Star Citizen Video Game Launches $27,000 Players' Pack (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Crowdfunded space simulation game Star Citizen has launched its $27,000 Legatus Pack, which includes nearly all its spacecraft plus extras. Only players who have already spent $1,000 in the game can access the pack. Cloud Imperium, the creators of Star Citizen, has received more than $200m in crowdfunding since launching a Kickstarter campaign for it in 2012. According to its website it has more than two million players, although the game itself is still in development. Star Citizen aims to create a vast science fiction universe that can be explored in dozens of spaceships, with first-person space combat, all online and multi-player.

Comments

Re:Everybody's got problems

[OrangeTide]

It's based on a study I read (which I might be able to dig up if you'd like). Mostly the study was to show that literacy in women is an important factor in the third world. Perhaps not directly applicable to the US.

Growing up in the rust belt, I know that there are (or at least were) full time jobs for men that paid pretty well and didn't require a college education. And fathers generally have less of an impact on early child development than mothers. Paying the bills and make sure the baby has material needs met is the classic contribution of a father. But babies learn to talk and (hopefully) read from their mother. In an ideal world both parents would contribute equally, but if you're working or traveling from 7am to 6pm you aren't necessarily the biggest part of your child's life. (sorry to share the bad news)

P.S. - when I say "for men" or "for women". I mean the current gender ratios are 80% or greater for that job. Not to indicate that discrimination is OK. (sorry guys, most schools don't want to hire men as a kindergarten teacher. guess you'll have to be a junior high teacher and get paid more. boo hoo)