Shall we do a fresh chat post? Yes we shall. So Spore is out this week, and it's a pretty unique game, hybridizing many other genres, but how did they get there? Well, the Maxis people were kind enough unveil a bunch of their game prototypes, giving us a long gaze at where Spore came from. And GameStop is saying that this Christmas again, will see a dearth of Wiis. But arguably being the mainstream console, will this only be a mainstream problem? And Fallout 3 says Just No to drugs.