38 Quotes by Jesse Schell

Humor. Two unconnected things are suddenly united by a paradigm shift. It is hard to describe, but we all know it when it happens. Weirdly, it causes us to make a barking noise.

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?

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.

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

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.

Who cares and who doesn't care about a project, is going to shape the project in a significant way.

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

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

Games have no other purpose than to please.