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Will Wright Leaves EA/Maxis For Stupid Fun Club

Posted by timothy on from the requires-flash-10-for-shame-for-shame dept.

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.'"

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  1. Thank god by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Oblig.

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  2. This might be a stupid question... by HexOxide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This might be a stupid question...

    But, how is Will Wright actually leaving EA if EA co-owns Stupid Fun Club?

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    Can I leave this box empty?
  3. Re:Holy shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I thought "Meh, just someone complaining" but this site is....really bad. The globe menu is silly, I didn't even realise it was a menu, the buttons spins around for too long so you can't read them and then when they stop they are still difficult to read due to the font and colour. The text is pink and has crusty pixels around the edges. The website itself has very little useful information what so ever and it lags when ever you do something. It looks like a website made in Flash by a High School student learning how to design websites.

  4. Re:Daikatana by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  5. Already Broke Rule #1 by theskunkmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    When will people ever learn?

    1. Re:Already Broke Rule #1 by General+Muzak · · Score: 5, Funny

      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)