People often ask if I’m the same Chris Trottier who designed The Sims.
No. While we both like video games, I am not that Chris Trottier.
For one, that Chris Trottier is a woman. I’m a man.
But here’s where it gets funny. When she was exactly my age, 43, she gave a presentation called Designing Games for the 43-Year-Old Woman.
And right now? I am 43. And I often talk about game design for women—just not from her perspective. She speaks as a woman. I speak as a husband and father who buys games for the women in my life.
There’s one more odd connection. She worked at EA. And me? I’ve worked with and am friends with at least eight people who are or were at EA.
So no—we’re not the same Chris Trottier. But the parallels are uncanny.
@atomicpoet @videogames Has anyone ever seen you and Ms Trottier in the same room at the same time?
