MY UMBRAGE IS ONCE MORE. DIRECTED. AND I’M READY TO PLAY AGAIN.
let the game begin
wHAT TOYS DO YOU, lIKE TO PLAY WITH?
PEOPLE. SPECIES. UNIVERSES.
oH, sPORE 1S A FUN GAME, tHOUGH, iT 1S DEF1NITELY, pRONE TO CRASHING, wHICH 1S A REAL SHAME, bUT THEN, i DO NOT PLAY MUCH PROPER, aNYWAYS i JUST PLAY IN THE CREATURE CREATOR, mOSTLY, wHICH IS FOR THE BEST SINCE THE ACTUAL GAMEPLAY, iS ALSO PRETTY MID, i MEAN, iT IS ONLY REALLY GOOD, iNSOFAR AS IT LETS YOU WATCH, yOUR CREATURE, dO VARIOUS CREATURE THINGS, bUT THEN IT STOPS CHANGING AFTER THE CREATURE STAGE, aNYWAYS, aND THE DRESS UP IS JUST NOT NEARLY AS COMPELLING, nOR IS, tHE BU1LDING BUILDER OR, tHE VEHICLE BUILDER, tHOUGH THOSE ARE BOTH NEAT FOR WORLDBUILDING PURPOSES, aT LEAST, bUT YES THE CREATURE CREATOR IS DEFINITELY, wHERE IT'S AT, lAST T1ME i BOOTED 1T UP, i MADE tINKERBULL AND HE WAS, vERY CUTE, aND THE TIME BEFORE, i USED THE BASIC CREATURE CREATOR, tHE ONE THAT YOU POP INTO, jUST AFTER THE CELL STAGE, iS OVER, aND i MADE A BUNCH OF, lITTLE WIGGLER TYPE CREATURES, sO THAT THE EARLY GAME COULD BE POPULATED WITH, a WIDER VARIETY OF LITTLE WIGGLER TYPE, cREATURES, bECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE CUTE, aND IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT THERE AREN'T MORE OF THEM, i ALSO WANT TO MAKE MORE REGULAR CREATURES i THINK, bECAUSE POPULAT1NG THE UNIVERSE WITH YOUR OWN SPECIESES IS VERY FUN, tHE PROBLEM THOUGH IS THAT, tHE SLIGHT CHANGES i MAKE, iN THE CREATURE STAGE, mEANS THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN VERY SIMILAR CREATURES ALL SAVED TO, mY sPOREPEDIA (WH1CH IS WHERE EVERYTHING YOU MAKE, iS SAVED TO) AND SO WHEN IT DOES RANDOM PULLS, iT IS VERY LIKELY TO PULL SOME VARIATION OF ONE OF THOSE, sPECIES, wHICH IS FINE BUT, i WOULD LIKE MORE VARIETY, eSPEC1ALLY SINCE PLAYER MADE SPECIES TEND TO BE, mORE OPTIMIZED, wHICH MAKES THEM HARDER TO DEAL WITH, iN GAMEPLAY, tHOUGH i GUESS, aS STATED PREVIOUSLY, i DON'T REALLY ENGAGE MUCH WITH THE GAMEPLAY, aNYWAYS, wHICH IS A SHAME, sPORE IS SOMEHOW ONE OF THE BEST, aND WORST GAMES, i HAVE EVER PLAYED, aND THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO, bEH1ND THE SCENES MEDDLING, i MEAN, iT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHETHER, iT WOULD HAVE BECOME BETTER OR WORSE, bASED ON WHAT IFS, bUT i KNOW IT ENDED UP DIFFERENT THAN, tHE ORIGINAL VISION, bUT MAYBE THAT WAS FOR THE BEST, sINCE i DO LIKE, tHE CUTESY LOOK TO THINGS, eVEN IF IT ISN'T SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE, lIKE THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED, i DO TH1NK THAT, eVOLUTION GAMES IN GENERAL, aRE REALLY FASCINATING, tHERE WAS THIS ONE i PLAYED, a LONG TIME AGO, i FORGET THE NAME AND IT GOT REMOVED, fROM THE APP STORE i TH1NK, bUT IT WAS JUST CELLS, iN A PETRI DISH, eVOLVING AND EATING EACH OTHER, oR PLANTS, aND ONE TIME i TURNED OFF THE PETRI DISH, bOUNDARIES, aND THINGS COULD GO AS FAR AWAY, aS THEY WANTED, aND THERE WAS THIS ONE ENCLAVE THAT FORMED, sUPER DUPER FAR AWAY, fROM THE CENTER, sO NO PLANTS GREW FOR THEM, tO EAT NEAR THERE, aND NO OTHER CELLS CAME CLOSE, sINCE 1T WAS SO FAR AWAY, aND IT EVENTUALLY BECAME TH1S THERMODYNAMICS DEFY1NG, cYCLE OF DEPRAVITY, wHERE THIS SINGLE SPECIES, kEPT BREEDING AND CANNIBALIZING, eACH OTHER, iN JUST, a REALLY HORRID DISPLAY, aND i TH1NK ABOUT THAT A LOT, i MEAN, iT IS KIND OF LIKE, lIVING IN A SOCIETY, iF YOU REALLY TH1NK ABOUT IT, aND GET DEEP, wE ARE ALL STRANDED WITH EACH OTHER, bUT ALL WE HAVE, iS EACH OTHER, aND WE KEEP CANNIBALIZ1NG, eACH OTHER, aND FIGHTING, bUT MAYBE WITHOUT THAT, wE WOULD S1MPLY EXIST AND STARVE, fROM LACK OF, eNGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER, aND WHILE i AM NOT CONVINCED, tHAT IS STRICTLY TRUE, aS i ASCR1BE MORE TO THE IDEA THAT, wE SHOULD BE UPLIFTING, eACH OTHER AND FIGHTING AGAINST, tHE CHAINS THAT BIND US AND, kEEP US APART, aND RISE, rISE, rISE, bUT, i THINK IT 1S GOOD TO TAKE IN OTHER PERSPECTIVES, aND AT LEAST G1VE THEM CONSIDERATION, bEFORE DISCARDING THEM, wHICH IS PROBABLY WHY sPORE BECAME THE GAME IT IS, bECAUSE, tHEY TOOK IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, oN WHETHER THE GAME SHOULD BE, sC1ENCEY, oR CUTESY, tHESIS AND ANT1THESIS, iF YOU WILL, aND THEN THERE WAS, sYNTHESIS, bETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, aND sPORE WAS WHAT, cAME OUT OF THAT, aND YOU KNOW, iT IS A BEAUTIFUL GAME, sT1LL, eVEN IF THE SERVERS ARE DOWN AND, yOU CAN NOT GET CREATURES, fROM OTHER PEOPLE THOUGH, i BET THERE 1S STILL A WAY TO DO SO, fROM FAN SERVERS, aND WHATNOT, sURELY THERE IS SOME SORT OF COMMUN1TY, fOR THAT, mAYBE ON sHREDDIT, pROBABLY, tHERE IS A COMMUN1TY FOR EVERYTH1NG, oN THERE, tHE PROBLEM IS THAT THE OFFICIAL MOBILE APPS, aRE KIND OF UGLY AND, tHE ONE i USE, iS TECHNICALLY TAKEN DOWN, aND NO LONGER SUPPORTED, aND SO IT BROKE RECENTLY AND NOW, i CAN'T SEE ANY POSTS ON IT, sO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO USE, sHREDDIT NOW, wHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE OF, aLL THE GREAT COMMUNIT1ES ON THERE, eVEN IF PEOPLE LIKE TO JOKE, aBOUT PEOPLE BEING WEIRD ON IT, tHERE ARE GOING TO BE WEIRD PEOPLE, iN ANY ONLINE COMMUNITY OR, oFFLINE COMMUNITY, oR, l1NE COMMUNITY, tHAT IS JUST THE WAY OF COMMUNITIES, wHEN YOU GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS, oR IS IT, bRASS TAX, oR MAYBE TACTS, i AM UNSURE, wHERE THAT SAYING COMES FROM ANYWAYS, pROBABLY RA1LROADS OR, sOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, bUT MY POINT IS, i BET THERE ARE SOME REALLY, rEALLY COOL sPORE CREATIONS, oN sHREDDIT, lET ME SEE WHAT THE BROWSER VERSION, oF sHREDDIT, wILL ALLOW ME TO SEE, iF YOU WILL ALLOW ME A BRIEF TANGENT, hERE, aND YEAH, pEOPLE ARE STILL REGULARLY, pOSTING, aND IN FACT TWO WIPES AGO 1T LOOKS LIKE, a POST WENT VIRAL, wHERE SOMEBODY RECREATED, wITH THE CREATURE CREATOR, tHE CREATURE CREATOR, wHICH IS A VERY SILLY AND CLEVER IDEA, i WONDER IF YOU COULD GO A STEP FURTHER EVEN AND, rECREATE, iN THE CREATURE CREATOR, iN THE CREATURE CREATOR, tHE CREATURE CREATOR, i THINK THAT WOULD BE, pERHAPS EVEN SILLIER, aND COULD OBTAIN FOR ONESELF, mANY UPDOOTS, eHEHE, i LIKE THE SILLY SLANG TERMS, iNTERNET COMMUNITIES GET, lIKE, wHEN DOES THE NARWHAL BACON, tO WHICH THE RESPONSE IS, aT MIDNIGHT BRO, aT MIDNIGHT, wHICH IS NONSENSE SOUNDING BUT, aS i RECALL, tHAT WAS THE BIG THING, aT SOME PO1NT, oN sHREDD1T, pROBABLY FAR, fAR TOO LONG AGO, lONGER THAN i WISH TO REMEMBER OR THINK ABOUT, rEALLY, bECAUSE IT WILL MAKE ME FEEL, oLD AND SAD AND WEIRD AND WISTFUL, aND i'VE BEEN DEALING TOO MUCH WITH THOSE SORTS OF EMOTIONS, lATELY, i KEEP THINKING ABOUT THINGS, fROM WHEN i WAS YOUNGER, aND HOW FAR AWAY IT ALL SEEMS AND, mY BEST FRIENDS, fROM BACK THEN, wHO MAKE STRONG EMOTIONS, rISE WITHIN ME, l1KE, sOMET1MES SHE WILL SAY SOMETHING, tOTALLY INNOCUOUS, aND i THINK TO MYSELF, "i LOVE YOU, sO SO MUCH," AND i WANT TO SAY IT, sO BADLY, i NEED HER TO KNOW, tHAT SHE IS LOVED, aND i LOVE HER, bUT, sHE ISN'T INTERESTED, aND DOES NOT WANT THAT FROM ME, aND WE BOTH HAVE OUR OWN STUFF, tO WORK OUT, i MEAN, i AM ST1LL COMING TO TERMS WITH, bEING A WOMAN AND ALL, cOOL AS IT IS, tHERE HAVE BEEN SOME GROWING PAINS, bOTH L1TERAL AND METAPHORICAL, tHOUGH pRIDE mONTH HAS BEEN NEAT, eVEN IF IT MESSES WITH ME THAT IT IS, aLREADY ALMOST OVER, tHAT IS W1LD HOW QU1CKLY TIME FLIES, bUT SPEAKING OF THAT, sOMEONE ON THE sPORE sHREDDIT, mADE SOME pR1DE CREATURES, wHICH IS CUTE, tHEY MOSTLY LOOK L1KE, eMO OR SCENE GIRLS, tHE ONES THAT HAVE THE, sTRIPEY DYED HA1R, i HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED, hOW YOU ACCOMPL1SH THAT, lIKE, mAYBE IT IS SIMILAR TO T1E DYE, iN THAT YOU TIE IT, aND THEN DYE IT, i SHOULD HAVE A TIE DYE DAY, sOMETIME, iT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, sINCE i HAVE TIED AND DYED, i BOUGHT SOME WHITE SHIRTS, aND TIE DYE A WHILE AGO, bUT NEVER ACTUALLY GOT AROUND TO US1NG ANY OF IT, bECAUSE i FORGOT, aND CONTINUED TO FORGET, aND NOW i DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE, aNY OF THAT STUFF IS BUT, i LIKE TIE DYE, a LOT, i THINK IT IS VERY PRETTY AND, tHERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR SELF-EXPRESSION AND, eXPERIMENTATION, mAYBE IT IS A LITTLE LOUD AND MOODY, iN COMPARISON TO UTILITARIAN AND STANDARD, bLACK ON BLACK, tROLL ATTIRE, bUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TIE AND DYE, bLACK SH1RTS TOO, iF YOU USE BLEACH, aND THAT LOOKS ACTUALLY, rEALLY REALLY COOL, aND i DO MEAN, rEALLY COOL, i REMEMBER WATCH1NG A BUNCH OF VIDEOS ON THAT, a WHILE BACK, wHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT INSPIRED ME, tO BUY THE TIE DYE STUFF, iN THE F1RST PLACE, bECAUSE i WANTED TO DO THAT THEN, nEVER GOT AROUND TO ACTUALLY, dOING THAT, bUT i REALLY SHOULD, iT GOES WELL W1TH MY WHOLE, lOOK i THINK, i HAVE BEEN TOLD i AM, kIND OF A HIPPIE, aND HONESTLY, i AM INTO IT, i AM VERY MUCH FOR THE IDEAS OF, pEACE AND FREE LOVE, aND VEGAN1SM, aND SOCKS WITH SANDALS, aND PEACE SIGNS, aRE A PRETTY COOL HUMAN INVENTION, mUCH N1CER THAN, tHE WAR SIGNS, oF TROLLKIND, dESPITE HOW VERY, vERY SIMILAR THE TWO ARE, tHERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES THAT, mAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, iN THE WORLD, bETWEEN WHICH ONE MEANS LOVE AND PEACE, aND WHICH ONE MEANS, hATE AND WAR, nOT THAT HATE, iS A BAD THING NECESSARILY, i HAVE HATE IN MY PUSHER, fOR SURE, lIKE TOWARDS YOUR WARD, oR i GUESS HE IS, pAST YOU MAYBE, oR HOWEVER THAT WORKS, iT DOES NOT REALLY GET TO ME, oNE WAY OR THE OTHER, i GUESS, tHE POINT 1S THAT, hE IS FUN TO PLAY WITH, oNE OF THESE NIGHTS WE ARE GO1NG TO PLAY MAYBE, tIDDLYWINKS (A GAME PLAYED ON A FLAT FELT MAT WITH SETS OF SMALL DISCS CALLED WINKS, a POT, wH1CH IS THE TARGET, aND A COLLECTION OF SQUIDGERS, wHICH ARE ALSO DISCS), (wHICH YOU PLAY BY, uSING A SQUIDGER (NOWANIGHTS MADE OF PLAST1C) TO SHOOT A WINK, iNTO FLIGHT BY FLICKING, tHE SQUIDGER, aCROSS THE TOP OF A WINK, aND THEN OVER ITS EDGE, tHEREBY PROPELLING IT INTO THE AIR, aND THE OFFENSIVE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME, iS TO SCORE POINTS BY SENDING YOUR OWN, wINKS 1NTO THE POT, wHEREAS THE DEFENSIVE OBJECTIVE, oF THE GAME IS TO PREVENT YOUR OPPONENTS, fROM POTTING THEIR WINKS, bY SQUOPPING THEM, wHICH MEANS SHOOTING YOUR OWN WINKS, tO LAND ON TOP OF YOUR OPPONENTS' WINKS), (i SHOULD NOTE, pLAYERS OFTEN ATTEMPT TO SQUOP THEIR OPPONENTS' WINKS AND DEVELOP, mAINTAIN AND BREAK UP, lARGE PILES OF WINKS), OR, tHE GAME WITH THE JACKS, aND THE BALLS, wHICH, iS GREAT FUN AND EASY, tO LEARN, i THINK IT IS JUST CALLED, jACKS MAYBE OR, kNUCKLEBONES, oN ACCOUNT OF BEING PLAYED WITH, jACKS, aND/OR, kNUCKLEBONES, wH1CH, i GUESS IT'S NOT STRICTLY, aNTI-VEGAN TO USE, tHAT SORT OF TH1NG BUT, i WOULD JUST BE MORE COMFORTABLE, uSING JACKS, oR i GUESS THE KNUCKLEBONES FROM A TROLL, oR MAYBE HUMAN, i AM UNSURE WHETHER OR NOT, tHAT WOULD BE MORE OR LESS WEIRD, tHAN PLAY1NG WITH A TROLL'S, kNUCKLEBONES, bUT ANYWAYS SIDEBAR, aSIDE, i AM GOING TO MOST CERTAINLY, kICK cALIBORN'S, dUMB GREEN REAR-END, iN THESE GAMES BECAUSE, i AM THE SUPERIOR GAMER, aND THEN i WILL, sTICK A LOAD GAPER, uNSTICKING STICK, oNTO HIS BALD HEAD, aND TEASE HIM AND MAKE FUN OF HIM, fOR IT, aND MAYBE ATTACH A FLAG TO IT AS A SYMBOL OF, mY DOMINANCE, oVER HIM, aND DEFEAT OF HIM, aS MY RIVAL, mAYBE A PRIDE FLAG, tO KEEP IN THE THEME, oF THE MONTH, lIKE THOSE sPORE EMO GIRLS, wHICH SPEAKING OF, a LOT OF PEOPLE MADE WIGGLER OR RATHER, eARLY STAGE, cREATURES, lIKE i MENTIONED DOING, aND SOME OF THESE ARE, vERY CREATIVE, iT 1S JUST SUCH, a COOL COMMUNITY AND, i AM A LITTLE TOUCHED THAT IT IS STILL, gOING STRONG, aFTER ALL THIS TIME, aS WEIRD AS IT IS, tO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING GOING ON, oVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME, eVER, wHAT WITH HOW WEIRD, tIME AND CANONICITY AND RELEVANCE, aND TRUTH AND IMPORTANCE, aRE, i THINK i WAS GIVEN THE SPEECH ONCE, aBOUT THE THREE PILLARS, bUT i JUST D1DN'T GET 1T, i MEAN, i AM HERE NOW, aND THAT MATTERS AND, aLL OF MY GHOST BUDDIES MATTERED, dESPITE BEING FROM, dOOMED TIMELINES AND THINGS, mOSTLY, i GUESS SOME WERE JUST, dEAD DEAD, bUT THEY GOT BETTER, aND THAT GHOST ARMY WAS REALLY COOL, aND SPOILER ALERT i GUESS, wE KICKED YOUR BUTT, aND EVEN i PERSONALLY, gOT A FEW LICKS IN, aND KICKS IN, aND, bRICKS IN, wHICH i MUST SAY, aLL DOES WONDERS FOR, mY POWERSCALING, i MEAN, yOU ARE A MULTIVERSAL LEVEL, tHREAT, yET i WAS ABLE TO TANK A PUNCH, fROM YOU, i MEAN i GUESS IT 1S MORE THE LASERS, oR LAZERS, tHAT WERE DO1NG THE CRACKS IN pARADOX sPACE, oR WHATEVER IT WAS, yOU WERE DOING, hONESTLY YOUR MOTIVES ARE KIND OF HAZY AND CONFUSING, tO ME, pERSONALLY, bUT, eVEN IF i DID NOT TANK YOUR STRONGEST, aTTACK i ST1LL TANKED, aN ATTACK, aND WAS ABLE TO GET YOU HARD ENOUGH, tO BOTHER YOU SO i THINK, tHAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING, fOR LIL' 'OL tAV, oF i DO SAY SO MYSELF, aND, i DO SAY SO, bECAUSE, iT'S IMPORTANT, eSPEC1ALLY FOR ME PERSONALLY, bUT ALSO IN GENERAL, tO BE SELF-ASSURED, iN YOURSELF, aND REMEMBER YOUR POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS, wHICH IS SOMETHING i SOMET1MES FORGET, tO DO BUT, iT'S GOOD FOR ME, tO DO, aND i AM NOW LIKE, wAY STRONGER THAN i USED TO BE, tOO, i'VE BEEN PRACTICING, wITH THAT GIRL, tHOUGH WE HAVE SORT OF, sOFT CANCELED THAT, fOR A VARIETY OF REASONS OF WHICH, i WILL NOT GET INTO WITH YOU, mISTER nOSY, aND i AM GETT1NG WAY BETTER WITH, mY COMMUNION POWERS, aND i WONDER IF, tHEY WOULD WORK ON THE sPORE CREATURES, iF THEY WERE REAL, lIKE, tHEY ARE DEFINITELY ANIMALS, bUT EVENTUALLY, tHEY STOP BEING ANIMALS, mAYBE EXCEPT, wE'RE ALL ANIMALS, bUT, tHERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETH1NG THAT KEEPS ME FROM USING MY POWERS, oN PEOPLE, iNSTEAD OF JUST sPORE CREATURES, sO MAYBE 1T IS, aFTER THEY ENTER THE TRIBAL STAGE THAT, i WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE THEM, aS i WOULD LIKE, nOT THAT i WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PAN CONTROL OVER, sOME RANDOM GROUP OF, sOPHONTS BUT, iT IS GOOD TO KNOW MY LIMITS, aND THE EXTENT OF MY AB1LITIES, sO i LIKE TESTING THESE THINGS, fOR ALL i KNOW, iT COULD ACTUALLY BE, tHAT MY POWERS ARE LIKE, "COMMUN1ON WITH ALL HIVELESS ANIMALS," AND i ONLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNE WITH TROLLS, bECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE H1VES, wHICH REMINDS ME OF THE BUILDING CREATOR, fROM sPORE, iT IS DEFINITELY LESS INTERESTING THAN, tHE CREATURE CREATOR, bUT YOU CAN STILL DO SOME, pRETTY FUN STUFF WITH IT, iT REMINDS ME OF THE BUILDING DRONES, fROM MY YOUTH, bUT LESS SCARY, i EVEN RECREATED MY HIVE, iN THE GAME ONCE SO, i WONDER 1F IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, wHERE IT WAS SORT OF MAN1PULATED AND, hANDED TO US, tO SECRETLY PREPARE US FOR sGRUB WHICH, i GUESS i TECHNICALLY APPRECIATE, bUT ALSO, tHE WHITE GUY SUCKS BAD AND, i REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FURTHER, tHOUGH THAT BEING SA1D, i WONDER IF i COULD MAKE HIM, iN sPORE THEN MAKE HIM DOINGG, a FUNNY LITTL DANCE, tHUS HUMILIATING HIM, i GUESS i WOULD NEED A GOOD, sPHERE BODY PART, iS THE PROBLEM, uNLESS, i MAKE HIS ENTIRE "BODY" ONLY TWO SPINE SEGMENTS LONG, wHICH IS THE MINIMUM, aND i USE THAT, aS HIS DUMB STUPID ORB HEAD, aND THEN, bUILD THE REST OF THE BODY, dOWN, uSING ARM AND LEG PARTS, wHICH WOULD MAKE HIM AWFUL FLOPPY AND STUPID, lOOK1NG WH1CH, iS PRETTY DESERVED AND HONESTLY, tHE LEAST BAD THING i COULD DO TO HIM, aFTER MANY BAD THINGS, tHAT HE DESERVES TO HAPPEN FOR HIM, fOR BE1NG A JERK AND, kIND OF A CREEP, aLSO, aND BY KIND OF i MEAN, a MAJOR CREEP, i DO NOT REALLY WANT TO GET INTO IT BUT, bASICALLY THAT GUY, iS BAD NEWS, aND i TH1NK THE ONLY REASON, hE HAS NOT COME TO BOTHER ME, pERSONALLY, iS HE KNOWS i WOULDN'T FALL, fOR HIS W1LES, tHAT OR, hE HAS NOT REALIZED THAT i AM, a GIRL, yET, sINCE THAT SEEMS TO BE, tHE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC OF SAID, "wILES," OR MAYBE, iT'S THAT i'M AN ADULT, wHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW T1MELESS A GAME, sPORE 1S THAT EVEN, aS AN ADULT WOMAN, iT CAN CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION AND MAKE ME THINK, aND OOH, aND AHH, wITH WONDER, aT ITS BEAUTIFUL WORLDS AND, cOOL CREATURES, oNE TIME i GOT ONE OF THE RARE SPECIAL, pLANETS AS MY HIVE PLANET'S MOON SO i COULD JUST, lOOK UP AT THE SKY, aND SEE THIS SPHERE OF WATER, hUGGGED BY A SORT OF CUBOID GRID, oF DIRT AND ROCKS AND, wHAT HAVE YOU, i WISH i REMEMBER WHAT CREATURES, i EVOLVED ON THAT PLANET, i SHOULD HAVE MADE THEM, bASE THEMSELVES OFF THAT MOON OR, mAKE A RELIGION OUT OF IT, oR SOME SORT OF ROLEPLAY THING, lIKE THAT, i WAS ABOUT TO SAY YOU CAN'T REALLY, dO RELIGION IN THE GAME BUT, iT IS LITERALLY ACTUALLY, a GAMEPLAY MECHANIC, eVEN IF THE WORLDBUILDING FOR IT, iS LACKING, iT'S BAS1CALLY JUST A GENERIC, rELIG1ON, rELIGION, tYPE DEAL, aND YOU CONVERT OTHER CITIES BY YELL1NG AT THEM WITH A MEGAPHONE, iT'S THE SAME GAMEPLAY AS TAKING OVER RIVAL C1TIES WITH MILITARY MIGHT, bUT IN EXCHANGE FOR BEING WEAKER, yOU ARE LESS DISLIKED BY OTHERS, aND WHEN YOU CAPTURE CITIES, yOU GET TO KEEP THE BUILDINGS, uNDAMAGED, wHICH IS MAYBE A WORTHWHILE TRADE-OFF, sINCE THE GAME IS NOT THAT HARD, aNYWAYS, sO 1T'S GOOD FUN TO JUST, dO W (1/?)