Following along with an emerging DNA and evolution flavor, this week's
TEDTALKTUESDAY selection puts
you in the God seat.
Enjoy!
WILLWRIGHTTalk title:
Toys that make worlds (video runtime: 16:49)
Will Wright speaking at South by Southwest in 2007Wiki bioAbout this Talk
In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. Here Wright encourages users to create not households, as in The Sims, or cities, as in SimCity, but the entire universe, from single-celled life forms to galactic physics. While guiding us through his mesmerizing beta, Wright shares his thoughts on Montessori schools, Darwinian theory and long-term thinking, emphasizing, throughout, that Spore is not so much a game as an opportunity for discovery -- "an imagination amplifier."
This talk is also available for download in 480p resolution.