The Bronze Age Collapse and Adult Games
Today we talk about Eric Cline's new book, After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations, and the lessons it can teach us about gaming in our industry.
Eric's Books (that we mentioned):
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon
Games:
Studies:
Archaeological Evidence and Non-Evidence for Climatic Change
Drought and societal collapse 3200 years ago in the Eastern Mediterranean: A review (2015)
The decline of Late Bronze Age civilization as a possible response to climatic change (1982)
Porn Is Here to Stay (1977)
The study of aggressive pornography: The vicissitudes of relevance (1987)
The Controversy Over Pornography and Sex Crimes: The Criminological Evidence and Beyond (1986)
Links:
https://ejunkieblog.com/2020/11/10/fantasia-the-rite-of-spring/
https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/72qve1/the_inside_of_a_goose_mouth/
https://www.nausicaa.fr/en/the-ocean-magazine/how-many-teeth-do-sharks-have
https://www.amazon.ca/1177-B-C-Year-Civilization-Collapsed/dp/0691140898
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208015/1177-bc
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691233932/digging-up-armageddon
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691192130/after-1177-bc
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691213026/1177-bc
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691183237/three-stones-make-a-wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-cvTExAwNg&ab_channel=wazzup
https://travistee34.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/the-little-mermaid/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/tattoo-ideas--177751516521593300/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jurassic-park-dinosaurs-will-roar-back-2015-flna8c11131202
https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/70876/littleknown-incredible-roman-ruins-around-the-world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHytmRG5Hc&t=5125s&ab_channel=PSWScience
https://crewsproject.wordpress.com/2018/11/25/what-to-write-with-styli-for-clay-tablets/
https://www.handyhardware.ie/everything-about-chisel-hammers.html
https://www.amazon.com.au/World-War-Z-Brad-Pitt/dp/B005LAIIMG
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/live_die_repeat_edge_of_tomorrow
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/897/the-phoenicians---master-mariners/
https://www.gattoshop.com.au/100-bible-stories-for-children~154239
https://www.totalwar.com/blog/an-interview-with-historian-eric-cline/
Comments (3)
I think the period immediately prior to and after the eruption of Santorini is probably the period I'm most interested in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_Minoan_eruption_was_a%2Ccalled_Santorini%29_circa_1600_BCE.?wprov=sfla1
Feels like a bit of a non-sequitir, but I enjoyed the discussion. Age of Empires 1 included a lot of Bronze Age civilizations, though it was not a "collapse" game. Watched this video afterwords featuring a talk by Eric Klein. https://youtu.be/M4LRHJlijVU Got me thinking, what if the "sea people" were not an actual foreigners but the bronze age version of anarchists or MAGA types. Fed up with the droughts, famines, earthquakes, and income inequality the working class rebelled and killed the corrupt leaders grabbed everything they could from their palaces, burned the palaces to the ground, then recruited more working class to take the next city, then the next... Damn, that would make a good plot.
That's a presentation on the first edition of 1177 from 2016, which is great! He's put out a revised edition and a sequel since then if you are interested.