I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005. Warren Spector More Quotes by Warren Spector More Quotes From Warren Spector My first encounter with video games was pretty conventional. I was travelling with my parents - we used to take long cross country trips in the United States every summer - and we went into a restaurant where there happened to be a Pong machine, and I was... a lot of quarters went into that Pong machine, let's just say. Warren Spector video-games restaurant parents long I do not believe in the concept of good and evil in my personal life, in the real world. I just don't believe it. I never try to judge. Warren Spector good life believe world I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons! Warren Spector wrote cartoons master thesis As far as the timing, well, I'd write that off to luck as much as anything - I happened to be out looking for a development deal, and Disney happened to think my team and I might be the right people to make a Mickey Mouse game. Warren Spector looking game team people Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse. Warren Spector hat hero teacher adventure Finney is about the best writer of time travel stories ever, and I adore time travel stories - have to make a time travel game someday! Warren Spector best game time travel We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming. Warren Spector old game farming women The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future. Warren Spector future sad journey want I have no interest in guys who wear armor and swing big swords. Warren Spector swing wear big who Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company. Warren Spector place storm company spring I've made plenty of violent games in my life. I play violent games. They don't affect people in the way that a lot of people think they do. They just don't. It's demonstrably true that they don't, and anybody who thinks they do is just not thinking. Warren Spector my-life life people thinking Before I got into electronic games, I was making table-top games. Warren Spector making got before games Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.' Warren Spector everyone make entertainment creative My greatest joy is seeing parents and kids playing Disney 'Epic Mickey' together, handing the controllers back and forth, helping each other out. Warren Spector parents back together joy Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' picture was the first film I remember seeing. I was two years old when it came out, and it changed my life forever. I had nightmares about dragons and stuff for years - and loved it! Warren Spector picture my-life remember life
