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William Ralph Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts. In April 2009, he left EA to run Stupid Fun Club Camp, an entertainment think tank in which Wright and EA are principal shareholders.
Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1920s–1962. William Henry Wright (March 26, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American actor. [1] He was frequently cast in Westerns and as a curmudgeonly and argumentative old man. Over the course of his career, Wright appeared in more than 200 film and television roles.
YearTitleRole1934Pure FeudLem1940Tucker1941Judge Thatcher1941Texas SenatorWill Wright (1894-1962) Will Wright. One of those familiar character actors who seems to have been born old, Will Wright specialized in playing crusty old codgers, rich skinflints,crooked small-town politicians and the like. A former newspaper reporter in San Francisco, he switched careers and entered vaudeville, then took to the stage.
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Aug 14, 2012 · Wright and his team at Maxis, the development studio he cofounded in 1987, blew past those constraints, creating an infinitely flexible world limited only by the skill and imagination of the player.
Oct 5, 2020 · Join pioneering video game designer and The Sims creator, Will Wright, in his first-ever game design class. In his MasterClass, Wright will cover methods and...
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A technical virtuoso with boundless imagination, Will Wright has created a style of computer gaming unlike any that came before, emphasizing learning more than losing, invention more than sport. With his hit game SimCity, he spurred players to make predictions, take risks, and sometimes fail miserably, as they built their own virtual urban worlds.
From the Guru archive: Game designer Will Wright, creator of The Sims franchise, shares fascinating insights from his decades working in the games industry.W...
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