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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

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Simple and hopefully quick set of 5: name 5 sci-fi computer(or console) games/game universes you consider had and implemented good story lines.
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Asteroids?
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Space Quest
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
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Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
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Mass Effect.
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Fallout (or the Fallout series, in general).
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Asteroids - not check (and by naming, I'll try to prevent the "make your own story" types of Elite/Oolite/Elite: Dangerous/No Man's Sky)
Space Quest - check
Mass Effect - check
Fallout - check
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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

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Still, I think Cody deserves a mention in despatches for humour above and beyond the call of duty.
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Wing Commander
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Grindalf wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 10:22 pm
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Wing Commander - check (of course :D )
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JD wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 7:18 pm
I think Cody deserves a mention in despatches for humour above and beyond the call of duty.
<sniggers> Does anybody remember laughter? <wanders away to the sound of Led Zeppelin>
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<mounted police officer outside> No comment! <followed by "I think this is a song of hope" on stage :) >
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Portal - not the one with teleportation, an ambitious 1980s adventure thing which I never actually managed to complete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(i ... ive_novel)

Possibly Halo
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(that) Portal - check

Other titles I would've expected: (in the same line with Wing Commander) Privateer, StarCraft (there is a very nice story line along the monotonous real time strategy), Freelancer (yup, Chris Roberts again), Lost Planet. I guess even HomeWorld can be said to have a quite well defined, tempered and outlined story to tell.

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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

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OK, let's see if anyone can come up with five stories / films / whatevers in which a sun is weaponized in some way. No two from the same canon, as usual.
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Final Fantasy 7 - Sephiroths Final attack Super Nova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTc9sLmOR0A
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