Apr 4 2018
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I do not have a copy of the new God of War yet, but I’m already playing it in my head. You may be doing that, too.
Mar 27 2018
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If not for the director of SimCity selling his company to Electronic Arts, we might not have Psychonauts, Broken Age,…
Mar 20 2018
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10 years after his last game, designer Will Wright is back with a new project called Proxi, a mobile game where…
Oct 28 2015
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In the fall of 2006, the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine published dueling Spore previews in the span of…
May 7 2015
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It’s probably not a surprise that the man who created The Sims and SimCity wants you to make stories out of your…
May 7 2015
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The next project from the man who created SimCity and Spore isn’t a game. Thred launches today from Will Wright’s Syntertainment. It’s a life-sharing “mobile toolkit” app that lets users curate their photos, links and videos into shareable slideshows that can be decorated with stickers, filters and captions. We’ll…
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Jul 24 2014
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Do you remember 2006? The president of the United States was George W. Bush, a website called Twitter was about to…
May 7 2013
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Will Wright created SimCity. Will Wright did not work on the digital clusterfuck that was…
Feb 27 2013
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The new SimCity comes out on Tuesday, and to celebrate the occasion, publisher EA has just released a very cool…
Jun 4 2012
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Will Wright is most famous for his work on SimCity and The Sims. His latest venture, though, doesn't seem to be…
May 3 2012
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We're living in something of a golden age of chiptune music. The last five or so years have seen a popularity…
Nov 16 2011
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It looks like Will Wright might be going from manipulating tiny fake people to manipulating normal-sized real ones.…
Oct 19 2011
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I've seen some cool business cards in my time—I remember that at my first GDC, I practically had a Patrick…
Jul 12 2011
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Despite the fact they only appeared in one game (Sim City 2000), arcologies remain an iconic symbol of the Sim City…
Apr 20 2011
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If you've ever seen Will Wright, the big brain behind games like The Sims, Spore and SimCity, deliver one of his…
Mar 30 2011
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According to Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims, etc.), his new company, Stupid Fun Club, doesn't seem to be recognized…
Feb 23 2011
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I respect Will Wright. He is one of the first game developers to really be a "game designer," helping form the…
Feb 18 2011
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Will Wright: Game designer, Montessori adherent, Robot Wars Champion... YouTube Curator?
Oct 7 2010
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The Sims creator Will Wright plunges into the world of television with a new 30-minute episodic series called Bar…
Aug 3 2010
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A new video game show and online magazine announced today offers a look into the minds of the video game industry.