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Video Game Designer

Will Wright, born on January 20, 1960, is a renowned video game designer. He is known for his unique creativity and visionary game design philosophy, with notable works including 'SimCity' and 'Minecraft'. Wright's games have not only been beloved by players but have also had a profound impact on the development of the gaming industry.

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“A long time ago, I decided that game design is applied psychology.”

Psychology Interview Game Design

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“I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game.”

Thinking Ideas Reality Games Subjects Compelling Bats

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“It's rewarding to be able to change people's perceptions of reality, ... They just see their environment in a different way. They have a kind of different-colored glasses that they can see their world in. To me, that's really cool - when games can change you.”

People World Way Kind Different Reality Able Games Environment Perception Glasses Different Ways Really Cool Perception Reality Colored Glass

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“No game designer ever went wrong by overestimating the narcissism of their players.”

Games Player Designer Narcissism

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“Television is a very different thing from video games. It's kind of hard for me to compare.”

Kind Different Hard Games Television Video Compare Different Things

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“And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.”

Ideas Simplicity Complexity Fascinated

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“Everybody has a different definition of the good side.”

Different Sides Definitions

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“The big thing is that we have five percent or less of the hardcore players actively entertaining the other ninety-five percent.”

Bigs Five Player Percent Entertaining Big Things Ninety Hardcore

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“I typically go overboard when I research new projects.”

Projects Research Overboard New Projects

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“It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity.”

People Used Neighbor Used To Be Coworker Vicinity

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“The console games, as they come out with this new generation, will have a temporary advantage in price performance, but there are still many things you can do on a PC, more conveniently than you can do on a console machine.”

Stills Games Can Do Generations Advantage Machines Performances Temporary New Generation Console

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“I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.”

Kind Natural Results Tests Complexity Software Bugs

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“And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know.”

People Knows Term Treasure Hunting Now And Then Hunts Bugs Treasure Hunt Sims

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“Because now it's the fans out there that are entertaining us, the developers, with their creations!”

Fans Creation Entertaining Developers

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“We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at this point, but we are definitely still interested in that area.”

Stills I Can Time Games Bits Space Areas Considering Say Anything

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“Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.”

People World Way Different Play Games House Change Cities Perception Different Ways Perception Of The World Sims

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“The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does.”

Kind Doe Games Power Generations New Generation Console

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“Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits.”

Thinking Feels Wells Long Time Huge Benefits Long Time Cameras

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“Players like to know that they've discovered things that even the designers didn't know were in the game.”

Knows Games Player Designer

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“Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.”

Wells Used Pilots License

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“In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there.”

People Kind Real Social Community Economy Members Skins Online Website

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“Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement.”

Feels Lasts Next Games Generations Improvement Versions Next Generation Xbox Playstation Wii Playstation 3

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“Computer and video games represent one of the most important new media developments of this generation. Unlike many other forms of entertainment they offer players the opportunity to explore, be creative, learn through interaction and express themselves to others. It is vitally important that we protect and nurture this new art form so that it can reach its full potential. Like most new forms of artistic expression that have come before (music, novels, movies), the primary critics of video games are the people that do not play them.”

“A lot of the interesting issues and dynamics within a city occur over things such as socio-economic issues or ethnic issues. But they require a much more elaborate model of human behavior.”

Humans Interesting Cities Issues Economic Behavior Models Human Behavior Dynamics Economic Issues

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“I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.”

Kind Forget Embedded Refreshing

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About the Author

Born: January 20, 1960
Known for: Video Game Designer
Quotes: 25

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