My Wife Got Spore And All I Got Was This Darned Addiction

by Christopher Kirkman · Published September 8, 2008 · Updated

I fondly remember the E3 hype of old, touting Master Wright’s next leap forward in simulation gaming. A simple, single syllable: Spore. Up until recently, the word conjured thoughts of mold and infectious disease. I openly admit interest. Queen Geek (the missus) expressed a bit more, but I’ve learned the error of my ways.

Yesterday was launch day, and since roughly 11am pre-today, we’ve logged a combination of 20+ hours guiding our Spinder and Yodaskius to becoming sentient, galaxy trotting beings.

Barring a full review, the game is not terribly challenging, even at higher difficulties, but the sheer variety of gameplay and creation modes are somehow overwhelmingly compelling. I don’t know how else to explain it.

I’m honestly fighting the urge to go back to my space missions now.

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Christopher Kirkman

Christopher is an old school nerd: designer, animator, code monkey, writer, gamer and Star Wars geek. As owner and Editor-In-Chief of Media Geeks, he takes playing games and watching movies very seriously. You know, in between naps.