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The Replay Interviews: Will Wright
Donovan, Tristan and Will Wright. 2011. “The Replay Interviews: Will Wright.” Gamasutra (later reprinted on gamedeveloper.com).
- Cite as
Gamasutra, Will Wright interview, 23 May 2011- Original
- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-replay-interviews-will-wright
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89200cc5d6da01c665383470d24e38d5ae8874fb4549701c482b9d2be2cb8e76- Archived
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261009022553/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-replay-interviews-will-wright
- Accessed
- 2026-10-26
- Licence
- © Informa Tech / Game Developer; Wayback capture
- Credit
- Tristan Donovan's full interview with Will Wright, conducted for his book Replay: The History of Video Games and published by Gamasutra on 23 May 2011. The archived copy is Game Developer's reprint under the same title.
- Notes
- Wright explains that SimCity began as an elaboration of the world editor he had built for Raid on Bungeling Bay. The relevant question is "How did the leap from Raid's world editor, to SimCity with its urban design theories, happen?".