Its take on theology is totally irrelevant to many of the arguments it makes, it creates posts only to. Of course, the most recent post on the blog suggests that people have pointed out that content must be vetted before it is sent to the common space that players can access, but even that doesn’t quite smother the odor of smoke and the sharp whine of laughter.Īnd, just to pound the nail flush, we will leave you with Tim Buckley’s note on part of this issue. Anti Spore is obviously some breed of Internet troll. It amuses us, though, that the troll has yet to discover wonderful things like the FUCK slug or the other myriad of entirely phallus creatures that hit YouTUBE from the release of the Spore creature creator. The blog appears to have arrived on the scene only three days ago and what really brought smiles to our virtual lips happened to be that the troll hadn’t even played the game until today. Its take on theology is totally irrelevant to many of the arguments it makes, it creates posts only to drive interest and inflame discussion, and it has lots and lots of Google advertisements to back itself up. Anti Spore is obviously some breed of Internet troll. In short, CMC can be a fertile ground for conflict, and one particular manifestation of this is. At the same time, however, the anonymity it offers can give a sense of impunity, an illusion that behaviour is less hurtful than it really is, and a suppression of empathy. Update (): Anti Spore revealed to defenitely be a troll when they Rickrolled their readers this morning at 8am. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) provides many benefits, including quick, efficient communication over time and space. Ladies and Gentlemen: Anti Spore is a troll.

We’ve already had the bizarre event of “militant atheists” ( here and here) coming out against the game, but now we also have the other side of the spectrum throwing a gauntlet into the fight.Įxcept that after we voces arrived on the scene we fairly believe we are righteous in saying, With the advent release of Spore by EA Games so have also arrived are the townsfolk with torches and pitch forks.

Obvious troll is obvious