Questions & Addenda #5: fermenting your pee, cute aggression, and centricities

Published: May 7, 2019, 9:45 a.m.

We got so much feedback over time from supporter Jeremy that we\u2019re dedicating a whole Questions & Addenda episode to covering them. Just like that one time.

\n\n Star Wars: The Last Jedi [episode page] \n\n

Guerilla space warfare. The Star Wars Geneva Convention. Chinese gun powder weaponization. Resources and impoetus in the development of killing technologies.

\n\n Ready Player One [episode page] \n\n

Speed-of-light internet latency. EVE online strategies for fun and profit. \u201cSharding\u201d as first-named in Ultima as a technical and storytelling solution.

\n\n Wall-E [episode page] \n\n

Wasting potable water. Saltwater pipe corrosion. Graywater toilets. Fermenting your pee and eating rotten shark that smells like pee.

\n\n Upgrade [episode page] \n\n

Automation in combat. \u201cCute aggression.\u201d The \u201ccall of the void,\u201d and the fear of the call of the void.

\n\n Doom [episode page] \n\n

Could you really spoil Doom, though? Navigating by the ecliptic in space. Playing Descent.

\n\n The Predator [episode page] \n\n

Savantism before the invention and eventual ubiquity of writing.

\n\n 2036 Origin Unknown [episode page] \n\n

The wonder of centricities and the Greek pantheon. Using the wrong words for things. ASCII vs Unicode.

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