Turns out EA has come a long way from their previous stance on software piracy.

Check out this excerpt from an old Atari game manual.

They should have just used this when they created Spore.

A handful of gamers have taken their protesting of the restrictive DRM issues in Spore to a whole new level. By taking it to the game itself.

Forget negative reviews on Amazon, this should get the developers and game masters' attention more than ever. (And its good for a few cheap laughs)

Be sure to read the descriptions - check the link for a better picture perhaps- they are quite amusing.

This months (April) issue of PCFormat, a UK based magazine has a four page spread on Spore. A few nice new in-game screenshots and a general speal on what Spore is about, for those of you who may not know.

higher quality scans:
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