The book "Smartbomb," which is about the history of the gaming industry, has recently been published. In it is a chapter about Will Wright, designer of SimCity, the Sims and the upcoming Spore. In an interview at Shacknews Wright talks about his look on the history of video games. Naturally there is a bit of talk about Spore, but not much. All Will could say is that it's going well, and he is satisfied with where the game is going:

"Speaking of PC games, I couldn't help pestering Wright about Spore. As I expected, he wasn't able to share much in the way of details. 'It's going well,' he said. 'It's a challenge. Quite a challenging project, but I've got an amazing team on it, and I'm actually very satisfied with where it's going.' Wright is confident, but he gives his answer with an air of humility I hadn't been led to expect from a man who apparently withers people with his steely gaze on a regular basis. He pauses for a second, then concludes, 'I think we're going to pull it off.'"

Read the interview for the rest.