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New Spore Details, Possible Movie Deal

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-volunteer-to-write-the-dialogue dept.

Eurogamer has a new hands-on analysis of Spore, as well as an interview with game designer Will Wright. He talks about the lengthy development cycle, the influence of religion (or lack thereof) on the game, and how movie-like stories are integrated into modern titles. Coincidentally, EA wants to license the television and movie rights for Spore as part of a new marketing campaign.

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  1. TV Show or Movie ? by Bibz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How could you make a TV show or a Movie about a simulation game that is supposed to be limitless ?

    A movie with creatures made from the game ?

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    1. Re:TV Show or Movie ? by DGolden · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just call Uwe Boll, he'll know what to do!

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    2. Re:TV Show or Movie ? by GleeBot · · Score: 3, Interesting

      How could you make a TV show or a Movie about a simulation game that is supposed to be limitless ?

      A movie with creatures made from the game ?

      Actually... I just thought of an approach that would be kinda creative and fun.

      Instead of making a game set in the "Spore universe," whatever that is (and you're quite accurate in saying such a thing is ridiculous), what about a movie about the ideas that go behind a game like Spore?

      If Spore is ultimately about simulated evolution, perhaps you could make a movie about the simulation, rather than taking it at face value. A bunch of lab geeks playing god with their artificial world. Throw in some typical Hollywood business about the simulation becoming self-aware, and you've got an interesting idea. It'd be a movie about the relationship between a god and his/her creations, with the twist that the gods are just normal human beings.

      Alternately, you could just do a sort of Matrix-style thing. Any of the Sim franchises is probably ripe for it, although I don't know how far you could push the novelty of that.

      Of course, it could just be that EA's licensing the rights as a marketing move to sorta highlight that, "Hey, Spore is such a big franchise, we're even licensing the rights to it. Never mind that there's almost no chance we actually make a movie based on it, and even if we do, it'll probably be crap."

  2. Re:Easy by Sockatume · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think there was a time when Spore wasn't an EA product. Maxis was acquired by EA in 1997. So you were never "going to buy Spore before [they] got [their] grimy hands on it".

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  3. Not buying it until they lose the DRM by Da+w00t · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or until there is a community based patch to remove the DRM. I tried finding a way to contact EA/Maxis, and all I could find was their support portal. Entirely FAQ based, and when you go the route of "None of these help me, let me send an e-mail to customer support" my message was received but obviously misunderstood. How can I and the rest of the community tell EA/Maxis that they're not going to purchase the game unless the draconian DRM is removed? They don't seem to want to hear my thoughts, and I'm already planning on voting with my wallet.

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    1. Re:Not buying it until they lose the DRM by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They won't listen to you because people keep buying the game. Unless you can get a significant chunk of the gaming population to do the same thing you are, they won't listen.

  4. Anything new on the install limits? by arkhan_jg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has he said anything new about the securom DRM recently? Since it's supposedly going to have the same 3 install limit as mass effect, I cancelled my pre-order.

    I simply won't accept a game that so heavily restricts how many times I'm allowed to reinstall windows or upgrade my PC in the lifetime of the game before having to make an expensive phone call to plead with EA tech support to be allowed to continue playing, with no guarantee they'll say yes. Even for a game that looks as tasty as spore.

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    1. Re:Anything new on the install limits? by paganizer · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Here is my plan.
      I'm buying the game.
      I'm downloading the pirate version, and putting it on my game PC. the one I buy, goes on my work PC.
      Every 2 to 3 days, I'm going to call EA and complain about the game making my emulators not work, restricting me from testing hardware out. Changing bios settings, messing with my firewall, whatever I can do to make the DRM shut me down.
      If they get enough phone calls, and it costs them enough money, they WILL kill the DRM with a Patch.
      Will Wright still gets money, and EA might get the shaft.

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  5. My god.. the spore creatures... by Channard · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. they're mutating. Into dong-faced monstrosities. Well, that's how it'd be if the movie was true to the game.

  6. Spore: Ticket Terms by sethstorm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To view Spore: The Movie, you are required to:

    1) Register at the place where you bought your tickets for a key.
    2) Carry a phone with a data and text messaging plan.
    3) Periodically text message or visit a secured site during the movie to send the key.

    Failure to do 3) will result in ejection from the theater. You are completely responsible for being able to send the key at the required intervals. Each participant requires their own key regardless of age. Any sharing of keys or reverse engineering is a violation of the DMCA.

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