It's ShackNews' turn to get a try at Spore, read their article
here.
I only had a limited amount of time at the EA demo station, so I quickly bypassed my handlers' attempts to stick me with a developer who would walk me through the game. I figured, as a long-time PC gamer, that if the game was any good I could figure it out faster than someone could explain it. The handlers gave me a queer look, warned me that the galactic stage was difficult, but largely left me be.
