Ah, the infamous doomsday machine: a machine that has the potential to destroy the world if it falls into the wrong hands. Of course, there's one that stands out as the "classic": the Ring To Rule Them All, that infamous ring from the series Lord of the Rings, written some time last century by JRR Tolkien.

Long story short, (if you haven't read the books, shame on you. If you haven't seen the movies, have you been living under a rock?) it's the  Quest To Rule Them All, where said ring has to be destroyed in a volcano that lies right in the heart of enemy territory. Nooo, it's not just any of the many volcanoes that (presumably) dot Middle Earth (including Lonely Mountain, starring mountain of The Hobbit), but it just has to be that one: Mt. Doom. Strangely exclusive - what's so special about that mountain? Extra-hot lava? Oh well, it makes perfect sense in terms of actually writing a decent story. Story is all-important, but when it starts requiring appendices and other miscallenous crap... now may be a good time to step back just a little and... yeah.

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Well, look at that.

It's my second entry. Anyways, not much to talk about in this blog today, apart from the fact that I'm currently in the process of creating a new costume for a fancy dress party.

I'll be going as Death, complete with black robe, cloak and scythe. Should be fun.

In other news, I noticed this link on the home page. Interesting stuff - it'd be nice to have a city simulator with those features. Actually... if you click "next video" at the conclusion of that video, there's something much cooler.

So I hunted around a little bit to find out more about this company... and I saw some of their videos.

Who would love to recreate Rome? I certainly would. But that's just the beginning of what this program can apparently do.


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Sure, there isn't much about death, destruction and mayhem, but hey... imagine raining down the disaster of your choice on an unsuspecting virtual city. There's a 30-day trial available.

Or there's SimCity. Your choice.

-- SA