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First of all, I am not too current on threads around here these days, so I apologize if a thread RE this exists, but ...

[Genius] Creator of the Sims games, Will Wright has come up with a new game idea called Spore, to release I believe ~next Xmas-ish (is that a double "ish"?)

Wikipedia wrote:
Spore is, at first glance, a 'teleological evolution' game: the player molds and guides a species across many generations, growing it from a single celled organism into a more complex animal, until the species becomes intelligent. At this point the player begins molding and guiding this species' society, progressing towards a spacefaring civilization. Spore's main innovation portends to be Wright's use of procedural generation for many of the components of the game, providing vast scope and open-endedness.

His insight into game development paradigms (if I may dare use [I]that[/I] word) is quite interesting and it even sheds a little light on sites like THIS one (in a you must connect the dots kind of way) ...

Watch the google video where Will demo's it at GDC.

[URL=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198]Spore Demo[/URL]

If you are game-geeky at all, you'll probably enjoy it as much as I did.

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I've heard about this game. It looks very interesting. I'll watch this whole video later, but thank you for posting. I never would have checked it out more if you hadn't.

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just watched half of that demo, thanks for the link
sweet lord, it looks great

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looks awesome something fresh thats never been done...kinda like the sims haha

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[QUOTE=I-Sac]looks awesome something fresh thats never been done...kinda like the sims haha[/QUOTE]
Yeah like the Sims but not crappy.

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Ok, I started this thread, what ... over a year ago?

[B][SIZE=5]THIS GAME IS STILL NOT OUT.[/SIZE][/B]

Soon though, you can finally pre-order it on amazon.com

[[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51htC0b3uKL._AA280_.jpg[/img]

It's $49.99

[url]http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-Spore/dp/B000FKBCX4[/url]

I am so excited. I haven't been stoked about a video game in a really really long time.

[U][B]Robin Williams plays Spore:[/B][/U]

[youtube]V5TXEUiR1Xk[/youtube]

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50$ ? the games are too expensive...I can buy 3-4 games for the same money here...

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[QUOTE=G.Tina;1119118]50$ ? the games are too expensive...I can buy 3-4 games for the same money here...[/QUOTE]

it's all relative. plus, not all games are created equal.

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[QUOTE=G.Tina;1119118]50$ ? the games are too expensive...I can buy 3-4 games for the same money here...[/QUOTE]

Software Piracy! Putin uses this tactic to undermine our fine gaming culture...

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[QUOTE=monkeywright;1119125]Software Piracy! Putin uses this tactic to undermine our fine gaming culture...[/QUOTE]

No,legally! of course we have piracy....only movie!
But here noone will buy the game for 50$ !...cause they don`t have big money...

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I wish gamers here would stand up and demand the same.

I just wait a year to buy games after the price is cut in half or more.

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the man: i do not makes stands against hims

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And also why is good to live here : We can wach world premiere earlier then whole world!
of course pirasy! Ha-ha -ha!

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I should say $50 is nothing for a game. We pay anything up to £45 here in the UK - whats that, like $80?

We get screwed indeed when it comes to gaming. Cheapest a new game will ever be is about £30 (and thats not often). Which is still more than you guys.

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Don't they know Spore is another word for Shit?

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[QUOTE=Simon57;1119676]I should say $50 is nothing for a game. We pay anything up to £45 here in the UK - whats that, like $80?

We get screwed indeed when it comes to gaming. Cheapest a new game will ever be is about £30 (and thats not often). Which is still more than you guys.[/QUOTE]

I know,in UK -life is very expensive

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As a UK resident, if i went to Russia on holiday, would i find the prices really cheap for everything?

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Yes, but the life in Moscow can be expensive...try St Peterburg...I don`t know how much you wanna spend

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[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;1119684]Don't they know Spore is another word for Shit?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+spore]Definitions of spore on the Web:[/url]

1. A reproductive cell that develops into an individual without union with other cells; some spores such as meiospores are the product of the germ

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[QUOTE=Thag;814804]First of all, I am not too current on threads around here these days, so I apologize if a thread RE this exists, but ...

[Genius] Creator of the Sims games, Will Wright has come up with a new game idea called Spore, to release I believe ~next Xmas-ish (is that a double "ish"?)

His insight into game development paradigms (if I may dare use [I]that[/I] word) is quite interesting and it even sheds a little light on sites like THIS one (in a you must connect the dots kind of way) ...

Watch the google video where Will demo's it at GDC.

[URL=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198]Spore Demo[/URL]

If you are game-geeky at all, you'll probably enjoy it as much as I did.[/QUOTE]

We may finally see this released in, or near, the [U]summer of 2008.[/U] PC gets first dibs, of course.

Speaking of long-in-development interactive experiences, the ironically titled [B]Duke Nukem Forever[/B] actually exists and it looks like it'll see a release in 2008-early 2009.

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some spores grow in shit, they are not shit

Also, it is my understanding the game is set to be released in March...of course it has had several release dates prior to the March date

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and now, one and a half years later, this dormant thread is restored. Spore: galactic adventures expansion pack: june 23rd. looks awesome, definitely getting it

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Every time someone bumps a Thag thread I get all excited and then I realize it's an old thread that's been bumped and I get all...oh.

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