Jesse Schell
Jesse Schell
Jesse N. Schellis an American video game designer, author, CEO of Schell Games and a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University'sEntertainment Technology Center, a joint master's program between the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 June 1970
CountryUnited States of America
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We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality of work. Why wouldn't we put a lot of effort into making the place we work as efficient and productive and pleasant as possible?
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I often think of it this way: The 21st century is going to be a war on the attention of humanity. Where civilization focuses its attention, I mean, that's what defines what the civilization cares about.
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I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the 'Gamepocalypse:' the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.
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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.
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Who cares and who doesn't care about a project, is going to shape the project in a significant way.
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Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.
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People don't just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them.
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Games have no other purpose than to please.
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Facebook is terrifying to the traditional games biz.
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The main way to reduce stress in the workplace is by picking the right people.
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The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.
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Our affluence has allowed us to move to a place where we tend to make things pleasurable, as opposed to efficient.
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Why is it that big companies fail when the technology changes? It happens in every industry, so what's the pattern? What are they all doing wrong?
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We are shifting into an enjoyment-based economy. And who knows more about making enjoyment than game developers?