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Here is a bit of a no-brainer from game designing god Will Wright during an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education: "We've had this cultural bias against games for the last 20 years, and a lot of it I think is self-deserved, because if you look at what people are doing with [video game] technology it is for the most part directed toward 12-year-old boys. But that doesn't mean the format doesn't have the potential to do a whole lot more."

Thanks, but I think we hear this all the time and most likely have heard it from Wright before too. Thankfully, the rest of the interview goes more in depth on the often discussed subject, including why Wright doesn't think current "serious" games are going about appealing to people very well. "I think (serious games) are great. I think there is an environment in which they are emerging in ... there's a tendency since they're serious subjects to treat them very seriously." Wright goes on to explain that maybe we should have some fun with serious subjects by making them a bit more abstract. I'm all for it, now someone go do it.

You can see the entire interview below.


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Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:03
Justice
Great header image, may I ask who made it?
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:15
AgentMOO
Whoa, what happened to captain obvious? Did will wright kill him with the weapons hidden in his ridiculous vest?
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:15
DaedHead8
Where did the Captain Obvious header go? It was lulzy.
LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:16
LOLFONDU
I don't think that appeal should be targeting old women or 10 year olds like the wii is doing.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:21
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Matthew doesn't understand how to read and that Captain Obvious image wasn't final.
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:31
Aurain
Bring it back!
Bring it back!
Bring it back!
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:38
DaedHead8
@Hamza

Someone working for a games site that's illiterate? Never!
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:46
killias2
I'm sorry, but there's a very obvious market reason for this: "serious" games won't make money. Games aren't alone in this either. Watch popular TV shows or movies. 99% mindless crap.
lubczyk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:47
lubczyk
Yeah, how about we dumb down War and Peace? Make it a simple struggle of good guys versus bad guys and remove all the Russian and French cultural context and replace it with contemporary, modern pop refrences.

Also, the book is too long and boring for most people. Let's cut 1400 pages and make it 100 pages long. Then, a broader range of people will read it.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 16:56
the GAMEGOBLIN
Why the hell does Will Wright look like BrĂ¼no in that picture

Gives me the heebie-jeebies thinkin' about it
Vedicardi2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 17:02
Vedicardi2
What the fuck is he wearing
Cuba Gooding Jr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 17:24
Cuba Gooding Jr
Hi, I'm Bruno!
Castle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 17:58
Castle
This is the kind of bullshit I'm talking about. Right here, man.
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 18:52
DinnertimeNinja
Will Wright needs to make his wardrobe appeal to more people.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 01:46
brainderailment
What the fuck is that guy wearing. It looks like he just got back from TEH FUTAREZ!
---AMARU---'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 02:31
---AMARU---
I hate it when people use the word "gay" so freely; it really disgusts me. But holy shit whatever the hell he's wearing is GAY!
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 04:08
Havoc Fang
I remember him wearing that. Cosplay kind of thing for him, or something.

What matters is that its only the arm thats robotic. If he could shoot lasers out his eyes, we'd all be fuel for his spacecraft.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 06:07
Chronic Logic
Sorry, his clothing is too distracting to focus on what he's saying.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 08:42
whormongr
he should have printed his business card on a simolean
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