Keita Takahashi should be lauded as the cleverest man in games design. The visionary creator of the world's simplest yet most enjoyable series, Katamari Damacy, doesn't want to make games in 10 years time. He doesn't even like them. His aim is to make games fun - not just for the existing subpopulation of gamers that the majority of games are created for - for everyone.
According to an article on the BBC, instead of dealing in digitalia, he wants to make playgrounds. Real playgrounds. With things to clamber up on and climb down from. In reality. This is the secret of his success.
From the article:
"I would like to create a playground for children," he said. "A normal playground is flat but I want an undulating one, with bumps."
...he believes children should spend more time in the physical world and less time wrapped up in the virtual world of games.
Man, I wish I was a kid in his world. And that is his true genius.
