Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Is the game EVE online a genius player driven world or ‘spreadsheets in space’?

Posted on 2 August, 2020 by Eclipse Now

I actually enjoyed an EVE book once – a worthy space opera. But as I started to play (a year back) it looked like getting to the exciting battles at the end of this trailer was going to take months … Continue reading →

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How long to rebuild after the fall of civilisation?

Posted on 28 June, 2020 by Eclipse Now

How long for technological civilisation to recover after an all out nuclear war or high mortality pandemic? 1. I PREDICT AT LEAST REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN A YEAR. After some unspeakably horrible months after the initial crisis, survivors will settle into some … Continue reading →

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Lunar city to save us from climate change?

Posted on 21 February, 2020 by Eclipse Now

What about solving climate change by building an industrial city on the moon? A good lunar city could use solar power to launch PowerSats via maglev railgun into orbit around the Earth to power the world from abundant RELIABLE solar … Continue reading →

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MR ROBOT!

Posted on 28 October, 2019 by Eclipse Now

Calling all geeks: great review of MR ROBOT (without any significant spoilers). As always, there’s just so much more symbolism in these shows than I catch first time round!

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Compare Sci-Fi and reality

Posted on 14 January, 2019 by Eclipse Now

I love how close the Starhopper looks to 1950’s sci-fi dreams of the future. Pretty close really! I guess the 1950’s guys imagined their rocket landing a bit like a space-plane, and hence the larger wings. They probably couldn’t imagine … Continue reading →

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