Stupid Fun Club developing three 'play industry' projects - Wright

Will please come back and get with EA and Maxis and make a REAL city building game. Make a REAL SC5!!!

I know that Spore may not have been what some people were looking for, but it was still a great endeavor. The scope it provided with its accessible creation tools are an amazing accomplishment. Not everything is going to work for everybody. I personally hate the SimEverything games. Never been a fan, but Spore hit it with me. Keep cranking stuff out Mr. Wright.

He and Peter Molyneux should win dual lifetime achievement awards for shameless hype. To paraphrase a certain sith lord, don't be too proud of these technological terrors you're creating, Will. The ability to throw teh internets into anything is insignificant compared to the power of compelling design. Sadly, it's something he's lost touch with in the past few years in my opinion.

I strongly disagree. "Innovation is nothing if the end-product is boring" is among the most ignorant things every written on these comment sections (and that is saying something). Many innovations have come in uninteresting and overall unremarkable packages. Innovation is merely a by-product of creativity in one specific area and can come in the form of projects that push the envelope in one area while showing disregard for others and resulting in underwhelming end-products.

Will has gone nuts

Will Wright is great at making very ambitious, interesting-looking games that lose their luster after a couple weeks of playing. He beat the "Sim Universe" to death and then gave us Spore. Innovation is nothing when the end result is dull and boring. He has arguably done a lot for the gaming industry by pushing it in new directions, but often the games that built on his concepts were better than his own games.

I think this will be interesting ^_^

Can't wait to see his next game, hopefully, one of them is SimCity 5. :)

Will is very ambitious and I don't mind that kind of energy. With EA and Maxis out of his affairs this sounds like a very promising endeavor. While I am not sure who is to blame for the failure of Spore, I do think it encouraged Wright to work on projects without as much oversight. That is always a good thing to me, regardless of how well those projects materialize.

it sounds very interesting, I'm eager to read more details!

"Stupid Fun Club"??? what goes on in your mind will wright? nevertheless you still make great game.

Ive never been a big fan of His games... they all are a bit ... "Fisher Price" if you know what I mean... but if hes smart.. he will go into kids learning games... thats where I think he belongs

No I lost my Hope in Will wright after the Spore disaster. its probably gonna be some games teaching the ABC

The "play industry" will be taking over! Be on the lookout for it.

Hopefully something better than Spore

I hope this time Will Wright creates a quality game without so many technical issues.

"Stupid Fun Club" kinda sounds like one of those strange Anime cartoons.

I'd like to see this really succeed. I hope that Stupid Fun Club grows to his full 30 staff and starts really making some interesting products. The idea of this is really neat. I saw they mentioned films, hope that mean they will be hired to assassinate Uwe Boll.

I just want to who picked their name. "Stupid Fun Club"? Seriously? :D I can't get over the fact that they named it that.

@ Darth_Tyrranus Probably. It seems like he has moved onto micro projects, to throw ideas out into the world that may lead to other games.

master zidane, Will Wright's idea for Spore was a brilliant idea and had so much potential. Unfortunately, the game was also much more shallow than most people thought it would be. However, I do not think Will Wright can be blamed for all of this. Doesn't it seem strange that Will Wright left EA right after Spore came out? Could it possibly be because he wasn't happy with what had happened to his brainchild?

Stupid Fun Club. It has that nice sarcastic ring to it and a nice hidden meaning. I hope they do well.

@ 2point5RSman This guy never had 'it' to begin with.....maybe the early Sim games, but he definitely lost it with the Sims and Spore.

this guy has finally lost it

I am hoping he makes water balloons that dont pop when you fill them up in the kitchen sink.

They've got what possibly is the dumbest name of a game studio ever. Seriously, what the hell?

Please Please Please Sc5 :D

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Guys, please, about EA limiting Wright. EA means business, and so does Wright. Check this article: http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=376217 As hard to accept as it seems to be for many of you (IDK why), EA has supported many excellent games, and has been extremely important for the gaming industry, and still is.

Is this the guy who made Sim City? If so it's awesome then!! I hope he makes a new Sim City.

Ah Will Wright. Broke off from EA and now shall make the games we want. Joyus day!

Go Will! Show off your true genius without EA Limitations!

Go Will! Show off your true genius without EA Limitations!

I would like them to disconnect from EA. Then I think we would have some great games being developed. As long as EA has their hands in it I feel like it will be rushed or not live up to the hype.

I really would love to see what Will Wright does in "Stupid Fun Club". He did so well with Sim City and the Sims, I'm really intrested with what he can pull of at "SFC".