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Will Wright: Console guys are running scared

Champion game designer Will Wright has claimed that those in the console business are "running scared" of emerging business models, especially free-to-play games. Set your knees to jerk-mode! "I think all the console guys are...   more

Will Wright: Console guys are running scared photo

Watch Will Wright's favorite YouTube videos

Will Wright, videogame mastermind and creator of hits like The Sims, Spore and Sim City, was asked to curate YouTube. You'll see on his video post on YouTube that he did a pretty good job. The end result was a good playlist o...   more

Watch Will Wright's favorite YouTube videos photo

Will Wright says the Wii is a toy

Iconic game designer Will Wright has described the Wii as more of a toy than a gaming console, and believes the system should be considered as such. Before you get your torches and pitchforks though, bear in mind that he does...   more

Will Wright says the Wii is a toy photo

Will Wright says games need to appeal to more people

Here is a bit of a no-brainer from game designing god Will Wright during an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education: "We've had this cultural bias against games for the last 20 years, and a lot of it I think is ...   more

Will Wright says games need to appeal to more people photo

Read it and weep: Burkshaw's homeless Sims are depressing

I've never been a big fan of Will Wright's games -- when I was a kid, I found SimCity and SimEarth too deep and confusing and, as a teenager, was quickly bored by The Sims. A games desgin student at Anglia Ruskin University n...   more

Read it and weep: Burkshaw's homeless Sims are depressing photo

So what is Will Wright's 'Stupid Fun Club'?

Earlier today, we reported that game designer (and freakin' genius) Will Wright had stepped down from his position with Electronic Arts to pursue something called the "Stupid Fun Club." OK, so what is that exactly? ...   more

So what is Will Wright's 'Stupid Fun Club'? photo

Will Wright leaves EA to run 'Stupid Fun Club'

Will Wright, best known for being a freakin' genius (Sim City, The Sims, Spore), will be leaving Electronic Arts. Wright will be turning his attention to something called the "Stupid Fun Club," a think tank of sorts...   more

Will Wright leaves EA to run 'Stupid Fun Club' photo

Will Wright needs a DS to wake up with

Iconic game designer Will Wright loves his Nintendo DS. In fact, it's one of his favorite systems and if he doesn't have it with him, he confesses to waking up groggy in the morning. That's actually a little weird and creepy,...   more

Will Wright needs a DS to wake up with photo

Will Wright calls E3 a zombie, declares this year's event 'the walking dead'

Spore creator and well loved design icon Will Wright has become the latest industry figure to criticize E3, naming it "the walking dead" and suggesting that the "real" E3 died years ago. "It almost fe...   more

Will Wright calls E3 a zombie, declares this year's event 'the walking dead' photo

Will Wright loves the Spore porn, discusses possible console release

It's one of the laws of human nature, that the moment a man is given the ability to customize something, a big dong is what he'll customize it with. Thus it was with Spore's creature creator, as semi sentient genitals began p...   more

Will Wright loves the Spore porn, discusses possible console release photo

Comic-Con 08: Play Spore forever and never see everything

At Comic-Con this week, co-founder of Maxis and The Sims creator Will Wright revealed a bit about Spore's depth during a large demo of the game. According to Eurogamer, Wright claimed that players would never see the entirety...   more

Comic-Con 08: Play Spore forever and never see everything photo

Expect Spore before the holidays, whatever that means

Those pesky analysts are at it again, and this time, the slippery release date of Spore is taking it on the chin. Ever since Will Wright announced the God game back in 2005 that promised to take us from origin to space, peopl...   more

Expect Spore before the holidays, whatever that means photo

Wii Willy Wrighty gives Nintendo more Spore

It was just recently that legendary BAFTA winner Will Wright was declaring the Wii a superior platform for development, and it looks like he's a man of his word as it's been announced that Spore is coming to that very platfor...   more

Wii Willy Wrighty gives Nintendo more Spore photo

Will Wright: Spore is about six months out

Famed game creator Will Wright said himself that his greatly anticipated life sim Spore is in its final stages, and that we should be seeing it in the spring of 2008."We have the game fully playable at this point and it'...   more

Will Wright: Spore is about six months out photo

Videogame BAFTA awards: Will Wright gets love + full nominations

The BAFTAs are the most prestigious awards that the UK has to offer after the British Comedy Awards, and for the first time they will honor videogames. Spore creator Will Wright shall be receiving a Fellowship BAFTA for his y...   more

Videogame BAFTA awards: Will Wright gets love + full nominations photo

Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore

Sometimes things just turn out of the best. Earlier this week I had a ninety-minute appointment over in Electronic Arts' press area, where they had a whole load of their upcoming games available for play-test or presentation....   more



Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo
Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo
Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo
Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo
Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo
Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore photo






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