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If you've ever wanted to live forever, legendary
game designer Richard Garriott--also known
in the video game community as "Lord
British"--may give you the chance.
That's because Garriott, who has paid well
into eight figures for the chance to go to
space, is planning to take the DNA of several
of his games' players with him for eternal
stellar posterity.
If you've ever wanted to live forever, legendary
game designer Richard Garriott--also known
in the video game community as "Lord
British"--may give you the chance.
That's because Garriott, who has paid well
into eight figures for the chance to go to
space, is planning to take the DNA of several
of his games' players with him for eternal
stellar posterity.
You'll never get any more epic than this
Video game company to put gamers' DNA in space
Video game company to put gamers' DNA in space
The mission, known as "Operation Immortality," will launch this October when Garriott will fly
aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, taking with him a time
capsule that will include the DNA of players of his well-known game, Tabula Rasa.
The game's publisher, announced Wednesday that it will offer the opportunity to any Tabula
Rasa player to have their DNA sequenced and digitized and added to the time capsule that
Garriott will take with him into space.
Further, any player of the game with an active account as of September 2, will have their
character uploaded digitally to the time capsule. Those who haven't bought the game will be
able to use a free trial NCSoft is offering.
aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, taking with him a time
capsule that will include the DNA of players of his well-known game, Tabula Rasa.
The game's publisher, announced Wednesday that it will offer the opportunity to any Tabula
Rasa player to have their DNA sequenced and digitized and added to the time capsule that
Garriott will take with him into space.
Further, any player of the game with an active account as of September 2, will have their
character uploaded digitally to the time capsule. Those who haven't bought the game will be
able to use a free trial NCSoft is offering.
Game maker Electronic Arts, partnering with Hasbro, the publisher of Scrabble, released a
statement that read in part, ""We're working with our partners to resolve this issue and have
Scrabble back online and ready to play as soon as possible."
The shutdown of the game came directly after Facebook took Scrabble knockoff Scrabulous
offline amid threats of a lawsuit from Hasbro. Scrabulous is a product of an independent
software company based in India. The Indian company continues to offer its Scrabble clone
outside the U.S. and Canada. [read full article here]
statement that read in part, ""We're working with our partners to resolve this issue and have
Scrabble back online and ready to play as soon as possible."
The shutdown of the game came directly after Facebook took Scrabble knockoff Scrabulous
offline amid threats of a lawsuit from Hasbro. Scrabulous is a product of an independent
software company based in India. The Indian company continues to offer its Scrabble clone
outside the U.S. and Canada. [read full article here]
WORD UP?
Scrabble on Facebook Crashes, and EA
Blames Hackers
Scrabble on Facebook Crashes, and EA
Blames Hackers
newsfactor.com
Facebook's online Scrabble application came up
blank Wednesday as an apparent hacker attack
pulled down the application.
Facebook's online Scrabble application came up
blank Wednesday as an apparent hacker attack
pulled down the application.
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