Aliens and Alien Invasions

Week three of celebrating Halloween and horror. This time it's aliens and alien invasion. From mindless monsters, to super-viruses, to conquerors, the many varieties of alien fiction. 

Notes:

1:26 - Discussing the sub-genres of alien fiction 

1:46 - The alien as a monster 

2:07 - Also known as the "space jockey"

4:07 - A brief reference of cyberpunk. Something that will surely be discussed in greater detail soon with Cyberpunk 2077 about to be                         released. 

4:57 - Asymmetric warfare refers to wars in which the combatants have vastly different military capabilities. The Vietnam War and the Iraq                 War would be examples of this. In such a conflict, it is common to see the technologically inferior side adopt guerilla tactics to                             compensate for its lack of conventional military power. 

6:05 - "Game over, man! Game over!"

6:22 - A brief glimpse of my D&D experiences 

6:55 - The alien as a virus 

8:21 - The alien as peaceful explorer 

9:02 - The alien as invader 

10:34 - Debating likely alien intentions 

12:24 - Chaos theory is a field of mathematics that deals with the outcomes of complex systems. It holds that small variations in starting                     conditions can lead to dramatically different outcomes. The "butterfly effect" is an example of this logic. For a better explanation,                     just watch Jeff Goldblum explain it in Jurassic Park. 

15:28 - For a good example of a game that fits within this genre, see XCOM 2. Which is a phenomenal strategy game, by the way. 

16:45 - Side Rant 

19:57 - The Covenant in Halo is the only example of an advanced alien civilization that is also religious that I can think of. 

21:04 - The Drake Equation, developed by astronomer and physicist Frank Drake, is an equation meant to prompt discussion about the                         possibility of intelligent alien life. 

21:12 - The famous quote that sums up the Fermi Paradox. If there is intelligent life in the galaxy, why haven't we heard from it yet? 

Intro and outro music: "Swim below as Leviathans" by Fireproof_Babies (featuring Ben Shewmaker) is licensed under CC BY.