Console Asylum: "Spore" Follow-Up Will Probably Have Just As Many Penis Creatures

Sure, it's a different game, that doesn't mean people won't be making genital-based animals.

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Remember Spore?  You know, that game that was hyped as this super-genius revolutionary title that was in reality less fun to play than the creature editor you could download for free (and that people invariably used to create phallic monsters)? Well, publisher Maxis is trying again to win us over, this time with Darkspore. The approach seems to be starting with the creature editor (now called the hero editor) and making a Diablo-esque action crawl out of it. The way you customize your hero in the editor will have a direct correlation to how effective you are in combat. The game drops at the end of March, but this trailer should sate your appetite for now. [Joystiq]

LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars—we're just gonna go with… LSW3TCW?—is being voiced by some of the same actors that play the various roles on the Clone Wars animated series. The twist is, of course, that there’s no actual dialogue in the LEGO games. So what exactly do these actors do? Grunt, groan, and scream, pretty much. [N4G]

So much for the "video" part of "video games"—Akashi is an audio-only title in which the player is blindfolded and has a motion-controlled sword in his hand.  Using nothing but audio cues, you strike out against your unseen assailants. It's exactly as fun as it sounds, by which we mean NOT AT ALL. [Kotaku]

Most of us have tried games on Facebook. Many of us have gotten addicted to one or more of them.  Very few games on FB, however, are legitimately fun. EA is trying to beat the odds with their upcoming Dragon Age II companion game, Dragon Age Legends. Initial reports seem to indicate that Dragon Age Legends is actually strategic enough for your decisions to affect your success, rather than just neglecting your real lives to push a button. [IGN]

Gamer math:  Wii + excitable corgi = expensive disaster. Expensive disaster + video camera = Internet hilarity. [Joystick Division]

By Richie Procopio

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