The game Tabula Rasa features a character cloning system; real life doesn't feature such a wonderful process. It seems NCSoft is looking to change that, in the most bizarre publicity stunt I've seen, well, ever. Oh, Lord British, I wish I knew what to say.
Here's the scoop: NCSoft has created "Operation Immortality," a DNA harvesting drive in which they get swabs from participants' cheeks and blast their digitized DNA into space so that if the earth gets destroyed, aliens will be able to replicate the human race. And they want me to be a part of this event.
I am not sure whether I should be honored or frightened.
They need my help, because I am one of the "brightest, most talented minds alive today." Is it wrong that my bright mind wonders what other nefarious ways NCSoft could be using my DNA? What if NCSoft is a tool of the Illuminati, and I will inadvertently be drawn into a warped world of gene splicing and societal manipulation? What if I am the first human ever cloned? Would you want to see a thousand little Kevins running around?
The good news is that if I don't participate, I still have free Q-Tips!
It's called a "specimen envelope." I wonder if that is what they call the envelope a urine sample is carried in? Also, the instructions say you must scrub your cheek with the swab aggressively for 30 seconds. What if there are particles from my burrito still in there, and they send cow DNA instead? What if my brilliant mind is replaced with bovine brains? All the little Kevins will be going "moo" all the time.
So what do you think? Should I send my DNA to NCSoft, so it can accompany Richard Garriott into space? Reply here with a yay or nay, and I will post a video of the process!
It's been a while since I did one of these, but I had so much fun last night it's worth sharing. Let's review, shall we?
1) Some map-makers don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. We played on a map that proudly proclaimed its clan affiliation (Sacramento 420 Clan, or something like that), and man, was it awful. It had all this weird fog in random areas, was too wide open, was terribly unbalanced (assault class was totally useless), spawned you in the middle of the field--it didn't even have flags, which means creating it for Day of Defeat made no sense. Too bad, since there are tons of awesome user-created maps for Day of Defeat--we just got dealt a bad hand!
2) Cat's in the Cradle is not the best song to get your teammates in the mood. Check out the final seconds of the video--you'll see what I mean.
3) The GameSpot community is filled with awesome people. Thanks especially to my in-game nemesis Drumbreak. Dude, what is your GS username? I want to give you the emblem but I don't know who you are! Send me a message, a'ight?
In the meanwhile, check out the footage below to see (and hear) what you missed!
