An excellent article written by John Brennan (one of the IMD third years) about irony of Spore. I usually dislike analysis of mediums that are clearly intended for pure entertainment value, but this ended up being a compelling read regardless. If nothing else, you can scroll through the overview of what people are doing with the Spore Creature Creator… a fascinating study all in itself.

So we’re describing an explosion of virtual biodiversity that conjures the most fertile period of earth’s biological history. Of course, I think it’s more than relevant to point out that right now is also a noteworthy moment in Earth’s biological history - A biodiversity crisis, what scientists fear may be the fastest mass extinction in earth’s history. This is also coming to be known as the sixth extinction and most aptly as the Holocene extinction event (Holocene refers to the relatively brief age of humankind) …

My personal dream for Spore is a world populated by our collective guilty conscience …

Spore: From the Bottom Up.