Hey, remember when people cared about what NASA was doing? Neither do we, but NASA apparently does, as they’re trying to regain some semblance of relevance by releasing a new MMO game, Astronaut: Mars, Moon and Beyond, to suck in potential space cadets.
The game will be set in 2035 and players will help to create settlements throughout the solar system. It’ll use the Unreal engine and a mini-demo game, Moonbase Alpha, should be out early next year. But if this is going to compete for the attention of drug and sex-starved video game plaers…well, they better put a lot of “tang” in it.
[NASA via Game Politics]
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They want a piece of the WoW pie? Good luck.
I can see if they use it as a teaching tool, using physics and math, maybe they could secure grants or something and make it free to play.
But then I’d probably rather play EVE.