After becoming fascinated with the video game novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates began to see himself as a gamer, as the definition of the term “is becoming much broader and more inclusive.”
Currently there are gamers everywhere, of all ages you can imagine. Because yes, not everyone who plays video games is young. Moreover, recently the very Bill Gatesco-founder of Microsoft, he began to consider himself one at the age of 67. This business tycoon revealed it in his Blog After reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrownovel by Gabrielle Zevin.
In his post titled “This novel about video games seemed personal to me“, Bill Gates analyzed the book’s plot and related it directly to his own history and his relationships with key members of Microsoft, in addition to the experiences he had with video games. “I never thought I would relate to a video game book, but I loved it Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow“, wrote.
“I’m a gamer? For a long time, he would have said no because I don’t spend hundreds of hours digging into a game. But when I was younger, I loved arcade games and I got really good at Tetris. And in recent years, I started playing a lot of bridge online and games like Spelling Bee and a lot of variants of Wordle. The definition of a gamer is getting much broader and more inclusive, and it might be fair to start calling myself one.“, explained Gates.
Now what is it about? Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and because Bill Gates is it related to that book? The novel tells the story of sam and sadietwo friends who come together in Super Mario Bros when they were kids and grow up to make video games together. When they are both in college, they create a game called ichigo which turns out to be a great success, just like your company, Unfair Games. However, the two begin to clash: a Sadie it bothers you that Sam got most of the credit for ichigo and Sam is frustrated because Sadie he cares more about creating art than making his business viable.
“Although many video games are mentioned in the book (Oregon Trail is a recurring theme), I would describe it more as a story about partnership and collaboration“, explained Gates and I add: “Most of the book is about how a creative partnership can be both remarkable and complicated.”. So how does this relate to his personal life? The tycoon precisely mentioned that when reading this book he couldn’t help but remember his relationship with paul allenchildhood friend and who helped him co-found Microsoft. “Sadie believes that ‘true collaborators in this life are rare’. I agree, and I was lucky to have one in Paul“, wrote Gates.
The tycoon described that one of the first chapters of the novel described how they worked Sam and Sadie until dawn in a dreary apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “It could have been about Paul and me with the idea of Microsoft. Like sam and sadie, we work together every day for years. The vision and contributions of Paul to the company were critical to his success, and then he decided to move on. We had a great relationship, but not without some of the complexities that success brings.”.
Let us remember that, after the enormous success of Microsoft, Allen, and Gates they had a troubled relationship in the 1980s. However, after a few years, the couple was able to patch things up and remained friends until the death of Allen in 2018.
Gates continues to analyze and relate the stories of the main duo with his own and that of Allen and stops at one of the questions posed by the character of Sadie which speaks to the feeling that the success they had was because they made the game at just the right time. “I know what she means: Paul and I were very lucky in terms of our synchronization with Microsoft. We came in when chips were just starting to become powerful, but before other people had built established companies.”wrote.
But this is not the only relationship he made between characters in the novel and important people in his life. Gates He also talked about the dynamics of sam and sadie with Marxa college friend who is an equal partner at his job. “Marx not a game designer like sam and sadiebut ichigo and Unfair Games they would not have existed without their production and business know-how”. And with whom did he associate this character? Gates? With Steve Ballmerwho joined Microsoft in 1980 as the 30th employee and was the company’s first business manager. Years later, in 2000, he too would become CEO of the company, until he stepped down in 2014.
“Yeah Paul and I were Sam and Sadie, Steve Ballmer was ours Marx. He didn’t write code, but the success of Microsoft depended heavily on him. Like Marx, Steve he made sure we hired the right people and had the tools we needed to get the company off the ground. The comparison is not perfect: we always appreciate the value of Stevebut in the book Sam comes to resent Marx and minimize their contributions. (And of course, Steve became CEO of Microsofta position that Marx never reach in Unfair Games). But Zevin understands that dreamers alone cannot turn great ideas into reality, doers are needed too”, he explained Bill Gates.
The tycoon ended this post and recommendation by saying that “worth reading the exploration of Zevin about partnership and collaboration, no matter who you are.” To this, Gates added: “Even if you’re skeptical about reading a book about video games, the subject matter is an excellent metaphor for human connection. how to write Zevin: ‘Allowing you to play with another person is not a minor risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. Playing requires trust and love.’” Do they match?