So, Spore. In…September? Maybe? I for one am not one of the bated breath people. Spore is just one of those games that is not for me. Every time I play an open ended game I just get frustrated that there’s no end game and then feel as if I’m wasting my time because I’m not working towards a concrete goal. But that’s a post for another time.

If you are one of those folks who wants to play Spore right now, here’s what you do, you grab all of the games below and you play them in order, and just pretend they’re all in the same box.

Amoeba stage: flOw
Creature stage: Black and White
Town Stage: Populus, or maybe…Sim City?
World Stage: Civilization
Galaxy Stage: Spaceward Ho!

Not quite the same thing, but you get the picture. Now, what are you waiting for? Go get your (mostly) retro on!