Will Wright

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Sims Creator Will Wright Reveals Hivemind

6:40AM November 17, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

It looks like Will Wright might be going from manipulating tiny fake people to manipulating normal-sized real ones. VentureBeat’s got news of Hivemind, Wright’s experimental foray into what he’s calling personal gaming. As he describes it, the engines and/or algorithms that power Hivemind will learn and track events in your life and morph the game experience accordingly: More »

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Will Wright’s Business Cards Are Money

9:40AM October 20, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

I’ve seen some cool business cards in my time–I remember that at my first GDC, I practically had a Patrick Bateman-style existential crisis over how inferior my own cards were at the time. More »

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The Real Story Behind Sim City’s Arcologies

2:00PM July 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Despite the fact they only appeared in one game (Sim City 2000), arcologies remain an iconic symbol of the Sim City series. But just what the hell are they? More »

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Will Wright Delivers Fascinating Talk About Video Games, Education

10:00AM April 21, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

If you’ve ever seen Will Wright, the big brain behind games like The Sims, Spore and SimCity, deliver one of his humorous, hypnotising talks, you’re probably going to want to settle in and watch this one too. If you’ve never had the good fortune to be assaulted by Will Wright’s smarts, well, you’re in luck. More »

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Will Wright’s New Company Not Recognised By E3?

6:00PM March 30, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

According to Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims, etc), his new company, Stupid Fun Club, doesn’t seem to be recognised by the E3 game expo. More »

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I Disagree With Will Wright…

8:00AM February 24, 2011 | Christian Allen

I respect Will Wright. He is one of the first game developers to really be a “game designer,” helping form the foundation of what I do for a living today. The games he contributed to were really formative to me, especially SimCity, which I actually used as a class project in middle school, doing a paper on efficient city planning. I have had the opportunity to meet Will Wright at GDC a few times, even sharing a smoke with him. One cool dude. More »

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Will Wright: YouTube Is The Collective Dreams Of A World

5:30AM February 19, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Will Wright: Game designer, Montessori adherent, Robot Wars Champion… YouTube Curator? More »

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Will Wright Puts You In Control Of His Television Show

4:00AM October 8, 2010 | Mike Fahey

The Sims creator Will Wright plunges into the world of television with a new 30-minute episodic series called Bar Karma, fuelled by the creative power of its audience. More »

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See What The Industry Thinks With Game Theory

4:00AM August 4, 2010 | Amber Nichols

A new video game show and online magazine announced today offers a look into the minds of the video game industry. More »

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Will Wright Tells Morgan Freeman About Gods & Sims

7:30PM July 15, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Morgan Freeman’s “Through the Wormhole” show on the Science Channel had an interesting guest a few weeks back: Sims creator Will Wright, who was there to talk about video game games, and gods. More »