Peter Molyneux: Working For Microsoft Is Like Taking Antidepressants 164
SmartAboutThings (1951032) writes "Peter Molyneux is one of the most famous personalities in the history of gaming, especially recognized for having created God games Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Black & White, but also the Fable series. After creating the Fable series, Molyneux announced in March 2012 that he will be leaving Lionhead and Microsoft to start another company – 22Cans. During a recent interview, the former Microsoft employee has shared some interesting details regarding the time when he was working over at Redmond. Here's the excerpt from his interview: 'I left Microsoft because I think when you have the ability to be a creative person, you have to take that seriously, and you have to push yourself. And pushing yourself is a lot easier to do if you're in a life raft that has a big hole in the side, and that's what I think indie development is. You're paddling desperately to get where you want to go to, but you're also bailing out. Whereas if you're in a big supertanker of safety, which Microsoft was, then that safety is like an anesthetic. It's like taking antidepressants. The world just feels too comfortable.'"
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Re:Thanks for peptuating (Score:5, Informative)
Taking anti-depressants were like a heavy weight being lifted off me. I couldn't be happier.
Err.. I'n not implying they are happy pills, only that I am happy to have a range of emotions.
Well, that sort of explains Windows 8... (Score:5, Informative)
All kidding aside, Win8 does seem to be a product of "Who cares what our customers want, we'll do it our way and they can just suck it", which pretty much defines comfortable complacency.
Re:Consider the source (Score:5, Informative)
It is not uniquely North American.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu... [nih.gov]
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.e... [uoregon.edu]
Re:Thanks for peptuating (Score:5, Informative)