Comments on: Haunted by Design

By: warhammer online gold

warhammer online gold — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:17:44 +0000

amazing design ‚so good

By: Tim Maly

Tim Maly — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:00:19 +0000

You are absolutely right about the Warhammer 40k world. Especially the God-Emperor who has been literally turned into a kind of living radio-beacon. Thanks for reminding me about WH40k, I think there are a lot of really great ideas to mine out of that universe.

For Ghost in the Shell, I want to spend some time thinking about the Tachikomas as these partially distributed intelligences. Mores on that to come too, I’m sure…

By: steveklabnik

steveklabnik — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:43:31 +0000

I'm not sure if you've ever heard of Warhammer 40k, but the story is interesting. In the far, far future, we've lost much of the knowledge and understanding of technology. "How machines work" is explained as a literal ghost living inside of every bit of tech, and that's what makes it work.

There's also the standard "Ghost in the Shell" reference to this, too.

I like the similarity your ideas have to these ones.