Will Wright Gets Personal With Hivemind

[Sonicron]

Wow, I didn't know the Sims guy was this much of a dick. Not only does he brazenly admit to this project being one big creepy spyware tool, but the smug **** also doesn't care in the slightest about any concerns potentially being raised because Bookface taught him that young people are likely to buy his product anyway.
And as for the 'crowdsourcing problems' thing, we have a means for that already - it's called an online forum.

Actually, that's the opposite of him.

He's just beaing honest, and after spore came out with secuROM, he actually went behind EA's back and released a removal tool.

So, by your logic I could come to your house, repeatedly kick you in the nads and still get points for being honest if I gloat about it to my friends afterwards...? Considering the kind of digital anti-privacy demon he's working on, Wright's honesty doesn't absolve him in the slightest, at least not in my eyes.

 

[Xanadu84]

Can't fault you for lack of ambition, holy hell Ill give you that much Wright. If actually implemented, this could be anything from the next stage in human evolution to the Meme (In the Dawkins sense, not the cat picture sense) that puts humanity under a tyrants boot-heel. Well, Ill be watching this.

 

[kotorfan04]

I have just gotten to test this game, I can assure all of my fellow humans that the Hivemind will herald a new golden age. All humans should be eager to join in the collective. Their uniqueness will be added to our own.

 

[Keltzar]

Am I the only one who had this come to mind when they read this?

 

[ThunderCavalier]

... And thus Skynet was born.

 

[Zyxzy]

The future: Both wonderful and terrifying.

 

[TheDoctor455]

E.M. Forster was right!!!!!

 

[Strazdas]

"If we can learn enough about the player, we can create games about their real life. How do we get you more engaged in reality, rather than distract you from it?"

the whole point of gaming is that it is not about our real lives.
imo this is one of the biggest threats the internet has faced.

 

[Smooth Operator]

An interesting idea for sure, but with a seriously terrifying subtext.

Problem is I don't like a single thing this guy brought to life.

 

[Monsterfurby]

"Young people are more open to the idea of sharing personal information than older generations, he explained". Fuck no. I'm fifteen, and ever since I read about the shit Google pulls, I'm the most paranoid person I know.

Likewise, I'm 22, and I don't mind putting my address up on the internet.

Then again, owning a website, the law requires me to do that anyway.

Edit: Also, I am a proponent of gamification as a means of becoming more productive and happy at the same time.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

How do we get you more engaged in reality, rather than distract you from it?

I got that answer mister Bill. How about figuring out how to make reality suck less?

The reason we need distractions is because the vast majority of actions that an adult westerner takes create no satisfaction. Our lives are under permanent threat by forces we can't possibly control, our everyday actions have no "challenge" to them so are inherently uninteresting, and everywhere we look we are bombarded with advertisements telling us how our life sucks but it would be better if we would just BUY THIS PRODUCT!

And who the hell needs

meaningful suggestions for entertainment options

Are there people who sit around and think "I'm bored but since I don't have any ideas about how to entertain myself I'll just keep staring at this wall."

Even if there was a public big achievement board that showed I took out the garbage 351 times that wouldn't make me any more enthusiastic about taking out the garbage the 352nd time.

But whatever, Will Wright created SimAnt and if he wants to fleece some poor suckers with too much money into dumping it on his boondoggle then more power to him.

 

[Nurb]

Fuck that noise, I'm avoiding social media because I don't want to put my personal life on public display so some billionare can make money on advertizing, and I'm not gonna take part in this just for game marketing.