WILL WRIGHT DEPARTS EA FOR LONG-TIME SIDE PROJECT, STUPID FUN CLUB
In a surprise announcement, EA has just sent out word that Sims and Spore creator Will Wright has officially left the company in order to focus on his Bay Area side project, The Stupid Fun Club, a venture he co-founded several years ago with Mike Winter.
EA will be investing the SFC, owning equal parts with Wright himself, and, says the release, “has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects.”
As it turns out, I actually spent the better part of a day getting a first hand tour of the Fun Club in the summer of 2006, and can report that it is as absolutely magical place as you might expect: imagine a toned down version of JF Sebastian’s toyland workshop from Blade Runner constructed with early-oughts technology, and you’re getting close.
I’ll update in the next few days with a full report of the things I saw there, or at least the ones that I’m allowed to talk about.
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