You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
alternatehistory.com
I've been thinking about suggesting a "make your own doomsday with the news" game, but I decided to make this thread first because people wouldn't understand what I mean.
Scott Palter of ChangingtheTimes wrote "A Dystopia to Fold Laundry By" in March of 2004. As he states, he basically took some news links and constructed a dystopia based on all of them. The problem, of course, it's not very plausible since it's a half dozen different POD's exploding at once. Second, his initial catalyst- the Muslim world going insane because Bin Laden dies- is kind of unlikely, and probably a bit ignorant and borderline offensive. After all, Iraq didn't have sociopolitical earthquakes after Zarqawi was taken out. And it's not as if the fraction of radical Muslims who even care about al-Qaeda are going to use his death as an opportunity to come out into the open and bomb things randomly. I don't know what the Venezuelan part is all about, but I don't see how these two different crises would happen at the same time.
So, what do you think of his timeline? Also, what do you think of this as an idea for a forum game?