(2) we add in the additional gambling elements people add into mix due to scarcity with Pokemon cards through medians like Whatnot.

It's actually insane how bad it is. 😭

- and resulted in MASSIVE ROI for the company.

The exec was hilariously out of touch and really didn't understand who actually played our game.

Keeping it vague - but on one product, we had an executive who told us that a product we were working on had 0 chance & wouldn't resonate with our demographic on the product. We spent over 8 months escalating and pushing until we got approval.

The product generated over >$1B in revenue -

(2) boat, cmon guys. It was a magical experience!

(1) Expanding on Ocarina of Time, Windwaker gave me what I'd feel like was a massive sense of adventure in the same breath. Instead of playing the Ocarina, I played similar beats with the Windwaker - but also, being able to have this sense of massive exploration in this ridiculous world & using a -

- especially "massive worlds", I have often historically compared them to the Ocarina of Time standard. Though, I think that's changed in recent years to a different game I'll mention later.

- for different effects in Ocarina of Time, as well as exploring the incredibly in-depth story in a world that gave off an incredible illusion of being so massive... I think is what really sold me to this game. I was incredibly young while playing it and - often times when playing new games -

(1) I'll be honest. I forgot I was doing this. So that's on me. Ocarina of Time, I think, versus a lot of other games that I've had that influenced me career-wise or through morals... I think Ocarina of Time exposed me to my perception of beauty. The gameplay dynamic of learning different songs -

(4) hit incredibly hard and close to home to me.

- with all of his mental issues & other problematic behaviors; God of War introduced me to the concept of empathizing with the struggles of a father while he tries to guide his son in a manner to avoid him from falling into the same pitfalls that he fell into. The father-son narrative -

(2) games. The gameplay was immaculate, honestly, and the graphics were visually stunning. But what sold me on God of War was the relationship between Kratos & Atreus. I'm someone who has always had a flawed relationship with his father, and I'd always struggled with understanding my father -

(1) Prior to this game, I hadn't finished a full RPG game since I was maybe 12 or 13 years old - just because I'd been so addicted to playing games that were ongoing like MMORPGs & League of Legends. I knew the series - but I wasn't too familiar because I hadn't played the previous God of War -