{"id":241,"date":"2008-09-07T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=241"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:17:25","slug":"a-computer-game-worthy-of-your-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"A Computer Game Worthy of Your Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6a7jsr\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/510CQiYV2bL._SL500_AA280_.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nGenius game designer W<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Will_Wright_(game_designer)\">ill Wright<\/a>&#8216;s new computer game, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6a7jsr\">Spore<\/a>, is available today. Will Wrights it the inventor of SimCity and The Sims.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spore_(2008_video_game)\">the fascinating description in Wikipedia<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Spore] allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope, and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The flexibility, customization and extensibility of <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6a7jsr\">Spore<\/a> <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">may<\/span> make it truly worthy of the &#8220;edugaming&#8221; hype touted by many educators. Spore benefits from the efforts of a singular vision. It&#8217;s many forms of gameplay may be attractive to a wide range of users.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6a7jsr\">Spore<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genius game designer Will Wright&#8216;s new computer game, Spore, is available today. Will Wrights it the inventor of SimCity and The Sims. 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