Mark Mothersbaugh Quotes

I love writing music for film and TV, but putting it into a video game is twice as fun because it needs to be repeatable and joyous.

One of the things I was never thrilled about with 'Medal of Honor' was that it was non-stop music.

When dubstep was big, Ubisoft told the composer for 'Far Cry 3' to make dubstep and to me that was really weird.

Which is why you deal with demons. (Acheron) Who are even more pathetic than humans when you think about it. Personally, I’d rather play video games. Wouldn’t it be great if we could suck the souls of the people we hated into the box, shoot them down and then dance on their entrails? (Jaden)

I love video games.

I grew up playing 'Mortal Kombat' as a kid. I was always a fan of the video game. Saw the movies as a kid as well.

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.

I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se.

Everyone has played video games at some point these days, and video games are fun.

I play games.

I love making soundtracks for video games, because it is a completely different challenge, and I get to do something different.

I used to compose a lot of music for video games, before I got into movies, and I am slowly getting back to it.

I want to play every single game.

Growing up, I was always playing with video games.

Throughout the history of game development, the game control mechanism has become more and more sophisticated, ... Perhaps those who have quit gaming or who have never played games look at the game controller and think it's too difficult to play, even before they dare to touch it.

There are much worse games to play.

Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.

When I play too many video games I begin to feel chubby-minded, caffeinated, bad.

If you start thinking about stats it can get too complicated and you just have to go out there and play your game.

I think American films right now are suffering from an excess of scale. Lots of movies we're seeing now are more akin to video games than stories about human life and relationships. Twelve- to 20-year-olds are maybe the largest economic force in the US movie business. I'm not a very nostalgic person - but I enjoy a good story.

I just play the game. I hit a shot and wait for the next guy to hit his. I don't think between shots-that's my nature.

I've never been able to control a first-person shooter, but as soon as I used the Revolution controller, I found it very easy to control the game. So, I think that's a genre that's particularly well suited for the controller.

I am not a fan of video games, I had to learn a lot about them. I would love to play video games, but I don't want to go around shooting people, and ripping off their heads, and it's just gross.

You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good money. They keep playing because of the money. I could care less about it. If I don't love the game, no check is going to keep me playing.

Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.