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Californium (video Game)
''Californium'' is an adventure game co-developed by Darjeeling and Nova Productions, and released in February 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux under Proton. ''Californium'' was developed as a tribute to science-fiction author Philip K. Dick on the 30th anniversary of his death. The player controls Elvin Green, a struggling writer dealing with family matters, as he discovers the means to manipulate reality, and explores several surreal landscapes. Gameplay As an exploration game, the player can move Green around the current level, but has no direct means to interact with it. Several non-playable characters can be approached to initiate a one-side dialog with them. Through each level are several cathode-ray tube monitors that once discovered will present a Roman numeral value to the player. This represents the number of reality-warping points that must be found in the nearby area. These points are marked with a glowing Θ (Theta) glyph, but may require the player to lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arte
Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus two member companies acting as editorial and programme production centres, ARTE France in Paris (formerly known as La Sept) and ARTE Deutschland in Baden-Baden (a subsidiary of the two main public German TV networks ARD and ZDF). As an international joint venture (an EEIG), its programmes focus on audiences in both countries. Because of this, the channel has two audio tracks and two subtitle tracks, one each in French and German. 80% of Arte's programming is provided by its French and German subsidiaries, each making half of the programmes. The remainder is provided by the European subsidiary and the channel's European partners. Selected programmes are available with English, Spanish, Polish and Italian subtitles online. In January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others
"If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others", also known as the "Metz speech", is a 1977 essay and speech by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick that was delivered at the Second Metz International Science Fiction Festival in Metz, France, on September 24, 1977.Sutin, Lawrence (Ed.). (1995). ''The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings''. 1st ed. Pantheon Books. . . Dick, the guest of honor at the festival, was asked to deliver a shorter version of the original speech due to time constraints. The Metz speech, in its shorter form, was originally recorded on video and was translated to the French audience by an interpreter. Dick’s speech lays out his typical, yet arcane thoughts on the philosophy of space and time, Parallel universes in fiction, alternate universes, and the simulation argument. Declaring that "We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
