Comments on: Spore: When Games and Science Collide

By: El juego «Spore»: ¿Evolución o Diseño Inteligente (DI)? « Paulo Arieu Theologies Web

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:32:54 +0000

[...] entre los que consideran que «Spore» cuenta en favor de Darwin. La entrada en su blog en Discover Magazine lleva a un artículo en el New York Times que exhibe una gran ilustración del Tiktaalik, el [...]

By: Video game science goes splat « Peculiar Velocity

Video game science goes splat « Peculiar Velocity — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:30:51 +0000

[...] a New York Times article by Carl Zimmer, Wright defended this approach by saying that, “…even if it’s not perfectly accurate, [...]

By: Bad Grades For Spore | The Loom | Discover Magazine

Bad Grades For Spore | The Loom | Discover Magazine — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:19:13 +0000

[...] month I wrote in the New York Times about Spore, a highly anticipated game that let you follow life from microbe [...]

By: johne

johne — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:38:48 +0000

The “El juego < >…” comment above links to a web page whose Spanish title can be translated as “A Christian Focus on Science.” It describes the game as one that co-opts intelligent design but calls it evolution, the whole enterprise amounting to a big lie intended to deceive and seduce the unwary into (it is implied) the Darwinist trap.

By: El juego «Spore»: ¿Evolución o Diseño Inteligente (DI)? « Un enfoque cristiano de la Ciencia.

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:46:04 +0000

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:12:41 +0000

So it’s pretty much Intelligent Design: the Game. Whether they intended that or not.

By: More Spore | The Loom | Discover Magazine

More Spore | The Loom | Discover Magazine — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:31:43 +0000

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By: Dark Messiah » Blog Archive » Spore Blogs - 09/02/2008

Dark Messiah » Blog Archive » Spore Blogs - 09/02/2008 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:57:46 +0000

[...] Spore: When Games and Science Collide By Carl Zimmer guilfordus.jpg Behold Guilfordus horriblus, and shudder all thee who cross its path… (more…) The Loom – http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom [...]

By: JohnK

JohnK — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:40:14 +0000

I don’t know anything about spore or current evolution-simulation games, but I remember a very simple mac game that came with “The Blind Watchmaker” and, I think, was written by Dawkins. The idea was to show how selection (user selection, not natural selection), over generations, could cause remarkable changes. There were a handful of “genes” that the user could alter, generation by generation.

The one big lesson it taught me was that genes that control development can have far reaching effects, and are the genes that affect body-systems. I think half of the genes in this game were development-regulators. I’m looking forward to spore and hopeful of new personal insights. Also, some fun.

Thanks, Carl.

By: simea mirans

simea mirans — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:17:24 +0000

The creature is cool, and Spore sounds like fun, but … mangling Middle English AND Latin grammar in the same post? It’s “all ye”, not “all thee”; and it’s “horribilis”, not “horriblus”. Srsly.