«Had Spore lived up to the publicity that it was a game based on evolution, then there would have been biological reproduction, families, and the basis for much of
what cultural anthropology studies.
People tend to think of
anthropology as being a very distinct practice from art or art history, but they are extraordinarily close: artists, curators, and anthropologists are all looking at
cultural phenomena and particularly at objects and their use, and
what that says about society at large.