Dave Morris
Dave Morris
buying cheese ordinary people selling
When I was in France, ... people selling the cheese and buying the cheese were ordinary people, not sophisticates.
designer mention nod
When I mention that I'm a game designer as well as a writer, someone will nod and say, 'Ah, that's what we like about your script. The videogame feel.'
love people sell
What we love is when we can sell people a multi-media package,
indulgence
Literary fiction - if we must use the term - is not the plotless, meandering indulgence that its detractors would have you believe.
letting trick unfold viewer
It is easy to force a reader or viewer to interact. The trick is in making them want to interact, and in letting the story unfold hand-in-hand with that.
apply design equally hat hundred might modern nowadays people per rather selling thousand twenty upwards
People nowadays think of gamebooks as rather old hat - and, after all, it was twenty years ago. In their heyday, though, they were a phenomenon, selling upwards of a hundred thousand units per title. And it's not as old hat as you might think: the same design skills I used in those days apply equally when I'm creating modern videogames.
authors requires standing
Standing out as a writer today requires more than a bright idea and limpid prose. Authors need to become businesspeople as well.
bad parenting rise troubled
Some have said that 'Frankenstein' is a story of a bad parenting giving rise to a troubled child.
entire freshmen heart injured nice played players plays proud stepped
I was proud with the way we played, ... We played with a lot of heart and leadership. I'm proud of our entire roster, who stepped up. We had some freshmen make some nice plays and we had some injured players step in.
creates definitely grand openings stacked
Our grand openings are stacked all day long with cars. It definitely creates a big buzz.
nervous until wreck
I was a nervous wreck until she said it was the real thing,
comic games learning lessons medium naturally
When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.
home knew natural six
Six years old, and I already knew that my natural home was the world inside the head.
bit flat fourth growth march quarter second soft sure swimsuit year
It (the swimsuit issue) is important for the first quarter for sure and important for the year. March (ad sales) is a little bit soft ? flat year-over-year. Our growth this year will come from second to fourth quarters.