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Fox Pairs with Ice Age Director for Spore Movie

Whether we like it or not, Hollywood has adapted all sorts of video and computer games for film, such as the side scroller (Super Mario Bros.), the first person shooter (Doom), the RPG (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within) and even the fighting variety (Mortal Kombat). Next on the list: the god game....  read more

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Life, the Universe and Everything: Spore Walks a Tightrope Between Creationism and Evolution

Will Wright makes God games—simulations that give players the power to create the world in their own...  read more

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Spore coming in Sept., complete with music by Brian Eno

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In 2005, Will Wright's Spore stole the show at E3. Then the next year this happened again, as the game's "SimEverything" approach seemed nearly ready for release and looked increasingly polished. Well, it's been more than a year since then and finally the game has a release date: Sept. 7. At the very least, this should take the game off the Vaporeware awards list, and quite possibly push gaming itself a good deal forward. "We're in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can't wait to see the cosmos of content created by...  read more

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