Spore honored in Time's 50 Best Inventions of 2008
by Griffin McElroy 
on Nov 2nd 2008 5:30PM
Despite receiving a few complaints from critics concerning gameplay shortcomings, Will Wright's latest brain child,
Spore, was recently chosen as one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2008.
Finishing in 20th place, and credited as "The Everything Game", Time remarked on the ambitious nature of the title, labeling it as "blasphemy, brilliance or both."
Other "inventions" listed include "
The Direct-to-Web Supervillain Musical", Hulu.com, and 23andMe's
home DNA test, which garnered top honors. The Large Hadron Collider, the "world's most expensive science experiment", made an unremarkable 5th place finish -- Time cited the machine's failure to follow through on its promise to destroy humanity as the reason for its disappointing placement on the list.
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