I didn’t take any notes during the Will Wright presentation today. He was just speaking way too fast to get anything down. Plus, I really wanted to pay attention to what he was saying. They moved us out of the convention center over to the Hilton ballroom for this presentation due to the large crowds expected. The keynote was basically split into two pieces, “modern games vs. traditional games vs. other media” and a demo of Spore, Will’s newest game. The games vs. media track was pretty interesting. He basically discussed the evolution of gaming starting with storytelling and movies and the paths that a user takes though them (linear vs. non-linear or quasi-linear). It was an interesting look at how games have evolved and become much more complex. This worked into the demo of Spore, which is stretching the boundaries of traditional gaming. I don’t think I’d do it justice if 
I explained what Spore is, but there is a great video online of one of the original walk-throughs of the game. This game looks incredible! Seeing it demoed live just reassured that. I’m willing to be that my productivity drops 110% when that game comes out because all I will want to do it play it.
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