Here's the happier thing: The Spore Creator, the first bit of public code from the much-anticipated video game Spore, is now available for download. Spore, of course, is Will Wright's next video game.

Electronic Arts will soon launch “Spore Creature Creator,” a download that lets fans create their own virtual identities for use in Spore, once the much-anticipated game launches in September.

But these are small fry - the biggest problems with the Creature Creator are those of expectations. From its initial announcement, people have been cementing their idea of how Spore should work.

Electronic Arts and Maxis have announced that the Spore Creature Creator will be available in June as both a free downloadable demo and a “complete retail version” in stores. The highly ...

The iPod version of Spore Origins is compatible with third-generation iPod nanos, fifth-generation iPods, and the iPod Classic. (EA says it’s working on a version for the iPhone and iPod touch.) ...

The creature, building, and vehicle creator will alone kill more time than anyone will readily admit. Each game hooks up into a huge Spore Encyclopedia, called the Sporepedia, which contains ALL ...

credit Photo: Maxis/Electronic ArtsIt’s been a long wait, but Spore is nearly here. Will Wright, one of the game industry’s most fertile minds and the creator of the groundbreaking SimCity and ...

Spore is a game about evolution, but evolution that's intelligently designed by the choices you make. Players design their creatures' traits, and those traits ultimately influence the civilization ...

There are two Spore experiences I remember clearly from 2008. One was waddling around on land for the first time after graduating from the Cell stage to the Creature stage, and the other was the ...

I know Spore's Creature Creator has been making the rounds for months now, but yesterday was my first chance to get my hands on the thing and go to town on some critters of my own creation for the ...

In Spore Origins, your character is a tiny creature whose purpose is simply to survive. This is accomplished through the 30 levels of game play by "collecting DNA," that is, by eating smaller ...

Dracula’s size has led some to wonder whether or not it was capable of flight – if it was, then it may have been the largest flying creature to ever grace the planet.