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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [Assessment]

November 28, 2017

Why is your reaction to the text you just read? Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom has addressed some interesting notions of a world without the fear or death and a world without the quibbles of money. Instead the idea of Whuffie is something I feel was a nice addition to the world as the more people respect you the more Whuffies you receive, a form of wealth. Additionally, because death is obsolete, the idea of treating your body like a computer where you can back up and restore your memories into cloned bodies of yourself helps create a unique conflict that could be possibly come up later on in the novel regarding overpopulation. With talking about population and removing any desire to work for money, work in the world is from what I see, voluntary and instead have ad-hoc groups that work on specific things. I feel the author has removed a lot of the excess attributes of his world that would get muddled up in the store and just focus on the main character, Julius’s dreams of livi

Nerd-Trope

November 28, 2017

Nerd Trope - Space Ships Historical Event - Pax Romana The year is 2098, a period of relative peace among the cosmos. On the main peace core on planet Earth, humans have been able to create such innovations like the spaceship and teleportation which are still used today. These ships travel on the milky highways that were also an amazing engineering feet allowing people to travel to and from planets in lightyears. With this, an explosion of trade and postal services quickly materialized between the other planet’s inhabitants. Recently, the inclusion of a diesel free spaceship has also improved the quality of the atmosphere on Earth, mitigating and form of deterioration of the planet’s core. Spaceships were also included into the military, offering a defensive barrier in the event of invaders.

Design Process for Final Amusement Park Project

November 28, 2017

Writing Assignment to complete before coming to Class: Following the design process we used last week you should write a paragraph that articulates the high concept of the theme park world that will become your final project for this class. Publish the high concept on your blog before you come to class this week. Make sure your concept is original to you or based on properties in public domain. Be prepared to read your concept aloud in class. Fjord is the land of the vikings. Rich in history and with character, here you get to discover the man within you and fight like a warrior. Located on the island of Berg, a small outpost at the shore will be your guide through the rough terrain till reaching the village. Here you will get to experience what it takes to be part of the clan and try your luck at archery and sparing with the warriors. Quench thirst at the tavern where their famous turkey legs is a must try. End of your night with a demonstration of the mythical spirits that protect

Social systems

October 31, 2017

A Band of traveling hunters that move when they have exhausted their resources. They live and operate high in the trees to avoid predators and passerbys below. They feed on creatures found on their elevation, from fruits, leaves and small mammals. The hunters consist of a single chieftain and his partner that organizes most of the band’s activities. A dominant trait of the people is their tough leather like skin that they have adapted to due to the rough bark and thorns in the trees. Their culture is very much reliant on their physical enriment and they change according to that. They also are able to share ideas and collections of data through written scripts on big leaves on paper that are stored in bags made out of tree bark. Encounters are often rare but other bands sometimes but just for the purpose of passing on information. Their mythos and ideology believes in life after death and they worship a nature deity, similar to mother nature. Their primary form of communicat

Hurricane Irma

September 19, 2017

19 Sept 2017 Our evacuation We began our road trip at five in the morning, all eight of us fit into an entourage of three cars and slowly joined the rest of Florida up north into Georgia. Along the way the struggle to get gas and water was starting to increase as traffic around those stations were building up. Eventually we made our way up north where we bunkered down at a hotel to rest for a few days. During our stay, we were watching the track of the hurricane closely on the television while having our laptops open, notifying everyone back home of our escape to safety. We managed to also get in some last minute homework before continuing on to Kentucky. In the hurricane Making our way slowly towards the Caribbean and the US, I slowly hover above the ocean looking down at the impending doom for these residents. Feeling a sense of lifelessness and feeling out of control has steered my direction towards both the left and possibly the right. My final destination cannot

Space and Time

September 19, 2017

Mark Evan Lim WorldBuilding 15 Sep 17 Space and Time On a desolate world, sparse of life, lives a single tribe that has been able to harness the power of space and time. Here time is a variable that can be controlled and can be reset at will. A resident of this world is able to adjust his or her time of day because of where they live, thus allowing for endless days or nights. Another trait of this land is that time is never definite and is only definite according to what you set it to do. Want to relive a memorable moment? Time can be rewind back to relive that specific moment indefinitely. In order to do this, each person possess a time stone each, which is easily found at the center of the world, the core. With these stones, each person has the ability to perform the previously mentioned tasks individually. Due to the sheer number of people that might conflict on what time of day it is, they have decided to take turns on who controls the overall time of day but a