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Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
Will Wright has three stupid fun games on the way
Will Wright has three stupid fun games on the way
thatvideogameblog.com — Idle hands are the devil’s workshop and Will Wright likes staying out of trouble. After forming the... Stupid Fun Club since leaving EA in April, Wright told VentureBeat that his company already has three games brewing and that one may be playable in 2010. Wright’s company, that is ... (more) Will Wright has three stupid fun games on the way
Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club has three projects that you can't see
Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club has three projects that you can't see
joystiq.com — Former EA Maxis head Will Wright and his Stupid Fun Club are hard at work on a... handful of ideas "that cross a lot of different boundaries." During a recent conversation with VentureBeat , the creator of SimCity and its reticulating splines said ... (more) Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club has three projects that ...
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Will Wright’s ‘Stupid Fun Club’ is working on three projects right now, could see one of them in six months
GoNintendo — ... Are these going to be games, or something else? When it comes to Will Wright, you never know! Check out the full interview here ...

Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club has three projects that you can't see
Joystiq — ... Former EA Maxis head Will Wright and his Stupid Fun Club are hard at work on a handful of ideas "that cross a lot of different boundaries." During a recent conversation with VentureBeat, the creator of SimCity and its reticulating splines ...

Will Wright's Three Games
Blue's News — ... VentureBeat reports that Will Wright's startup developer Stupid Fun Club is currently "pursuing" three games, saying: "Right now we are pursuing three pretty aggressively. We might get up to four or five. I want to stay pretty focused. We have a lot of ideas that we want to do. But it’s just three now." The article is a Q&A with the Spore/Sims creator also going into his plans for toy and web-based development as well as games. Thanks ...

Will Wright Hints at His New Project
The Escapist : Latest News — ... , a toy that functions through a database of questions and answers "generated by millions of visitors to a website of the same name." In an interview with VentureBeat , Wright said there are three projects currently in the works at Stupid Fun Club, one of which is toy related while the others are not. "We are looking at a lot of different industries," he said. "There's the web. Toys. We're not restricted to one type of entertainment. We're kind of looking for ideas that cross a lot of different boundaries." It's not exactly a wealth of information to work with there but, much ...

Will Wright's New Studio Developing Three Projects, 'A Couple' Are Games
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... wrapped, games designer Will Wright left his home base of EA Maxis to form Stupid Fun Club, a company focused on expanding the idea of "play" in games and other mediums. Wright hasn't said specifically what Stupid Fun Club is up to, but an interview with Venture Beat provided a little more clarity on how much to expect Wright's new projects to focus on video games. ...

Will Wright hints about new projects
Big Download Blog — Filed under: Biz, Simulation, Spore, The Sims 3The Sims and Spore creator Will Wright shocked many in the game industry earlier this year when he decided to leave his long time development team at Electronic Arts to start an all new company with the terrific name Stupid Fun Club. VentureBeat chatted with Wright this week to get an update on what he's been up to and what he has planned for his new company. Wright says that Stupid Fun Club has three projects in the works right now ...

Will Wright Now A Part Of The "Play Industry" [Stupid Fun Club' ]
Kotaku — ... VB: Do you think the future is more about Facebook games, or is more about console games? WW: I think it is going to be a lot broader than either one of those two. Those are both experiences where you sit in front of the screen. They're very structured activities. I'm thinking much broader than that. Plenty more in the full post, though you'll have to guess as to what Wright is actually making. I see clues. No specifics yet. Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club [VentureBeat] ...

Will Wright has three stupid fun games on the way
That VideoGame Blog — ... in April, Wright told VentureBeat that his company already has three games brewing and that one may be playable in 2010. Wright’s company, that is still partially owned by EA, is much more intimate and has only 12 people, most of whom Wright has known or worked with for 10+ years. ...

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When Spore and The Sims creator Will Wright left Electronic Arts and Maxis to focus on his "entertainment think tank" called Stupid Fun Club, there were a lot of questions about what exactly he was up to -- would he be building robots full-time? And ...
Will Wright's New Studio Developing Three Projects, 'A Couple' Are GamesG4 TV - TheFeed 10/8/2009
After Spore wrapped, games designer Will Wright left his home base of EA Maxis to form Stupid Fun Club, a company focused on expanding the idea of "play" in games and other mediums. Wright hasn't said specifically what Stupid Fun ...
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