Spore was noticeably absent from EA’s line-up at E3 this year. In both 2005 and 2006 the game stole the show for many media outlets, winning multiple game-of-the-show awards. The expected release date is now early 2008. A few months prior to E3, in March this year, Will Wright gave a talk at the TED 2007 Conference in Monterey, California. TED brings together some of the most extraordinary people in the world and allows them 18 minutes to give “the talk of their lives”. Video from Will’s talk was released a couple of days ago.
During the talk, Will walks through several segments of the game. One of the interesting “God-like powers” he demonstrates, is the ability to pump carbon dioxide gases into the atmosphere, simulating global warming resulting in the oceans rising and eventually evaporating off the globe. If it gets hot enough, the whole world will melt down.
"The reason why I make toys like this is because I think that if there is one difference I could possibly make in the world, is that I would like to give people somehow a little bit better calibration on long term thinking", Will says towards the end of his talk. "I think that most of the problems the world faces right now is the result of short term thinking and the fact that it is so hard for us to think 50, 100 or 1000 years out."
You can watch the full talk below;
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