I’ve been having fun messing around with the Spore Creature Creator. For those of you who actually have lives, Spore is a forthcoming computer game that lets players guide a race of beings from single-celled organisms to a starfaring civilization. The Creature Creator provides gives you the opportunity to try your hand at creating your own custom-built species.

This was my first attempt. I call it a Tarffel. Here it is going all disco

For my next effort, I decided to try for something a little more Jurassic Park. I call it a DayGlo-o-Saur. I’m quite fond of the hot pink accents.

My most recent attempt somewhat resembles me. Big head, four eyes, skinny arms, the gray partially covered up with a few highlights, and generally funny-looking. I call it a Marcussite.