Post ALSRel3RYO3DwsUVVI by Smeallie@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ALSRel3RYO3DwsUVVI by Smeallie@mastodon.social
       2022-07-13T18:06:50Z
       
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       I've seen this Spore ad floating around the internet for Years, and always assumed it was a big flashy trailer for an event like E3apparently it was simply... rejected by Maxis / EA for being too weird and never usedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJAQ3M-MNZ8
       
 (DIR) Post #ALSRelSc2oBTCwGbjc by irisjaycomics@mastodon.social
       2022-07-13T18:09:08Z
       
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       @Smeallie that's a shame, it sells the idea of Spore better than literally anything else i've seen (including the actual game, Spore)
       
 (DIR) Post #ALSRemAZPNLVPGpiFc by prehensile@tech.lgbt
       2022-07-13T18:39:23Z
       
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       @irisjaycomics @Smeallie back in ye olden times I was obsessed with this blurry early demo of it, watching it probably 20 times and would imagining all the amazing creatures and civilizations I'd build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dvMDFOFnAThe actual game was uh not what I was hoping for
       
 (DIR) Post #ALSRemRwMnEyH8xaKG by Smeallie@mastodon.social
       2022-07-13T18:16:43Z
       
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       this is conjecture, but that might explain why the actual E3 2008 trailer is so, uh, bad?the smarmy narration is roughly on the level of "Sally Brown book report" and the muddy footage isn't captured at a consistent frame ratehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVH9Q8M8eaQ
       
 (DIR) Post #ALSRemhBS7Qx2Q5l5M by matt@oslo.town
       2022-07-13T18:58:32Z
       
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       @prehensile @irisjaycomics @Smeallie Maybe they didn’t run the ad above because then everyone would be disappointed by Spore. The ad is great. The game, as you suggested, was not.
       
 (DIR) Post #ALSRenwonTXAvCPl5s by Smeallie@mastodon.social
       2022-07-13T18:21:18Z
       
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       they didn't upload this video at maximum resolution to their official channel? YouTube supported up to 480p at the time; this video is 360pthe game's official font didn't have a "7" in it I guess so they had to cut one out of a magazine and paste it in