Rod Humble Explains His (Game) Marriage

Over at the Arthouse Games site, there’s a neat interview with Rod Humble about his experimental game The Marriage - and the first thing I spotted was Humble’s interesting background, with games such as The Humans, which is almost Tail Of The Sun-esque, and predates it.
Nowadays, he’s Head of The Sims Studio at EA, and is intrigued by the reactions to his distinctly arty art-game: “The amount of people who immediately understood and liked the game was larger than I had imagined, their main criticism was that they felt my explanations were unduly detailed. I stand by the decision to include the explanation however as I think it helped some folks understand my intent and I didn’t think it was fair just to leave them without explanation.”
He also talks about his upcoming personal experimental games, both of which sound interesting, to say the least: “The first is a game […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (simonc) and software by Elliott Back