#time-travel

#time-travel

Hollywood's vision of the future has been unmistakably bleak of late. Where franchises like Star Trek are consistent with their ideas of an eventual utopia, it's going to take a lot of work - and time - to get to that point. It's a dismal prophecy to those of us living through the 2020s, an era depicted thoroughly (and not too optimistically) across Star Trek's history. It's hard not to succumb to the feeling of doom as our ecological circumstances get dimmer by the day.

Played on tiny grids with just a handful of units facing off against each other, the sci-fi tactics game pares the genre down to its very essentials. While that might sound like it would limit its strategic depth, it instead makes every decision count even more, turning every short battle into a tense, cerebral clash with next to no room for error.

Destiny 2 often uses expansions to introduce new characters and build out their stories. With The Edge of Fate, the first chapter of the new story arc Bungie calls the Fate Saga, the developer introduced a very new, very different kind of character, named Lodi. Your main point of contact in the expansion's destination, Kepler, Lodi has a deep, strange backstory that introduces a whole lot of new elements to the game's story and lore.

Quantum mechanics is unquestionably a robust and successful theory - so far, all its predictions have held, and scientists can build powerful technologies based on it. Yet, understanding what it tells us about the nature of reality and how we experience it has proven tricky. Physicists and philosophers have been grappling with it for a century, ironing out some of the early ambiguities, but some conceptual problems remain.

Forget all the nonsense you heard about time travel. You can't go back and kill your grandfather. The past has already happened. Everything is linked, each event underpins the next, everything is determined; you can't do anything to break those links. Try, and you enter a forbidden state. Your body won't obey your will. Attempting to hurt locals usually puts you in a forbidden state but not always. I guess some people just have no role in history.

The Revenant Hunter's motorcycle isn't actually a motorcycle at all. It's a spell used to manifest a physical vehicle as needed. It won't need any conventional fuel or spare parts.

The latest work by Moreno-Garcia recounts the story of Minerva, a graduate student influenced by her great-grandmother's tales of witch encounters, leading to horrifying revelations.

The crackle of the campfire was the only thing that could be heard in the stillness of the hilltop. The rest of the valley was quiet, covered by the gentle night and a sea of stars above.

Nora's journey in 'Our Times' reflects the struggle against historical gender inequality within academia, showcasing how women have regularly been overlooked despite their significant contributions.

Escape From the 21st Century melds big ideas and silliness, exploring human potential and regret, while humorously suggesting that video game skills can lead to real-life superpowers.

Meserve’s characters discovered that the emotional intensity of their past hidden memories could be revisited, revealing insights crucial for understanding their lives today.

As I began playing this time travel adventure, written and programmed by Dave Gilbert, I was waiting for the twist. It's 2062, and Fia Quinn is a time agent for ChronoZen, a corporation that takes wealthy clients back in time, while maintaining government-mandated control of the timeline.