Will Wright and Brian Eno talk about Generative Systems

Will Wright is the games designer behind Sim City and The Sims. Brian Eno is Mr.Ambient known for having released albums on floppy disks that ran Koan, an early generative music making package. Will Wrights new game is called Spores, a game whoose architecture is based on self generating systems and Brian Eno, neatly enough, is generating the soundtrack. It's a good talk about generative systems and randomness in music and games.

It's nearly two hours long but you can click on the Open Tools icon on the video screen to skip to specific chapters. link FORA.tv