Will Wright bags BAFTA Fellowship, joins Spielberg, Hitchcock, Chaplin

Posted Oct 15, 2007 at 1:17PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: BAFTA, London, Will Wright
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Will Wright and a Sim - Image 1The father of all things Simlish will now be "up there" among the likes of Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Charlie Chaplin. The Sims creator Will Wright is to be inducted into the BAFTA Fellowship - it's an award given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to certain icons in the industry for their creative work.

What's more is that Mr. Wright is the first ever in the video games industry to be given this accolade. With games likeSpore (which is going multiplatform, BTW) in his developer's resumé, we're not surprised. Will Wright getting the Fellowship establishes the fact that BAFTA now recognizes video games as a substantial part of popular culture.

And who begs to disagree? We're sure most of you believe that videos games really do have a lot of impact and contribute a lot to the greater concept of art and moving pictures. Academy Chariman Hilary Bevan Jones states:

Will's immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the Fellowship and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honour.


The awards ceremonies are to take place in London on the 23rd of October.

 
 
 

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by Farnesworth - 2007-10-16 03:34
» Will Wright for President

kudos to him. I thoroughly enjoy almost all of Maxis games, except the ones ported to consoles.

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