Spore: The Sims Plays God

The creator of The Sims has turned the creation and evolution of life into the most ambitious game ever

Players create their own aliens, which Spore automatically animates.

Will Wright is that rarest of creatures, a true intellectual omnivore. He is literally interested in everything. Based on his conversation, he might be a molecular biologist or an economist. In fact, he designs video games for a living. Wright is the inventor of The Sims, the revolutionary game in which actual humans control the lives of little simulated humans, making them go to work or fall in love or swim around in virtual swimming pools till they drown. The Sims is the best-selling computer game of all time. Among game designers, Wright is considered a living god. Now he wants...

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