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August 30, 2006
Will Wright Talk on the Future of Gaming (and Learning!)
I attended a talk last night by Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore. I was encouraged by and in agreement with his comments about the challenges of motivating kids to learn and the value of tapping their natural creativity to let them build their own games, characters and stories with enabling tools, and tapping into this energy to eventually address world problems from the environment to poverty in Africa. I asked him after his talk "What will it take to have a game addressing a social cause become commercially successful". He was very quick to say "Great design"!.
I thought of 100 questions I could of or should have asked, but there you go folks, that was the one I squeeked in.
I'd love to have had more time! Will is cool. Inspiring.
Posted by Ron Edwards at August 30, 2006 09:57 PM
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Hey Ron it's Michael Field, from both presentations.
I agree that Will Wright's presentation was a better toehold for beginners into the industry but neither has really given advice on how to attract new designers.
I really wish EA would allow me to give a presentation, I've got a thing or two to show people. Back me up?
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at October 2, 2006 11:04 PM
Hi Michael,
Go for it!
Posted by: Ron Edwards at October 11, 2006 12:43 AM
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