Peter Wright on 27 April 1995 aged 78, he was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease. Peter Wright Peter Maurice Wright (9 August 191627 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book "Spycatcher", written with Paul Greengrass, became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. "Spycatcher" was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those. He is said to have been influenced in his counterespionage activity by James Jesus Angleton, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterintelligence chief from 1954 to
Will Wright (game designer) ever made. Wright himself has been widely featured in several computer magazines—particularly "PC Gamer", which has listed Wright in its annual 'Game Gods' feature, alongside such notables as Roberta Williams and Peter Molyneux. Following the success of "SimCity", Wright designed "SimEarth" (1990) and "SimAnt" (1991). He co-designed "SimCity 2000" (1993) with Fred Haslam and in the meantime Maxis produced other "Sim" games. Wright's next game was "SimCopter" (1996). Although none of these games were as successful as "SimCity", they further cemented Wright's reputation as a designer of "software toys"—games that cannot be won or lost. In 1992, Wright moved to