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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* While not exactly a mundane item from the future, the titular ''[[The Elder Scrolls|Elder Scrolls]]'' serve a similar function. They were written by a god and contain records of history: All that has happened, all that will happen (usually in the form of "If X happens, then Y and Z will happen, in that order"). They are extremely hard to read, causing blindness if read too often, but they are used by the emperor to secure the wellbeing of his empire, guiding his course of action. |
* While not exactly a mundane item from the future, the titular ''[[The Elder Scrolls|Elder Scrolls]]'' serve a similar function. They were written by a god and contain records of history: All that has happened, all that will happen (usually in the form of "If X happens, then Y and Z will happen, in that order"). They are extremely hard to read, causing blindness if read too often, but they are used by the emperor to secure the wellbeing of his empire, guiding his course of action. |
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** In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim|Skyrim]]'' the player gets to read one themselves. If used near a temporal rift it lets them see an important piece of the past; used anywhere else it strikes them blind. |
** In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]'' the player gets to read one themselves. If used near a temporal rift it lets them see an important piece of the past; used anywhere else it strikes them blind. |
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*** What's more, they are absolutely and utterly immutable, such that they can change history, just by being read. In ''Oblivion'' the ultimate thieves guild quest involves stealing one in order to break a Daedric curse. |
*** What's more, they are absolutely and utterly immutable, such that they can change history, just by being read. In ''Oblivion'' the ultimate thieves guild quest involves stealing one in order to break a Daedric curse. |
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* Another non-time travel version is in ''[[Predator]]: Concrete Jungle''. The game starts in 1920s Chicago, where the Predator accidentally leaves some of his technology behind. Cut to modern-day, and the technology has become way advanced, with [[Hollywood Cyborg|Hollywood Cyborgs]] and [[I Want My Jetpack|flying cars and all that fun stuff.]] |
* Another non-time travel version is in ''[[Predator]]: Concrete Jungle''. The game starts in 1920s Chicago, where the Predator accidentally leaves some of his technology behind. Cut to modern-day, and the technology has become way advanced, with [[Hollywood Cyborg|Hollywood Cyborgs]] and [[I Want My Jetpack|flying cars and all that fun stuff.]] |
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