"Not to seem crass, but one would think if his goal was to change games, he might have spent more time actually making them." He did. He was trying to develop

"Not to seem crass, but one would think if his goal was to change games, he might have spent more time actually making them." He did. He was trying to develop a new form of game. It didn't work, but he tried. At least he was following his vision rather than trying to churn out vapid, ephemeral clones of Angry Birds or Doom or whatever, chasing after money.