NASA's own MMO, Moonbase Alpha, is set to have a playable Demo early 2010. The game is said to mimic technology to be used on a manned moon mission launching in 2020.
The developers of Moonbase Alpha, a simulator where you play an astronaut, had no idea that their text-to-speech tool would be the one thing that put their game on the map. This is trolling at its finest and not in a bad sense either. See, the developers installed this text-to-speech tool to help the alpha testers communicate until they got the VOIP functioning. Whatever you type into the chat bar, gets read aloud by a computer-like voice. The alpha testers enjoyed it so much that the developers decided to keep it.
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Dead Space is an awesome game, and I'm a sucker for space horror (see: Alien), but I don't think they go to the moon in that one.
Never played an MMO before.
But this one certainly interests me, if only from the aspect of an educational tool.
My cousin was in the final 5 for the Canadian Space Agency's recent selection process and just missed getting in by a hair (they only picked 2, they started with 1200), I'm sure he'll find this very cool.
I am glad we helped spark your interest.
NASA making an MMO? o_O
NASA (National Association for Supreme Assassins)
i have GOT to check this out 8-)!