Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
As part of the 25th anniversary of The Sims, the New York Times spoke to the original game's lead designer Will Wright, who ...
The Sims Turned Players Into Gods. And Farmers. And Vampires. And Landlords.
As the virtual dollhouse turns 25, the game designer Will Wright explains how The Sims was a sandbox for the American dream.
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Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
As part of the 25th anniversary of The Sims, the New York Times spoke to the original game's lead designer Will Wright, who gave some insight into how its AI was programmed. Part of the ...
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‘The Sims’ Turned Mere Mortals Into Gods. Twenty-Five Years Later, the Addictive Computer Game Is Still Going Strong
The audience for the trailblazing life simulation game has stuck around through new editions, expansion packs and designs to ...
The Sims design mastermind Will Wright says the first Sims ever made were "too good" at staying alive and needed to be stupider for the game to be fun
According to The Sims mastermind Will Wright, the original life sim had to be dumbed down as Sims' autonomy was simply "too ...
Bucks acquire Jericho Sims from Knicks for Delon Wright
The Milwaukee Bucks acquired center Jericho Sims from the New Yok Knicks in exchange for guard Delon Wright, the draft rights ...
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‘The Sims’ turned players into gods. And farmers. And vampires. And landlords.
“I never really thought of The Sims as inherently optimistic,” Wright, 65, said. “I always thought of The Sims as slightly sarcastically nostalgic for a past that never really existed.
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'The Sims,' gaming's ultimate social sandbox, turns 25
The original launched in February 2000 and spawned one of the most successful franchises in video game history. NPR's Susan ...
The Sims at 25: How a virtual dollhouse took over the world
Now, 25 years from its debut, The Sims is one of the best-selling video game series of all time, with an active community of superfans known as Simmers. The latest instalment, The Sims 4, has been ...