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Re: Moai in Video Games

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Post by simonebrunozzi » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 6:53 PM UTC

yreg wrote: post #18

novagameco wrote: post #3

For a discussion of the Moai and what happened to them and their creators, I recommend the book "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman

In shorter form, I recommend the 6th episode of the Fall of Civilizations podcast[0]. I've found the topic super interesting. Both the podcast and the book shared by parent argue against the previous Mulloy/Jared Diamond theory of ecological suicide by building more and more statues. [0] Easter Island - Where Giants Walked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j08gxUcBgc

Oh, interesting.

In a nutshell, what's the argument, compared to the "old" one by Diamond?

Re: Moai in Video Games

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Post by yreg » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 8:02 PM UTC

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #21

yreg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In shorter form, I recommend the 6th episode of the Fall of Civilizations podcast[0]. I've found the topic super interesting. Both the podcast and the book shared by parent argue against the previous Mulloy/Jared Diamond theory of ecological suicide by building more and more statues. [0] Easter Island - Where Giants Walked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j08gxUcBgc

Oh, interesting. In a nutshell, what's the argument, compared to the "old" one by Diamond?

The argument is that there is no evidence of collapse before the arrival of Europeans. There is also no/very little evidence of violence and warfare and no evidence of cannibalism.

Something happened in the decades following the first contact in 1722. Arguably the local population might have faced high mortality rates due to European diseases. They seem to have toppled the statues in anger toward their gods for failing to protect the people.

Re: Moai in Video Games

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Post by kromem » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 11:02 PM UTC

I wish there was something like this for 4th wall breaking lore in games.

I know I've encountered it many, many times, but it's hard to remember where exactly.

I just recently stumbled across screenshots of the ranting street preacher talking about how people were in a video game being controlled by button presses in Secret of Evermore, but a resource like this site for the sheer number of instances of things like that would have been awesome.