Will Wright calls E3 a walking corpse (9)
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Filed under: E3, Business The latest bandwagon that people seem to be hopping onto is the "Let's bash E3" express. We've had our own prognosticator proclaiming that the video game expo is past its prime, and now Will Wright is joining in by delivering a couple of swift kicks to the ribs. Then he backed over it a few times with his car before driving to his giant Scrooge McDuck pool of money and diving ...
Pre-Download Spore Now (3)
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If you pre-orded Will Wright's upcoming opus Spore from the Electronic Arts Store you can hit up EA today to pre-load the game. Once pre-ordered you can use the EA Download Manager to download 99 percent of the game to your computer. That's the good news. The bad news is that that last 1 percent of Spore is going to take you 30 minutes to an hour to download and install on on Sept. 7 ...
Preload Spore Now (1)
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If you’re planning to download Spore (or have already pre-ordered it) from the EA Store, you can preload it now here. This way, you can get all that pesky downloading out of the way and just unlock it when the game goes live.
Wright On Sporn: “Some of it’s really good” (2)
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The Associated Press has managed to squeeze a comment on Spornography out of Will Wright: “When you give players creative control, you have to expect they’re going to do the unexpected. Some of it’s really good for what they were shooting for. It’s amazingly explicit, especially when those creations are animated. We just have to make sure those people aren’t messing up the experience for others.” Which, while not approval as such, certainly isn’t damning ...
Francesco Pham shared as favorite Will Wright doesn't blush at 'Sporn' (5)
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Simulations Speaking with the Associated Press, Spore creator and bona fide master game designer, Will Wright, seemed surprisingly ... okay with the various "Spore-nographic" organs creatures people have made using the Spore Creature Creator. "Some of it's really good for what they were shooting for. It's amazingly explicit, especially when those creations are animated," Wright said.On the topic of giving creative power (and lots of it) to players, Wright explained, "When ...
Video: Developers nerd out over Spore: Civilization Stage (3)
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The Spore coverage doesn’t stop for Team CG, no, sir. I’m trying to wrap my brain around this game, but I’m currently pre-occupied by Team Fortress 2 and Portal. What’s the big deal? It’s like The Sims with little creatures, right? Heh.
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Rob Loach said:
Wonder how many elements they brought over from the Civilization series. KISS? Psh.
Spore Penis Monsters Impress Will Wright (6)
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So how does a legendary game designer react when his creation is used to manufacturer forms of life that resemble sexual organs and even dual-bodied creatures forever locked in the act of mating? Outrage? Horror? Not Will Wright. Color him impressed. "When you give players creative control, you have to expect they're going to do the unexpected," the prolific video game designer said. "Some of it's really good for what they were shooting for. It's ...
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Tom said:
I don't think there was anything 'unexpected' about penis monsters.
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Angus said:
lol sporn
Spore iPod game now in iTunes (7)
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Filed under: Gaming, iPod FamilyUpdate: Tipster Mike writes in to note that the game has disappeared from the store. As of 5:45 pm ET today, it's gone.iPhone-wielding gamers rejoiced when EA announced a version of Spore for the iPhone, set to debut in September of this year (check out our hands-on with Spore). This week, click wheel iPod owners got a leg up, as Spore: Origins is now available in the iTunes Store [link].Origins, as ...
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nybble said:
argh... doesn't actually seem to be there. not in the listing, search and clicking on the link (fixing the extra http) gives a not found in store error. Sigh.
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kleinmatic said:
I think my iPhone might be the only computer I own that is capable of playing Spore.
Spore Civilisation Trailer (2)
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Via the big K, this latest Spore trailer sees producer Kip Katsarelis and designer Soren Johnson talking about the civilisation stage of Spore, particularly what they themselves enjoy about that planetary-struggle mechanisms of Maxis’ forthcoming evolve ‘em up. Lovely stuff. … [visit site to read more]
Heartwarming Tale of Strokes and Spore (1)
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Another story about the benefits of videogames, as C|Net reports the heartwarming story of Ken Walters. Mr. Walters was an engineer who suffered massive spinal and internal damage when a truck driver lost control and pinned him to a wall. He lost his job, was confined to a wheelchair and sank into a depression that lasted 19 years. Just to add a little relish to his good fortune, he also had two heart attacks. Fortunately, ...
CrunchDeals: Pre-order Spore from Frys (1)
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Everyone’s favorite yet to be released game is up for pre-order at Frys for $41.99. This one is for the PC and Mac, but you can pre-order other versions as well. Thanks for the tip, Dylan!
All Hail the Mighty SPORE Galactic Edition Trailer [Spore] (2)
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To get everyone ready for SPORE, EA has released this Galactic Edition trailer for all of you big spenders out there. The $80 edition will include a "Making of" DVD, a National Geographic DVD with the "How To Build A Better Being" segment, a foldout poster, 100 page "Galactic Handbook", and a mini artbook. The game is due to be released September 7th so mark your calenders.
Transgaming to use SecuROM for Cider games (3)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Apple, SecurityAs if Mac gaming needed more problems getting off the ground. Transgaming has proudly announced that in the future, their games will include Sony's SecuROM digital rights management software. They don't mention which games will be getting the extremely restrictive DRM (that some folks have compared to malware), but we're guessing all of them, which means the Mac version of Spore will be on that list, as ...
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R. Francis said:
My inclination to refuse to pay money for anything with SecuROM is close to 100% these days. It's malware.
Maxis at IGDA (1)
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Our friends over at Sporemania found this footage of a presentation by Maxis developers Kent Jolly, audio director of Spore, Ocean Quigley and Chris Hecker. The occasion was an IGDA, International Game Developers Association, meeting in San Francisco. Part 1: Part 2:
Spore has Gone Gold (1)
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EA and Maxis has confirmed that Spore is officially gone gold. Will Wright’s most ambitious game yet, is about to to hit stores on September 5 here in the States and Asia, and September 7 for those European people. It seems like it’s been forever when Will Wright and friends first announced the game way back in 2004, in Wired magazine. So saying it’s along time coming would be a understatement. Spore will have a ...
Spore (finally!) evolves into Gold status - Joystiq (10)
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Simulations Calling all gamers, non-gamers and militant atheists alike, Will Wright's years-in-the-making "Sim Everything" Spore has passed through its cell, tribal and civilization phases and has gone gold. The game is set to make its previously announced PC and Mac release date of September 5 for North America and September 7 for Europe. We now look forward to breaking even more Sporepedia milestones in our quest to collectively become 84% God. ...
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Rahul Das said:
Good! I really want to play this game. I've been waiting ever since this was announced years ago!
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Bwana said:
Now I don't care about it, you took too long.
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James Johnson said:
woohoo!
EA looking 'way outside the game space' with Spore (1)
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Filed under: Culture, PC, Simulations, Business It seems Spore has a shot at the big screen. No, not that 60" LCD monitor that cost you nearly all your limbs, but that one you view in the dark with a bunch of popcorn-munching strangers. According to Reuters, EA is looking to connect upcoming everything-sim Spore with television and film, hoping that the right deal will add momentum to the game's marketing machine and boost sales. "With ...
'Militant atheists' up in arms over Spore's sim-religion (1)
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Filed under: Culture, PC, Simulations You'd think that a life simulation that begins with single-cell organisms and follows their evolution into space-faring races might get some folks from the "intelligent design" camp riled. It turns out that what Spore creator Will Wright refers to as "militant atheists" seem to be the most bent out of shape by the inclusion of a religion mechanic in his latest opus. "I didn't expect to hit hot buttons on ...
"Militant Atheists" are moaning about Spore [Spore] (1)
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Will Wright has suffered through the tortuous development of Spore, dodged jabs from religious fundamentalists who were annoyed by evolution taking place in front of innocent children and watched open-mouthed as the Creature Creator unleashed horrifying many-penised mutants on an unsuspecting internet. Also, as an acknowledged genius, people must always be asking him to be their Phone A Friend on Millionaire, which must get really tiring. Now, even the Atheists are all up in his ...
