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  • September 2008

    • Spore Sparkles, But Gameplay's a Little Dim

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Sep 5, 08 6:18 PM CDT

      Spore Sparkles, But Gameplay's a Little Dim

      (Newser) - Most critics are positive about Spore , but you’ll likely get a different answer from each about why. Troy Wolverton, writing in the San Jose Mercury News , found the game “engrossing,” though he wonders whether it will live up to the “massive hype.” In the New York Times , Seth Schiesel criticized some of Spore 's gameplay, but called it “probably the coolest, most interesting toy I have ever experienced.” More »

    • Gaming Scientists: 'Spore' Misleading But Fun

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      Gaming Scientists: 'Spore' Misleading But Fun

      (Newser) - Scientists are raving about Spore, the hyperanticipated new game from Sims impresario Will Wright, the New York Times reports. But that’s mostly just because it’s a fun game, not because it’s scientifically accurate. On that score, the game, which allows players to evolve a creature from a single-celled organism into an interstellar traveler, offers a misleading, intensely simplified view of biology. More »

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      video game  • computer games  • Will Wright  • Spore  • The Sims

  • August 2008

    • Spore Spawns Sims -Sized Expectations

      CNET  |  Aug 4, 08 8:40 PM CDT

      Spore Spawns Sims -Sized Expectations

      (Newser) - Spore will face scary expectations when the one-of-a-kind computer game goes on sale next month, CNET reports. Electronic Arts has poured untold millions into it; fans of Will Wright's last all-new creation, The Sims —the best-selling game of all time—hungrily await a new diversion; and analysts ask if gamers will glom onto the premise of Spore , which offers five games in one. More »

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      Electronic Arts  • computer games  • Will Wright  • Spore

  • March 2008

    • YouTube Opens to Developers

      MIT Technology Review  |  Mar 14, 08 1:12 PM CDT

      YouTube Opens to Developers

      (Newser) - YouTube is opening up to software developers, the company said Wednesday. Programmers can create new interfaces to play videos, for example, or let users upload clips to YouTube directly from other sites. And later this year, viewers will be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo. The open platform won’t create revenue, Technology Review reports, but YouTube hopes it will attract more users. More »

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      YouTube  • video game  • video  • Electronic Arts  • TiVo  • software developers  • Spore  • programmers

  • February 2008

    • 'Spore' to Finally Debut in Fall

      MarketWatch  |  Feb 12, 08 6:12 PM CST

      'Spore' to Finally Debut in Fall

      (Newser) - EA said that its “Spore” videogame, long in development, would be released September 7, Marketwatch reports. The company is expecting the game, designed by “Sims” and “SimCity” creator Will Wright, to generate big revenues, given the near-mythical status its long gestation time and solid-gold pedigree have endowed it with. More »

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      video game  • Electronic Arts  • Will Wright  • Spore  • Maxim

  • October 2007

    • 'Sims' Creator's 'Spore' Delayed

      GameSpot  |  Oct 25, 07 4:01 PM CDT

      'Sims' Creator's 'Spore' Delayed

      (Newser) - "Spore", the much awaited 'life-simulation'/'god game' from SimCity and The Sims creator Will Wright, will finally be released in Spring 2008, GameSpot reports. The game and its all-encompassing concept, wherein a player guides the development of life from multicellular organisms to space-faring civilizations, was first announced two years ago, but its development has been repeatedly delayed. More »

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      Will Wright  • Spore  • The Sims

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