| Will Wright is the gaming genius that created the | | | | everything. Spore starts off controlling a tiny |
| popular SimCity video game in 1989, wherein you | | | | microscopic creature. As he (she? it?) becomes |
| become the mayor of a new town, whose job it | | | | stronger you earn the ability to choose new body |
| is to zone businesses and housing, build roads, and | | | | parts, like legs and flippers and mouths. You can |
| set taxes. Sound boring? Think again--it's just as | | | | place them wherever you like. Want a five-legged |
| fun to create a city as it is to summon up an | | | | creature? The computer will figure out how to |
| earthquake or a monster attack and watch it all | | | | make him walk--you just figure out where to put |
| crumble! | | | | everything! |
| Will's next biggest hit was The Sims, where you | | | | As you progress through the game, the scope |
| build a little home for a character to live in, and | | | | gets bigger and bigger. Soon you are on land |
| then help him perform the basic parts of his day, | | | | foraging for supplies. Then you form tribes and do |
| from making breakfast, going to work, cleaning | | | | battle. Eventually you can build cities in a |
| the house, watching TV, and having friends over. | | | | SimCity-like way. Then you can trade goods or |
| You even have to make sure they use the | | | | make war with your neighboring cities. Eventually |
| bathroom regularly! Sound boring? Think again, | | | | you can build a UFO and fly off to space to |
| because although you are basically playing | | | | colonize and explore new worlds. |
| dollhouse, the simulated characters have their own | | | | We're excited to see what this game brings to |
| personalities and you can watch unique stories | | | | the table, as the Sim games have always been |
| unfold. | | | | fun, but will this game be able to live up to the |
| Will Wright taking a big jump from cities and | | | | hype? We're a little nervous about the continually |
| domiciles and the next game he has announced, | | | | shifting release date, ourselves, and hope it |
| Spore, will encompass life, the universe, and | | | | doesn't shift much further. |