I was able to attend a Wired party during E3 where Will Wright of The Sims and SimCity (and really, anything Sim) fame was giving the latest demo of Spore. Spore is a game where you go basically from amoeba all the way up to intergalactic travel and all the evolutionary steps in between.

Much like how The Sims gave a lot customization in the design and building of houses, Spores gives the same control over the design of actual creatures, robots, buildings, etc. To show how easy to use the customization interface is, Will asked for a volunteer from the audience. Everybody knew that among the audience was Robin Williams.

“Is there someone in the audience who, oh I don’t know, might’ve played an alien on TV?”

Robin, an avid gamer, gladly stepped up. I managed to capture a video of most of the little sequence.