Will Wright Quits EA to work at his Stupid Fun Club

The headline is exactly it. Will Wright is leaving EA, who ate Maxis, to work at a thinktank of his own genesis (which is now EA-funded). He told the world via forum post. It's interesting he says he'll never have a blog.

EA's been a lot better about not Killing Purchased Creativity lately. Think Will's departure has anything to do with the history of Spore? I know I found it somewhat disappointing. Perhaps I'm just not wide-eyed enough anymore to be amazed by simulations like I was with SimCity and SimAnt.