Search: EotW, 2008

Sure, our sun won't go nova for a million years, but what are we going to do if someone or something ignites a fusion reaction inside a gas giant like Saturn or Jupiter, turning it into a giant bomb ? Image: Senor Codo (EotW) ...

Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-12-19 03:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Sorry about the lack of posts this week. We've been waiting on some new artwork to come in so we can show you, and we've also been busy proofreading the EP layout and assigning chapters of future books to freelancers. In the meantime, here is some end- ...

Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-11-14 15:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

How to Destroy the Earth. A detailed guide. (EotW) ...

Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-11-07 23:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Earth is in the midst of it's sixth mass extinction period: 50% of all species dying out . "The current extinction event is due to human activity, paving the planet, creating pollution, many of the things that we are doing today," Go human ...

Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-10-31 11:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

It's been a while since we've ended our week on an apocalyptic note, so here are some thoughts on why we're all in trouble. My favorite line: Accepting the threat of superintelligence involves 1) understanding that human intelligence is finite, un ...

Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-10-24 21:37 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Since Eclipse Phase is based in a post-apocalyptic setting and a major theme of the game involves existential threats to the existence of transhumanity, we decided that we’d start a feature on this blog where we devote every Friday to somethi ...

Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In Eclipse Phase, climate change has already taken its toll on Earth by the time the singularity hits, but the planet is far from destroyed. There are many singularitarians who look forward to an emerging AI as a way to help solve the crisis. But ...

Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Wired has a gallery of their “ Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Vehicles .” Um … yeah. Unicycle? I don’t think so. (EotW) ...

Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Ok, not the end of this world, this time, but another one: Mars. Scientists have determined that Mars’s entire northern hemisphere is an impact crater– the biggest in the solar system , in fact. Ouch. (EotW) ...

Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

ABC News has an article on people who are preparing for the world to end in December of 2012, as predicted by the Mayan calendar. (Those of you who play Shadowrun are already familiar with this idea, as that game places Dec. 11, 2011 as the dat ...

Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments