bbrv wrote:
Hummm, perhaps Andrew you are right. And, what you said about Penelope was true. The difference of course was that Odysseus had a twenty-year absence from his wife, Penelope (and I am ALWAYS with Raquel :-D ). Penelope had remained faithful to him, but she was under enormous pressure to re-marry. A whole host of suitors were occupying her palace, drinking and eating and behaving insolently to Penelope and her son, Telemachus. Odysseus arrived at the palace, disguised as a ragged beggar, and observed their behavior and his wife's fidelity (like Raquel's by the way ;-) ).
Careful Bill. Remember the suitors were Penelope's guests - she refused to choose one OR to send them away. Telemachus certainly resented them, but Penelope kept them around. Let's face it, Odysseus could hardly make a fuss about it though -- he had just spent 7 years shacked up with a nymph, and you notice he didn't even START building a ship until Hermes came along to give him a prod.
My advice: drop the Odysseus / Penelope thing or you may end up sleeping on the sofa tonight. ;-)
Anyway, we have not figured this part of the game out...want to help us? Andrew, you know the story... :-)
Sounds like fun -- a reverse god-game, an anti-Populous! Instead of ordering mortals around, you get messed about by a demented deity with an Olympian-sized chip on his shoulder. Conceptually innovative! I can imagine it winning awards for high concept, but alas in these days of ISS and GTA franchises, there's little room for art-house computer games on the shelves.
On the other hand, a Monkey Island style graphical adventure based on the Odyssey with a few comic twists and complete with a "Favour of the Gods" gauge might just work....
Serious question: wooden horses have to be big and impressive or they're unlikely to get dragged through the gates of Troy. Do the much Billed Bucks stretch far enough to develop a triple-A title? Sure a bit of clever thinking and a touch of Amiga community industry could bring the costs way down from the typical $3m+, but we're still talking BIG cash here.
Now a short word about the real Darwin...
Evolution occurs in three ways:
1. The strong get stronger!
2. The weak die.
3. Mutation occurs! (Hallelujah!)
That sounds more like a combination of a fascist dictatorship and radiation poisoning, not evolution! ;-)
Survival of the fittest does not imply the strong get stronger and the weak die, or sharks wouldn't have stopped evolving 90 million years ago and the world would be devoid of bunny rabbits.
Evolution is about developing a niche that you can be sucessful in. That niche might involve taking over the world by making fields, roads and mobile phones, or breeding so fast the predators don't drop your numbers too far, or it might mean finding a nice secure niche in a deep-sea vent where nobody tries to bother you.
I'd say our approach is certainly more interesting, but you've got to give it to those sulpher-fixing algae, they're a hardy bunch. Which species will last longest and therefore demonstrate that thiers is the superior evolutionary model? My money's on the Algae!
Still, one thing about evolution - it certainly throws up a lot of surprises. Looking forwards to seeing the next one.
Cheers,
Andrew
