Spore
I normally don't post about video games, given my relative rabid love for them compared to everyone else, but this is cool. Very fucking cool.
Will Wright is a genius. For those who don't know the name, he's the guy who created the Sim series. Personally responsible for SimCity (and its three subsequent sequels), SimEarth, SimAnt, as well as The Sims. Now he's responsible for Spore.
Spore is Sims on a whole new level. If you ever dreamed of being to create your own microscopic organism and guide it, shape it, through the entire course of evolution to the point where it has become a budding civilization vying for intergallactic dominance, this is something to keep an eye on. The entire thing is dynamic and writes itself as it goes. This man and his team are pure fucking geniuses.
He gave an hour long demonstration/speech at the last Game Developers' Conference, which someone has posted on Google Video in two formats. For the less interested, there is the edited version that shows just the gameplay (with him taking through it at the same time). It's very much worth a watch for even the mildly curious among you. It does, however, weigh in at just under 36 minutes. You can watch it here.
The full, unedited version that includes all his intermittent speeches (including a very humourous outlook on the Carebears and the Kingdom of WhoGivesAShit) is an hour long and be seen here.
Enjoy. (That means watch it. Somebody bloody watch it!)
Will Wright is a genius. For those who don't know the name, he's the guy who created the Sim series. Personally responsible for SimCity (and its three subsequent sequels), SimEarth, SimAnt, as well as The Sims. Now he's responsible for Spore.
Spore is Sims on a whole new level. If you ever dreamed of being to create your own microscopic organism and guide it, shape it, through the entire course of evolution to the point where it has become a budding civilization vying for intergallactic dominance, this is something to keep an eye on. The entire thing is dynamic and writes itself as it goes. This man and his team are pure fucking geniuses.
He gave an hour long demonstration/speech at the last Game Developers' Conference, which someone has posted on Google Video in two formats. For the less interested, there is the edited version that shows just the gameplay (with him taking through it at the same time). It's very much worth a watch for even the mildly curious among you. It does, however, weigh in at just under 36 minutes. You can watch it here.
The full, unedited version that includes all his intermittent speeches (including a very humourous outlook on the Carebears and the Kingdom of WhoGivesAShit) is an hour long and be seen here.
Enjoy. (That means watch it. Somebody bloody watch it!)