He's tinkering with his robot while discussing a complex concept that he's reduced to an equation. "Happiness," Will Wright declares, "is having one's needs met." I've come to his home, perched on lonely hills in Northern California, to understand how this inventor-philosopher-game designer created The Sims. Electronic Arts has sold more than 3.5 million copies, making it the top-selling computer game in the world.
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