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K.O.L.M. | Armor Games

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:34:46 +0000

"You're a broken robot. Fix yourself up to please Mother. Do as you're told. You don't want to let her down, and you can't even jump yet. Let's do something about that."

Tags: #exploration #gaming #metroidvania

Charlie's Diary: The myth of the starship

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:10:22 +0000

"If we succeed in doing it, it's going to look nothing like the Starship Enterprise. Or even New Horizons. The whole reference frame we instinctively assume when we hear the word "ship" is just so wrong it's beyond wrong-ness: it's on a par with Baron Munchausen's lunar exploits as seen in light of the Apollo Program. We need a new handle for discussing and analyzing such a venture. And the sooner we consign the "-ship" suffix to the dustbin of failed ideas, the better."

Tags: #exploration #scifi #space #spaceships #starships

Videogames And The Impossibility Of Escape From Planet Earth | jim rossignol

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:23:45 +0000

"if space flight is really going to take thousands of years, hundreds of generations, and immense resources that could be better spent on having a good time, why should millions of sentient beings be expected to sink their lives into making it happen?"

Tags: #aliens #culture #exploration #future #gaming #space