CULTURE BUZZ: Spore fans are not happy with the game’s anti-piracy DRM, so they’ve taken their protest to Amazon. Right now, over 1,367 of 1,463 total ratings are just one star, giving the highly anticipated game’s launch an Amazonian black eye.

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The Best Links:

1. Spore on Amazon
2. Backlash: Anti-DRM Protesters Trash Spore’s Amazon Rating
3. DRM Opponents Attack Spore’s Amazon.com Rating
4. Amazon Reviewers Do Not Take Kindly To Spore’s DRM
5. Reviewers sabotage Spore’s Amazon rating in protest to ‘draconian’ anti-piracy measures
6. Spore losing the DRM Fight
7. Amazon reviewers clobber Spore DRM
8. Amazon Users Savage ‘Spore”s DRM
9. Backlash on Reddit
10. Spore on BuzzFeed

TECH BUZZ: The making of vaguely pornographic Spore characters — yes, Goatse was only the tip of the iceberg — is being banned by EA. From release to porn in less than 48 hours! If you’re curious, best be checking these videos out soon, before they’re all pulled down (and new ones go up in their place). EA says, “Whether it’s modeling clay, dolls or crayons, a small number of people can be counted on to use it for something inappropriate.” So true!

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The Best Links:

1. Horny Little Creature
2. Sporn Forums — Upload Your Spore Porn
3. DISGUSTING CREATURE!
4. Dongzilla: Autonomous Penis
5. Giant Cock Monster
6. Penis Creature Tries and Tries To Blow Himself
7. NSFW: A Beginners Guide To Sporn
8. Banhammer Drop on Spore Porn by EA
9. Horny Gamers Should Never Be Underestimated
10. Blue Creatures That Really Like Each Other

One the most disgusting images on the web gets turned into a Spore creature. I guess this is safe for work, in the sense that it’s not a picture of an actual human but a video game character, but still. Ew.

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