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April 28th 2008, 21:19 CEST by Fugazi(werking) So EA is releasing a creature editor for Spore well before the release of the game itself and this editor will have 25% of the functionality of the full game. Or you can pay $10 and get all of the creature tools early. So what do we think-great revenue model or just evil EA gouging customers? Full press release from EA is included below. Redwood City, CA - April 25, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Maxis today announced that a free downloadable demo, and complete retail version of the Spore™ Creature Creator will be available starting June 17, 2008. The Spore Creature Creator gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species and share it with their friends. All creatures designed with the Spore Creature Creator can be imported into the full retail version of Spore for PC and Mac when it launches on September 5, 2008 in Europe and September 7, 2008 in North America. “We are thrilled to finally be putting the creative tools of Spore into the hands of players around the world,” said Will Wright, chief designer, Maxis. “The amazing creations players design this summer will help populate the game universe we all enter when Spore ships this September, so in a sense, the Spore Creature Creator is the birth of Spore.” The free demo version of the Spore Creature Creator will be available worldwide via download from www.spore.com. The demo lets players shape, paint and play with an unlimited number of creatures, using 25 percent of the creature-making parts from Spore. Gamers can then share these creations with their friends, including seamless uploads to YouTube. The demo will also be included in the The SimCity™ Box, which ships on June 23. A complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator will also be available in North America for $9.99 and most European territories for €9.99, which gives players access to all the creature-making parts in the game. Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims™, gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers. Consumers can visit www.spore.com to sign up for the Spore newsletter or check out all-new screenshots and video of the game. Members of the media can visit EA’s press site at www.info.ea.com for information about all of EA’s games. Spore Creature Creator retail version is not available in all territories. My first topic submission bitches! I am no longer part of the problem! |
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#93 by Jibble See, mass casualties aren't a miracle (unless they happen to your enemy). Kinda tricky on the definitions, really. Kind of like Bush, only take credit for the good stuff (which may also mean pretending that there is good stuff to begin with), blame the rest on Satan. Even better is the fact that God's reasons cannot be fathomed by mere mortals, until something bad happpens. Then it's all: "Oh God, why are you doing this to us?" "Wow I didn't expect it to be good. I mean no offense, but you're a bald headed punk rocker in bifocals and Genghis Khan mustache and the band sounds like Benny Goodman on crosstops with Alvin from the chipmunks on vocals..... I'll take one"
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None-1a (#100): Kind of sad really God wasn't always such a big pussy, there was a time when he maimed and killed anyone that even slightly irked him just to prove he was around. Maybe his shrink worked him through the inferiority complex. |
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What I ask myself is why should he change his mind when people pray to him when they're in a bad situation he himself supposedly put them in, because everything is god's will? If he changes his mind aka. you get out of that situation, does that mean he was just testing you or wanted some attention? "Action stars of two decades ago shot .44 bullets out of their cocks. Honestly, if me and Charles Bronson were in the same room I'd kill myself just to make sure he didn't hurt me."
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What if God was one of us? |
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So, Iron Man kicked much ass. Funk. |
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deadlock (#104): What if God was one of us? Then he'd be a filthy lurker who should post more. |
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#105 by Funkdrunk So, Iron Man kicked much ass. Funk. Going to see it tomorrow morning, can't wait! |
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Quick Poll: What's your favorite time to go see a movie? Mine, first session of the day, 10am or some such. The cinemas are usually empty, it's love. Don't tell anyone though. |
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Lately, I just wait for BluRay and watch on my television. |
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Owen, be sure to stay until the end of the credits. I typically go to the cinema when the mood hits me. So I don't have a preferred time. However, I will agree with you, matinée showings are best due to the lack of crowd. Funk. |
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matinee showings, though 4-5 is also a good time, everyone eats then. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" - "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
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Owen- Tuesday night, 7:00 showing. The theatre is usually empty. |
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I like the most empty I can get. I almost never go opening weekend, and I try to go after the second weekend. That said, I like a matinee. More of a movie and dinner than dinner and a movie. <Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.
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Who eats from 4-5? Do you live in a retirement community? |
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I like big crowds for certain kinds of movie, the crowd energy adds to the experience. "Bioshock, sadly, is no Painkiller." - BobJustBob
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#108 by OwenButler Quick Poll: What's your favorite time to go see a movie? Mine, first session of the day, 10am or some such. The cinemas are usually empty, it's love. Don't tell anyone though. Occasionally I'll go by myself while I'm waiting for the odd weekend job to be ready for me to work on. Then I'll go first thing in the morning, which I love. Unless it's opening weekend, there are usually plenty of seats, and all the punk kids haven't got out of bed yet. With the wife we usually try to hit the late afternoon show, 4-5 p.m. It's bad, but not as bad as 7-8 when everyone seems to want to go. |
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I'd say the biggest crowd related issue isn't size, it's how many very young kids are there. "Bioshock, sadly, is no Painkiller." - BobJustBob
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I don't mind big crowds. What bothers me is people who think that while watching a movie in a cinema is the only one and half hour of a day where you can eat a pack of crisps. I hate all that munching and bag crushing! "Action stars of two decades ago shot .44 bullets out of their cocks. Honestly, if me and Charles Bronson were in the same room I'd kill myself just to make sure he didn't hurt me."
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#116 by Hugin I like big crowds for certain kinds of movie, the crowd energy adds to the experience. What the… An extrovert! Get him! #108 by OwenButler Quick Poll: What's your favorite time to go see a movie? Mine, first session of the day, 10am or some such. The cinemas are usually empty, it's love. Don't tell anyone though. Y'know, I guess I do kinda prefer early showings. But I don't go to the cinema alone, and my friends always go for the 18:30/19 segment so I'm constantly trapped amongst hordes of cinema-going slobs. Also I suppose real life impedes on the possibilities unless you only go see movies during the weekend. Which is what I'll be doing, gonna watch Iron Man tomorrow. At 18:30. In the largest cinema around. Sigh, it's going to be brutal. If there's a kid next to me making any noise I'll throw him off the building (and hopefully manage to bounce it on the sheet). "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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What the… An extrovert! Get him! Of all the things you've ever been wrong about, this is the latest. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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Well in that case I'm glad I weren't joking. In fact I'm happy to say all my posts here should be taken at face value. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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Noted. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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I love going to movies by myself. |
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#123 by BobJustBob Noted. Hm. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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The last movie I went to see by myself was The Ring. The one before that was Signs, and the one before that was Event Horizon. Granted, not the best three movies to judge, but I'm not a big fan of going it alone. If I'm going to do that, I'll wait for the DVD. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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The only movies I remember going to alone were Dark Water, X-men3, and Silent Hill. No big losses here, either. #10 - Why not both come out of a window?
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The last movie I went to go see by myself was Marie Antoinette. I won two free passes but no one wanted to go. |
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I'll go to more 'indie' stuff, or things other people wouldn't be interested in, by myself, but otherwise I usually go with people or wait till DVD. Most recent would be...well, actually a couple of days ago, I saw My Blueberry Nights myself. It's the same thing with restaurants, I generally don't sit down and eat alone (at a regular restaurant with waiters and menus and such, fast food or a diner type place don't count) unless I don't have any other choice, I'll either get carryout, or convince someone to go. |
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Single guy dining at a restaurant means sitting at a bar and eating there. Nothing wrong with that. <Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.
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Wait, Iron Man is out already? |
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I don't mind eating alone either. I'll grab a magazine or newspaper and chow down while I read. In fact, that's the perfect Saturday. Grab a newspaper and read it while I eat alone before gong to watch a movie alone. Throw in an iced chai latte and some sugar babies for the movie, and we're in good shape. |
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The only movie I've ever gone to see by myself was Copland. I was out doing a job for work in the middle of bumblefuck Michigan. I wasn't 25, so they didn't let me rent a car. There was nothing to go / do except a movie theater maybe a half mile from the motel I was staying at. |^^^^^^^^^^^^ |||__
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jj, I know that you probably really enjoy that, but it's hard to read it and not think of an old man who lost his wife but never remarried and spends his days being incredibly lonely. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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I don't know if I've ever gone to a movie alone. I hardly go to movies at all, so when I do go it's because somebody else wants to. Witnesses in the house heard Jones say "why did you pee on me Pooh Bear?" A few moments later, the witness heard the son say "Mama you done stabbed me."
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Hell, I respect jj more after reading that post. With that said, yes, Jibble does have a point heh. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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Yeah, I like a movie by myself sometimes too. I don't do it much, but it's nice to just do something by yourself for awhile sometimes. "the concept that a happy worker is a productive worker is hardly an entry from Matt's Big Book Of Things The Fairies Said." - Dum
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I always go to movies alone. You know, War On Terror and all. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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I thought it was your fear of chicks. |
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Chicks can be terrorists too. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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Hmm, maybe I should make it clear that I'm doing this movie watching and solo eating when my wife can't be with me. I'll come to work to finish a job, then there will be a one or two hour wait, so I can either spend 45 minutes driving home and back, or go eat/see a movie. My choice would be to spend quality time with my wife unless it's her turn to decide what movie to watch. She has horrible taste in movies. |
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They all do. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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My girlfriend and I are going to see Iron Man tomorrow. Are we in for a treat or an eye-rape? but watching changes every fact
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So far it sounds like eye-rape. Wait, that's a good thing right? If you mean that as a negative I'm saying you're in for a treat. But who knows, my friends can like the wrong things on occasion. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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I'd rather see There will be blood, but we both agree that if you're going to the movies, you should see something that was made to fit a theater screen and to move popcorn. but watching changes every fact
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Before I left Alabama I watched There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, and Cloverfield back-to-back and alone. That was a fun day. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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If you take Cloverfield out of that statement, it will become truer. "Action stars of two decades ago shot .44 bullets out of their cocks. Honestly, if me and Charles Bronson were in the same room I'd kill myself just to make sure he didn't hurt me."
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Cloverfield was great. Not quite in the league of the other two, sure, but still great. "I don't like story in games." - Soren Johnson
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Cloverfield was pants-on-edge exciting action like no one has seen before. Except Children Of Men in some places. Terrific brilliant action movie. Too bad for people who get motion sick. "Gaggle doesn't believe anyone should bother gaining skill in anything because anyone could gain skill in anything if they just put the time to it." - BjB
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Yeah, we all loved Cloverfield except my best friend's girlfriend who, despite being fascinated by the concept, couldn't bear to look at the screen. "Wow I didn't expect it to be good. I mean no offense, but you're a bald headed punk rocker in bifocals and Genghis Khan mustache and the band sounds like Benny Goodman on crosstops with Alvin from the chipmunks on vocals..... I'll take one"
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