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These Incredible Mars Images Make Me Feel Like A Kid Again, And Then I Feel Sad
I’m not sure how to frame this in terms of video games, but I also feel as though it is my duty to share this. As kids I think we were all obsessed with the idea of space travel. That’s part of the reason we love games, the escape to different universes. I remember six years old and reading magazines that told me that man would be on mars by 2015. I figured I would spend at least some of my adult life on Mars and I was hyped.
Valve Engineer Wants To Go To Mars. No, Really.
If you think Valve Time is bad now, wait until their engineers are on another planet. Meet Jeep Barnett. He’s a programmer at Valve, a former student at DigiPen, and one of the original creators of Narbacular Drop, the 3D puzzle game that let you navigate the world using a pair of connected portals. He went on to help create that game’s spiritual successor, Portal.
Call The Geek Squad: Mars Curiosity Rover Hit With Memory Issue
As if Mars wasn’t a hostile enough environment already, now it’s come to light that computer glitch-causing radioactive energy might be flying around. That’s one theory as to why NASA was forced to put the Curiosity Rover into safe mode this week, at least.
Meet Scott Maxwell: Star Wars Fan. Gamer. And He Drives A Rover On Mars
Some people have cool jobs. And then there’s Scott Maxwell, who has one of the best gigs on two planets. He’s one of the people who drives the Curiosity Rover on Mars. How do you get that job? What’s it like? And how does it compare to all the sci-fi and video game fantasies we’ve all had about this kind of thing?
Get Your Ass To Mars In This Space Flight Video Game
Because landing on Mars is the hottest thing this year, Lunar Flight – the terrifyingly realistic space landing simulator – is being updated to include a map of the Martian surface, meaning you can recreate the sensation of touching down on an alien world over and over and over again to your heart’s content.
Mars Rover Survives Seven Minutes Of Terror, Lands Successfully On The Surface
Well, the little rover that could has gone and done it. Having survived an epic voyage and a convoluted, dangerous descent, NASA’s Curiosity Rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Nice job, little guy. And nice job all the men and women who designed and built the little guy.
Today The Curiosity Rover Will Get Its Ass To Mars — Watch It Live Here
So yeah, technically it’s not video games. But I’ve played enough games set on Mars, or set in space, to know that this is a goddamn big deal, and I think you should know about it! Today at 3pm the Curiosity Rover will land on Mars, where it will promptly discover the last hiding place of the Decepticons and unleash an apocalyptic robot war the likes of which Earth has never seen.
Watch The Curiosity Mars Landing Live On Your Xbox This Weekend
The game that lets you try your own hand at landing the next Mars rover may not be as cool as advertised, but the real event probably will be. And the real event is coming up this weekend, with Curiosity scheduled to land on the Martian surface late Sunday night (or early Monday morning, depending on your time zone).
Rage HD Will Go Free If You Like Rage Enough
Bethesda said today that once the RAGE Facebook page reaches 100,000 “Likes”, RAGE HD for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch will be available for free for one week. Like them on Facebook.
