Bring Out The Monstrosities !

As some of you may know, EA released a preview of Creature Creator their new game SPORE a few days ago out into the wild. Since then, there has been plenty of wild and bizarre creatures uploaded to the internet.

For those who are not in the know. Spore is a game, designed by Will Wright, based around the evolution of your own completely customizable creature. You first start out in the cellular level and then develop into an advanced alien society.

Even though the Creature Creator very limited at this point in time its still quite advanced. With this amount of customization it brings up a problem. There has been an outbreak in creatures that are quite phallic in nature. This brings up a huge question on player customization. How much is too much "creative expression" when it comes to customizable content in games?

I for one am pretty liberal and a proponent of (most forms of) artistic expression. I doesn't really bother me if someone want their planet overrun with vaginas and penises running across the plain. It's all fine and dandy to me as long as they don't upload their creatures on EA's site. EA has every right to block certain creatures they find offensive.

You may be wondering why I don't have any creatures to share with you fine folks. The answer is quite simple. My dad's computer doesn't have the right graphics card to run the program. My personal laptop is in purgatory. Sadly, for now, I am unable to bask in the genius of Will Wright.