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How CAA Plans to Liberate Game Designers

One CAA agent wants the video-game business to be more like the movies. The first step? Set the talent free.READ»

Lucy Bradshaw, SVP at Electronic Arts

The leader of an 80-person development team, Bradshaw is responsible for executing the wild fantasies of Will Wright, who founded Maxis in the late 1980s and brainstormed a slew of "Sim"-related titles.READ»

The Sims 3

If you're more into creating your own characters than watching someone else's, then you're likely familiar with the landmark PC game The Sims, which launched nine years ago to critical acclaim. Within two years, it became the ...READ»

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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»

Nine Experts on Why Darwin Still Matters

On February 12, 1809, little Charles was born. Two hundred years later -- and 150 years after the publication of his landmark treatise "On the Origin of Species" -- scientists, thinkers, and leaders talk about how the evolutionary theorist changed our lives and their work.READ»

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The Simemperor

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»