Gaming Theory Quotes & Sayings

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas. — Herbie Hancock

The point is, if you treat reality like a game, it's going to show in your decisions. — Karl Schroeder

The number of games went up or down according to the brutal, elegant logic of the economics of fun:
a certain amount of difficulty
plus
a certain amount of your friends
plus
a certain amount of interesting strangers
plus
a certain amount of reward
plus
a certain amount of opportunity
equaled
fun — Cory Doctorow

I'm never happy with anything. — Glenn Branca

Ruling a large kingdom is like cooking a small fish ... — Lao-Tzu

When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds. — Adam Carolla

When he smiled the fear flew away in little pieces of light ... — William S. Burroughs

Speaking of boxes...

Do you know that thought experiment with the cat in the box with the poison? Theory requires the cat to be both alive and dead until observed.

Well, I actually performed the experiment. Dozens of times. The bad news is reality doesn't exist. The good news is we have a new cat graveyard. — Ted Kosmatka

dedication Sometimes I wish I were an architect, so that I could dedicate a building to a person; a superstructure that broke the clouds and continued up into the abyss. And if Bird Box were made of bricks instead of letters, I'd host a ceremony, invite every shadowy memory I have, and cut the ribbon with an axe, letting everyone see for the first time that building's name. It'd be called the Debbie. Mom, Bird Box is for you. — Josh Malerman

She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it. — Phyllis Bottome

The modern brand builder faces a difficult issue; communications theory is based on attitude change, and has limited implications for behaviour change. Games are characterised by interaction and behaviour rather than attitude, making the principles of gaming suited to brand building. I believe that games provide a practical template for brands that actively change behaviour. — Craig Atkinson

I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise. — LaToya Jackson

If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind of music. — Peabo Bryson

I have always been suspicious of the phrase, the glow of pregnancy, and my suspicions were only confirmed by Lillian's appearance. Instead of a glow, her whole body seemed to become more and more dull, sallow and sickly sweet and vague, like a candle burning out or a line of smudged writing. — John Burnside

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work. — Ben Kingsley

We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension. — Carolyn Kizer

I once had a leather jacket that got ruined in the rain. Why does moisture ruin leather? Aren't cows outside a lot of the time? When it's raining, do cows go up to the farmhouse, "Let us in! We're all wearing leather! Open the door! We're going to ruin the whole outfit here!" — Jerry Seinfeld