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With all of the current Sci-Fi MMO's that are out there right now, Star Wars The Old Republic, Star Trek Online, and Eve Online, to name a few of the top ones for right now. we have so many to play and yet none feel truly Sci-Fi.
One of those games has proven one thing it can be better. star trek online is a fun game, and like myself, many fans of Star Trek play it solely because it is set in the Iconic TV Show by the same name's universe. but if anything it does prove is that all games in that genera of the industry can learn allot from it.
one of the many things I look for in Sci-Fi is that it should have a varied experience. and that is what the one game i mentioned above offers, but I still would like a game that has everything it does, but gives us a fresh new universe to play in.
So, to point out a peak purpose for this thread, I thought it would be fun to analyze the genera, and find out how would others agree would be the best way to make one that does just that.
In order to do this, lets first ask some needed questions about the genera.
until Star Trek Online came along, Why do most of the ones in the genera we had, only let us play only either, in space on spaceships, or as a person on the ground?
Star Trek Online has both, and even in spite of the issues with that game itself, both now and at launch, that was a good thing for the genera. star trek online isn't that revolutionary in technology.
So the argument of not being possible before it came out seems to be unsupported and untrue, by the evidence it presents, simply by existing at all. it could easily run on computers which were so old that they still had a dial up modem installed. (I know because I play it on one, even though I upgraded it to DSL still, if the hardware inside of the computer is still stock as the day i bought it. then you cant argue that the tech for the game, shouldn't have worked both ways before) the fact that it can shows it could have been done at any time before. they simply chose not to try.
another question for the genera to ask is, Why do most of the games in the genera have to be themed after some TV Movie or other media industries setting?
in the list of games I have posted above only one, is outside of the conditions of that fact. the game called EVE Online does not exist in some movie, TV show, or other media's, setting. that is refreshing, but it also is limiting because the makes of it were so unoriginal, it stagnated the possibilities that it could have had. they decided that all the players in the game could only play humans. (Don't fucking quote the website bullshit, that the factions are different breeds of humanoid. to me they are all boring fucking humans! the word is even the first part of the term used!) that is against what I look for in a Sci-Fi setting of any kind, as I said I like variety, one race choice is pretty damn closed minded for such an amazing diverse visual game that EVE is, and that is just plain sad. it would have been fun if only they had given us more.(trust me however that is not my only complaint about the game, we just don't have all day so I'll move on!)
for the most part those are both good questions to ask and difficult to also even answer. the thing is, they are trick questions. There aren't even good answers. but with those questions come the most important one of all,
Why can't someone already made a new MMO in the genera that has everything that those others have?
my requirements of such a game would have to be the following,
those are high requirements I know, but to get me to play, they are key points. the last one is much more flexible, I'm not against a movie or TV setting, it just needs enough interest to make me want to play in it.
The first requirement is the most important, if star trek can do it then damn it so can someone else. i always want to try an idea of a space setting with starships that actually work like starships. having space battleships dueling out like ships at sea but with the ability to fight in 3D space sounds like allot of fun. Star trek does it well, but it so far is the only one that does it well, and lets you go down to a planet and kick ass just as good! this game isn't perfect however, it's just the best example.
how I would make it work? good question. lets start with the two game modes in star trek online. its the game I find does it the best., (lets just call them ground mode, and space mode, for easy reference from now on.) both are really fun to play.
in ground mode, when the game first came out, it played much like another game of the fantasy genera, World of Warcraft. basically walk around and click targets and attack them hitting buttons with the cursor just like WOW as most call it. but, months after release, they went back and changed all that, they added a revolutionary feature called the "Shooter Mode" this allowed you to shoot anything anywhere if you simply pointed at it with the built on screen cursor, this turned it into a shooter type game, and this made something, unfun and grindy, into something entertainingly fun and exciting. if I could make my own game I would have it work the same way, I wouldn't even change anything.
in Space Mode I would make it work similar to the way it does in Star Trek Online, this is the best way to do it, but not the only one. the way weapons work in it, I would have a more "Space Battleship Yamoto" style feel to them.( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato ) where basically the mouse cursor would control where the guns fire with the similar cursor the game uses in 'Shooter Moe" on the ground, but the keyboard controls the ships maneuverings and speed just like it does in Star Trek Online now, with few to no changes there.
The trouble with star trek online space weapons targeting is the fact that you cannot change targets quickly enough and that's its weak point. if you play the game for yourself you will likely agree. with the mouse cursor controlling the weapons by simply clicking on the target like WOW, this is the dumbed down way to do it. if we attach the camera to the mouse, and have a space based version of the games "shooter mode", it frees up the targeting to be like it does with the Ground modes controls. why the makers of the game haven't done this is beyond me, as the fact that they changed it to do that on the ground months after the game came out. but still, they have in my honest opinion improved it as opposed to what it was. So, I still have hope they eventually will do it for space mode some day.
i also have an idea which isn't possible yet, but its worth mentioning.
well, what if the space and the ground avatars could be able to affect one or the other? right now that is the only weakness of star trek online. the two don't play together, and that one is the only way the tech argument would be plausible, as even Star Trek Online cant do it Yet. but, if you could, then it would open some good possibilities. I have heard that star wars galaxies did recently find a way to do it, but as its now going to close its hard to state it as a success.
so what do you guys think what else would you want in "A true Sci-Fi MMO"
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Originally posted by lordwolfe
An author capable of writing hard SF on the staff.
Space travel/combat (while a nice addition) is not a requirement of good science fiction. It's more of a "made for TV" SF-lite staple, really. But if that's what you're into, that's fine.
Gimme Ringworld and I'll be a happy camper.
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Originally posted by Icewhite
While I agree with you, but sadly most really good SciFi writers like that are either dead, or they are too busy writing sequels to do a vidio game. i seriously doubt it will happen.
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Probably not the game you're looking for since its an FPS and it does not have more than one playable race due to the aliens being extinct...we believe. but it has infantry, tank and aircraft combat. this is the art video for the Vanu who base their technology from the ancient technology.
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Originally posted by lordwolfe
You are very wrong about good sci fi writers being dead. A lot of the good ones are still alive:
1. William Gibson
2. Dan Simmons
3. Orson Scott Card
4. Neal Stephenson
5. Iain M. Banks
There's more but I'm listing the ones who have been pretty hot in the sci-fi genre for a while. No doubt if you threw enough money at these guy they could write you a fantasctic storyline for a video game.
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Btw, here is a free idea of how to make something like Eve online with its "single" server world (it's a cluster of servers), could work with 10 million subscribers:
Imagine any sci-fi universe with alot of planets or star systems (maybe not that many IP's already), where gameplay is founded on limiting how many people play on any one particular location. Obviously, if all 10 mil players were to be logged on at the same time and try to stay at the same planet, you would probably get a game that is crashing or is not working properly. So it would be of great importance of herding players so that they do not randomly travel around.
Imagine if 10 mil Brazilians suddenly wanted to travel to and stay in Denmark for a week one day, they would probably not be allowed in I think, or perhaps such a proposition is logistically unsound. Would Denmark suddenly allow 10 mil more people on their soil, burdening their infrastructure, and maybe a localized on? I do not think so.
A game designer could invent a game mechanic that both controlled the movement of the players, insofar as population limits are an important concern regarding game stability. Other aspects would be; trade, communication and combat in space (anyone could in theory travel to the same star system, clogging it up by stressing the servers).
Ideas for managing these things, could be:
Edit: As for the sci-fi theme or genre, I imagine new eh scenairoes could be invented being complementary to the actual game design.
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Originally posted by f1seb
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Stephenson and Banks and even Simmons veered into inferior fields of publicistics and action-movie writing (like Reamde for Stephenson). Still, there is a hope.
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Originally posted by skyexile
I'm gonna have to agree with this chap right here. It looks like it's gonna be a pretty great game. I mean you get some pretty varied experiences. I mean already looks great. Really cool lighting effects and is being made on a great engine.
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Jagex (The people who make Runescape) Are creating a Sci-Fi Mmo, it was origanly called mechscape, but was scrapped as Jagex said that it was not good enough to relase (The lost Millions) They then started devolping Stellar dawn, which is nearing Beta by the sounds of it.
They've said this will be an Mmo with no grind at all, and it looks very promising, though Jagex thereself have not gone into much detail about the game, there has been posts on the runescape forums concerning it, and it doesn't look like to long till it's relased.
Originally posted by lordwolfe
I stopped reading right there.
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Originally posted by f1seb
Add Vernor Vinge to the list, the setting from his novel A Fire Upon the Deep in particular would make a great MMO universe. Also it's one of the best books I've ever read.
But there is an MMO coming out based on Tad Williams's Otherland and that one looks promising, too, if they don't screw it up with the cash shop. I haven't read the series yet, though.
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Originally posted by lordwolfe
Yep, they can learn what NOT to do. They took a prime IP and ruined it. Awful starship combat (Eve does this 1,000% better), pathetically limited planetary missions on tiny patches of ground fighting against mobs with the worst AI I have ever seen... The game is laughably bad. Where is the Exploration side of the game? There is no "Seek new worlds" aspect whatsoever. The Diplomacy? Everything is land here - kill this. Fly here - kill this.
No wonder the game is going F2P in January, since the game self ecidently isn't worth paying a subscription for. A bunch of four of us bought the game on release, and we all gave up within a few months because the game was so limited and simplistic. STO bears virtually no relationship to the Star Trek Books, Films and TV series apart from the name. If you're pleased with STO you're VERY easily pleased.
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Originally posted by Icewhite
Have to admit that I was kind of surprised by the original post given the title of the thread. Perhaps I give into some of the "snobbery" mentioned in this article and the comments I find to be kind of funny: http://www.filmcritic.com/features/2011/02/science-fiction-vs-science-fantasy/
Whatever "flavor" of science fiction one may enjoy though, we have few sci-fi MMOs in comparison to how many "fantasy" MMOs there are.
Personally, I would not need spaceships in my true Sci-Fi MMO.
I'd be leaning more toward a pseudo near future cyberpunk type game.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
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Originally posted by f1seb
I did say most didnt I?
besides the latter still applies. lets face it i wouldnt stop riteing just to make a vidio game either.
Originally posted by Dibdabs
im not by any means a cryptic fanboy, and as such i do agree with you that STO does have its issues. (hence why im looking for other games.)
but are you really delusional into bealieveing that EVE is perfect too? sory to sound a bit of a hating nerd, but the game has its share of bad ideas as well. and im not saying that as a means to bash the game, as posted in your very quote, I acrtually used to like EVE.
I just realized when playing STO I can have both in one game and why not. im not trying to say STO is perfect either, but at least they made it easier to play.
EVE is fine for people like you that enjoy hard to work with, Fly by Menue Window starships, but ill keep my click and go easy button star trek way thank you. if you could prepose a middle ground then ok, but EVE's interface is what slows it down so bad, its not by any means better, maybe more simulated, but I wouldn't call either of them Better. the both of them are about the same, so I dont know where you got that argument. if maybe the warp travel in STO was handled a little les cartoony then yeah it could have been way better as well. so both are eaqual in good and bad. otherwise i would still be playing both.
The reason I dont like EVE, is also because the makers of it are rude and have openly insulted their customers, and not by changing the game with something they dont like, no I would still play it if that were the case. they chose to out rite call thier customers "winey little [Censured]" on thier own web blog, and that made me leave it on principle. so maybe that may be something you can live with, but I just cant get into a company that dosen't have a pashion for the work they do. sory if that dosent sound right, but thats just how I feel about them.
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Originally posted by lordwolfe
LMAO, infer much? No, Eve is far from perfect. All I said was that Eve does starship combat 1,000% better than STO, which it does. STO starship combat is one step above Noughts and Crosses.
People like you always think a favouable comment about a particular game, in comparison to some other game, means that the person making the comment is some sort of fanboi. Protip: It doesn't.
Originally posted by lordwolfe
Here's the proof of how rude they are.
Also, CCP are the only studio who KEEP working on its 8 years old game EVE rather than releasing sequels. They're as un-pasionate about EVE that they'll release a brand new FPS MMO game linked to EVE and finally we can see their "lack of passion" about EVE by looking at how up to date it is.
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Originally posted by Madimorga
I'm reading it now and it is indeed fantastic. Other good authors for MMO worlds would include Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld. All feature a multitude of war torn planets that I would just love to explore in an MMO.


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#1- I'll make some contributes to your S.America trip and when I am down there in couple of years, you can make some contributes when you are reading my riding report at your home in few years from now?
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#2- I have to say this that you and I are alike in most way. We are cheapskate and can survive to go as far as we want to go. This last summer, I decided to do TAT at very last minute joining my friend and I had a $1,200 budget to get to Port Orford from my home in Seven Springs, NC. In Moab, I struggled to decide if I should go on with my trip with low fund and no tools (lost it in Colorado) but thanks to friends via Facebook, I got few hundred dollars in donation to continue so I finished the trip the overall one-way was $1,390 making final cost $2,600 when I got home. This TAT trip was my prelude to Key West-Deadhorse-Ushuaia trip and now I feel confidence in doing the big trip on a very tight and restricted budget.
So now I am going to keep a close watch on your Riding Report with a $5k budget to start with heading out with guts to do whatever it takes getting down there. Please do share your expenses of getting yourself and your bike over the Darien as this insight would give me some idea what to prepare. If you prefer, maybe PM me the total overall expenses if you are not comfortable sharing it on here.
And out of curious, what is the main goal in S. America? Tierra Del Fuego? Ushuaia?
Hi WAWC,
Wow! Thanks for the info and encouragement! I will gladly donate on your future ride report. And will get right on setting up a paypal account. I didn't realize it was so easy. I think it would be a good thing to have even if only so my friends and family can easily get money to me if the bike blows up or my wallet gets stolen or somesuch.
I have no problem reporting back how much it costs. You don't hear much about how much it takes to get down to South America and back other than a lot or as much as you have.
Mind you I am traveling on a shoestring budget which is not for everyone. But I know there are a lot of folks that can travel frugally and would appreciate hearing back how much to expect to spend.
As far as goals that's a tough question. Last trip I was heading to Guatemala to the dentist since I hadn't been in 20 years and figured I needed root canals or something. I ended up riding to Panama and back after finding out it would only cost me 400 bucks to have my teeth fixed. I started out with 3000 and ended up with 700 when I got back to Arizona. So minus dental work it cost 1900 to get to Panama and back. But I didn't do much camping. Mostly stayed in Cheap Hotels. This trip, sure it would be nice to make it down to Patagonia or Ushuaia and see some penguins, but realistically I don't think I have the funds. I am getting older and have always wanted to make it to South America. And I'm gonna get there this time whicheverAnywayIcan gosh durnit'.
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On this trip, we'll be using titanium mountain bikes that are just right for the non-technical dirt road riding as well as the paved riding. (approximately 40% dirt and 60% paved).
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We're thrilled to add our incredible Costa Rica Multisport adventure to our Family Breakaway roster. Over six incredible days, you and your family will experience Costa Rica's splendor from every perspective - from the seat of your bike as you spin along a volcanic ridgeline, from the edge of your raft as you splash through white water and from the rain forest canopy as you zip through the trees. And don't forget all the time you'll have to relax - and play! - at our jungle lodges and beachfront resort.- Regional Manager, Latin America


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We've kept in touch ever since. Though I work in a far place, he asked me to be one of the godfathers of his child. We see each other at least once a year when I go home and I get to join his family for dinner.
I've been carrying this feeling for him for a decade, and my problem is I don't know if I should confess my feelings for him. Other than the physical attraction, I feel he cares for me as well when we're together. I am afraid, though, that things may change badly for us once he knows my true feelings—though I already think he knows something.
Do I forever hold my peace, so as not to risk the friendship, and silently "suffer" and just enjoy the time with him? The second option of telling him seems so frightening.
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He considers you a friend. He now has a family who considers you family. And though you suspect he knows of what you are, he obviously has shrugged it off as something that doesn't concern him and something he will not meddle with.
How well do you know yourself? How much do you think you know this friend? Enough to know his likes, biases, cup of tea, and other nuances that make up his complete personae that make you love him?
What exactly do you want to happen once you've made your confession to him? Are you prepared to suffer the consequences of freeing the anguish you've borne for a decade? Or would you rather continue enjoying his company and harbor this innermost secret till kingdom come?
It's been said that love can sometimes be magic… and that magic can sometimes just be an illusion. You are a discerning guy from the looks of it. Quiz: Which could you bear more and live with without destroying yourself?
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Jeremy Mincey has been sidelined with a possible concussion.
Coach Gus Bradley says Mincey has a "head contusion," adding that the veteran is seeing a neurologist Friday for more testing.
Bradley says Mincey banged his head during drills Thursday.
Mincey has started the last 40 games for Jacksonville. He has 262 tackles and 18 sacks during his six-year NFL career.
The Jaguars also practiced without running back Justin Forsett (toe) and cornerback Lionel Smith (quadriceps). Forsett hyperextended a toe, an injury Bradley describes as "turf toe-type syndrome but not severe."
Bradley also gave several veterans the day off, including center Brad Meester, left tackle Eugene Monroe, linebacker Paul Posluszny and defensive linemen Tyson Alualu, Jason Babin and Roy Miller.
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The Sports Journalism Institute is set to welcome another class of students to the family as we prepare for bootcamp this summer in Columbia, Mo.
A group of three women and eight men make up the Class of 2015, which will be in residence at the University of Missouri School of Journalism from May 29-June 5, with students moving on to internships around the country.
The work experience that awaits them is as diverse as the class, with interns placed at APSE-member newspapers from coast to coast, ESPN, Sports Illustrated and MLB.com.
This year, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review will host an intern chosen through APSE's partnership with Scripps Howard, which provides students with a stipend that pays their summer expenses.
"I have worked closely with Greg (Lee) and Sandy (Rosenbush) when the Scripps Howard Foundation became involved," said former APSE President Phil Kaplan. "I was fortunate to have a member of the SJI Class of 2014 in my sports department. Avery Jennings was a valuable addition during the summer months he was here. Congratulations to the 23rd class."
In 2012, SJI and Missouri began a partnership in which SJI students will work out of the Missouri print and digital newsroom for their boot camp.
"Obviously SJI is a valuable group and we're glad to be able to host them here at the University of Missouri," said Greg Bowers, sports editor of the Columbia Missourian. "But the truth is we get more than we give. Each year, the SJI students bring their intelligence and experiences to our newsroom. And I think everyone leaves enriched."
SJI also has a partnership with the Association for Women in Sports Media. This year's AWSM scholar Ashley Scoby of the University of Kentucky will intern at Sports Illustrated.
Once again, SJI thanks its partners at the Asian-American Journalists Association (which selects one member of the class each year), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (which promotes our program in email newsletters to student members educators nationwide) and the National Association of Black Journalists (whose immediate past president is Gregory Lee Jr. a 1994 SJI alum, and which faithfully promotes and works with SJI). SJI also thanks its sponsors, including ESPN, APSE, MLB.com, USA Today and the National Football League.
As SJI turns 23, we thank our funders and partners (old and new). With their help, we've added roughly 275 women and minorities to the staffs of the nation's sports media.
"We are excited about the next crop of students who will be able to learn more about our profession in our bootcamp and look forward to them applying what they have learned into their summer internship," said Lee, who is executive sports editor of the South Florida SunSentinel.
The Class of 2015
Chris Bumbaca, Sophomore, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Kansas City Star
Michelle Fenelon, Senior, University of Massachusetts at Boston
South Florida SunSentinel
Wilton Jackson, Senior, University of Southern Mississippi
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Senior, Northeastern University
USA Today
Colby Lanham, Junior, Clemson University
Alex Nieves.Senior, Occidental College
Los Angeles News Group
Vincent Pena,Senior, Northern Arizona
Salt Lake Tribune
Ashley Scoby, AWSM Scholar, Senior
University of Kentucky
Sports Illustrated
Jaylon Thompson, Sophomore, University of Georgia
Houston Chronicle
Alysha Tsuji, AAJA Scholar, Senior, Pepperdine
Wynston Wilcox, Scripps Howard Scholar, Sophomore, Ohio University
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Cameron Wolfe, Senior, University of Houston
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3 to watch in 2013: Theater
Bold ideas, newly birthed works should highlight the year ahead on local stages
New faces, fresh ideas and a pioneering spirit are the common threads running through the new year's biggest and most attention-getting theater events. Here's a look at some of the intriguing places the San Diego region's stage artists promise to take us in 2013:
Old Globe's new leader
It is San Diego's flagship theater, with nearly eight decades of distinguished history. It regularly stages major world premieres and has sent 20-plus shows to Broadway, although none in the past five years. The last individual to serve as its artistic director — by that title, anyway — is a multiple Tony Award winner and one of the most in-demand directors on Broadway.
It's also an institution that's coming off one of its more tumultuous periods of recent years.
That's the backdrop Barry Edelstein has been left to contemplate as he settles into his new job as artistic chief of the Old Globe.
But no pressure.
Actually, Edelstein has plenty of his own history — and track record of success — in taking on top jobs at high-visibility institutions. The seasoned director comes to the Globe from New York's renowned Public Theater, where he headed up all Shakespeare programming, including the iconic Shakespeare in the Park.
It'll be a little while yet before Edelstein's full artistic influence takes hold at the Globe: Nearly all of the theater's announced productions came together before he officially joined in November.
Still, it's shaping up to be an eventful year for the Balboa Park institution, with an impressively cast revival of "Pygmalion" in January and the world-premiere musical adaptation of the TV series "The Honeymooners" in September. (That show has all the hallmarks of a Broadway hopeful.)
With the future wide open for the theater and its Shakespeare-centric new leader, the words of the Bard (from "Hamlet") seem apt: "We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
La Jolla Playhouse initiatives
Since its revival three decades ago, the Playhouse has built a rep as one of the more adventurous of major regional theaters. Under artistic director Christopher Ashley, that spirit of inquiry and experimentation has taken new forms.
Last year, the theater launched "Without Walls," a series dedicated to site-specific works. In 2013, not only will WoW (in Playhouse shorthand) continue, but it will be blossom into a full festival in the fall. The event will include the return of "The Car Plays: San Diego," a series of short works performed inside actual vehicles. ("Car Plays" was a major critical and audience success this year.)
Now the Playhouse also has added the DNA New Work Series, an initiative meant to foster plays at their very earliest stages of development. (It complements the theater's existing Page to Stage program, which brings more fully realized workshop productions and has birthed such eventual Broadway successes as "I Am My Own Wife" and "Peter and the Starcatcher.")
DNA debuts in January with "Chasing the Song," which reunites director Ashley with the creators of the Playhouse-launched, Tony-winning musical "Memphis." This piece about a hot young songwriter seems a fitting launch: Like the series, the play is all about the creative process.