Gaming industry needs fresh blood, says Molyneux

In a live interview on Eurogamer.net, famed Lionhead developer Peter Molyneux noted that his company and the whole of the industry need fresh blood.

"We need graduates that are smart and passionate," he said, "so we try and take new graduates on based upon two criteria--how smart they are, and more importantly, how passionate they are.

"In my opinion, experience counts for less than those things."

The lack of qualified graduates has been in the news lately, with some developers going so far as to say that current game courses are five years out of date.

Noting that he often visits universities looking for people to join his company, Molyneux went on to say that people who want to get into videogame design must be good at three things:

"Communication - You must be able to communicate, be persuasive, passionate. Balance - You must know when to push an idea through and when to let it go. Inspiration - You have to have the ability to inspire people who are working on a game."

"If you want to get into design," he continued, "don't expect to have a whole game that you have thought up implemented - just go for a single game feature."

The entire text of the live interview can be viewed at our sister site, Eurogamer.net.