I first learned about Spore from Will Wright, creator of the Sims game in this Ted talk. The demo was so impressive from then on I wanted to try it out myself. That day has finally arrived. Youu can download the free Spore Creature Creator and create your very own, one of a kind creature. After it’s done you can make it dance, sound its mating call, or just walk around a bit. Later on you’ll be able to play the game with your creature and have it interact with other players’ creatures.
Here’s a creature a friend of mine made. He named it George.
It’s so fun to make these, even Robin Williams got in on the act, and it was hilarious. He is one funny guy! Here’s a video of Williams making a Spore creature (warning: it’s a bit crude in some parts)
The Spore game will be available for the PC and I believe the XBox and PS3.
Zoomi is one of those ideas that makes you wonder why no one thought of it before. All it’s doing is putting a pretty face on Amazon, but it makes the experience like walking through a bookstore and perusing the shelves. They say the site is slow in Firefox 3 (which everyone should now be using as it was officially released yesterday with great fanfare) but it worked fine for me.
Next time you want to find a book to read, check it out.
