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		<title>Spore goes gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John M. Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the cellular revolution begin. Electronic Arts and their Maxis studio announced today that Spore, perhaps the most eagerly anticipated PC game of this decade, has gone gold and will be available for PC and MAc September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America. Spore Creatures for DS and Spore Origins for mobile [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="KonaBody"><p style="line-height: 150%;">Let the cellular revolution begin. Electronic Arts and their Maxis studio announced today that Spore, perhaps the most eagerly anticipated PC game of this decade, has gone gold and will be available for PC and MAc September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America.</p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;">Spore Creatures for DS and Spore Origins for mobile phones will also launch globally September 7.</p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;">Spore is the latest project from Will Wright, creator of Sim City and The Sims.</p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">A few commerical tie-ins from EA: Players who preorder Spore or Spore Galactic Edition from participating retailers will receive     a coupon good for $10 off their next purchase of custom merchandise at <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/sporestore" target="_blank">www.zazzle.com/sporestore</a>. For     the ultimate Spore fan, the limited Galactic Edition will contain     the &#8216;Making of Spore&#8217; DVD, &#8216;How to Build a Better Being&#8217; DVD (a 50     minute National Geographic Channel documentary DVD hosted by Spore mastermind, Will Wright), &#8216;The Art of Spore&#8217; hardback book, an     exclusive Spore poster, and a premium 100-page Galactic Handbook.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">&#8220;We are so excited     to finally get Spore into the hands of fans and players,&#8221; said     Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer of Spore at Maxis. &#8220;The Maxis     studio has had an absolute blast creating Spore, but the fun is just     beginning. The most engaging stories are truly the ones people create themselves,     and we can&#8217;t wait to see how players not only craft and explore the Spore universe, but hear what stories they have to tell as a result.&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;">Perhaps the ultimate sandbox game, Spore lets players start from tiny organisms and expand and evolve into a massive, space-faring superpower.</p>
<p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">For all the latest Spore news, screens, videos community content, and to try out the trial version     of the hugely popular Spore Creature Creator, visit <a href="http://www.spore.com/" target="_blank">www.spore.com</a>.</span></p>
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		<title>More on the lack of video games about Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John M. Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I had the opportunity to write a fun column in The Boston Globe about the lack of video games about Boston. It&#8217;s really not fair, because Boston is not only the greatest city in the world, it&#8217;s also a technological Mecca &#8212; even the makers of the mega-hit game Rock Band are based [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="KonaBody"><p>Last month, I had the opportunity to write a <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/games/articles/2008/02/19/hub_hijinks/" target="_blank">fun column</a> in The Boston Globe about the lack of video games about Boston.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s really not fair, because Boston is not only the greatest city in the world, it&#8217;s also a technological Mecca &#8212; even the makers of the mega-hit game Rock Band are based in Cambridge!</p>
<p>Now that Activision released a <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/03/21/shipping_up_to_guitar_hero/" target="_blank">Dropkick Murphys free track pack</a>, here&#8217;s a few more games that didn&#8217;t make the initial cut.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Madden: Pats Rule edition&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>All the Patriots players have a their skills maxed out, while every other team&#8217;s players are rated 50 or worse.</p>
<p>Any halfway decent AFC team &#8211; Colts, Jags, Steelers, Chargers &#8211; are removed from the game.</p>
<p>The Giants start every season with Plaxico Burress on injured reserve. David Tyree drops every pass thrown to him.</p>
<p>Mike Vrabel is the third tight end, and every catch he makes is an automatic touchdown, and Tom Brady throws a touchdown by default if the team is losing with under two minutes to play.</p>
<p>There are also throwback teams and jerseys to such unforgettable teams as the 1990&#8242;s 1-15 effort that shortened Bob Ryan&#8217;s lifespan by a good five years.</p>
<p>&#8220;Each week we ask, &#8216;How can things get worse?&#8217; and each week they do,&#8221; he wrote at the time.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Beanpot, The Game</strong> &#8221;</p>
<p>College hockey anyone?</p>
<p>My Northeastern Huskies still won&#8217;t win, no matter what hidden cheats I implement. I have to give this one to our sports editor, Micah Warren &#8212; BU always wins and Harvard and NU play the consolation game.</p>
<p><em>Update 3/22. Oh Snap. <a href="http://goterriers.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/032208aaa.html">Nevermind</a>. Vermont? Come on, Terriers. Even I was rooting for you.<br />
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<strong>A new addition: City Councilor Mike Ross in &#8220;Sim City 4-Maximum&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Now that the City Council has decided that <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/12/boston_imposes_four_roommate_limit_for_students_in_apartments/" target="_blank">no more than four college students can live in one apartment</a>,  let&#8217;s just turn it all over to Councilor Ross and let him rebuild the city in his own image.</p>
<p>Watch out for evil space aliens, tornadoes, earthquakes, destructive mobs of college students and other things that occur all the time in the Hub.</p>
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