On September 9th, the National Geographic cable channel will be premiering a documentary called "How To Build a Better Being," a companion piece to the release of Will Wright's Spore game. If they interview Wright at all, it'll be worth the investment of time to watch it, he's a bonafide wiz.
The show looks very interesting, and is some nice credible mainstream exposure for a computer game that has machinima in its very genes. It will be interesting to see if and how they sidestep the whole phallus-creature phenomenon to avoid that TV-MA rating.
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Yeah, this looks like a great show. Thanks for the tip. I'll certainly be watching on Sept 9th. I've been avoiding the Spore hype, but perhaps it's a good time to start paying attention. Thanks!
I can relate. . . it seems like the game has been in production forever and I've avoided the hype entirely because the game has always seemed so far away. But I've started paying attention since they released the creature creator thing. Spore on National Geographic? Sounds pretty cool.