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I’ve blogged about Will Wright (creator of Sim City and the Sims) before, discussing his new game Spore (see One videogame to rule them all?).

Besides being a great game designer Will is, as you would expect, an insightful thinker. Here is the text of a speech Will gave recently which describes many ideas of his on story telling and the mediums of movies and games: http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/03/sxsw_will_wrigh.html

It is one of most insightful discussions of the nature of storytelling in movies and games I’ve ever read. It definitely should be read by anyone who wants to better understand human behavior, particularly with respect to movie storytelling or game storytelling.