It’s going to be a very dark month for some people at Maxis as EA announces that they are cutting back at the popular gaming studio.
I’m not sure how much of a surprise this announcement really is since back in 2008, it was announced that EA was already planning on cutting jobs since games like Need for Speed: Undercover, Mirror’s Edge and Rock Band 2 had been under preforming.
Then again, with The Sims franchise being the top selling franchise in history, you would think that Maxis would be cushioned from this downsizing.
It’s sad but inevitable these days.
Hopefully the people who …read more

Since the Spore Creature Creator has apparently taken the world by storm with more creatures created than exist in the real world, EA has decided to take over YouTube as well with their announcement of a Creature Dance Off.
The steps are simple:
Download the Creature Creator – free!
Create a creature and make him dance – make sure you record it
Upload creature to YouTube and register the video
Pretty cut and dry but you might as well head on over to the YouTube page to read everything for yourself.  Also, click here for the “official” rules.
The prize is a trip to the Smithsonian …read more

This is a three step process to increase my vote count on Sporevote.com. I have included helpful illustrations.
Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Now, go vote for my awesome bird creature. That is all.

I’m sure that EA is going to be overjoyed by this video;hurry up and watch it before YouTube pulls it.

Who didn’t see this one coming?
When you release a free program that allows everyone and their brother [or sister] to create a creature and then upload it to the internet and YouTube you’re bound to have a few people [or a bunch] who insist upon adding certain “parts” to their creatures.
EA is apparently all up in boobs arms about the “misuse” of their creator and I’m really not sure why EA is so surprised. Once the complete Creator comes out with the game, there’s no telling what kinds of creatures are created with interestingly placed parts.
After the entire game …read more

Maybe I’m a bit proud, but I do believe that this guys is the best Spore creature in the world! And not just cause I made him myself. ;)

Can I talk about this now? I mean, it’s not a Sims event per se, but it is Will Wright related so I guess that counts.
I was asked to play with the new Creature Creator for Spore and enter into a contest to win $15,000 for my favorite charity.
The way the whole deal works is you go to SporeVote.com and view everyone’s creatures; there’s a short bio of everyone and a video of their creation.
Then, you vote on which creature you like best.
Simple as that.
I’m not sure when Avery will be up on the site but hopefully it …read more

Spore has been in the works for what seems like a coon’s age and might actually be released sometime this century…maybe.
Now, for all of you iPhone fans, I present to you Spore on iPhone SDK and I must say that it looks pretty sweet.