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Now that Spore is out, gamers everywhere are having the opportunity to try their hand at creating species to run amok in the world. Though Will Wright’s games are not my cup of tea, I greatly appreciate what he is doing to advance gaming by focusing on a genre that centers on ingenuity rather than destruction.

However, while I and other gamers may applaud Wright’s direction, others are against his plans; this article highlights how people disagree with the game because it promotes evolution rather than creationism.

Personally, I think that Spore is just a game, and parents can actually use it to teach kids about the wonders of science. Sadly, it seems easier for people to locate problems in a new idea rather than use it for solutions.

Speaking of problems, I am very disappointed in the new game out that promotes the shooting of Muslims. In reading the main piece and Gamepolitics’s analysis of it, I have to say that for the first time, I am going to side with the game’s detractors. I simply fail to see the redeeming value of this product, and though there is some humor in it, there are too many individuals who will get the wrong idea, especially in this post 9/11 world.

On the subject of laws, I really hope that this video game law in California is proven unconstitutional. If only our elected leaders spent more time on worthwhile issues, like ending this war in Iraq.