tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post2042509584287377551..comments2024-03-28T00:43:37.279-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: What We Will Fight Over: Climate Change?Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-46689744280043469902020-10-22T14:46:00.715-05:002020-10-22T14:46:00.715-05:00Why you didn't mention the Anno 2070/2205 game...Why you didn't mention the Anno 2070/2205 games? In 2070, the climate change is what kicks off the setting, while 2205 focuses on the aftermath. I love those games, as my own sci-fi setting is heavily based on them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350812173667351396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-90841044372655244802016-05-20T00:40:32.058-05:002016-05-20T00:40:32.058-05:00A rather enlightening blog post, I'm already g...A rather enlightening blog post, I'm already getting seed ideas from it for my own setting. And considering the Climate Change Apex being 2100 or at least the early twenty-second century naughties if nothing is done, that just might be a crux pressure for my own "hard" space opera setting's back history. Probably would have to reword and rework certain parts of it, but it wouldn't be the first time. It would also be good fodder to explain the initial push for colonization both interplanetary and STL interstellar.<br /><br />As for the whole floating cities entry, I can only assume that they'll be hotspots for conflict if said floating cities are ecopolises with self-sufficient biospheres that would make them the envy of the hungry masses on shore, akin to the whole Somali Pirates issue. And them being possibly the last bastions of high technology in what could be best amount to a Mad Max world, another kernel of ideas that I could use for my own setting. Anyway, kudos for giving me these ideas.Sabersonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304850400062201271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-33140725634513260612016-05-12T01:38:20.411-05:002016-05-12T01:38:20.411-05:00Great article, to bad you missed out on Battlefiel...Great article, to bad you missed out on Battlefield 2142. That was another story of mankind fucking up and freezing over the earth.<br /><br />Also there was that game Creative Assembly tried to make for the Xbox. Stormrise. Someguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320868434966243515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-79373789193542858262015-08-12T05:45:40.132-05:002015-08-12T05:45:40.132-05:00One thing u forgot to add in this is eco-terrorism...One thing u forgot to add in this is eco-terrorism. With the increase in"man made climate change"( in quotations to avoid controversy) there would be a steady rise in eco terrorist attacks on oil companies and other things to try to stop what they're doing to the environment. <br /> IT will be a conflict that will make Afghanistan look like gulf war 1 because of how hard it is to fight these cells which would be across the first & third world. You should do a segment on eco terrorism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555953556972572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-38337591010851886392015-01-11T23:50:46.024-06:002015-01-11T23:50:46.024-06:00No Quantum Gate? For shame! :P
It's an ear...No Quantum Gate? For shame! :P <br />It's an early cdrom game, so it's less a "game" and more an interactive movie.<br /><br />It has it everything! Polluted Earth, quantum gate, another world, space marines, aliens, miners, conspiracies, an evil corporation, bad acting and of course being the early 90s... VR!! <br /><br />It's probably because this was the first pc game I played when I switched from using the MIGHTY Amiga 500 that I remember it so fondly. I hated PCs(still do) and games like this made the transition almost bearable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-88936992707961290092013-08-31T22:50:15.763-05:002013-08-31T22:50:15.763-05:00@Pandorum: More Morlocks in space.@Pandorum: More Morlocks in space.Man of Sinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027963356466392950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-52417929510660053342013-07-03T16:39:24.090-05:002013-07-03T16:39:24.090-05:00No, the wildfire hasn't got me... but the trag...No, the wildfire hasn't got me... but the tragic loss of those 19 firefighters is absolutely awful, we are lucky that there are people brave enough to put themselves in the harms way to keep the rest of us safe.<br /><br />Cool, hope you enjoy your visit 'round Xmas time!! <br /><br />Most of my criticisms apply to the anthropogenically induced Dying Earth, i.e. if Earth is dying because of overpopulation, global warming from burning of fossil fuels, and environmental pollution, that doesn't fit with a technology able to achieve interstellar travel. A Mad Max future seems far more likely in that scenario. It also seems unlikely we could f*ck up our planet enough to make it harder to survive here than it would be on Mars. You already can't breathe or find food there. XD<br /><br />Personally, I like the Cosmic Catastrophe (although most such scenarios seem to be billions of years in the future... the sun won't turn red giant for a while, after all) and Inadvertence, the careless use of technology causing a result we don't want. What if we did something like accidentally release a self-replicating machine/organism that is about as interesting as crabgrass, useless to us, and out-competing every photosynthetic organism on Earth?<br /><br />Looking forward to the Dying Earth blogpost!! Christopher Phoenixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-75868559958090504712013-07-03T08:55:14.805-05:002013-07-03T08:55:14.805-05:00I have noticed that you have not been posting...I ...I have noticed that you have not been posting...I was worried that the wildfire had got you. BTW, my aunt and uncle just built a house in Prescott, and we are going to have Xmas in Arizona!<br />It seems that the Dying Earth scenario is very popular this year in sci-fi cinema, and with the looming threat of climate change, it is likely to grow. Out of the technology that makes Earth hostile to human life, my favorite is the grey goo. <br />FWS is working on a blogpost about fleeing a dying Earth scenario in the next few months. Watch for it.<br />Thanks for commenting and reading...and welcome back. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-65528673522499230012013-07-03T06:54:44.271-05:002013-07-03T06:54:44.271-05:00Hey, William, it's been a while since I visite...Hey, William, it's been a while since I visited last... interesting post!! Indeed, I've heard it told that climate change is considered a security threat by our military and those of other nations. <br /><br />However much we might like to think technology is the solution to all our problems, we are still tied to the land. If climate change and environmental damage really do deprive countries of vital resources and displace whole groups of people, conflict will likely ensue. Perhaps it might even make a nuclear exchange or other use of WMDs more likely. <br /><br />Regarding the "Fleeing Dying Earth" scenario driving interstellar migration- this concept is very popular in SF stories (FIREFLY!!!!!), and has even been brought up at the recent Starship Century symposium, along with the odd proposal that we might colonize the galaxy to convert all other alien species to some future religion (!?)... clearly a progressive, scientifically oriented goal worth working towards. O_o <br /><br />I felt the "Fleeing Dying Earth" scenario was not very plausible before, since the required technologies for interstellar flight imply solutions to our planetary woes as well. Means to generate huge amounts of energy cheaply will eliminate fossil fuels, and so forth. If we can build huge ships in space, we could also build huge sunshades and mirrors to modify our climate (geoengineering), though this might be risky or promote weaponization.<br /><br />Of course, SF loves dooming worlds and civilizations. If pollution can't do it, then how about misguided attempts at geoengineering causing runaway climate change, or doomsday weapons, or changes in the sun (not very plausible as the sun is a pretty sedate star, but popular with Arthur C. Clarke- see "The Songs of Distant Earth" and "Rescue Party"). And the message of caution may be one we need to hear if we are to survive for the long term and reach faraway stars.<br /><br />Part of the plausibility of the "Dying Earth" scenario depends on the extent of the damage. If Earth has become an overly hot, overpopulated, miserable place to live people may wish to move elsewhere even if Earth isn't "uninhabitable" by strict definition. But I hope that scenario won't come about.<br /><br />Christopher PhoenixChristopher Phoenixnoreply@blogger.com