Spore!

Electronic Arts will soon be releasing Spore by game designer Will Wright (creator of such titles as Sim City and Sims). Today, as a way to get people addicted, they released the Spore Creature Creator and it’s very cool. I’ve wasted (XX) hours playing with it today!

My Spore Creature

Meet Yarfla, one of my Spore Creatures

You can create creatures using all sorts of parts, body colors, and by stretching the pieces around to liking. Then you can move him around a test area and take snapshots! The full game will be much more complex, involving the survival and evolution of your species. If the Creature Creator is any indication, I can’t wait to see it!

I made a couple of different creatures and took some candid shots of them in action. Check them out! And then go download the Creature Creator, the demo is free!

My Debut Album

I found the instructions on the net, so I can’t claim anything here, but it was kind of fun! I might have to do another one!

  1. Go to a random Wikipedia entry:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
    The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
  2. Go to Random quotations:
    http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
    The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
  3. Go to flickr’s “explore the last seven days”:
    http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
    Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Put it all together, that’s your debut album.

Here’s what I came up with:

My first album: Xiaoshi Middle School - now what happens next?