We will, we will Spore you … in one day
Who else is looking forward to the SPORE launch this Sunday September 7? If you want to be among the very first to play SPORE, there is a pre-order ‘preload option’ through the EA Download Manager. No thanks for me on that, I’m planning to be at the local Best Buy Sunday when it opens to buy the full SPORE.
In the meantime, let’s compare Sporepedia stats today:
to 18 days ago:
- an increase of roughly 500,000 new creatures created for total of 3.2 million Spore creatures. That’s almost double the amount of creatures created 56 days ago.
- check out the number of new creatures in the last 24 hours (top screenshot): over 371,000!
- now over one million people (players?) belong to the Spore community, with over 31,000 joining in the last 24 hours
Expect these numbers to have another spike over the final 24 hours leading up to launch. Here are a couple links to read active Spore conversation out there
Found via FriendFeed Spore:
Matt Williamson via Twitter: “Spore is better that crack, and more addictive.”
Rozz via Twitter: “Spore – world’s longest install.”
Popular Mechanics: Top 5 Famous Sci-Fi Aliens You Can Play in Spore’s Virtual World: martians from War of the Worlds, Zenomorphs from Aliens, Arachnids from Starship Troopers, Predators from Predator and Cthulhu Mythos (the brilliantly twisted imagination of H.P Lovecraft).
Gavin Purcell via Twitter: “Oh man. Spore comes out next week. How the hell am I going to fit that into my life right now. Must eliminate sleep somehow.”
Via digg Spore search:
Sporeillustrated (cool site name!): 54 cool and bizarre creatures including: Wiimote, Xbox 360 controller, Bowser (from Mario), Master Chief, R2D2, Toilet (love it!), Mr. Potato Head, Pink Panther and more.
Via reddit Spore search:
geek and nerd blog: Spore creatures that look like stuff including: Star Wars, Pokemon and more. Even a decent looking Sonic The Hedgehog.
nintendoeverything.com: 19 Zelda creatures reimagined in Spore
Laughing Squid: Spore 404 page
Ned Batchelder on Spore steganography
Plenty of different Spore creatures to put in your game. Can hardly wait!
September 6th, 2008 • 
TD Goodliffe • 
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