EVE Online Creator Says Virtual Worlds Can Surpass Reality
The interview confirms that the studio's long-standing mission statement is meant literally, framing real-world social structures as constructed game design that virtual worlds can aim to surpass.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Fenris Creations CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson reaffirmed the company's 2008 mission to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life. In an interview during his first Japan visit in 10 years, he said the declaration was serious, arguing that real-world structures like laws and money are themselves a form of game design.
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of Fenris Creations, visited Japan for the first time in a decade and sat down with Denfaminicogamer to discuss the company's core purpose. The mission statement on the official website, established in 2008, reads: "To create virtual worlds more meaningful than reality."
Asked whether that was a metaphor, Pétursson answered directly: it was serious. He explained that much of what people consider real, such as Japan's laws, money, and social structures, are actually shared agreements, a form of "game design called Japan." Jobs, salaries, and markets are human-erected, not laws of physics. His goal is for the studio's virtual worlds to aim higher than those constructed systems.
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