Comments on: Operation Immortality – DNA In Spaaaaaace

By: actellim

actellim — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:16:44 +0000

it’s your actual DNA they’re shooting; the whole thing, not bits of it. they’ll need your blood, not your… erm… special fluids. no laura croft aids required; but probably some Novocaine involved if I know gamers.

By: EyeMessiah

EyeMessiah — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:41:05 +0000

@Nick: Firm but fair.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:54:42 +0000

They are shooting Garriot into space for Tabula Rasa?

Bit harsh.

By: GeorgeR

GeorgeR — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:18:52 +0000

Man, you’d want Eve players to be the source of Humanity’s repopulation? Sure they’d be great economists but yeeesh.

I frankly wouldn’t want any MMO being the pool from which humanity’s salvation is pulled. Just saying.

By: Vitalis

Vitalis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:11:00 +0000

I think Ian’s rumbled Garriot!

Screw Gabe Newell and the Valve satellite, it’s Garriot sending information to our soon to become alien overlords with their anti-human rays we’ve got to worry about!

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:52:29 +0000

Would this potentially give aliens everything they need to know to devise some sort of bio-weapon that causes us all to boil to death in our own gastric fluids or something?

By: Fashigady

Fashigady — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:21:51 +0000

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of “DNA sequenced, digitised, and fired off into space” by a crazy guy with “a shit-ton of money“.

By: Chris Charabaruk

Chris Charabaruk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:10:19 +0000

How about the fact that his father was an astronaut? I’m sure that plays into his interest in space as well.

By: Seb Potter

Seb Potter — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:40:39 +0000

When I got that email today I was stunned.

Tabula Rasa is still running?

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:31:38 +0000

That’s got to be an idea for an MMO in itself: “A dark future where humanity has been wiped out. Reborn from the stored DNA of the ‘greatest gamers’ of the 21st century do you have what it takes to ressurrect humanity. Leave your mark. Save Humanity. Operation Immortality coming soon…

Does it come with a poster of Lara Croft/Character from DoA Volleyball/replace with VG hottie to aid in the DNA collection?

Now I’m imagining something vaguely Galaxy Quest but rooted in EVE instead of StarTrek. And it’s awesome.

I wouldn’t want to view any ‘historical documents’ that have been collated about a bunch of people who spend most of their time playing online games… Really!

By: Stick

Stick — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:30:15 +0000

Now I’m imagining something vaguely Galaxy Quest but rooted in EVE instead of StarTrek. And it’s awesome.

By: Dreamhacker

Dreamhacker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:58 +0000

There is something on the wind… desperation!