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Will Wright

"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."

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"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."

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Akiroq Brost

"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."

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Akiroq Brost

"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."

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Akiroq Brost

"We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself."

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Akiroq Brost

"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."

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Akiroq Brost

"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."

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Akiroq Brost

"I always tried to play my hunches."

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Akiroq Brost

"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

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Akiroq Brost

"Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie."

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Akiroq Brost

"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following."

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Will Wright
"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."

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Will Wright
"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."

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Will Wright
"The second thing for me, probably a few clicks down, is the idea that The Sims smoothly age and have different concerns and motivations and needs at different age ranges."

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Will Wright
"On vacation, I totally unplug. I don't bring a laptop with me."

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Will Wright
"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."

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Will Wright
"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."

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Will Wright
"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."

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Will Wright
"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."

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Will Wright
"I typically go overboard when I research new projects."

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

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