Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | 07:26 GMT

Time says Spore in 20th best invention of 2008

Time magazine has named Spore the 20th best invention of 2008, saying, “It’s blasphemy, brilliance or both to take the entire evolution of a species — from a single-celled animalcule in a drop of water to a space-faring, galaxy-exploring sentient being — and turn it into a video game.”

The retail DNA test was top of the chart, which is kind of fair enough when you think about it. Actually, you don’t have to think about it that hard.

14 comments

MesserWolf
03/11/08, 8:30 am

ahahahaha …. nice one .

Seriously Spore is probably one of the biggest disappointment of 2008.

Shatner
03/11/08, 8:39 am

Disappointment? Certainly not. It’s kept my wife quiet for weeks and weeks.

Bliss.

Blerk
03/11/08, 8:46 am

How utterly bizarre!

MesserWolf
03/11/08, 8:49 am

Gekidami
03/11/08, 9:01 am

20th best invention of 2008 it may be, but it ranks in higher in 2008′s worst games.

JPickford
03/11/08, 9:09 am

I’m out.

Esha
03/11/08, 9:14 am

I’d take this from the perspective of someone who hasn’t followed the hype and gave Spore a go without actually having known anything about it previously. One would imagine that what they would come away with is the notion that it’s a brilliant premise. And it is that, a brilliant premise.

Shatner
03/11/08, 9:14 am

I’m out.

Of the closet?

DrDamn
03/11/08, 9:23 am

Yeah I missed most of the hype on this one and got it on the basis of the glowing reviews. As an idea it was great, I just found it poor in play. Shatner makes a good point though. This is meant to be aimed at a non-core gamer market (Sims).

#10

patlike
03/11/08, 10:00 am

Doesn’t appeal to me. Never did.

#11

MesserWolf
03/11/08, 10:01 am

it’s nice for the first 5-10 minutes , but that’s it … It’s clear that its target is the same of the sims : casuals , girls ,non gamers.

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patlike
03/11/08, 10:06 am

I’m sure it’s good, but it’s not for me. I knew that from the word go.

#13

Cort
03/11/08, 11:06 am

WTF?