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| Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Martians AND Mutants ! |
I should be getting school work done
right now. But in the true spirit of procrastination I felt I needed
to blog first.
One of the class that I should be
working on right now is Western Civilization. I love this class. From
a purely learning experience it has been amazing. History is rife
with stuff we can steal for gaming. In fact I would argue the best
authors have long ago figured this out. I find myself constantly
inspired as I sit in class or read the text book. For example this
paragraph inspired me:
“This essay will demonstrate that the Spanish Conquista of America in the 1520s and 1530s was more than a brilliant military victory. Aside from the Spaniards' military superiority, what other causes contributed to the rapid conquest of America? The spread of Old World's diseases and the weaknesses of native empires helped the Spaniards colonize America.”
For some reason this made me think of
War of the Worlds. Obviously the Martian invaders in the end were
affected by the bacteria of Earth. But what if it had been the other
way around? What if the immune systems or the technology of the
Martians prevented them from getting sick and instead it was
Earthlings that were compromised by alien bacteria? What if this
alien bacteria didn’t just kill those it infected, but in some
cases it caused horrible mutations. What if in a small percentage of
the human population it caused psychic powers to develop?
Of course the second part involving the
weakness of native empires is easily translated into the fractious
nature of humanity and its nations states. Lets face it, humans are
dicks. We will always be out own worst enemy.
Ok, so I gotta get some work done now.
Back to the books.
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