Spore is the only upcoming game I know of that gives me a rational reason to upgrade my two-year-old hunk o' junk. Speculation is that it should be able to run on lower-powered machines though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to buy any new parts...

I love how as you proceed up through the evolutionary development of your creature, it also proceeds up through the evolution of games - Pac-Man, Diablo, Civilization, and so on.

Any ideas on what kind of creature you're going to make first? I'm thinking of some kind of pale willowy humanoid, but the temptation lurks to make a race of Aliens and a race of Predators and send them at each other's throats...