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Inspired by 'SPOOKS' from Charlie Stross' 'Halting State'?
by semanticist 16y ago
Inspired by 'SPOOKS' from Charlie Stross' 'Halting State'?
- captaincrunch 16y agoNo, however, I'm going to have to read that as it sounds pretty interesting! The idea came out of a "What would be fun, get people exercise, and allow us to interact with others, make use of our hobbies - and add excitement to our lives?"
- ZenzerNet 16y agoSounds like "The Game" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ from 1997. Quite a good film, hopefully this game is not that sinister. :)
- Ogre 16y agoAlso "This is not a Game" by Walter Jon Williams. The main character designs games like this. Then since it's fiction winds up involved in the real thing, of course. I liked it, and there's a sequel coming out soon too.
- chopsueyar 16y agoWhat other movies have your favorite NPR personalities... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schorr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schorr
- arethuza 16y agoThe location for the underground office of the game company in "Halting State": http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/BarntonQuarry http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/BarntonQu... [Edit: This bunker is unlikely to be used as office space any time soon as it is rather badly contaminated with asbestos]
- semanticist 16y agoI keep meaning to go and have a look (I'm local, although trapped in Fife lately). Not that there'd be much to see, really.
- arethuza 16y agoThe place has a grim fascination for me as somewhere that was obviously a planned ground-zero for a Soviet nuke - probably a ground burst. (NB I live between central Edinburgh and Corstorphine Hill).
- stonedlogic 16y agoThis is what I thought as soon as i read about this! :) that book was awesome :)