Sign Of The Apocalypse: 08/28/08

Today’s Sign Of The Apocalypse is credited to Gamespot.

Anytime I get to write about video games it always brings a smile to my face. Even if I’m writing about news that could be leading us to our impending doom. Atleast we’ll have fun video games to play on the way, right?

Spore, is a game that has really been put through the hype machine. Ever since the release of the Creature Creator there have been thousands of monsters uploaded to the Sporepedia. If you’ve played around with the Creature Creator, then you know there are a ton of options, and that’s with it not at full potential. With such options it’s possible for people to create monsters with “dirty” features. You can make monsters with gigantic breasts, or create phallic looking monsters.

Will Wright gave a light hearted response to the sexual Spore entries, “When you give players creative control, you have to expect they’re going to do the unexpected…Some of it’s really good for what they were shooting for. It’s amazingly explicit, especially when those creations are animated. We just have to make sure those people aren’t messing up the experience for others”

EA on the other hand has taken a full hands on approach, and vows to make sure these monsters are censored. They have even labeled the creatures as ‘Sporn’. I’m not really sure that’s fair; these monsters didn’t decide to look a certain way. How dare you claim to have the right to eradicate a species because it exposes its nipples!

I’m not quite sure what’s more sad…The people who find enjoyment in creating these naughty looking monsters and uploading them. Or that EA has actually given a name to the monsters and deemed them outcasts. Either way it’s but another example of why the world is heading towards doom.