The Checklist - The Legend of Zelda
If you're a fan of any of the later games, I think it's an interesting exercise to go back and see their roots - because they show through in some unexpected ways.
Read MoreA repository of writing by Lachlan Marnoch - short stories, fantasy, science fiction, science fact, and adjacent opinions.
If you're a fan of any of the later games, I think it's an interesting exercise to go back and see their roots - because they show through in some unexpected ways.
Read MoreSomething about Skynet has bugged me for a while. Okay, I know that in Part I I spent considerable words criticising the criticism of time travel, but now I’m going to play the hypocrite. I feel somewhat justified, though, as it’s not the mechanics portrayed in the franchise I’m criticising so much as a character within that franchise.
Read MoreWe usually think of time travel as purely fictional. Mostly, it is. Travel into the past is still considered impossible by most physicists, although there are exceptions (more on that later). However, travelling into the future is, with some help from Albert Einstein, perfectly plausible, as long as you have access to either a powerful gravitational field or a craft that can travel near the speed of light.
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