m. c. de marco: To invent new life and new civilizations...

Despite technical difficulties, DRM protests, and even a mock creationist backlash, Spore surges on. Its first week has brought reviews, belated notice from Technovelgy, and a confession from Walter Jon Williams (via Night Shade Books).

My old laptop doesn’t meet the system requirements, which could use some actual model names and years in the mac list. It’s not like video cards and graphics chips get into macs by chance. So here’s the bad news.