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Gaming preview: 'Spore'
Created: 09/04/2008
Video description: After years of development and delays, the evolutionary sim is finally here. "Spore" is one the most ambitious games ever to come from the mind of Will Wright. The game starts you off as a single-cell organism, which you must evolve into a civilization and beyond, through survival of the fittest. 'Spore' will release on September 7 for the PC and Mac, and for the Wii and DS at a later date.

Gaming preview: 'Spore' Video Transcript

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>> Behold the galaxy. Full of stars and light and intelligence, but it wasn't always like this. Not long ago, it was cold and dark. So what happened? ^M00:00:33 [ Music ] ^M00:00:37

>> Someone made a decision. Someone looked at the microbe and thought, he could use a longer flagella and a pair of pinches too.

>> Yeah.

>> Next thing you know, he's king of the ocean. Then someone decided he should hit the beach. Land creatures were born, but life on land is a dicey proposition. So someone looked at our hero and said, he needs to be able to defend himself. And whala! As the saying goes, if you can't beat him, eat him. But survival depends on numbers, so someone made our little champ irresistible to the opposite sex.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Now we're talking or mating as the case may be. Of course there's strength in numbers, but there's strength in sharp weaponry too. ^M00:01:30 [ Music ] ^M00:01:36

>> Ironically, this led to what we call civilization. But civilization meant more competition for just about everything. Happily, someone pulled our species aside and said, you guys need to chill out and unify this planet. So they did. ^M00:01:52 [ Music ] ^M00:01:56

>> They built starships and they set out to conquer the galaxy. But what they never realized was that all along the way, from humble microbes to starship captains, someone had guided them at every turn. And that someone is you. Spore, how will you create the universe? Coming, September 5, 2008. ^M00:02:27 [ Music ]

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Spore (PC) Specs

Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc.
Part number: SPORE

Product Basic Spec
  • Platform
  • PC

  • ESRB rating
  • Everyone 10 and older -

  • Genre
  • Strategy

  • Number of players
  • 1 Player

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