However, they will not be as good at Adept as they would have thought, because the pieces and strategy are so different. Also, the whole idea of resource or energy management is totally new. But on another level, I think that entertain- ment and fun and games are an important thing, not just a fun thing. There currently is kind of a slump in software, and, as I look at it, the economy is doing fine. If you look back, when the economy was doing poorly and the whole world looked grim, the software business was doing great, because people need entertainment.
Recreation is an important part of life.
You have to have it. Doing games that people enjoy playing, that give them pleasure and exercise the mind, is a good thing. It is also the case that I have enough of the ex-teacher in me that there are things that I like to get across. There are certain kinds of philosophical, political or social things that would be nice to be able to influence people in. Some of it is subtle, and some of it is more overt.