Will Wright

“A simulation is a representation of a system over time.”

“Reality is a very complex and interesting place.”

“My goal is to give people a tool to create.”

“Games are a stealth learning tool.”

“I'm more interested in the players than the games.”

“The player should be the one who's creating the story.”

“The Sims is an express yourself kind of game.”

“I'm interested in things that are open-ended.”

“It's not the aesthetics of a game that are important, but the mechanics.”

“We need to be able to reverse engineer our players' brains.”

“The real magic is in the player's imagination.”

“It's about empowering the player.”