'Spore' Receives Popular Mechanics' 2008 Breakthrough Award
by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 5:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under News
Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade. Spore is being honored for its revolutionary procedural animation system, joining the ranks of ground-breaking innovations such as affordable cancer detection tests, renewable diesel fuel and a transparent-wall camera.