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I'm glad to collect any questions for Will Wright and post his replies! He's especially obsessed with cornering you at a party and telling you all about Care B

I'm glad to collect any questions for Will Wright and post his replies! He's especially obsessed with cornering you at a party and telling you all about Care Bears. The Adorable Will Wright Minutes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7G6c097oWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7G6c097oWU Speaking of single minutes of short attention span theatre, here are a couple of one minute robot movies we made: Servitude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsUetUzXlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsUetUzXlg Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrbqXPnHvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrbqXPnHvE

nanna 4mo ago
Was the game Ökolopoly an influence on him? It was a 'cybernetic environment game (kybernetik unweltspiel)' from West Germany where players run a country and strive to hold off economic, social and ecological collapse. It was released as a board game (beautiful, if I may so so, owning a copy) in the early 1980s and then the true, apparently fully realised DOS videogame followed later. It always seemed like a simple Sim City to me. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kolopoly https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kolopoly https://archive.org/details/oekolopoly_202509 https://archive.org/details/oekolopoly_202509 Further question, how much did he read about cyberneticş beyond Gaia Theory? Was he influenced by Norbert Wiener?
- DonHopkins 4mo ago
  You're question in committed -- Thanks! We're making a "Repo Show": You're welcome to open issues and make prs to edit your questions and audience character description. (Price-is-Right and Furry costumes welcome!) https://github.com/SimHacker/WillWrightShowForFood/blob/main/repo-shows/will-wright/audience/hn-nanna/questions.yml https://github.com/SimHacker/WillWrightShowForFood/blob/main...
vor_ 4mo ago
I'll toss ya a few! What unexplored frontiers does he wish game developers would pay more attention to? How does he feel about the state of science education for children today in terms of schooling, television, toys, internet, and so forth? What are his thoughts on the effects of current AI trends on culture and education? What games, if any, has he been playing lately?
- DonHopkins 3mo ago
  Committed your question, now in the queue! You can submit a PR with more questions, or describe what funny costume you want to wear, wigs, prosthetics, signs, or whatever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxJ4IsvSPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxJ4IsvSPY

nanna 4mo ago

Was the game Ökolopoly an influence on him? It was a 'cybernetic environment game (kybernetik unweltspiel)' from West Germany where players run a country and strive to hold off economic, social and ecological collapse. It was released as a board game (beautiful, if I may so so, owning a copy) in the early 1980s and then the true, apparently fully realised DOS videogame followed later. It always seemed like a simple Sim City to me. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kolopoly https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kolopoly https://archive.org/details/oekolopoly_202509 https://archive.org/details/oekolopoly_202509 Further question, how much did he read about cyberneticş beyond Gaia Theory? Was he influenced by Norbert Wiener?

DonHopkins 4mo ago
You're question in committed -- Thanks! We're making a "Repo Show": You're welcome to open issues and make prs to edit your questions and audience character description. (Price-is-Right and Furry costumes welcome!) https://github.com/SimHacker/WillWrightShowForFood/blob/main/repo-shows/will-wright/audience/hn-nanna/questions.yml https://github.com/SimHacker/WillWrightShowForFood/blob/main...

vor_ 4mo ago

I'll toss ya a few! What unexplored frontiers does he wish game developers would pay more attention to? How does he feel about the state of science education for children today in terms of schooling, television, toys, internet, and so forth? What are his thoughts on the effects of current AI trends on culture and education? What games, if any, has he been playing lately?

DonHopkins 3mo ago
Committed your question, now in the queue! You can submit a PR with more questions, or describe what funny costume you want to wear, wigs, prosthetics, signs, or whatever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxJ4IsvSPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxJ4IsvSPY