I’ve made a lot of serious games, and I watch people playing games now, and they play like this, they furrow their brows and they’re sweating and they’re all adrenalized. I just want to make a game that makes people smile when they play it for a change.
Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, speaking to Joystiq about his latest project, Epic Mickey. I wish we had more games like Mario and fewer like Killzone. They both have a place, but — corny as this sounds — games that make you smile are so few and far between these days.

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