Will Wright’s new simulation game ‘Spore‘ is getting a lot of attention in the gaming universe. Wright, the inventor of such classics as SimCity (my first case of gaming addiction), and The Sims, seemed to have created his most ambitious game to date. Spore is loosely based on evolutionary science and as such it will be enthusiastically embraced by scientists and educators (reservations about its scientific accuracy aside). I was also thinking what would be the Creationists’ response to this game. Will ‘Creationists who are parents allow their sons and daughters to spend precious time playing with Spore? The obvious answer should be: no they won’t (vehemently so). But here’s a funny little twist worth considering: Spore’s ‘Creature Creator‘ module turns the gamer into, well, The Creator! For those supporting the idea that ‘micro evolutions’ were kicked off by the so called Intelligent Designer, this could be used to prove their own point.
Could it be that Spore is a Creationist’s game come true?
Is Spore the Creationists’ End Game?
Published September 2, 2008 Digital Domain , Relegion 2 CommentsTags: computer gaming, creationists, evolution, SIM, spore, Will Wright
I’m no theologist, but I would imagine that becoming a creator – rather than worshiping The One – would be seem by creationists as blasphemous.
Thanks for the feedback Gordon. ‘Creationists’ will ask for forgiveness (from ‘the creator’) if they can (and should, in my mind) leverage this clearly ‘evolutionist’ simulation to prove their own point.