"And when David Sears began working on it, and I said to him, I want a game that you can not possibly win. And he said, ' Well, that might, that might frustrate the player a little.' I said, 'A noble endeavor as far as I'm concerned, what better fun is there than to frustrate game players."

This is an oldie but a goodie. And interview with Harlan Ellison on the making of a video game based on his "I Have no Mouth but I Must Scream." Incidently, the interviewer is J Michael Straczynski, creator of Bablyon 5.