Alright, I'm going to get this out of the way up front:  Here's a link to the website.  
Don't let the quality of the site fool you, though:  Artemis is totally awesome!  
Artemis is a video game in which players take on the roles of various bridge officers on a starship.  In this way, it resembles but is legally distinct from Star Trek.  As a video game, it's a bit unusual in a few ways.  For starters, it's a fully cooperative PC game, and as far as I know it's the only one.  It's also best played by several people together in the same room.  Sure, lots of people enjoy their LAN parties, but here we have a game whose experience is clearly best that way.  There are five bridge stations, and up to six can play, including a captain to command the others.  While this might sound a bit lame, the captaining thing actually improves the crew's survivability, since it turns what could otherwise turn into a big shouting match into an orderly system of advising the captain and taking orders.  And, of course, a projector is recommended for the main screen.  
I started out thinking that I'd just go on and on about it, but I realize that, for anyone who hasn't played it or seen it played, most of what I would say wouldn't make any sense.  I'd suggest buying a copy BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME and also because each copy has a "bridge license" which is enough to put it on five computers, for all five bridge stations.  I also recommend rocking violently from side to side whenever the ship is hit.  ;)
Monday, May 30, 2011
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