Will Wright Leaves EA/Maxis For Stupid Fun Club

Dave Knott writes "Gamasutra reports that SimCity, Sims and Spore game creator Will Wright is leaving EA/Maxis. He will now be acting as head of Stupid Fun Club, an 'entertainment think tank' that he was previously funding out of his own pocket. From the article: 'The club has focused mainly on designing and building robots, as well as creating video productions based on them. Wright and EA will co-own Stupid Fun Club, which will focus on developing new cross-media IP for games, movies, TV and toys. EA has the right to develop game concepts that emerge from the think tank, and both the company and Wright have an equal stake.'"

Comments

Thank god

[QuantumG]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/05/27/

Oblig.

Re:Will Wright ... Robots ... RoboSport?

[Loadmaster]

Screw that, I'd hope Will Wright could do better with modern tech. I'm not asking for much, just Robot Jox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxDmKFCD2o

Re:Daikatana

[Anonymous Coward]

But he already had Spore. Your last game before Daikatana is supposed to be GOOD.

Already Broke Rule #1

[theskunkmonkey]

Everyone knows that the first rule of Stupid Fun Club is to never talk about Stupid Fun Club!

When will people ever learn?

Re:Already Broke Rule #1

[General Muzak]

You're wrong.

The first rule of Studpid Fun Club is to never make fun of Stupid Fun Club.

(oh btw - please don't mod this funny, for obvious reasons)

Re:Having fun with the articles title:

[acrobuddy]

Well my first glance was: Will Wright Leaves EA/Maxis for Stupid Fan Club ... made more sense my second look.

I watch too much SNL

[Deathlizard]

* Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Stupid Fun Club.
* Caution: Stupid Fun Club may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
* Stupid Fun Club Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
* Do not use Stupid Fun Club on concrete.

Discontinue use of Stupid Fun Club if any of the following occurs:

        * Itching
        * Vertigo
        * Dizziness
        * Tingling in extremities
        * Loss of balance or coordination
        * Slurred speech
        * Temporary blindness
        * Profuse sweating
        * Heart palpitations

If Stupid Fun Club begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Stupid Fun Club may stick to certain types of skin.

Ingredients of Stupid Fun Club include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Stupid Fun Club has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Stupid Fun Club.

Stupid Fun Club?

[ProfM]

Is that anything like Super Adventure Club?

Re:Daikatana

[DittoBox]

John Romero is about to make you his bitch.

Re:Daikatana

[SpazmodeusG]

On the other hand he may come up with a game like Deus Ex.

Seriously, look at the website

[durnurd]

I don't know what's going on with that website. It vaguely reminds me of Zombo.com. There's nothing there, but it's some damned fine nothing.

Re:Holy shit

[Firehed]

Please - I regularly work with HS students learning how to design websites, and that comparison really isn't fair to the students.

Re:Spore

[BurningFeetMan]

But... My giant space slug... No!

Fuck, and I thought I felt ripped off before. My hatred for EA just scaled 10 fold.

Re:Spore

[canajin56]

I'm pretty sure there are more varieties of mudkips in Spore, than there are varieties of real amphibians on earth ;) And btw my mudkip is the best, a random person said so in my comments page!