Spore: the evolution of gaming. By ABC News. September 9, 2008, 5:54 PM — -- Spore has landed, and the long-awaited video game brings with it an evolutionary shift in how players interact ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Science of Spore--The 'Evolution' of Gaming ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 300 No. 1 (January 2009) doi:10.1038 ...

A version of this article appeared in the January 21, 2009 edition of Digital Directions as ‘Spore’ Plays Games With Evolution Theory. Most Popular Stories. Open image caption.

In Spore, players guide life through five different stages. Only the first two deal with evolution. You start as a cell, swimming around in a nutrient swamp, gobbling nourishment.

Spore was even more ambitious–Wright promised to turn billions of years of evolution from single-celled creatures to intergalactic civilizations into a game.

Spore: Evolution Without the Awe Factor. September 18, 2008. Will Wright is one of just a handful of celebrities in the world of computer-game design.

Will Wright, game industry legend and creator of The Sims and the upcoming Spore, has been talking about what went into his latest project on the evolution of lifeforms, the appeal of his games to ...