I hereby nominate the gaming press (um, that's us over at Hooked Gamers too of course) to be relegated to 'lemming-status' and 'us' (the Spore fans) are happily following suit. I'm sorry, did that sound like a complaint? It isn't, really! Everybody and his mom is posting articles on Spore and who can blame them, there is a lot to tell. A wrap-up of some new things we found today:
Bit-Tech posted a lengthy preview that is very readable indeed:
Sporepedia is the framework around which all of Spore is built. At its most basic level it’s little more than a catalogue of free content and a help-desk through which players can get tips and guides. Delve a little further though and Sporepedia becomes much more and players can start to take advantage of the social networking tools held within.CNN Money posted a very cool video filmed in the Maxis/EA offices, interviewing product manager Darren Montgomery. Good footage here!
BusinessWeek posted their preview saying:
Quirky cinematic sequences track the development of a player's creature. In one sample video, as a creature begins to form a civilization, the short parodies Stanley Kubrick's famous simian sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey.Oh yeah, we have dug up a couple of new screenshots as well, they're in the
gallery.
