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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the video game "Spore," focusing on its design, gameplay mechanics, and philosophical implications. Participants explore the game's realistic aspects, potential for multiplayer experiences, and the nature of evolution within the game, as well as broader existential questions related to life and immortality.

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  • Exploratory
  • Conceptual clarification
  • Debate/contested
  • Philosophical

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express admiration for the game's programming and its seamless integration of AI elements, suggesting that the game evolves alongside player actions.
  • Others propose that a multiplayer version would enhance the experience, allowing for chaotic interactions between players and the game world.
  • Several participants argue that video games do not need to be realistic, while others contend that "Spore" incorporates realistic evolutionary concepts.
  • Some participants suggest that the game could allow players to focus on individual characters while the surrounding environment evolves, contrasting it with other game types like Sim City.
  • A philosophical discussion emerges regarding the implications of evolution and the potential boredom of immortality, with some questioning what purpose life would serve if one could live indefinitely.
  • Participants discuss the nature of near-death experiences, with some suggesting they offer a different perspective on life and existence beyond death.
  • Concerns are raised about the implications of creating new universes and the existential challenges that might arise from such capabilities.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of admiration and skepticism regarding the game's design and its implications. There is no consensus on the philosophical questions raised, with multiple competing views on the nature of existence, immortality, and the game's appeal.

Contextual Notes

The discussion touches on various assumptions about video game design, player engagement, and philosophical interpretations of life and death, which remain unresolved and open to interpretation.

  • #31
scott1 said:
Bow down to the Great Ominpersent infinite Impire of the Carebears'(GOIIC)!We rule the galaxy and enslaved your species(penguines/humans)!Bow down or eleses we will no longer feed you and posion atomsophere so you and rasie the tempture so you will die a slow paniful death!Then we will destory your planet and earse any memorise of it so you and your planet will be forgten and no rebelion well form!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinoclassification/Thyreophora.shtml" And they had them once assited The Grand army of the Great Ominpersent infinite Impire of the Carebears' in the invasion of Pengiun world/earth!

Long Live the Grand Suprme Emporer of the Great Ominpersent infinite Impire of the Carebears'
Scott1
2nd counsaular to the Grand Suprme Emporer of the Great Ominpersent infinite Impire of the Carebears'

how drunk are you?:-p

tsk tsk...on a sunday afternoon...
 
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  • #32
I don't drink I just had to do that
The video was that cool :cool:
 
  • #33
You beat the game when you make someone who is identical to me. 8)

You can't possibly evolve more than that.
 
  • #34
moose said:
You beat the game when you make someone who is identical to me. 8)

You can't possibly evolve more than that.
Yes you can, you can become me. I evolved from humanity and, if you will pardon the gross lack of humility, have gone far beyond them. Although the term evolve is slightly wrong here, but the meaning is close enough for the purpose.
 
  • #35
scott1 said:
I don't drink I just had to do that
The video was that cool :cool:

true...it did deserve a crazy story.:smile:
 
  • #36
franzbear! said:
Yes you can, you can become me. I evolved from humanity and, if you will pardon the gross lack of humility, have gone far beyond them. Although the term evolve is slightly wrong here, but the meaning is close enough for the purpose.
An entire species of franzbear!'s:smile:
Let me guess what your homeworld whould be namend Therd killer chapions world.I wonder if it's possible I could blow it up?
 
  • #37
scott1 said:
An entire species of franzbear!'s:smile:
Let me guess what your homeworld whould be namend Therd killer chapions world.I wonder if it's possible I could blow it up?
If I did play this game (which I don't need to because this world is my eternal game), there is no possible way I would call the homeworld TKC. Do you remember your birthplace? Do you have any affinity for you begining? I prefer to look to the future and call the homeworld something far more important then a mere title such as TKC.

Besides, if you actually read all of my posts you would know that a species of beings such as myself would have no need of a homeworld. The idea is redundant to our being, surely you can understand why? Dear god, the simplest things I have to explain to humans...I don't know why I bother.
 
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  • #38
franzbear! said:
Besides, if you actually read all of my posts you would no that a species of beings such as myself would have no need of a homeworld. The idea is redundant to our being, surely you can understand why? Dear god, the simplest things I have to explain to humans...

Hey allmighty, you spealt "know" wrong.

franzbear! said:
I don't know why I bother.
because it is amusing:approve:
 
  • #39
Wow! That looks like the sort of game I'd have fun with. I'd be content to just hang out in the primordial soup sticking different body parts onto my creature and seeing what it does. Good thing, because my game playing skills sound on par with Evo's, so I'll probably be stuck in that primordial soup a long time. :biggrin:
 
  • #40
rocketboy said:
Hey allmighty, you spealt "know" wrong.


because it is amusing:approve:
I don't know what you're talking about! o:)
I think you have a point about it being amusing. Why, even humans talk to creatures below them, why shouldn't I? Then again, I suppose I shouldn't become overly arrogant, it might cloud my tempermant in the future.
 

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