Cavalorn ([info]cavalorn) wrote,
@ 2006-03-13 13:37:00
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SPORE
If you're even slightly interested in computer games and you haven't yet seen the video of Will Wright's SPORE, then go see it.

You may wish to tie your jaw in place, because it's going to drop.

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[info]hikari_neko
2006-03-13 01:51 pm UTC (link)

I believe "whoa" would be a suitable response. That game could actually make GCSE Biology interesting.

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[info]hikari_neko
2006-03-13 02:16 pm UTC (link)
OK, whoa was not a sufficient response. It's like the omni-game - you can do everything.

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[info]wyrdrune
2006-03-13 02:21 pm UTC (link)
"Whoa!" was pretty much my response and I'm only 10 minutes into the video!

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Oh just you wait...

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[info]wyrdrune
2006-03-13 02:22 pm UTC (link)
I can see two problems (both from the same source)...

"It includes S-E-X! - We can't have our children exposed to that depravity!"
and
"It encourges the killing of small furry animals - PETA want it banned!"

or am I just too cynical?

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[info]mrzero
2006-03-13 02:28 pm UTC (link)
But is it Intelligent Design if you're the one playing God?

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[info]jfs
2006-03-13 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Only if you actually come up with a successful lifeform.

Otherwise it's Pretty Goofy Design.

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[info]ardoise_vide
2006-03-13 02:35 pm UTC (link)
i didn't tie my jaw in place and now i've lost it. i think my cats are playing with it somewhere!

holy freakin' hell, that's incredible!!!#$!#%

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[info]deviblue
2006-03-13 02:35 pm UTC (link)
i saw this a while ago on a winamp stream....i just want to know when its comming out

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 02:39 pm UTC (link)
More information will be coming at this year's E3 in May...

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[info]wyrdrune
2006-03-13 03:14 pm UTC (link)
OK. I need a new PC (with a >8Mb graphics card that actually has some 3D capability), a copy of this game and a very understanding wife.

Well, one out of three isn't bad.

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[info]elffin
2006-03-13 04:01 pm UTC (link)
The great part about it for CS majors and Biology/Computing freaks is, it's going to be a massive rollout of an artificial life simulator. Plus, when you share your little freaks with others, the program doesn't send the entirety of the creature - it sends the blueprint, and every client is capable of reproducing creatures from blueprints. As well as seeing what happens when Blueprint A and Blueprint B share bits via, uh - retroviral infections. yeah.

Massive demonstration of evolution in action in an artificial biosphere = fun biology education.

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Oh yes. And apparently the amount of information needed to describe a creature is about 1 kilobyte. It's just stunning.

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[info]ashbet
2006-03-13 05:27 pm UTC (link)
*poleaxed*

We. Must. Own. This.

Watched the whole video, am in mild system shock.

-- A :D

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[info]catvincent
2006-03-13 05:48 pm UTC (link)
I'd buy a PC to play this. Seriously.

Plus - think of the outraged xtians! It's got evolution, non-Ptolomeic astronomy, and it's a Godgame - three out of three.

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[info]gnat23
2006-03-13 06:12 pm UTC (link)
*preorder*

*signs away all things resembling freetime, weekends, or sleep*

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 06:20 pm UTC (link)
I have such a newfound appreciation for this strip.

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[info]hikari_neko
2006-03-13 08:22 pm UTC (link)
You know what amuses me? The Wiki entry for "Will Wright" redirects to the one for "God".

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[info]serpentstar
2006-03-13 09:21 pm UTC (link)
Looks great -- just hope it doesn't turn out to be another "Black & White."

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
That was Peter Molyneux, not Will Wright.

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[info]serpentstar
2006-03-13 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I know, but it was hyped as the next great game, and took years to develop, and all....

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[info]cavalorn
2006-03-13 09:28 pm UTC (link)
And I think that role was filled by 'Black & White 2'. :)

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[info]unagothae
2006-03-13 09:34 pm UTC (link)
Wow, they made a second one? *boggle*

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[info]mytholder
2006-03-14 01:03 am UTC (link)
My thoughts exactly.

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[info]unagothae
2006-03-13 09:35 pm UTC (link)
That's the kind of thing that could turn me into a serious gamer. My eyeballs loved it.

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[info]terrycat
2006-03-13 10:15 pm UTC (link)
This vid is seriously viral. Possibly because it's quite orgasmic. I WANT!

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[info]psychichazard
2006-03-14 12:16 am UTC (link)
yep, that shows a hell of a lot of promise.

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[info]kiraboo
2006-03-19 05:22 pm UTC (link)
*soundsofjawhappilydancingawayintothenight*
wow.

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