I’m most impressed with the games that have created what appears to be a full living, breathing world. Games that give you the sense that you’re just a part of it and there’s a lot more happening and there’s always more. And it gives you the sense that you could go anywhere and do anything. Even though these games really do have finite limitations and there are places you can’t go, really creating that sense of wonder is just a magical thing. Like Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Lex Fridman Podcast #467, at (04:13:07); transcript published by the host. Asked for the greatest video games ever created.
With Grand Theft Auto, it’s just the realism and feeling that you’re in this huge city and that anything can happen and it’s all living and breathing and you’re just a part of it. The level with which Rockstar has brought quality to that genre is astonishing.
Lex Fridman Podcast #467, at (04:18:52); transcript published by the host.
And then the other game that I really got immersed in was Zork, which was a text adventure game. It would tell you where you are and what you see and you type in commands like go north or pick up sword or open door and explore a world that way. So the game didn’t have any graphics, but in your mind you had this elaborate picture of what you were seeing there, and it really brought in [inaudible 00:16:09] inspired imagination more than other things.
Lex Fridman Podcast #467, at (00:15:13); transcript published by the host. Asked when he first fell in love with video games.
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