I picked up my copy of Spore a couple of days ago, my boyfriend mainly wanted it but I sorta wanted to give it a try too. The controls are really easy and the game is pretty simple at first. You start off as a cell swimming around, trying to find food so that you can evolve, and also trying to survive against other bigger cells that want to eat you. This goes on for a while until you can finally evolve into a land creature. Once there you can explore the area and make friends or enemies with the other creatures. Then, once you've evolved enough you get to migrate! That's where I left off. I really enjoy games where you can have a say in the creative process, like when you can customize characters and such. The only thing that bugs me about this game is that you can't play with other people online. I think it would've been fun to plan invasions against other creatures with friends.

I also tried Warhammer Online. I was kind of bummed that I couldn't be an orc female. My only options were elf or human... boring. The interface and graphics remind me a lot of Lord of the Rings Online. I ran around the starting area and gathered quests. There wasn't a whole lot of talking going on, which was strange because there were so many players running around. I did some quests. My character didn't have a lot of clothes on so I tried getting some gear. The fighting is a bit slower than Warcraft, but apparently it's more of a PvP game. I don't think I'll be playing Warhammer Online or any other MMO until Knights of the Old Republic comes out or until Blizzard decides to make another one.