A new game

There is a new game coming (hopefully) this year. It is called Spore. I want it. Please. Now.

In the game, you start as a microbe, in a 2D playing field, globbing (that's a new word from me) around eating smaller microbes, and escaping the evil bigger microbes. You get 'evolution points' for eating other microbes and eventually you get to lay an egg. When the egg is laid, you can use evolution points to add aspects such as a spike (to defend against those evil bigger microbes) or some form of propulsion, whatever. Eventually you get too big to be a microbe any more, and you evolve onto a higher plane of existence. The 3D realm.

In the 3D realm you are now a creature. No more evil microbes trying to eat you (I don't think they have diseases in the game). However, there are other bigger, meaner creatures out to get you, so you have continue running around eating smaller creatures. Once again you can continue evolving, with flippers and other attack/defence mechanisms. However you now need to find a mate before you can get the eggs laid. (You have to get laid to have eggs laid).

Eventually you get into tribal mode, to city mode, to planet mode, and eventually after conquering the planet (through either warlike or diplomatic means) you can build UFOs, and have interstellar wars instead.

Along the way (from tribal to global dominance) the behaviour of your creatures will be defined by the way you grew them up. To put it clumsily.

Look it up on Wikipedia, and check out the videos on YouTube.