Chapter 3
Brainstorming a
Game Idea:
Gameplay,
Technology, and
Story
“You know what’s the number one dumbest question I get asked when I’m out
at some great university lecturing? I’m always asked ‘Where do you get your
ideas?’ For about forty years I’ve been yanking their chain when I answer
‘Schenectady.’ They stare at me, and I say, ‘Yeah, Schenectady, in New York.
There’s this idea service, see, and every week I send ’em twenty-five bucks,
and every week they send me a freshly picked six-pack of ideas.’”
— Harlan Ellison40