The other night I dreamed that me and a group of random civilians were stranded on an island. We were living happily until a little boy came running from the shore claiming that gigantic armored beetles were making their way with an intent to kill. Of course everyone freaked out and started running in little 2 inch circles. I managed to calm some down and told everyone to make their way to the island’s largest tower.

But for some reason there was no way to get to the top. Apparently the tower had no doors or stairs and no one knew how to make or use ladders. I looked in my pocket for something that may be of use. Who knows? There could be some RAID in there! WALLA! I had a device that had the same mechanic as the portal gun and was able to make gateways that lead from the bottom to the top. By the time the beetles were about 10 feet away, the device stopped working and I was still at the base of the tower, having an anxiety attack. Someone pushed me and then I started smashing the buttons. I finally made two more portals and got to the top safely, but it wasn’t until then that I realized I didn’t have control of how long they lasted. The beetles came through! AHHH!

And then I woke up. True story. As a side note, I’m going to post quotes as often as I can. It’s going to be hard to match them up the the post’s theme, so… yea.

“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.” – George Carlin

About my excitement with SPORE… I think it all died away. I really want to hear the procedurally generated music and see the game’s core mechanics, but a lot of people claimed that gameplay wasn’t as great as it was anticipated. If anything, it’s very bland and unrealistic to a sense that what you see isn’t logically correct (ie: a creature with a hundred legs isn’t necessarily faster than one with five).

One of my biggest worries is the 3-time installation rule (see DRM). I have a desktop and laptop, that’s 2 uses already. What if I want to upgrade my desktop? What then? I want to own the game, not “rent” it, as many people have been saying. Besides, what if I find the game boring one day and decide to play it again years down the road? Like with Diablo II? I’ve reinstalled that game over a dozen times! This really hit me hard.

I was reading the ratings on Amazon yesterday and it was rated 100 one-stars, 3 four-stars, and 2 five-stars. In a period of ten minutes, it gained 4 more one-stars. Right now it’s at 1,024 one-stars! That’s crazy! Reading the posts has become quite entertaining, but I feel the same way as a majority of the posters.

Spore had me excited for three years.