gamestate » military http://www.gamestate.org All games are serious games, but some games are more serious than others. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:20:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Joyride: NASA MMO and the Rhetoric of the Military Industrial Complex http://www.gamestate.org/2009/02/joyride-nasa-mmo-and-the-rhetoric-of-the-military-industrial-complex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joyride-nasa-mmo-and-the-rhetoric-of-the-military-industrial-complex http://www.gamestate.org/2009/02/joyride-nasa-mmo-and-the-rhetoric-of-the-military-industrial-complex/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:30:11 +0000 Garrison http://www.gamestate.org/?p=565 How much “fun” will NASA’s much-touted Unreal 3-based MMO be when it is released next year? If the captions to still images released on developer Project Whitecard’s website are any indication, not much.

Here’s how they describe the Regolith Grinder (aka “The Taurus”):

“Contructed from an advanced smelting process and lunar factory, it is a general-purpose vehicle with a plow option.”

Maybe things are more exciting over near the Moonbase?

“The centre of operations for Moonbase Alpha, this inflatable, reinforced structure is the core. Look at the scale of the extensible walkway system!”

Nothing says “I can’t wait to play this” like “extensible walkway system.”

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