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Wright getting lifetime BAFTA Comments by Robert Purchese

15 October, 2007

A real "first".

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Cloudane
15/10/07 @ 11:04
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Heh; 'a day before my birthday'.

Whilst I never played The Sims very much, it was pretty much a household game as just about everyone who had a PC owned the game.
Emilia'sHorse
15/10/07 @ 11:06
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Oh well they might as well give it to someone.

/claps
Fallen_Angel
15/10/07 @ 11:11
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Am I the only one who read that and first thought "Phoenix Wright?"
Emilia'sHorse
15/10/07 @ 11:11
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Yes.

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.
Triggerhappytel
15/10/07 @ 11:26
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So, he's getting recognised ahead of Shigeru Miyamoto?
mikew1985
15/10/07 @ 11:28
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Well... it's a British award...
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Kelduum
15/10/07 @ 11:39
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So, he's getting recognised ahead of Shigeru Miyamoto?

Well... it's a British award...

And Will Wright is American...

I would have thought that Miyamoto would be more deserving myself, also...
IAmBatman
15/10/07 @ 11:40
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> Will Wright hasn't done much for me after Sim City

The games industry isn't about you.
bloke
15/10/07 @ 11:42
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I can't think of anyone who's made a bigger contribution in bringing games into the mainstream, so this is a hugely well deserved award.
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.
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
enzima
15/10/07 @ 12:00
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To me Miyamoto is like Michael Jordan: no one has done as much as him for the growth of videogaming. Also he delivered by far the longest list of AAA titles. I cant even think of anyone close to his level of contribution to gaming. Long live to the King!
mikew1985
15/10/07 @ 12:00
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"And Will Wright is American...

I would have thought that Miyamoto would be more deserving myself, also... "

Oh i genuinely always thought he was a Briton, sorry.

I would also agree that Miyamoto would be more deserving but I guess Wright is in there because of the Sims.

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....
ZeroAX
15/10/07 @ 12:07
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miyiamoto got me to buy a video game console. he deserved it more. but please DON'T give it to peter molynuex (next year) just cause he is british.
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.
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.
IAmBatman
15/10/07 @ 12:31
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> Lol. If Der_tolle_Emil is a gamer, then of course it is.

No it isn't. He's one person.
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?
IAmBatman
15/10/07 @ 15:22
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> Where do you draw the line as to whose opinion matters

When there are significantly more than 1 of them. Or, as a helpful shorthand, if an opinion is posted on a eurogamer comments thread, it's probably worthless.
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.
Charlie_Miso
16/10/07 @ 00:49
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groovemeister - Jordon vs Bird on the Megadrive.

get with the times! word.
pointBlank
22/10/07 @ 15:52
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FYI:

the game has 30 missions not 50 + 60 challenges

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