A spore is a bacterium’s survival capsule: dried almost solid, wrapped in protein armor and chemical processes shut down.

A much-anticipated commercial computer game about evolution is getting a favorable response from some scholars, who welcome its interactive, engaging approach to the topic even though a few of its ...

On Sept. 7, you can start evolving life from scratch. Will Wright’s highly anticipated game about nurturing a single-cell organism will go on sale in early September and will be available for PC, Mac, ...

Will Wright is one of just a handful of celebrities in the world of computer-game design. Like his contemporaries Shigeru Miyamoto (the Mario series) and Sid Meier (Civilization), he has a level of ...

Electronic Arts is quickly building a new franchise out of SimCity creator Will Wright’s newest game, Spore. Even before the game was available for the Mac and PC, Spore Origins debuted for the iPod.

Alright, so "creature creation" for the civilization stage is a bit of a misnomer as you don't actually customize your creatures here. Rather, you only need to worry about designing the look of your ...

From single cells to sentient empires, this breakdown of Spore reveals how ruthless natural selection really is. Survival isn’t fair — it’s efficient. Air Force lieutenant colonel, wife barely fed ...