I think the best summary of 2006 would be a tribute to Time’s “Person of the Year”. That’s right, I’m talking about YouTube star David Thompson. Thompson bravely ventured to a town hall meeting despite a terrorist threat in the form of a rogue helicopter pilot — a pilot, mind you, that is not only loose in our airspace, but also in our country. I believe a close second in this year’s race was the BlendTec blender, which boldly blended things once thought to be unblendable.
Like Capt. Mal Reynolds stumbling in after a bar fight, the short-lived but much beloved sci-fi series Firefly will soon make an unexpected return, not as a TV show, but as a massively multiplayer online game.
Now that’s shiny.
Multiverse, maker of a free MMO-creation platform, plans to announce Friday morning that it’s struck a deal with Fox Licensing to turn the show into an MMORPG in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies or Eve Online.
Shiny, indeed. I’m hoping that Multiverse’s deal with Fox will mean a faster development cycle for their engine.
Having read a few comments here and there after the announcement, it seems fans of the show/movie are falling into two groups:
1. Wow, I can’t believe it! Great news! I can’t wait to play it! I hope it’s a fun game.
2. Ugh. They probably won’t have fans of the show create it. It will be a disaster. The Firefly universe is unfit for MMOs because I say so. My ideas are better than what this team will scrap together. Of all things Fox could do to appease us, they decide to license a game.
Obviously the sci-fi crowd is a fickle group. The game hasn’t even been started yet so hold on to your butts. …and the argument about the ‘verse being unfit for MMOs (which I found on quite a few forums and blogs) is kind of retarded. I shouldn’t even have to explain that.
