Flunking Spore
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Marion Walton
Oct 30, 2008, 10:32:38 AM10/30/08
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Interesting article about the game Spore and science:
"When it comes to biology, and particularly evolution, Spore failed
miserably. According to the scientists, the problem isn't just that
Spore dumbs down the science or gets a few things wrong--it's meant to
be a game, after all--but rather, it gets most of biology badly,
needlessly, and often bizarrely wrong."
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/322/5901/531b
"When it comes to biology, and particularly evolution, Spore failed
miserably. According to the scientists, the problem isn't just that
Spore dumbs down the science or gets a few things wrong--it's meant to
be a game, after all--but rather, it gets most of biology badly,
needlessly, and often bizarrely wrong."
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/322/5901/531b
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