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Photos: Game Design Challenge 2006

By · July 18, 2006, 8:42 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • "The Sims" creator and two-time defending Game Design Challenge winner Will Wright crowns the 2006 winner, Harvey Smith.

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  • Will Wright and Game Design Challenge moderator Eric Zimmerman of GameLab on stage at the Game Developers Conference.

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  • "Katamari Damacy" creator Keita Takahashi presents his game idea at the Game Design Challenge in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Will Wright wears the tiara given to him for his victories in the 2004 and 2005 Game Design Challenges.

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  • Game Design Challenge winner Harvey Smith gives his presentation on a game that he hopes could win the Nobel Prize.

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  • Keita Takahashi's presentation for a game that could win the Nobel Prize involved the idea that people love video games and that more people playing the games would promote peace.

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  • "Katamari Damacy" creator Keita Takahashi showed photographs and videos of the game's characters during his presentation at the Game Design Challenge.

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"The Sims" creator and two-time defending Game Design Challenge winner Will Wright crowns the 2006 winner, Harvey Smith.

Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com

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