After three years of development, Spore, Will Wright's cellular-galactic simulator, has a release date.

While I still don't quite understand the game concept, I do look forward to wrapping my brain around it the week of September 7th. Now I'll just have to decide whether I'll be playing it on my PC, my Mac, or my DS (where it will be known as Spore Creatures). Hmm. Decisions, decisions. At least EA failed to date the Wii version of the game, so I won't have to worry about hurting my little white console's feelings.