It's Steve (now in blog form)

I have never hated a game as much as I hate Spore.  This is a pretty bold statement given the number of crappy games I have played in my life time (I still don’t understand what the hell the objective was with this one).  And I say this without ever having played it.  The problem is that I CAN’T FREAKIN PLAY THE GAME!

I’ve been pretty excited about Spore for a while.  It is one of the more hyped games of the last couple of years. You basically get to play god, and you can imagine how that might appeal to me.

I have a MacBook.  It’s less than a year old.  The game’s box clearly says MAC compatible on the front.  This is a blatant lie.  First it wouldn’t install because my OS was not the super-duper most current.  Ok, EA, I’ll play your little game.  I snagged a copy of Snow Leopard and upgraded my operating system.  Consider that box checked.

Does it work now? Judging from my desire to strangle some EA monkeys, there seems to still be a problem.  My graphics card is not high end enough so the game just won’t run.  End of story.

Here’s what I don’t get.  The release was delayed for over a year.  The hardware required to play it didn’t exist at the time that this thing was coded. WTF?  Seriously, I’m pissed off that I have a $50 game that is unplayable on a 1 year old machine.

So screw you, EA. And screw you, Spore.  I’m done with this.  You have officially crapped on my parade.

Now I’m just torn on whether the correct course of action at this stage is to put the disk up for grabs to you guys, or send EA a package filled with burnt hair (yeah, that is a terrible smell).  Thoughts?