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Can't wait 'til September for Spore? Creature Creator is out now!
by Jay Hathaway Jun 17th 2008 at 8:00PM
Geeks everywhere are anxiously awaiting the September release of Spore, the species-creation game from SimCity genius Will Wright. Today, everyone is drooling just a little bit more over the release of Spore Creature Creator, the part of the game where you generate the prototype for your new species. Even without the rest of the game, messing around with the creature options is a lot of fun -- it's like the coolest game of dress-up for nerds that we could ever imagine. Creature Creator is available for PC and Mac as a free demo or a $9.99 full version (with all the creature parts). It hooks up with the Spore website so you can show off your critters to others on SporePedia. You can also take pictures of your creations and e-mail them with friends, and take videos to upload to YouTube -- all from within the game.
It's not just building and coloring, though: test-drive your Spore, making it dance, sit, attack and more. This is just about the smartest marketing decision we could imagine, because we're already sort of attached to our Spores. Now we can't wait until September to see what they can do!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thesmartone421 said 9:59PM on 6-17-2008
Well the US has to wait till tomorrow to dl the full version if they preordered it :[
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hazard said 10:41PM on 6-17-2008
Dang .. Creature Creator wont run on my work pc - graphics card is too crapulent .. have till wait till I get home >:|
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aanidaani said 6:56PM on 6-18-2008
Great, now they can charge you twice: $10 now and $50 later.
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melloncollie said 3:35PM on 6-18-2008
That's $60.
Typical price of what you'd pay for a brand new game.
If you don't like it, then don't buy the Creature Creator and wait til September or download the trial (it's just as fun).
Just quit complaining about it.
kingkool68 said 9:55PM on 6-18-2008
Meet Snardr, My Spore creature -> http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/meet-snardr-my-spore-creature/
This is just as addicting as Nintendo's Mii Creator.
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