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We've Got 'Spore' Impressions... Of The iPod Version

Posted 8/26/08 3:06 pm EST by in ea, ipod, spore


"Spore" doesn't ship for the PC for a couple of weeks, but it's already out on iPods.

Electronic Arts snuck the cell-stage-only version of "Spore" onto the iTunes yesterday. This version of "Spore" is not compatible with the iPhone or iPod Touch. Those are coming soon.

Interestingly, this one controls far better than the iPhone version that I've played several times. The accelerometer-based controls there are a little unwieldy, while the iPod version manipulates your cell's motion with the thumbwheel.

EA claims you'll even be able to tap into the Sporepedia index of user-created creatures. So is this version of "Spore" worth five bucks?

More hands-on impressions after the jump: Read More...

Totilo Games Played In 2007 - The PC, Cell Phone and iPod List

Posted 1/2/08 12:09 pm EST by in desktop tower defense, ipod, Mobile, Music Games, PC


Enemy TerritoryThis is the second in a series of posts about the games I played and/or finished for fun for the first time in 2007. For comparisons' sake, see my 2006 list. The previous post in the series was about my Xbox 360 games.

I love video games. There, I said it. I was never very good at hiding that, was I? I love games, and I try to play them as often as I can. I will try any video game that at least one person tells me is worth playing. I'll play anything.

And I get angry (no exaggeration) with people who won't try games I push on them.

So who am I to report that in 2007, across the spectrum of computer games, cell phone games and games on the iPod, the number of games I played for fun was… six.

Six. Only three of them were computer games.

Where did I go wrong?

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