Tabula Rasa, the sci-fi shooter MMO, launches November 2nd. It's Richard Garriot's newest enterprise, and it's a pretty sweet, innovative MMO. We've played the beta and even written a preview of the game.

Also on November 2nd, Stargate Atlantis airs it's newest episode. Guess what -- it's called Tabula Rasa.

We're pretty sure this is simply happenstance, as the show has nothing to do with the game, and because Stargate has already been licensed in efforts produce a potentially competing MMO. The whole thing does strike us as odd, however, since the phrase "tabula rasa" (meaning 'blank slate' in Latin) doesn't crop up in normal conversation every day. Or ever.

In discussing this with the other Wandering Goblin staffers, they've voiced the opinion that either the Illuminati or Dick Cheney is responsible for this.