Biography of Will Wright - Sims Creator

bmsleight writes "The Guardian has a brief biography of Sims creator Will Wright. Ready for the release of Sims 2 on the 17th September."

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Re:PR/Marketing driven story

[Anonymous Coward]

Why can't these interesting people be interview or written about when it's not tainted by the desire to pitch their new product.

Why the hell would they want to give interviews when they don't have a new product to promote? In addition why would the press want to interview somebody who didn't have a new product coming out, what would they talk about: the weather?

Guardian != Authoritative?

[contagious_d]

Ok, sorry if this is just nitpicking, but some of the article struck me as... well... strange.
"strike a chord with women, gay men and others with little time for dungeons or dragons" (followed shortly by) millions around the world are bristling with excitement at the prospect of... Sims 2"
also, this caught my eye:
"The Sims is a real-time strategy game"
and this:
he does have a hinterland, devoted to 'reading, skiing, scheming' - that just sounds funny.
Well, I know I speak for all of us when I say that my hinterland is scheming and bristling at the prospect of this new RTS.

for gay men?

[real_smiff]

"The Sims, the most popular personal computer game ever ... is one of the few titles ... to strike a chord with ... gay men"

haha, i did not know gay men needed special computer games. someone prove this journalist a generalising t00l* and tell me their gay friends are playing Doom3 like everyone else?
*is that in the leet dictionary, i don't know sorry.