BBC on Will Wright's new game, 'Spore'

The newest from the creator of SimCity and The Sims is a life-simulation, where you start our with an amoeba and evolve it into an inter-stellar travelling group of creatures. Sounds fun.

'You get to play every generation of the creature,' said Mr Wright. 'I want something boys can make scary things or casual gamers can make cute things.'

But, what if boys want to make something cute? Is that allowed? Why do we have to assume that boys are only going to want to make scary things. And why can't boys be casual gamers? Or why can't girls make scary things? Does this mean that girls can't be hard-core gamers?