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Will Wright, PS3, Keynotes at GDC
Gamespot has the word that the Game Developer's Conference has added two more keynotes to the slate of events. Sims developer Will Wright will be speaking, talking next-gen game design on Thursday. On Wednesday we have a keynote from Sony's Phil Harrison, where he'll address developer's questions about the PS3. That sounds nice.
nah, Will has Free Will turned off when he's at work.
He only turns on Free Will when he's not working.
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I do hope Wil gives some new info (and maybe even a release date?) for Spore. I'm so looking forward to it.
Will, I remember back in the late eighties/early nineties you made some of the most indepth yet open-ended games ever. I remember Simearth had various options to modify the conditions on a planet, and you could choose to use as many or as little as you wanted. Most of the games Maxis made then weren't blockbusters, but they were good games.
Today? The bulk of your work in the last five years has been a virtual dollhouse that has a new expansion pack released for it every six months. The only non-"The Sims" games Maxis has put out in recent history are a few Simcity sequels, and they were notoriously buggy. The quality of your software has gone down, and I fear that the Maxis I knew is dead, replaced by some hollow shell.
Part of the blame falls on EA for taking away your creative control, but remember that it was the Maxis's choice to be bought out. You had a say in the choice. Will Wright, you are a sellout.