importance or role in our culture at large?

4. If not, how do we promote rigorous discussion of the experience and philosophy of games in a non-insular way. That is to say, outside of the relatively small circle of gamers and game makers.

5. Do these questions actually matter?

b) How're you guys liking living/working in Texas? (particularly Raphael)

c) I appreciate the time you guys are spending to answer these questions, and I hope you aren't crunching TOO hard to get this title out.