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August 16th 2008, 04:21 CEST by BobJustBob Maxis/EA have quietly been releasing new programs to their Spore site. These are unpolished, mostly undocumented development prototypes used to test and balance gameplay concepts. Such as the ParticleMan prototype, which comes from early in the process when the game was still being called SimEverything. The plan was for the game to simulate an entire universe, with you or some procedural generation algorithm manipulating gravity and space dust in order to coalesce planets on which life would later hopefully arise. A few of these prototypes are almost playable games and the rest are interesting simulations if you can figure out what the hell is going on. For example, some of the Gaming Steve forum members delved into BIOME and crafted their own rulesets. I'm amazed that Maxis is willing to release these. I can only imagine the deluge of help requests they must be receiving from people who ignore the fact that this is unsupported software. Or what kind of backlash this could cause; if people cancel planned purchases based on demos, are they likely to do the same here? Might these actually increase sales? It does seem like a nice way to lead up to release and keep the hype level up. In what turned out to be the final issue of Games For Windows Magazine, the massive Sims 3 preview included a description of some similar prototypes that were supposed to be released on 1up.com. They never were. I hold out hope that Maxis is going to do something similar and trickle them out as that game's release nears next year. Spore is just a little over three weeks away at this point, coming out on Sunday September 7th. I hope for many more prototypes to be released before then. In the meantime, get to downloading and let the rest of us know how you got that binary planetary system to form. |
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Now I want to play Syndicate. "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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I want super healing. 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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Two new Spore prototypes are up. It says this latest one was the last Spore prototype developed, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be the last released. "That's not to say that games shouldn't have stories, I just think the story should be the player's story, and find more ways to celebrate and promote that, rather than the game designer's story that you're imposing upon them." - Will Wright
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#253 by Jamie Actually, an enhanced immune system would be pretty nice. Cyberneticly induced allergies and arthritis for the win. Don't forget garnishes such as: Fish shaped solid waste.
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BobJustBob (#263): Two new Spore prototypes are up. It says this latest one was the last Spore prototype developed, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be the last released. I have purposely not played any of those and haven't even tried the creature creator. I'd rather just wait and see what the final product is like. "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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The final product will be like the prototypes, but with penis creatures instead of blips and bloops. Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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i'd want non flat feet. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" - "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
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The thing that worries me most about cybernetic enhancement is that at first it's going to be the playground of the uber-rich. Those guys tend to be a bunch of fuckwads to everyone else. Can you imagine what it'd be like during the decades-long transition to it being cheap for everyone? Goddamn billionaires living forever and jumping over buildings and kicking people through walls, that's what it's going to be like. They'd turn themselves into the superheros and supervillains of the world and we'd have to suffer through their endless bullshit. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Jibble (#268): Goddamn billionaires living forever and jumping over buildings and kicking people through walls, that's what it's going to be like. They'd turn themselves into the superheros and supervillains of the world and we'd have to suffer through their endless bullshit. Is it bad that this just makes me giddy? "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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There would still be laws against kicking people through walls. |
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If a bunch of billionaires want to use their money to test out first gen systems that may malfunction and cave on them the next time they jump off a building, hey that's cool with me. Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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There would still be laws against kicking people through walls. They laugh at your pitiful legal system. When you have titanium alloy skin and can jump over buildings, you ARE the law. If a bunch of billionaires want to use their money to test out first gen systems that may malfunction and cave on them the next time they jump off a building, hey that's cool with me. Bullshit, they'll make sure it works by testing it out on poor people and including a kill switch in case they get all uppity. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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I'll buy whatever from your store that halts age progression at around late-twenties/thirty-something. If I can't buy that from your store I'll rape and pillage my way to it, even if it means shopping at bishop's. "Braid breaks one of my personal most fundamental rules of games design within minutes of starting - they have timed puzzles."
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Not happening, but we can just make a copy of your current skin and replace your old skin when the time comes. Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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Wasn't the TV series "Mantis" about a guy that was in a wheelchair but had this suit that let him walk and made him stronger? I'm not sure, because I didn't use to watch that show, but zapping around and looking at a few scenes gave me that impression. "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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Where you going with this, dudebrah? Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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#274 by PogoTribal Not happening, but we can just make a copy of your current skin and replace your old skin when the time comes. Harrumph, I shall take my fictitious business elsewhere then sirrah! bishop's it is! "Braid breaks one of my personal most fundamental rules of games design within minutes of starting - they have timed puzzles."
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Jibble (#272): They laugh at your pitiful legal system. When you have titanium alloy skin and can jump over buildings, you ARE the law. Billionaires can get away with murder right now, no need to become a titanium super soldier. 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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They get away with it, but they still have to bother with court dates and paying off judges. This cuts out the middle-man. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Also the men in front and behind the middle-man. A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?
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#275 by FoRmaT Wasn't the TV series "Mantis" about a guy that was in a wheelchair but had this suit that let him walk and made him stronger? Dark Angel had something like that (and a lot of other stuff as well). If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!
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pogo needs to make his avatar less color coordinated with dingle and ng ho. Zep-- Save the cheerleader ... Save the world.
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bishop (#249): clearly pogo hasn't seen tetsuo the iron man. TETSUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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#282 by Wudi pogo needs to make his avatar less color coordinated with dingle and ng ho. Zep-- Why... are you uhh, blind? Love... biochemically related to consuming large quantities of chocolate.
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It will be fun to tell my parents that I spent the opening of the DNC in SF in a french resturaunt in the castro eating an arugula salad. The appetizers and the snails were fabulous, but they failed at making rare duck and fillet mignon. Sabrina Poirier, a student at Pensacola who withdrew in 1997, was disciplined for what is known on the campus as "optical intercourse" — staring too intently into the eyes of a member of the opposite sex. This is also referred to as "making eye babies."
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Why would they care? "I buy Captain Crunch because I like a man in uniform." - BobJustBob
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Yeah, that'll show your parents. I guess. Invention is the Green Goblin of Necessary Lemonade.
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Oh come on, that's like every stereotype out there. Sabrina Poirier, a student at Pensacola who withdrew in 1997, was disciplined for what is known on the campus as "optical intercourse" — staring too intently into the eyes of a member of the opposite sex. This is also referred to as "making eye babies."
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Damn those parents! |
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I bet your parents roll their eyes a lot at family get-togethers. 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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Then there's the possibility that they raised him to be like this. If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!
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Maybe they're just proud. After all, their son is smart and successful. "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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bago: Oh come on, that's like every stereotype out there. Every stereotype? I'm not even sure if there's a single stereotype that's like that. |
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He should have said that some hippie was hitting on him, and he tried to escape by racing down the hills in his Mustang. But the hippie chased him in his Plymouth. The race went to the Golden Gate bridge and there, finally, the hippie commited suicide because he couldn't take the pain of being rejected. Then, bago went to the wharf to do a few burnouts and earn a few more kudos. "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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Does anyone here use AbeBooks? Anyway, can you go to that website, search for anything popular, and see if you can view search results past 2000? Any time I try to do that, I get a message that I should enter at least one search term, and their customer support says they have no idea of any such issue. |
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Past 2000 how? I can find books from 1995 just fine, but you mean some other way? "Braid breaks one of my personal most fundamental rules of games design within minutes of starting - they have timed puzzles."
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I mean the number of search results, not the year. Click this link and try to view the next page of results. |
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Ain't working here neither. "Braid breaks one of my personal most fundamental rules of games design within minutes of starting - they have timed puzzles."
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The bastards. Thanks. |
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If you're getting 2000 results, you should narrow your search. Are you new to computers? 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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Ever heard of browsing? What's the point of having a 'List all books' option if you can't use it? |
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Browsing is what you do in the actual bookstore, not on their website. You want to browse for new authors, go to that goodreads site Jamie's gay for. 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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It's true. I am gay for it. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
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#291 by Shadarr I bet your parents roll their eyes a lot at family get-togethers. Understatement of the year. |
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I started playing Halo 2 last night for some reason. I guess I see it like you might see a movie that everyone considers a classic or cultural touchstone. It's something I might not normally be interested in, but I feel some kind of obligation to see it in order to be somewhat literate in the culture in question. Even if I don't particularly like it, I feel like I need to experience the Halo series if I'm going to call myself a gamer. Some people have said the same thing about WoW. Thing is, after playing shooters like Bioshock and CoD4 recently, Halo 2 is kinda hard to take. I can see how some of the stuff would have been impressive when it first came out, but man, it's just running down hall after hall and shooting the same enemies over and over again. Zzzzzz... I'm hoping something happens soon or I may have to settle for being semiliterate in the gaming culture. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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Did you already go through the first level? If so, you've seen pretty much all the game has to offer. Unless, of course, you like running halfway through a level and realizing that the other half is just a mirror image of what you just did. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Halo 2 is garbage. Play Halo 1. "That's not to say that games shouldn't have stories, I just think the story should be the player's story, and find more ways to celebrate and promote that, rather than the game designer's story that you're imposing upon them." - Will Wright
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Jibble: I'm not sure. I logged off last night shortly after we laded on Earth and were fighting our way through some streets that seemed a lot like the starship hallways I had just fought through half an hour earlier. Bob: I did play Halo 1 just last year and thought it wasn't bad even given how old it was. blog | photoblog | PlanetCrap Flickr group
"It was a little hard to tell how bad I was bleeding on account of the salsa" -- Jibble |
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Halo was a fun game with the same copy/paste level problem and a weaker second half but Halo 2 went overboard with the scripting and linearity. Looks to be the exact model Epic is following for Gears -> Gears 2. "That's not to say that games shouldn't have stories, I just think the story should be the player's story, and find more ways to celebrate and promote that, rather than the game designer's story that you're imposing upon them." - Will Wright
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