Congrats Soren. I was really impressed by Civ 4, and thought his designer’s notes were especially cool. Good news for the Spore team.
Is it just me or is it a little late in the Spore dev cycle to be sniping named talent from Firaxis?
Maybe there’s still a lot of unfinished work out there?
Zorin!
There are always expansion packs.
Doubtful.
Everyone’s seemingly assuming Johnson’s going to Spore, though I’m pretty sure there’s at least one other project going on at Maxis.
— Alan
QFT. More games should come with designer’s notes. And congratulations.
Based on the OP’s explicit statement.
It isn’t an assumption. The original post specifically says he is going to work on Spore.
Oh, er, never mind then. I guess I just ignored that part.
— Alan
I’ll forgive you, but only because you made that cool “bananas and nuts” graphic.
LOL my nefarious plan to confuse people is working!!
I did?
— Alan
It’s a joke, son, a joke.
Lesser?
While the ø is truly Scandinavian the name alone shows that your umlaut is a nasty import from your kraut masters.
I’m sure it’s really Søren Jørgensen and not Sören Jönsson…
Congrats to Soren! At least he’s the only big-name Soren running around these parts. I mean, things really get confusing when Chris Taylor does something.
- Alan
Are you saying that neither Jonsson or Jönsson is a Danish name? My respect for you crazy Danes has dropped considerably. It’s like you’re a completely different country. We obviously have nothing in common so continuing this discussion is pointless
EA has annouced a new Sim City which may ship this year (I’ll believe that when I see it), Sims 3 in 2009, Spore which may ship this year (again, I’ll believe it when I see it), Sims Life Stores Pets, and My Sims for the Wii. What else could they have?
Spore expansion pack planning?
Really? Did I miss this? Are you talking about the DS version due this summer?
Not a problem. When we get extraordinarily drunk every 400 years or so, some of us Danes often get’s the idea of beating a little respect into you Swedes - and then we come and take a handful of your southernmost provinces. Just for the fun of it, of course. We always give them back to you in a century or so… ;-)
PS. I was sure Soren Johnson had Danish roots until I discovered that Vikings were left out in the original Civ IV. No Dane would ever have made that mistake, so he probably is of Swedish origin.