“Everyone at Cryptic Studios was saddened to hear of his passing and we want to make sure we never forget the cultural impact of the man or the character he played,” posted Executive Producer Steve Ricossa. “To that end, the Star Trek Online team will implement a standing in-game memorial to Spock and Leonard Nimoy this Thursday March 5th with our regular weekly maintenance.”
Elite: Dangerous is making a spot for this sci-fi icon as well. “Just a heads up that there’ll be a Nimoy Memorial station added in the Wings update (1.2), so the Yembo station is still open for other suggestions,” wrote Executive Producer Michael Brookes.
Even Star Citizen’s devs had a touching word or two about Nimoy’s passing: “No petition necessary. I think it’s safe to say that Mr. Nimoy was an inspiration to all of us on the team, both acting as Spock and because of his core, kind humanity. We will find an appropriate way to honor him.”
[Source Elite: Dangerous forums, Star Trek Online forums, Star Citizen forums. Thanks to Carl, Raku, and Cardboard for the tips!]
Rebel Engie Elirion Some do.
Elirion
This actually made me think … our space MMOs should really give tribute to (or at least raise awareness of) the work of living, real astronauts and NASA, who are actually doing REAL work to make our fantasies a reality.
Somehow weave the efforts of these scientists and researches into the public conciousness through the games we play.
Elirion Just relinking Terry Virt’s salute.
Elirion
Yeah just the other day I noticed while kitten videos clock up millions of views, NASA vids are only in the low few thousands.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision/videos
Estranged One way they can honor him in Star Citizen is to have a statue somewhere in the PU.
Like this:Â http://star-citizen.com.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Helios.jpg
I love this. This is why MMO’s rock.
LordOfBread Un-bloody believable. It’s true, some people will honestly insist on seeing bad in anything.
SWTOR should do a tribute too, if only to troll the Trekkies.
Grats to these developers for honoring and remembering someone who encouraged folks to shoot for the stars.
cyanhide Wow talk about rude and mean.