Mega-game from Will Wright, creator of the Sim line of games (SimCity, SimFarm, The Sims, etc.). Follows a character from a single-celled organism evolving up through sentience, colonization of a planet, to interstellar travel.

Commentary

• PZ Myers on how hard science lost to cute

Reviews

• Ars Technica. Decidedly mixed.
• Slashdot. More positive. Observes that Spore is little more than a huge “casual” game, which is just what Maxis and Wright want it to be, I think.
• IGN. Noting that the game is very wide, but not very deep.
• Macworld. “Brilliant and quirky overall.”