PaRappa Creator Wishes Fewer Games Had Guns

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences runs a weekly feature where they ask popular game developers 10 questions about the industry. This week the Academy’s featured developer was famed PaRappa the Rapper and UmJammer Lammy creator Masaya Matsuura.

The interview is a quick read, but contains a few interesting quotes from Matsuura. When asked what game development problem he wished he could instantly solve? Matsuura responded with, “Reducing the volume of games that involve hurting people with knives and guns.” The musician also briefly talked about how he’s started working on a game for cell phones, and his concern over the increased landfill that will result when people start throwing away their Guitar Hero controllers. Music game aficionados and fans of the old PaRappa games can read the whole interview here.

I have to agree with the bit about Guitar Hero controllers. I feel like I already have half a dozen at home and Activision/Harmonix keeps suckering me into buying a new one every year. How many guitars do you have? Maybe we should start a guitar recycling program.