Spore “Procedures” history lesson
Spore uses procedural textures to give players almost unlimited scope in painting their creatures, and groundbreaking animation technology to determine how they move, hunt, fight,…
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Dinner with Rod Humble
John Walker over at Rock, Paper Shotgun sat down and had dinner with Rod Humble, head-honcho of The Sims division in a 2 part inteview.…
How The Sims contributed to the rise of casual gamers
There is no doubt that The Sims played a huge impact by helping mold the casual gamer. More and more people are introduced to gaming…
Spore Creature Creator pictures from Yuri’s Night
What I wouldn’t give to have been able to attend Yuri’s Night. While many videos were recorded, not so many pictures were taken. However, you…
How to introduce Spore to a newbie
No doubts about it, when Spore is released, you’re going to want to talk about it. Maybe to your buddies, your co-workers, or even your…
“The Sims Online” changes to “EA Land” and now “The Sims Offline”
It is with mixed emotions that today we are announcing the EA-Land experiment will soon draw to a close. Since 2002, EA-Land / TSO has…
Program section launches for Spore – presenting “Spore Countdown Timer” for Mac computers
I was waiting for one of these to be created! Sadly, it is for Mac computers only… The programs section for Spore has just been…
IGN: The Sims versus Grand Theft Auto – who will prevail?
IGN has a Grudge Match going on between the Grand Theft Auto series and The Sims. Since you have to be an IGN Insider member, I…
Spore: How the Mallan came into existence
Earlier this evening, Maxis sent out a new email with details of fan-created Spore creatures brought to life using the editors inside Spore. LadyMpire, the…
Spore Creature Creator cover art
I’m not sure this is 100% official, but Amazon has cover art for the Spore Creature Creator coming out in June.