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clips
When Robot Chicken And Spore Collide
Witness the Robot Chicken creative team using the Spore Galactic Adventures editor to create their own fanciful tales of poo-flinging. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by SigmundTheSeaMonster: And that is WHY you are writers and don't belong in front of the lens. (Breckin is like, what, 5... 1 Responses | Other threads
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art
Maybe One Day Everyone's Spore Creatures Will Look This Good
Maxis senior art director Ocean Quigley has shown us the future. A future where Spore creations are not bulbous, simple game characters, but realistic-looking creatures. More »
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Comment by Rovient: Incredible rendering. Actually thought it was a photo of a toy. 5 Responses | Other threads
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clips
Robot Chicken + Spore = New Series About Giant Robots [Update]
EA Maxis and the creators of Robot Chicken are teasing a new joint venture in this clip, showing that the comedy boys are using Spore to design...something. More »
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Comment by markcocjin: Are these the same guys who made Family Guy? Because they were thought to be better than the Simpsons.... 6 Responses | Other threads
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pc
There Are Now Over 100,000,000 Spore Creatures
Earlier this week, EA's life creator Spore passed a hefty milestone, with the game's Sporepedia registering its one hundred millionth creation. More » -
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Will Wright: Why Spore Wasn't Released On 360, PS3
For such a big game, you'd have thought Spore would release on every platform under the sun. But it didn't. Just PC, Mac, DS and iPhone. Here, Will Wright explains why. More »
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Comment by 4nonymo: And Will Wright continues to prove that he is the most disconnected man in video games. I can't even begin to... 13 Responses | Other threads
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education
Spore Dev Kicks Off University Lecture Tour
Spore lead designer Stone Librande is touring the nation's top game design college programs to talk about Designing Playfully, Electronic Arts announced today. More »
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Comment by Strom Thurmond: This sounds less like a lecture and more like an EA sales pitch. 7 Responses | Other threads
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preview
Preview: Spore Galactic Adventures – The Cake Is a Portal
Spore's first expansion pack focuses almost entirely on the space exploration segment of the game, adding a layer of adventure gaming to spice space up. More »
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By AJ GlasserComment by Gengar91: Was Spore a success then? I kinda thought it was built up to be this amazing game and yet failed... 7 Responses | Other threads
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stupid fun club
How Fighting Robots Helped Wright Quit EA
Will Wright may be leaving Maxis and Electronic Arts, but that doesn't mean he's leaving gaming. In fact some of his biggest ideas are for future games, he told us today.
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Will Wright Leaves EA, Does Something Stupid
The designer behind The Sims and Spore has left Electronic Arts, the publisher announced today, starting a new "think tank" known as Stupid Fun Club, a venture that has EA's backing.
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Comment by ErasmusCatoblepas: couldnt think of a better name than SFC? 11 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by JahB: "Montessori does not encourage competition in the traditional sense," Goodwin said. "The idea with Montessori is that children strive to... 40 Responses | Other threads
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gdc09
GDC Panel: Fulfilling the Massively-Single Player Promise - How'd We Do?
Forget Metacritic scores – the real test of Spore's popularity is how many people show up to their talk when Suda 51 is on a panel across the hall at the same time. More »
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By AJ GlasserComment by Duffernaut: Spore was a pretty cool game, but it got tired really, really fast. After killing off half the Grox it... 3 Responses | Other threads
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wii
EA Offers Up More Details On Spore Hero
Electronic Arts has plenty of Spore planned for 2009, as it revealed in January. Two Spore Hero games, one for the Nintendo DS, the other for the Wii have been under wraps until now. More »
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Comment by ShadowOdin isn't american: McWherton, that photoshop had my hopes up that EA had gone absolutely batshit insane. Thanks for crushing my dream Much love and... 9 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Happy Darwin Day From Spore
Happy Darwin Day! Two hundred years ago evolutionary biologist Charles Dawrin was born. Today Maxis points out that his theories are being put to good use in Spore. More »
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Comment by Megaman LXIX: I didn't realize "Intelligent Design" was one of Darwin's theories, too. 49 Responses | Other threads
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clips
Spore Galactic Adventures: Behind the Scenes
Spore was an interesting experiment, one that didn't totally live up to the absurdly high expectations, but that I still enjoyed. More »
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Comment by Gyaruson: Is there supposed to be an accompanying video? There's nothing showing up? I'd like to know more... 7 Responses | Other threads
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make stuff with those things
Spore Honcho: We Toats Pwn LBP for User Content
It was recently suggested to Maxis producer Morgan Roarty that LittleBigPlanet has horned in, maybe even stolen the user-created content crown away from Spore. Pish-tosh, said Roarty. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by rianfrost: really, if we are talking about who wins, then spore's sales numbers have pretty much destroyed lbp's. But id say... 10 Responses | Other threads
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impressions
Three Things That Stand Out About the Spore Expansion
EA announced a bunch of new stuff at last night’s semi-swank reveal event – but the main draw was Galactic Adventures, the first real Spore expansion. More »
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By AJ GlasserComment by CarnageAce: Sounds quite good, although I fail to see why this wasn't in the game in the first place. 22 Responses | Other threads
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news
Four New Spore Titles Unveiled for DS, Wii, PC
EA has officially announced several new titles, two for the DS and one for the Wii, and an expansion to the Spore lineup that will launch this year.
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By AJ GlasserComment by missusagi: EA is really pulling at straws it seems. If, you know, they were being more cost effective, they'd stop making... 4 Responses | Other threads
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jim henson honors
Miyamoto, Spore Win Jim Henson Awards
Video gaming makes up half of the list of this year's Jim Henson Honors, with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and PC game Spore both landing awards. More »
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Comment by KamikazeSim: I wonder how much Miyamoto is worth....you would think he is a Billionaire or at least worth 9 digits. 11 Responses | Other threads
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events
AJ’s Datebook: Battlestations, Street Fighter, Spore & D3
Now that the holiday rush has officially died down, it’s time to get back to business – the business of game showcases. More »
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By AJ GlasserComment by reyrey: That street fighter DOES NOT look promising, looks like facebreakers. 8 Responses | Other threads
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spore
First Spore Expansion, "Galactic Adventures" Due In Spring
Super sim Spore will get its first expansion pack in the form of Galactic Adventures this Spring, according to an invite from Electronic Arts. And, no, the Spore Creepy and Cute Parts Pack doesn't count! More »
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Comment by uppitycracker: i wonder if the expansion will be as shallow and unsatisfying as the game itself was. 12 Responses | Other threads
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And The Award Goes To
And The New York Times' Game Of The Year Is...
New York Times games journalist supreme Seth Schiesel looks back at the games of 2008, delivering accolades both coveted and undesired, leading to his game of the year - Grand Theft Auto IV. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by woons: Well ... I don't agree. I doubt I'll be alone in this by a long shot. But there it is... 21 Responses | Other threads
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valve
EA, Steam Hook Up, Make Sweet Digital Distribution
It's official. Electronic Arts has thrown in with Valve, cozying up to Steam with a half-dozen titles from its library, an announcement semi-spoiled by the sudden appearance of Spore earlier this week. More »
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Comment by Rob_Velocity: Meh, Steam's just after screwing Europe sideways with their sudden € = $ enforced conversion rate. They've pretty much increased... 16 Responses | Other threads
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it's alive!
Bring Your Spore Creations To Life, Unless They're Sporn
EA and Z Corporation add a whole new dimension to Spore with the announcement of Spore Sculptures, custom 3D figurines created from your unique Spore creature creations. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by katsujinken: 3D printers are fascinating. I think they will have a profound effect on society within the next 10-20 years.... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Spore Now Graciously Allows You To Reinstall Your Own Game
For many of you (not many of everyone, if you look at the sales charts), Spore's iron-fisted DRM was a big turn-off. Well, after promises, now EA have delivered, freeing up the game's installs. More »
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Comment by bainelaker: All install-based DRM should have this.. iTunes has had it for years! 10 Responses | Other threads
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valve
Spore Ready To Spawn On Steam?
Electronic Arts may be evolving its digital distribution plans, as the super-publisher looks to be bringing one of its biggest titles to Valve's Steam platform, despite having its own "solution," the EA Store. More »
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Comment by Entegy: If the track record is any indication, Spore will still have fuckROM and activation limits in the Steam version. 26 Responses | Other threads
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pc
Spore Easily Leads Top 10 Torrented Games of 2008
TorrentFreak put up a list of the top 10 games copied and shared over BitTorrent for the year 2008, and Spore, quite unsurprisingly, leads them all by a country mile. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by DrHawke: Out of those I only torrented Crysis and Far cry 2. 29 Responses | Other threads
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legal
EA Hit with Two New Anti-DRM Class Action Suits
Two people filed suit in federal court against Electronic Arts back in October, alleging the SecuROM digital rights management installed on their machines by a trial version of Spore Creature Creator, and a full version of the Sims, constitutes unlawful and deceptive business practices. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Antisniper's Antisniper who Anti-Snipes Snipers: Like I said, time and time again, there is no definitive proof that Securom causes those problems by itself. You... 12 Responses | Other threads
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spore
You Got Your Master Chief In My Spore!
It may not be as mindblowingly impressive as the amazing StarCraft recreation done in Spore, and the shine of Spore creature creations may have started to dull to the more jaded of us, but this collection of Halo universe heroes, beasts and vehicles, built in Maxis' sim-everything game is still pretty darn neat. More »
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Comment by lazlo_chatter: Wow, that must've taken a lot of time. Has anyone made a Big Daddy Spore creature cause then I would... 1 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Time Announce Top 50 Inventions Of 2008, One Game Makes List
Time magazine, masters of the high-brow "top XX" list, are back this week with their take on the top 50 inventions of 2008. The vast majority of them don't apply. To us, at any rate. We don't really cover the retail DNA testing industry, or the daily comings and goings surrounding the (awesome) global seed vault. No, we do games, so we're interested in the one, single video game that managed to make the list. And that game was...wait for it...yes, Spore, which came in at #20. Dubbed "the everything game" by the magazine, calling it "blasphemy, brilliance or both". More »
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Comment by ReconToaster: ok, I'm tired of spore being revered as such an amazing thing. I was excited for it as were many... 8 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Science Says ... Spore Flunks
An article in Science magazine discussing why Spore flunks various kinds of science after close scrutiny by a variety of scientists reminds me of history buffs that get hysterical when a movie is historically inaccurate. While a couple of them had a few nice things to say, Spore in general got poor marks in organismic and evolutionary biology, squeaked by with barely sufficient grades in cultural anthropology, physics, and astrobiology, and was reasonably highly rated in sociology and galaxy structuring. But they're not just trying to grouse, really: More »
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Comment by XForce: "When you stick a limb on your creature, wouldn't it be nice to have an optional pop-up window that explains... 7 Responses | Other threads
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clips
Harry Connick Jr. Explains Spore To Conan O'Brien
Harry Connick, Jr. — musician, actor, humanitarian, and now Spore enthusiast — appeared on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" to talk about his the latest happenings in the world of Harry Connick, Jr. Those happenings are Will Wright's latest Maxis creation and something about a Christmas album. Hopefully, Harry can be weened off his Spore addiction before anyone gets hurt — the phrase "I've taken it out on my wife now" in relation to his interstellar frustrations is hopefully more tame than it sounded at first listen. More » -
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What Will Wright Thinks About Spore's DRM
Will Wright attended the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards ceremony at the Hearst Tower in New York City last night where he saw Spore pick up an award for Setting Benchmarks in Design, Creativity and Engineering. I caught up with him afterward for a bit to find out his take on the whole DRM situation. EA's John Riccitiello said a few days prior that he isn't a fan of DRM, but something had to be done to stop those pirates. I asked Wright how involved he was in the decision process to include DRM for Spore or if it was mostly EA's doing. More »
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By Jim ReillyComment by Quilt: What Valve and Blizzard have going on with Steam and Battle.net seems like a pretty good answer to me. ... 8 Responses | Other threads
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popular mechanics
Popular Mechanics Honours Spore, Dual Flush Toilet
Science & Technology journal Popular Mechanics is hosting its annual Breakthrough Awards this evening and will be celebrating the past year's high achievers in the fields of invention, engineering and general cleverness. More »
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Comment by DreamoftheEndless: Is it just me, or did people just stop talking about Spore? I mean, it was supposed to be a... 3 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Spore Gets Cute And Creepy, Space Adventures
EA has announced two new expansions on the way for their blockbuster life-creation game Spore, and while things might be starting off a little slow with a simple infusion of new creature bits, new gameplay elements are coming that will change the way you play the game. Kicking things off in November is the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, an expansion that adds more than 100 new parts to the Creator Creator, divided as the name would imply. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by mva5580: Let's just see how high the bitch-count can go with people coming on here to whine that it should have... 7 Responses | Other threads
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rumor
Retailers Listing Spore "Expansion"
Listings have turned up on both GameStop and Amazon's store pages for a Spore expansion. Sorry, "expansion". Called Spore Cute & Creepy Parts Pack, it's got a shipping date of November 18, and is currently listed at $20. Going by the name - and really, that's all we've got to go off at the moment - we're subtly led to believe it's a new box of spare parts than anything that'll add any new meat to the mechanics of the game. And for $20, there'd want to be a hell of a lot of spare parts in there. More »
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Comment by Hamsfork: This expansion pack is coming out slightly over a month after Spore came out. This means that it's either terrible... 10 Responses | Other threads
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drm
On DRM: Not Every Inconvenience is "the Plight of Sisyphus."
Chris Remo, in an op-ed on Penny Arcade, takes on the righteous indignation heaped on publishers — notably EA — over the use of DRM. The anger over DRM might be principled bitching, but the point is it's still bitching. Writes Remo: More »
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By Owen GoodComment by mva5580: A. Freaking. Men. That's really all I have to say. But now of course, the flood gates will... 15 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Holy Crap! Spore Created StarCraft Amazes Us
The great thing about Spore is all the stuff we can make. No, make that, the great thing about Spore is all the stuff really talented people can make. Check out these images from Korean site Ruliweb of in-Spore created Starcraft Terran faction buildings and vehicles. Check out the Vulture, Siege Tank, Goliath, Wraith and Battlecruiser! The attention to detail is astounding. There are three words for this and they are "only in Korea". Have a gander in the gallery below. More » -
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Spore Spawns A Million Sales, 25 Million Creations
After just two weeks and change on the market, EA and Maxis' Spore has sold through over a million copies. The company announced today that Will Wright and team's sim-everything game is, officially, "a hit." That million-plus figure counts sales of the Windows, Mac and Nintendo DS versions of Spore, but not the mobile and iPhone versions. More »
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Comment by poisonedsodapop: So I guess it'll look happy on the surface even though there's a ton turmoil underneath. Is the game worth... 3 Responses | Other threads
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ea
EA Responds To Spore Forum Banning Concerns
When Spore owners were silenced by forum moderation staff for posting one too many SecuROM/DRM complaints on the game's official message boards, the internet-going masses were worked up into a lather. "Censorship!" they cried. "Business practices to which I don't agree with!" they shouted. A vague warning about your Spore user account being banned in conjunction with your forum account likely didn't help matters, giving the impression that loose talk about copy protection could render your game useless. More »
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Comment by Maldron: Nicely written. I like how you spend half the article writing up EA's forum moderation as monstrous, two sentences rescinding... 10 Responses | Other threads
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littlebigplanet
LittleSporePlanet?
On it's surface LittleBigPlanet is a very unique game, a highly-stylized title packed with evocative smiley-faced character and oozing charm. But for some reason I can't shake the feeling that deep down it is in some ways reminiscent of Spore.
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Comment by Chances: Hugs his Playstation 3. I knew you were the right choice. 10 Responses | Other threads
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