Will Wright knows a thing or two about emerging genres. He's the creator of games such as The Sims and SimCity, which launched new categories in video games. Social gaming is today's category that is experiencing surprisingly explosive growth. Wright acknowledges the quick rise of the sector, but is reluctant to say that the growth will continue indefinitely, noting past trends. "I think [social gaming] is going to be an established area of games; I ...
Spore and Sims creator Will Wright has signed an agreement with the Science Channel to produce programming for the cable network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wright is known in the game industry for the systemic and scientific way that he approaches game design. "I want to take the way he engages an audience in gaming and bring that into a show," said Debbie Myers, general manager at the Science Channel. Wright added, "Gaming is ...
When Will Wright looks at the world, he sees it differently than most people. He observes systems, he analyzes layers and he notices patterns in the most seemingly normal, every day things. "It's an affliction," he said at Game Developers Conference 2010 in a secret talk originally billed as by 'Phaedrus' on Saturday. "Every time I see something, I deconstruct it. ... But it's fun." Wright began his career in games as an independent, a ...
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