Editing Will Wright (game designer) (section)

===Awards===
Wright was given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the [[Game Developers Choice Awards]] in 2001. In 2002, he became the fifth person to be inducted into the [[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame]]. Until 2006, he was the only person to have been honored this way by both of these industry organizations. In 2007 the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] awarded him a fellowship, the first given to a game designer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=29471|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216144047/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=29471|archive-date=February 16, 2008|title=Will Wright inducted into BAFTA Fellowship|access-date=October 23, 2007 |work=gamesindustry.biz}}</ref>

He has been called one of the most important people in gaming, technology, and entertainment by publications such as ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[Time magazine|Time]]'', ''[[PC Gamer]]'', ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]'' and [[GameSpy]]. Wright was also awarded the ''[[PC Magazine]]'' Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2005.  Later that year, Wright earned the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service awarded by the Georgia Institute of Technology.  He delivered a forward looking acceptance speech entitled "Stealth Communities".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Will|title=Stealth Communities|url=http://vimeo.com/7905018|website=vimeo|access-date=2015-01-21}}</ref>