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Wired Hands-On: Spore Creature Creator

Wired writes: "During Tuesday's Spore press event at Maxis Software's studios, I grabbed the first randomly generated blob I stumbled across and pulled at both ends, not entirely sure what I was going for, but enraptured by the entire process nonetheless.

Maybe it's the wait: It's been roughly four years since rumors of a sort of "Sim everything" got attached to the name Spore. It seems like ages since then, with no game emerging to give me the chance to while away the hours creating creatures that stumble out of the primordial ooze to conquer tribes, build cities and explore planets. And then, after years of waiting and wondering, I'm dropped in front of the Spore Creature Creator. Now what?

Other guests around me flexed their artistic muscles, crafting elegant birds, ferocious insects or (usually) convoluted amalgams of limbs and claws and teeth. I, on the other hand, oriented my attempt at a serpent the wrong way, so I flipped the spine over and slapped on a mole-mouth and a hefty waistline, because it looked hilarious."

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The 10 Weirdest Video Games You Can Play Today

From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."

BlackDoomAx1817d ago

The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)

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The 10 Best Video Games With Cut Content

From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."

anast1823d ago (Edited 1823d ago )

I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.

-Foxtrot1823d ago

"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"

Really?

MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.

Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.

lsujester1823d ago (Edited 1823d ago )

Story issues aside, V has amazing gameplay. I'm not sure what you're wanting out of the world in terms of "things to do", it's all the great gameplay the series has always had. Useless filler that other open worlds have like collecting flags and petting horses would have added nothing to that game.

JRMVN1817d ago

THE TRUTH! I don't even know how that game gets praised. The previous ones were so much better.

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Classic Games I'd Love To See Again.

While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.

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