Warren Spector is chief creative officer at OtherSide Entertainment.
Warren Spector is chief creative officer at OtherSide Entertainment.
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Never judge your player and other game design tips from Warren Spector

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 19 min

Warren Spector recently gave a talk at the DevGamm gaming event in Cascais, Portugal. He talked about “Thoughts I Live By” in his craft of game development, which he has done for more than 40 years.

The 68-year-old game designer has left his mark across gaming with immersive sim games, which give players a wide array of choices.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.