Posts Tagged ‘video games’

I have the PC game Spore, which is about the only game I own and play that can be called current. I really like making creatures with it, it’s still the best part if the game for me.

I picked up the Galactic Adventures expansion pack and I’ve been having a blast with it. It’s used for making adventures with the creatures, buildings and objects you make in the game, and playing them as a mission for your space captain to beam down to a planet and engage in.

I had to spring for this expansion because I’ve been waiting since I was 14 and playing D&D for a good RPG creator on computer. I’m putting the stories I make online, so if you have the game you can download them and play them. There’s one uploaded so far. Just search for fakelarry on the Spore network and you’ll come up with a crapload of stuff I made this year. I like this, creative fun keeps me sane.

Recently, the company Maxim that makes the game made a patch that allows you to make creatures asymmetrically. Before this they had to be symmetrical; if you put an arm on your creature it had to have either two on each side or one in the middle. Now you can have one on one side, two of different sizes. or a whole mess of stuff sticking out at all angles. This is awesome, it allows for much greater freedom.

Here is the first thing I made after installing the new patch. His name is Eyegore for obvious reasons. I’m thinking he’d make a good mascot for this website. I should probably get some clothes on him, but here you can see the colors you can choose for creatures, which includes some ugly textures like stitches, scars, and patches of exposed muscle.

Making monsters that come to life is this horror fan’s idea of big fun, and I would have shat myself empty if I had this as a kid.