"When they object, remind them that, hey, not everybody loves Dark Souls."
"You’ll probably notice that most of the people who speak in this book are male, which is a depressing (and unintentional) reflection of an industry that has, for decades now, been dominated by men. The most important question in video game development has nothing to do with making video games. It’s "
"He’s just walking around and you’re thinking, ‘Don’t come into my office, don’t come into my office.’ You’re watching him and then you see and you’re like, ‘Fuck, there goes one of my friends.’”"
"the Xbox 360 (released in 2005) and PlayStation 3 (2006) were near the end of their life spans, and a new console generation was on the way, but analysts and pundits were predicting that console gaming was doomed thanks to the rise of iPhones and iPads."
"And Uncharted 4, the final entry in the Indiana Jones–style action-adventure series starring the rogueish Nathan Drake, is the story of a man who spends way too much time at work."
"Amber Hageman was selling pretzels when she first met Eric Barone. She was about to finish high school, he had just started college, and they both worked at the Auburn Supermall, just south of Seattle."
"“I went through periods of extreme unproductivity,” Barone said. “I would just be alt-tabbing and browsing Reddit and just not working.”"