In an event that will rock the world Richard Garriott will be going to space.? The funny thing is that Lord British is not going alone, he’s taking the DNA of 32 lucky individuals with him.? All you have to do is have a Tabula Rasa account (even a free trial one) during the month of August.

“A select few US players will have their DNA digitised and sent,” said Garriott. “And, theoretically, if anything happens to the human race, it could be their DNA that is used to resurrect humanity.”

Uh…..is someone going to make sure that the 32 individuals have the best possible DNA strand?? I mean, we don’t want a new humanity with hereditary issues like buck teeth and well, stupidity do we?? What if the space aliens of the future bring one of those DNA strands back to life and it’s George W. Bush or Al Gore or someone?? We don’t want them representing all of us do we?? What the hell are we going to do then, point the finger and say it’s Richard Garriott’s fault?? What are they going to do, find his DNA, resurect him and bitch-slap him to the other end of the Milky Way?? Is anybody thinking that this could turn into a bigger problem but me? Why can’t we dig up Albert Einstein or something and send his DNA into space instead? Dammit, why aren’t other people thinking of this? We need to send the DNA of smart, Nobel prize-wining individuals, NOT Brittany Spears.

Ok, ok. Calming down now.? Apparently I got carried away, Richard’s team has indeed sent a request for the DNA of the world’s brightest minds, coolest looking bodies and the biggest cultural standouts. So the 32 Mountain Dew-drinking, parent-basement-living, over-sized backpack wearing, gaming geeks wil have backup, or will be cast as the extras. Alright, no harm in that.

If you’re remotely interested in saving all of Humanity, head on over to the Tabula Rasa main site and open an account with the other billion or so people.

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