I was shocked to learn that the Mars 500 project is now on Day 78, or that it even existed. But then again, I don't keep up much with current events outside the video game sphere. Check out what they're all about here. The short story: a few dudes in a capsule for 520 days to simulate the stress of an extended space voyage (i.e. to Mars).
If science fiction films have taught us anything, it's that long, isolated journeys through space can only end in disaster. Tragedy awaits mankind in the void. With that in mind, the Russians are giving a trek to Mars a trial run. And they're bringing a Wii.
However, instead of playing the incredibly appropriate Super Mario Galaxy (1 or 2), apparently they only have a version of Rock Band or Band Hero or some music game of the same type. Dude... who the fuck can play the same 20 songs or so for 52o days straight? Whoever is in charge of this science-mandated, government approved, 17-month torture session is just asking for a psychotic break from one (if not all) of these cosmonauts. For fuck's sake, these men are going to be buried under layers of psychosis perpetrated by 1000-too-many amateur performances of Free Bird.
I give it 240 days before someone is sodomized with a plastic guitar and strangled.
Anyway, I put up a feature about the 5 games they should be playing up on the site. Check it out.
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