Save World Space Week With Space Games?

Rage might be all the news today, but I would also like to point out that World Space Week - which is like RPS Space Week, only more downbeat - is also a disappointment. I suppose one could blame the lack of panache in this United Nations-sponsored initiative's website, but I blame the lack of private enterprise capitalising on Space Week. Only one single F2P company has sent us a press release regarding their space game's celebration of World Space Week, and that's Black Prophecy, who are doing some XP event or whatever. That's pretty weak, Space Game Community. Hell, even Cliffski, designer of Gratuitous Space Battles said: "I have no deals to announce." Cliff's shocking disregard for World Space Week is emblematic of the attitude space game producers have to this fine, upstanding event, and I don't like it one bit. So what we do about it? Not much, really. But if you have got a space game you could put on sale or do some other Space Week themed event with it, I suppose. Maybe I'll even post about it. Not that I expect any of you to, because you all hate World Space Week, you monsters. I am going to have to make a nice cup of tea and commiserate by looking at pictures of spaceships.

[Disclaimer: Actually, I had no idea it was World Space Week until the Black Prophecy thing turned up, but now that I know I am ALL OVER IT.]