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Career Advice from Will Wright, Creator of Spore, SimCity and The Sims.

Game designer Will Wright founded his own company, Maxis, in 1989 and has since created some of the best-known simulation games in existence, including the 2008 blockbuster Spore. Maxis is now part of Electronics Arts, the world's largest video game company.READ»

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Sims creator Will Wright, whose new life-spawning game Spore comes out this month, talks about what's wrong with Grand Theft Auto, the dearth of women in gaming, and the value of his empire.READ»

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SimCity became the turning point for the serious games genre when it was first published in 1989. In this SimCity Detroit example, players were given a budget and the autonomy to build and maintain their own virtual cities. ...READ»