Space

Wright Speaking at NASA Space Flight Celebration

Will Wright is speaking at NASA's upcoming Yuri's Night Celebration in the Bay Area this Saturday.

Yuri's Night is an annual celebration of space exploration. On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space, orbiting around the Earth once during a 108-minute flight. Exactly twenty years later, on April 12th, 1981, the United States launched their first Space Shuttle into space.

Wright will be joined at the public event by a variety of scientific speakers, artists and musicians. The developers talk will focus on astrobiology, the history of the Russian space program and Spore. The game will also be on display.

Back when I was at the Palm Beach Post I was actually one of three reporters who helped cover shuttle launches. Watching a shuttle literally push itself away from the Earth and rip through gravity's pull is probably one of the most amazing things I've seen in my life.... and there was swag. No lie, NASA actually had a little kiosk set up at every launch selling shit. I think it was because all of the visiting general and dignitaries always wanted shirts and hats to give to their kids. So funny.

Yuri's Night

8:00 AM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Brian Crecente
846 views, 23 comments

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The Official Seiko Richard Garriott Space Watch

Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott loves two things: Space and rattails. Man not only has his own sputnik, but his own rattails. This October, Garriott and his flowing locks will be blasting off to the International Space Station. He plans on making a spacewalk, which would make him the first civilian with rattails to do so. Historic! To commemorate the event, Seiko is creating a titanium spring-powered "Spring Drive Spacewalk" watch, which will be limited to 99 pieces only — at a price! But really, can you put a price tag on a Richard Garriott watch? Yes, yes you can.
Spring Drive [Seiko via Watch Report via BB Gadgets]

2:00 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
1,151 views, 20 comments

Latest by amadeus3000: @Fyren: Sorry, but I think "badass watch" applies more to something from Lange&Söhne. more »

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NASA Wants MMO

NASA doesn't just explore space, it also exploring video gaming! NASA is shifting though proposals from companies keen on creating a MMO that will let students create phony experiments and test out different NASA careers. Says NASA:

NASA is in a position to develop an online game that functions as a persistent, synthetic environment supporting education as a laboratory, a massive visualisation tool, and collaborative workspace while simultaneously drawing users into a challenging, gameplay experience.

Wow, NASA not only talks in the third person, but sounds really boring. This ploy seems like Space Camp for kids whose parents aren't willing to cough up the insane camp fees. Note about Space Camp: I attended as a child and wasn't "selected" as an astronaut. I was a Mission Control flunky instead. We had to read from a binder notebook and flip switches, just like that girl in the above picture. Trust me, she's thinking, "worst camp ever"! And yes, I'm still bitter.
Space MMO [Game Industry] [Pic]

7:20 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
1,390 views, 36 comments

Latest by nintendude: I was just there at Space Camp last August in Alabama. 107 degrees. AHHHHHH Oh it was burning hot. But the camp was extremely fun! I was chosen as both Commander and in Mission Control. It was awesome, since we more »

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Garriott Blogs Up Hawking In Space

Game designer Richard Garriott blogs about his weightless experience with Professor Stephen Hawking: More »

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Garriott, Hawking in Spaaaaaaaace!

Yesterday famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking joined game developer Richard Garriott for a ride into the edge of space. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Brian Crecente
4,053 views, 77 comments

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Garriott Ditches Gravity

Richard Garriott and Stephen Hawking are teaming up, unfortunately, it's not for a game. More »

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Carmack On NASA's Proposed MMO

As far as geek gods go, John Carmack is right up there. Not only has he programmed games like DOOM and Quake, but he's also into engineering rockets. Real rockets. So when NASA announced that it will be developing a 3 million dollar MMO for the youth, game site GigaGamez sent Carmack an email. His response? More »

5:00 AM on Thu Mar 29 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,112 views, 13 comments

tom chick

Sword of the Stars vs. Tom Chick

Sword of the Stars, by most accounts, was a rather forgettable space strategy game with a gorgeous look to it and some of the most obnoxious, petulant twerps as developers this side of Derek Smart. More »

11:40 AM on Tue Oct 3 2006
By kotaku.com
1,142 views, 18 comments

spore

New Spore Movies

Three new Spore movies to caress you lovingly with velvety feelers and way too many legs. More »

6:20 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By egauger
1,260 views, 14 comments

eve

Eve Online Interview Covers Expansion, Eve Vista

Eve Online is a game I desperately want to love: an MMOG that doesn't involve playing a bearded midget dressed only in his Underoos. I gave the two week trial a shot: I loved the imagination behind the universe and my Shodan-like ship A.I. But after the initial novelty wore off, I realized that most of my time was playing Eve Online was actually spent in another room entirely, reading a book. I guess that's swell for multitaskers, but I like games that actually require me to be around to play them. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Jul 7 2006
By brownlee
779 views, 6 comments

Latest by Spaceman_Spiff: I have a coworker that constantly hounds me to start playing EVE. I think he summed it up best: "It's the best game to play while your doing something else." more »

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