Starr Long, Producer of sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa, spruces up the PlayNC Dev Corner with updates regarding Deployment 11, to include a new high-level (50+) instance, Dybukkar Garrison, plus the impact of Richard Garriott`s nutty venture with Operation Immortality. Starr is claiming an influx of subscribers to Tabula Rasa, which is in keeping with recent news that NCsoft has enjoyed a bump in their second quarter financials., with the notable fact that Richard Garriott`s baby -- though still the underdog in the NCsoft lineup -- has posted modest gains as well.

While I`ve never been compelled to return to Tabula Rasa after Chuck and I previewed it a year ago, it`s hard not to root for its cause, considering the harsh truth that sci-fi MMOs are so few and far between. Despite science fiction being a branch of the fantasy genre, it may seem that people still want to go with what they know.