Cory Barlog Quotes

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

I like KenKen.

I have never played a game in my life.

One of the things I loved about working on 'Portal' was that we'd get emails from people saying, 'I love to play first-person shooters but my girlfriend won't play them with me. But I got her to play 'Portal' and she had a blast.'

Mind games to me are overrated.

I love anything quiz related.

I think when I started to write 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of having to be able to solve puzzles and riddles because enormous stakes rode upon your ability to do that.

Before I got into electronic games, I was making table-top games.

Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.

I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once.

I think if a person plays 'Quantum Conundrum' and they walk away feeling really intelligent and skilled, that's what I want. That's my only goal.

Throughout history, people have enjoyed playing both silly and clever games.

For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.

Solving wits and puzzles, in a way, helps to develop wit and ingenuity.

I have certainly enjoyed puzzles since an early age, and things that look like impossible things are often particularly intriguing.

Never leave a crossword unfinished.

I can do some of the number puzzles.

Every game gives you a new challenge, and new problems to solve.

Just by chance, I happened to meet someone who told me there was a high level quizzing circuit.

I got on the quizzing circuit, that's how I heard about the existence of 'The Chase'.

Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.

Some people like doing crossword puzzles or Sudoku. I love auditioning. On camera, I hated auditioning. But voiceovers I like trying to figure it out, then getting in there and seeing how close you can get.

I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week -- even while away from the field.

I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know.

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better