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N'Gai Croal, that lucky bastard from Newsweek, got a chance to hang-out with Will Wright backstage prior to the developer's appearance on the Colbert Report.
In fact, he even got to hitch a ride in the back of a black town car to the show.
Wright told Croal that Spore, expected to hit in the second half of 2007, is currently in pre-alpha five, a stage of development for the game that means that EA employees outside the development team can play it from beginning to end, though the game is still quite rough in spots.
The game is expected to hit Alpha next spring.
Croal, while seated in the certain luxury of the Colbert Report's green room, asked Wright if he felt pressured by EA head Larry Probst's recent statement that Spore could be EA's World of Warcraft. To which Wright replied, that everyone at EA's making that claim right now in hopes of getting their project green lighted.
Croal watched the show from the stairs next to the audience seats and thinks that Wright held his own. I still think that Colbert wasn't at his best game, and that Wright seemed scared stiff.
Exclusive: Behind the Scenes of Will Wright's Visit to the Colbert Report [Newsweek]
