NASA has extended its deadline for developers to submit game design proposals for a massively-multiplayer online game. A game about SPACE!
“The developer gets to make money on the game… some of which (negotiable) goes to NASA” explained MMO Evolution author Robert Rice. “This isn’t any different than making a game based on a Hollywood license, except the developer will get better terms, more creative control, and probably some sweet technology out of the deal.”
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It seems that the “lady prison” genre is being suddenly, unexpectedly legitimized. It used to be the kind of thing that was relegated to Cinemax and interspersed with plenty of soft-lens nudity to keep people interested. But now, three separate and distinct female prison shows are being developed. All at the same time.
One series, Women in Chains, is pure exploitation. It will be directed by Robert Rodriguez, and starring – naturally enough – his muse Rose McGowan.
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GameSetWatch has an article up on designing for WiiWare, using the new game LostWinds as its case study.
WiiWare is Nintendo’s entry into the direct download market, a space already occupied by Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. You could already purchase classic games on the Wii’s Virtual Console, but like its competitors, WiiWare features brand new games.
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Now I’m just getting scared. Harvey Korman, whom you’ll remember from The Carol Burnett Show as well as the comically devious Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles, is dead. The news was released right around three hours ago, so you know you’re getting it hot and fresh.
The word out of UCLA Medical Center is that Korman died after “suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago.” He had apparently gone through several major operations–aneurysms can do that sort of thing; they’re downright scary in their destructive force–and it all just finally caught up with him. Small wonder considering the man was eighty-one when he died, but it’s a testament not only to his comic genius but also to his sheer strength of will that he could keep going through that.
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Five years ago, could we, as a society, possibly conceive of a “MySpace star?” While a social networking site sounds like a good niche advertising technique, MySpace doesn’t seem like the place where a star is born. But Tila Tequila overcame those odds to become…something.
Every article on Tila calls her a “MySpace and reality T.V. star.” They don’t really know how to describe her, because “reality T.V. star” would imply that she won Survivor or something. “MySpace star” is just baffling, especially for the generation that doesn’t realize iPod is a brand name.
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