Wright getting lifetime BAFTA News
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Robert Purchese
Will Wright will become the first videogame "celebrity" to be awarded the Fellowship BAFTA; joining the ranks of recognised and household names like Dame Judi Dench, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg.
It will be the first time the award has branched out into games, as it can apparently no longer ignore their massive impact on day-to-day life - especially if you read The Daily Mail.
Wright will receive his award on 23rd October (or a day before my birthday), and be applauded for his work on creating enormous franchises like SimCity and The Sims.
His current master work Spore is being allowed to take its jolly time, however, and the last we heard was that it would be out sometime after March next year.
Other games up for BAFTA awards this year include the likes of BioShock, Gears of War and Okami, and a full list can be found behind you.
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Comments: 1-24 of 24 in total
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Der_tolle_Emil
15/10/07 @ 11:14
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Am I the only one who read that and first thought "Phoenix Wright?"
I instantly thought of Phoenix Wright as well. Will Wright hasn't done much for me after Sim City. |
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GingerNathan
15/10/07 @ 11:49
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Load of rubbish, there's a load of game developers that should be ahead of him.
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projectmayhem
15/10/07 @ 11:55
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CliffyB should have gotten it.
...I just want to see his hair appear on national TV |
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MrChuckles
15/10/07 @ 12:05
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Will Wright got my sister to play a PC game... My sister!
He deserves it.... |
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kangarootoo
15/10/07 @ 12:15
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"The games industry isn't about you"
Lol. If Der_tolle_Emil is a gamer, then of course it is. |
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MrChuckles
15/10/07 @ 12:26
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But Miyamoto gets people who are already gamers to buy many more games, he doesn't get non-gamers to try stuff out imo...
Who came up with the design of the Wii remote, they have done pretty well.... If it was Miyamoto (I've never been a big Nintendo fan tbh, so i may well be talking gibberish!) then fair enough. |
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kangarootoo
15/10/07 @ 14:19
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All gamers are one person. Where do you draw the line as to whose opinion matters?
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Grogmonkey
15/10/07 @ 15:46
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@ IAmBatman
zOMG. Paradox! I hear Will Wright is a pretty nice guy. And, from what I've seen of him on Gamasutra's GDC coverage a couple of years back, he seems to know his stuff. Kudos to him, say I. |
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Charlie_Miso
16/10/07 @ 00:49
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groovemeister - Jordon vs Bird on the Megadrive.
get with the times! word. |
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