If you’re not immediately familiar with the name Will Wright, you’ve probably never played Sim City, The Sims, etc. If you do know his name, you’re probably cursing it at this very moment for the countless hours you lost to his addicting creations. Well, prepare yourself for even further profanity-laden tirades, as he’s been hard at work on the ultimate incarnation of “Sim-ness”, Spore. Hit that link, but be warned: it’s a 35 minute video showing the current state of Spore. For those of you not willing to sit through the video, here’s a rough approximation of Spore in its current state: Tamagotchi + Black & White + Magic Carpet 3D + Warcraft II + Sim City + Civilization II + Master of Orion II. Egads! Sound appealing enough to all you sim wonks out there?
*drool* My Spidey Geek Sense is firing on all cylinders. Here’s to hoping that Wright 1) keeps the system requirements at a rational level and 2) actually folllows through on his grandiose, sweeping vision. ‘Course, if he does, I may just well be lost to the world for a very, very long time. (Ref. the ill-fated Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri incidents of the mid ’90’s)
Will Wright Is A Madman, A MADMAN, I Say!
Sid Meier and Will Wright should join forces to destroy mankind. They could conger up a game that would entrance the entire world to coma states of addiction. In other news…..I’m in, gimme gimme.
I have been following this development for a while now. I eagerly await the ability to literally evolve, all the while in control (or wo it would seem) of my destiny. Some of the organic programming in the game should BOGGLE minds…
Here’s something that I thought was really cool: the other races of creatures, rival cities, foreign planets, etc. are all based on content “evolved” by other players and downloaded asynchronously over the Internets from the Ether Spaces. Hopefully Wright will implement some sort of “friends list” so that one can easily play against the creatures created by their friends.
If he does such a thing, wellsir, you best be on the lookout for my 5-legged hornswogglers.