Comments on: Will Wright’s simulation games: an environmental philosophy critique

By: An interesting critique of Will Wright and his games. « Girth Industries

An interesting critique of Will Wright and his games. « Girth Industries — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:38:29 +0000

[...] his games. Reid Parham, an Oregon State University student pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design has written a very interesting critique of Will Wright on his blog, Kerplow.com. It’s nothing controversial really, it’s not like he’s [...]

By: Reid

Reid — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:51:37 +0000

Yeah, the paper could have admitted that they are just toys. That might miss out on an important point, however, as Wright views toys as great ways to learn. (Look for his quote about Montessori schools) Thanks for the feedback!

By: gnome

gnome — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:19:44 +0000

Now, that was a truly interesting read and one I appreciated both as a gamer and as an urban geographer. Excellent and frankly, I do agree on most points made. I’d even go as far and add that Sim City’s problems are mainly the cause of the flawed models dear Mr. Wright chose as his theoretical basis and less a result of his unavoidable simplifications.

On the other hand, and in defense of his amazing game creation skills, you have to admit that this was indeed not meant as an educational tool, but more as a fun digital toy that slightly brushes upon some very real matters. Then again, I’m not even offended by Civilization’s amazingly anti-dialectical nature…