Our exclusive interview sees Maxis' boss grill the 'founder' of the games industry

Will Wright interviews Nolan Bushnell for Develop

Nolan Bushnell is an industry legend, arguably founding the entire games industry.

But when the opportunity arose to speak with new BAFTA Fellow, we didn’t just want to settle on a dull Q&A.

Instead, we thought it would be good to get another industry legend Will Wright, creator of The Sims and the first BAFTA Fellow, to interview his friend Nolan instead.

We’ve posted the full feature online to read here – the two talk about the early days of the games industry, inspirations, the effect games have on children, and even robots. Check it out.

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