WSJ on Will Wright and Spore
Nick Wingfiled of The Wall Street Journal has written an in-depth profile about Will Wright of Sims (and soon, Spore) fame.
[tease]
Mr. Wright, creator of “The Sims,” the best-selling computer videogame of all time, is now at work on “Spore.” In his playful new game that resembles a Pixar cartoon, players start as single-cell blobs that can be transformed into whimsical or even threatening creatures. As they move up the evolutionary scale, the organisms eventually become members of space-dwelling societies, complete with weapons, spaceships and entire civilizations.
“It would take you 79 years if you never slept” to fully explore the “Spore” universe, Mr. Wright says, based on his own calculations.
See also my earlier article on this subject.