Slashdot Mirror
Will Wright Talks New Sim City, 'Uncollecting'
Thanks to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for its interview with Sim City and The Sims creator Will Wright, ostensibly about forthcoming title The Sims 2 - however, Wright also notes that "a new version of 'SimCity' is in early planning stages", lamenting that "'SimCity' kind of worked itself into a corner... We were still appealing to this core 'SimCity' group. It had gotten a little complicated for people who had never played 'SimCity.'" He also espouses his new hobby, 'uncollecting', as he explains, after handing out "lapel pins commemorating the Soviet space program" to the interviewer: "I buy collections on eBay, and I disperse them out to people again. I have to be like an entropic force to collectors, otherwise all of this stuff will get sorted." Update: 05/24 20:10 GMT by S : Commenters note there's a transcript of the same interview with added detail, over at GameSpy.
I'd be happy to let you "uncollect" my old comic books. My wife would be even happier.
But but, I was told there's a complete three dimensional engine underneath SimCity 4...
You can move the screen up, down, left and right, and you can zoom in and out, and you can rotate... in.. 90 degree blocks... just like you can in Isometric with 2D sprites and 1/4th the hardware requirements. Err...
I immediately called my ex, who is an avid -- actually, compulsive -- collector and described this new hobby of 'uncollecting'.
His response? 'I hate him.'
It's already a successful business model. So successful that most people are familiar with the term 'chop shop'. Take a collection and break it up because the parts are worth more than the whole.
So, I assume that if he truly feels persuaded by this vast etropic force, him and EA will be selling this new Simcity at cost right? You know, disperse funds back out to people otherwise "all this stuff will get sorted"?
This is a personal message to Wil Wright. I hear you have a rather large collection of small regtangular green colored pieces of paper. This collection was a result of having so many big selling games. As a friend, I'd be more than willing to help you uncollect these pieces of paper. Please email and we'll set something up!
Information - MyCity4
Founded: 1900AD
Population: 103,245
Your Rating is: Poor
Your current treasury: $3
Your current debt: $-30,000
Citizens claim taxes are too high.
Citizens are demanding more roads.
Citizens are wondering why its suddenly impossible to collect things.
Will Wright is demanding more stuff to uncollect.