Slog - Comments on My Spiky-Sacked Dragon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon I just got back from a beautiful road trip down the Oregon coast and all the way into the Redwood National Forest in northern CA. First thing I do when I load the computer on my return? No, not load the zillions of amazing dune/forest/coast photos into Flickr. Didn't answer a bunch of e-mails, either. Instead, I had to design critters on my computer. This little dude is my first creation in the Spore Character Creator--note the spiky balls. You might've heard of Spore--the "Sims meets evolution" game from Sims creator Will Wright, set for release in September, that has... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:28:02 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle I have to upgrade my MacOS on my Intel Core Duo Mac Mini to get the Spore Creature Creator running.

Tried to remotely give tips to my son, but he's not used to hacking the files raw ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055746 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:44:41 -0800 Comment by JC Searching for "Spore Penis" on YouTube will give you tons of pervy videos already. There are hundred of them.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055779 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055779 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:56:17 -0800 Comment by Jerod This sounds fun. One of my favorite SNES games was always EVO: The Search for Eden. Evolution in video games kicks ass!

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055824 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:16:51 -0800 Comment by Patrick I am having so much fun with this. I'm one of those people who have been really excited for Spore, and this is finally starting to quench my lust for the game.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055829 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19:21 -0800 Comment by annie How in the world is this Sims-meets-evolution? This is Sims-meets-intelligent design. Propaganda, I tell you!

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055832 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19:55 -0800 Comment by Jonathan Golob Seconded, annie.

]]> Jonathan Golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055844 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055844 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:26:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm designing a Kung Fu Panda with an evolutionary desire to eat couscous.

Yeah!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055891 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:12:10 -0800 Comment by Ignatz Ratzkeratzke Worth noting that you can widen the body parts by moving the scroll wheel while hovering over them. Not all your guys have to be made of PVC.

]]> Ignatz Ratzkeratzke http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055904 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:22:21 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @5 & 6 - You're right--at least in the case of this character creator deal. But the meat of the main game is that everyone's characters are shared over the Internet--popping up on everyone's PCs to battle, mate, and so on. I also believe eventual adaptation/mutation occurs, meaning your seven-legged monkeys could, over millions of years of gametime, evolve into seven-legged humans. So do we call it Sims-meets-polytheistic-creationism?

No. Don't even attempt higher discourse with this one... as @2 so obviously pointed out, it'd be best labeled as a land of bendy, walking dicks.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055943 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:54:11 -0800 Comment by Sam M. Gah, that last bit was supposed to be linked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHI--f1SOcs

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/my_spikysacked_dragon#c1055950 Games Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:30 -0800