Comments on Game Designer Wannabe: Gameopoly

Monopoly is fun because its something that most of...

2006-02-17T21:06:00.000-05:00

Monopoly is fun because its something that most of us know we can never accomplish, playing with money is always fun if u have any...

Point taken, but would it perhaps have been possib...

2006-02-17T15:25:00.000-05:00

Point taken, but would it perhaps have been possible to ask a followup that suggested he explore those games without offending him? After all, he had no problem declaring that the reason you and your readers didn't like Monopoly was because we didn't play by the real rules.

It's common for journalists to treat their interviewees gingerly, but there are ways to get a point across. One of my favorite interviews ever is here:http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3147131&did=1

I didn't press forward on the one point simply bec...

2006-02-17T07:19:00.000-05:00

I didn't press forward on the one point simply because I didn't feel that it would be overly productive - he would simply have been mocked even more - and that would lose me interviews in the future.

I found his interview quite fascinating, and if I ever meet him again, will attempt to teach him a game such as Settlers of Catan.