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Video: The Dark Tower : Stephen King : Spore : CivilizationOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 9
By rss@youtube.com (SniperMonkeySpore) Author: SniperMonkeySpore Keywords: spore maxis ea electronic arts PC game mod mods model creator stage SniperMonkey civ civilization building city hall house factory entertainment gameplay Added: February 9, 2009
Video: Spore: Compilation of war and battle scenes in Civilization StageOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Jan 14
By rss@youtube.com (KAAcOON) Author: KAAcOON Keywords: Spore creature creator creepy and cute civilization civ stage maxis ea games will wright war fight combat battle gun tank plane laser rocket global domination KAAcOON ixat tirants geri ivalo sean quinn Added: January 14, 2009
Video: Spore Part 2Original at YouTube
• Tue, Sep 30
By rss@youtube.com (AgressiveInliners) Some brief scenes from Tribal, Civ, and Space phase in my game of spore. Space is huge btw and will take up many many more hours of fun play. Author: AgressiveInliners Keywords: Spore Tribal Space Civilization Me Playing Part RTS Added: September 30, 2008
Video: Spore: Civilization Final AssaultOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Sep 20
By rss@youtube.com (socomseal45) This shows me beating the civ. stage by capturing all of the cities. There's also a trick in there to getting cities to attack you. Author: socomseal45 Keywords: spore civilization assault assult final end capturing cities beat beating spore: Added: September 20, 2008
Video: Spore: Civilization Stage GameplayOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Sep 20
By rss@youtube.com (socomseal45) Some video of me playing around in Civilization stage. Author: socomseal45 Keywords: spore civilization stage gameplay game play civilizationstage submarine freighter fighting capture Added: September 20, 2008
Video: Mandislug - Civ - SlugslopperOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Sep 20
By rss@youtube.com (VArterJr) Author: VArterJr Keywords: Mandislug SPORE Civilization Ground Vehicle Added: September 20, 2008
Video: Spore- Civ- City on StrikeOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Sep 19
By rss@youtube.com (bsgcylon86) This is what happens when a city you have does not have enough happy faces. The workers go on strike! This is a clip of what my Caldorini people did when they were not happy :( Author: bsgcylon86 Keywords: Spore Civilization City happiness strike workers Caldorini Added: September 19, 2008
Video: Spore - Nuking a CityOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Sep 12
By rss@youtube.com (KomadinSpore) Destroying cities is fun... But, whipping out a Anti-Matter bomb and blowing up the entire city in one shot, is MUCH more fun. Please comment and rate AND SUBSCRIBE :D Thanks. Author: KomadinSpore Keywords: Spore Nuke Bomb Anti-Matter City Komadin KomadinSpore Civilization Explosion
Video: New: Spore Civilization PhaseOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Aug 29
By rss@youtube.com (wolfang111) A good look at some more things you can do in Spore Civilization Phase. Trading Diplomacy War...get a look at it all here. Author: wolfang111 Keywords: New Spore Civilization Phase super weapons interview trade diplomacy war cities creature best 2008 Added: August 29, 2008
New Games VS. Used Games
Original at Comics2Film
• Fri, Feb 20
CA Soren Johnson, who programmed Civilization 3 and worked on Spore, wrote a thoughtful blog entry in defense of used games. One of the points he makes is, quite simply, “the more players, the better.” When someone plays a game they love, word of mouth ...
Opinion: Creating Balanced In-Game Economies
Original at Examiner.com
• Sat, Jan 31
- In a fascinating opinion piece originally printed in Game Developer magazine, EA Maxis designer and programmer Soren Johnson (Spore, Civilization IV) ...
Opinion: Creating Balanced In-Game Economies
Original at Gamasutra
• Thu, Jan 29
CA - In a fascinating opinion piece originally printed in Game Developer magazine, EA Maxis designer and programmer Soren Johnson (Spore, Civilization IV)visits ...
Spore, Civ 4 Designer Defends Used Games
Original at Escapist Magazine
• Wed, Nov 19
In a recent essay titled "The Case for Used Games," game designer Soren Johnson (known for is work on Civilization 4 and Spore) explains why used game sales are not the devil in the flesh. Curiously, Johnson begins his treatise by ...
Game Designer Makes Case For Used Games
Original at Slashdot
• Tue, Nov 18
- Nov 18, 2008 Now, Soren Johnson, a game designer who has worked on Civilization 3, Civilization 4 and Spore, has written an article defending certain aspects of the used ... Game Designer Defends Used Game Sales Shacknews all 3 news articles
Spore census results: Editors, Creatures and Space loved, Tribal loathed
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Sep 16
By Ross Miller Creature/Outfitter: 6.3%Vehicle: 17.12%Building: 67.75%Spaceship: 8.65% Favorite Phase1: Cell (15.45%)Creature (30.9%)Tribal (6.01%)Civilization (11.16%)Space (36.27%) Least Favorite Phase1: Cell (17.18%)Creature (11.89%)Tribal (37.23%) Civilization (18.94%)
The Best of Big Download: September 8-14
Original at Joystiq
• Sun, Sep 14
By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta (about Joystiq) Spore, Spore, Spore and did we mention Spore? Yep we were all over this past week's release of the long awaited game at Big Download but we did talk about some other things as well. Let's check out the past week's highlights at the PC gaming site:
Spore Review: Evolutionary Creationism
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Sep 12
By Brian Crecente I Am The Master of My Own Destiny: Other games talk about creating your own gameplay, but rarely do any deliver on this level. You can make everything for your creatures to their clothes, their cities, their vehicles, their planets, even their national anthem. And once you're done creating...
Spore producer on reviews, depth, and LittleBigPlanet
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Sep 9
By Randy Nelson I think the depth [of Spore] is different," she offered, saying that, "There may not be the depth of a Civilization IV level game in our Civilization Stage, but the idea that you can see all these different creations come in, and you can interact with them, plus everything else that's going...
Spore E3 Q&A part 2: Civilization/Space phase
Original at Joystiq
• Mon, Jul 14
By Ross Miller In case it wasn't obvious, this was the phase that Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson worked on.There will be two city sizes -- major and minor -- each with a pre-set number of nodes to place buildings. The exact numbers of each was not revealed. Three types of buildings: factory, house an...
ModCast #13: Civs Getting Brutalized
Original at PolyCast
• Wed, Jul 9
In the News (02m22s), we talk about Soren Johnson discussing ModCast and mod mods in his blog, which quickly evolves into a discussion about Spore and its recently-released Creature Creator. In the Vault (08m16s), we have a segment with Dale that was cut from episode 12 for legal concerns...
Analysis: The Evolution Of Maxis' Spore
Original at Gamasutra
• Wed, Jun 11
TechShout! CA - Jun 11, 2008 When presented with this reaction last night and asked to speculate on Spore's target audience, Maxis designer Soren Johnson (Civilization IV) explained ... Electronic Arts releases Spore Creature Creator to create buzz for ... VentureBeat
Analysis: The Evolution Of Maxis' Spore
Original at Gamasutra
• Wed, Jun 11
TechShout! CA - Jun 11, 2008 When presented with this reaction last night and asked to speculate on Spore's target audience, Maxis designer Soren Johnson (Civilization IV) explained ... Electronic Arts releases Spore Creature Creator to create buzz for ... VentureBeat
Analysis: The Evolution Of Maxis' Spore
Original at Gamasutra
• Wed, Jun 11
TechShout! CA - Jun 11, 2008 When presented with this reaction last night and asked to speculate on Spore's target audience, Maxis designer Soren Johnson (Civilization IV) explained ... Electronic Arts releases Spore Creature Creator to create buzz for ... VentureBeat
The Four Stages of Grief Spore [Gc07]Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 24
By Brian Crecente The initially city is a walled footprint with a number of pads you can use to construct buildings on. The developers said this stage is a bit like Civilization lite. In this level population size unlocks technology. You gather Spice, build up your city, build forces and either seek to recruit...
Civilization-skapare lämnar Firaxis för Spore
Original at FZ
• Thu, Apr 19
Soren Johnson (svensk månne?) delade chefsdesignerposten under utvecklingen av Civilization III och var högsta hönset på del fyra men i dagarna stod det klart att han lämnar Firaxis Games efter sju år. Istället väntar jobb på numera EA-ägda Maxis för att arbeta på Spore, Will Wrights...
From Firaxis to Maxis: Civ IV designer leaves to work on Spore
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, Apr 18
By Ross Miller Filed under: Simulations, Strategy Soren Johnson, lead designer for Civilization IV, has left his nearly seven-year gig at Firaxis to work on Will Wright's Spore. Johnson had previously worked with Spore publisher Electronic Arts when he interned there and programmed for the PlaySta...
Civilization IV designer Spore-s new gig
Original at GameSpot
• Wed, Apr 18
Electronic Arts confirms Soren Johnson has left his 2K Games gig and joined the dev team of Will Wright's forthcoming evolutionary simulation game.
Podcast: Gaming Steve Episode 13 - 05.24.2005
Original at Gaming Steve
• Tue, May 24
I wrap up the various games I saw at E3 this year.GameTalk: Who "won" and "lost" at E3?SporeTalk: Part one of my interview with Will Wright (Warning: This is pretty hard to understand, but the transcript is in this post as well).In-depth review of Guild Wars for the PC.RetroReview: Civilizat...