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2000s' sci-fi & fantasy video game concept art books transported to the past

razer666L

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One day, ROB goes back to either 1930s or 1950s with copies of some of 2000s' popular sci-fi and fantasy video game official concept art books and send them to either all bookstores or public libraries. From Halo, Mass Effect, Horizon Zero Dawn and Fallout; to Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Diablo and Final Fantasy. As for the concept art books that are sent to bookstores, ROB mind controlled the bookstore owners to have them sell the art books at reasonable prices.

How much would the concept art books influence not only science fiction and fantasy genres, but also society and media at either of those time periods? Especially when filmmakers, artists (drawing, writing etc), engineers and scientists get their hands on those art books?

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Well the Fallout book could possibly result in boost in development of nuclear fission by various countries depending on the year in the 30's and if there's some accurate scientific info in the book that scientists can work with and that proves hey maybe these nuke things are possible. For the Halo one maybe result in an ATL automatic rifle happening earlier. Might get some really bad and rushed movies in the 30 or 50's but it makes the current and future audiences more accepting of sci-fi and fantasy tropes and ideas. Probably an explosion of books and comic books written by people inspired by these books.
 
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What do you think would happen razer?
 
What do you think would happen razer?
Similar to your post above. However, in regards to people writing books, comics and film scripts that are inspired by those concept art books, it's very likely their stories would be very different than from the games themselves. Especially since those artbooks don't give much context about the games' storyline.
 
John Steakley's Armor might benefit from all those Halo art covers.

Frazeta still win for sword and sandal art though. Those were some bitchin' art he drew.
 
On the other hand, Mass Effect may become the main inspiration for most space opera movies*, TV series*, comics and novels.

*: Low budget most likely from what I remember about sci-fi movies and TV series from the 30s and 50s.
 
I'm imagining Robert A. Heinlein being inspired to write the entire Halo series in novel format instead of the Starship Troopers novels. It's actually awesome, and I would totally get behind a Halo series of cheesy 90 hard sci-fi action movies based on Heinlein's alt Halo novels.
 
I'm imagining Robert A. Heinlein being inspired to write the entire Halo series in novel format instead of the Starship Troopers novels. It's actually awesome, and I would totally get behind a Halo series of cheesy 90 hard sci-fi action movies based on Heinlein's alt Halo novels.
On the other hand, Gene Roddenberry could be inspired to write and then create a Mass Effect television series instead of Star Trek: The Original Series. A chessy sci-fi series where Shepard has to deal with pyjak infestation on board the Normandy or Ryder making his/her own weapon to kill a kett in all chessy 60s sci-fi style is something I would watch.
 
On the other hand, Gene Roddenberry could be inspired to write and then create a Mass Effect television series instead of Star Trek: The Original Series. A chessy sci-fi series where Shepard has to deal with pyjak infestation on board the Normandy or Ryder making his/her own weapon to kill a kett in all chessy 60s sci-fi style is something I would watch.
On the other hand, a Halo book series written by Isaac Asimov would also be cool. No idea how well it'll transfer over to the big screen, though.
 
Books lay barely touched till found by Lem, who proceeds to write Mass Effect. Communist Poland becomes cradle of Science-Fiction.
(seriously Mass Effect seemlessly integrates to the narration on the our side of Iron Curtain)

And is remade into the full length motion picture declassing Star Wars.

On the other side of the world aspiring s-f writer, who tries to remedy his PTSD from Vietnam through writing, finds an Artbook while hunting for ideas on a flea market on some convention or bootstore discount.
Soon Halo series comes out, cementing Drake's position of father of modern mil s-f.
 
Books lay barely touched till found by Lem, who proceeds to write Mass Effect. Communist Poland becomes cradle of Science-Fiction.
(seriously Mass Effect seemlessly integrates to the narration on the our side of Iron Curtain)
It may not sell well in Communist Poland (depending on which year) because everyone in Mass Effect 'verse (except for the batarians and the kett) are practicing free market capitalism.

RandomGuy96 from SB explained this better.

RandomGuy96 said:
The political overtones would be far greater than that. It's never really commented upon, but Mass Effect unambiguously presents free market capitalism as the social science equivalent of the wheel. Not only is it the economic system that Citadel Space uses to ensure a good standard of living, but the fact is that nearly every single galactic civilization practices free market capitalism by default (the batarians and kett are the only real exceptions who exist in notable numbers). That's a pretty strong statement on its own, and it also applies to other sci-fi works that do this.

It is basically in-universe confirmation that capitalism is the scientifically ideal economic system, so ideal that dozens of different species with nothing in common came to it independently. The various species of Mass Effect are quite distinct from each other in their governments, religions, social structures, cultural institutions, and so on, but free market capitalism (albeit in different strains, e.g. it seems likely the turians are utilizing Chinese-style authoritarian capitalism and the asari a more decentralized variant of European-style liberal capitalism) marked by private property, private ownership of production (even turian weapon manufacturers and mining companies are privately-owned), private capital accumulation, market-determined prices with minimal to no controls, and wage labor is ubiquitous to all of them. Every advanced civilization will inevitably utilize it.

These days the audience just takes that as a given. But in the 60s and 70s it would be taken as a statement. Especially since, unlike e.g. Star Trek which bypasses the question of economics at every opportunity, ME's lean is impossible to ignore. All technological advancement we see is made by a private firm. Every hub we get to walk around is teeming with (predominantly service-based) businesses both large and small, and advertisements for them, from weapon manufacturers to pharmaceutical companies to clothing stores to video game developers.

There are seemingly no restrictions on the movement of people, information, or goods within Citadel Space. There are multiple references to buying things at fair market value, obviously indicating prices are determined by markets instead of central planning, even in the authoritarian Hierarchy. There is a galactic scale unified floating currency and central bank. Colonial development is overseen by governments but is spearheaded by private corporations. So on and so forth. Even the one major faction you'd expect to have an authoritarian command economy, the turians, are specifically noted to only be a viable power because they let the Ferengi-esque volus run much of their finances.

Speaking of which, it's specifically noted that the volus have a massive economy out of proportion with their population because they're such effective industrialists, merchants, and entrepreneurs, hence they thrive in the hyper-capitalist Citadel Space. Citadel Space is a liberal capitalist's paradise.
 
It may not sell well in Communist Poland (depending on which year) because everyone in Mass Effect 'verse (except for the batarians and the kett) are practicing free market capitalism.

RandomGuy96 from SB explained this better.

You are making a fundamental mistake - Mass Effect is not an socio-economic tratese on superiority of capitalism and free market economy versus centrally planned and communism or sociallism.
It is an epic story of fight to the right to live in face of overwhelming odds, of races of galasxy united together in friendship and labour to make a better and secure place, against encroaching subjugation and extermination by the selffulfiling prophecy of inherent enslaving character of ancient AI, leftovers from long begone race of imperialist aliens. Whole Mass Effect shows us that tehre is no place for imperialistic powers - each one have fallen under the Reapers, only united Alliance can prevail. It is a prefect recollection of greates achievements of the progressive nations during Wolrd War II when everyone have united together in common cause of banishing fascism out of the world.
Fact that universe thrives on commerce have nothing to do with communism, People's Poland nor Eastern Block.
 
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