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Moonbase Alpha/NASA

inkblotinkblot
edited 2011-07-27 17:21:55 in General
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Despite what they've done to make space travel possible and despite all the inventions and discoveries they've made, NASA is still treated as if they're nothing more than a massive PR stunt, an example of "wasteful government spending", or a particularly expensive branch of the military. They're always underbudgeted and they're at the mercy of people who have different ideas of what NASA should be and who get replaced every few years.

So they decide to do a little PR stunt of their own. They whip up a video game in UDK and release it for free on Steam, hoping they can keep people interested in space travel instead of ignoring its earthly contributions and saying "Why don't we solve our problems on Earth first?". That game is Moonbase Alpha. But instead, players of Moonbase Alpha spend their time sitting around in the lobby and typing





As hilarious as these videos are, NASA didn't deserve this.
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Comments

  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.
    NASA's mission also should not be Muslim outreach.
  • MagusMagus
    I'LL STAY MAI HAUNDS...WITH YAU BLAHT
    That's what they get for not realizing the impact of including text-to-speech in an online game.
  • inkblotinkblot
    edited 2011-07-27 14:15:12
    000
    It uses Unreal Engine 3, which includes text-to-speech by default.

    V No, you don't understand. This is all people in the game do.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    ^^ And since you're an experienced political observer you know that is the product of someone being stupid.

    As for the videos...yeah, what Magus said.

    Upon encountering text-to-speech, the first things that happen are:
    1. "fuck" "shit" "dick" "ass" "cunt" "hell" "damn" "nigger" "spic" "fag" "dyke" etc.
    2. nonsense words
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    This looks fun. I wanna try it now.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Humans are unrepentant pieces of shit who shit on everything that is given to them.

    Why are you surprised?
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I think that's a tiny overreaction to those videos.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Eh, it's just more evidence to my point.

    NASA tries to do sonething noble.

    The ignorant and worthless masses shit all over it in return.
  • ForzareForzare
    edited 2011-07-27 14:41:10
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    It's a game.  Expecting people to not screw around and have fun with it is kind of stupid.
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-07-27 14:42:01
    [tɕagɛn]
    When it's all that they do...

    My statement is an overreaction, I'll admit.
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    To be fair, people actually played the game until these 2 videos were made.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-07-27 14:48:03
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^^ . . . then that might also be an indication that the actual game itself wasn't fun, and it was more fun to simply screw around with the text-to-speech program?

    ^ Huh. Never mind that above comment, then. In any case, it's a game. If that's more fun for them than playing the game itself, that's hardly their fault.

    No, NASA doesn't deserve it, but I got my laughs, which is about as much as I can bring myself to care about this whole deal.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I downloaded this game yesterday.  Maybe we should make a clan to play it or something.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    Hmm . . . >,>

    Would we actually be playing it, or making a mockery of it?

    Speaking of Steam games, GMH is the only person on my friend list so far, and I don't know anyone else's usernames, except maybe INUH, but there's also "inuh", so I'm not sure.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I'm Forzare on Steam.  There's more than one, I think, so I'm the one with Repo Man as my avatar there too.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    I'm Nyktos over there. I seem to be the only one, even though the name was supposedly taken and I had to pick something else as my actual username...
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Did I just friend you?  (I'm QuintSakugarne.)
  • DYREDYRE
    Wait... Quint is the obscure Megaman character you said you got your name from?

    Quint totally isn't obscure at all.


  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-07-27 15:49:57
    Has friends besides tanks now
    Apparently Steam doesn't want to load when I tell it to "Add Friends".

    STEAM, Y U HATE ME?!

    ^^ Yes, you did. I accepted, but it says "Invite Pending".
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    @DYRE: Okay, he isn't obscure, but no one gives a shit about him.

    And Enker.

    @Everest: I was talking to Nyktos, asking if the Nyktos I friended is this Nyktos.
  • NyktosNyktos
    edited 2011-07-27 16:50:09
    a little muffled
    Yes, it's me.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^^ Oh, okay.
  • inkblotinkblot
    edited 2011-07-27 18:57:38
    000
    Ironically, my only computer left is a Mac, and Moonbase Alpha is PC exclusive.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    @Everest: Hmm...you're still listed as my having sent a friend request to you.

    Do you have any non-free games on Steam?
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-07-27 19:34:03
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^ Nope. In fact, I've only downloaded the Critical Mass demo so far. I've been too busy with other stuff to invest in a non-free game.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2011-07-27 19:42:51
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    @Everest: There are some strange issues if you have a free Steam account.

    ----

    For some reason the second video doesn't amuse me that much, but the first one does.

    Related:

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    what the hell did I just watch
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    aeiou
  • ColorPrinterColorPrinter
    edited 2011-07-27 21:40:23
    ʍɥɐʇ po ʎon ɔɐll ɐ ɾoʞǝ ʍıʇɥonʇ ɐ dnuɔɥlıuǝ
    There's one problem with the game. If you completely ignore the aspect of listening to the hilarity of text-to-speech programs...

    ....it's not that fun a game. At all. It's fun for about 1 or 2 rounds, then maybe you try to beat your times and then you just give up, turn on the text-to-speech option, and type random things in an attempt to hear the program mispronounce them in the silliest ways while trying to flip a rover over and abuse the physics engine.
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    Gentlemen, we just did SCIENCE.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycn7S30UoMg

     

     

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