David As video producer and director, I have been hoping to do exactly this kind of work for a while, this is really fun.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:11 PM, david blanchard <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > *De :* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *De la > part de* Alex Vachon > *Envoyé :* vendredi 29 octobre 2010 19:46 > *À :* [email protected] > *Objet :* [Farsides] Gaia Narrative Brainstorm > > > > Around the Washington Square park in Manhattan, you always find people > selling you stuff. Tarot readings, jewelry, sweet cashews. Yesterday, I > walked by a guy who had pictures of windmills on his aluminum table. He > asked me if I was interested in helping alternative energy solutions. Sam > is an actor and writer. But he also makes a living selling windmill > produced electricity to people. Edison, the power energy, offers a "green" > alternative. If you want, you can ask to have your power coming from > windmill rather than coal and nuclear. Sam showed me the little piece of > paper I needed to fill out. Name, address, email, and an interest in that > new program. Once you give him the information, you receive information > online, which will tell you everything you always wanted to know about > windmills but were afraid to ask. In the end, if you accept to switch to > windmill power, you will pay $0.03 more per KWH, but will in average reduce > pollution the equivalent of going back and forth between L.A. and NY twice > in a car. > > > > As you can see, this story has great potential. (it really happened to me > yesterday). There are ecology stories going on. Edison, Sam, Myself. > Material, both paper and online being given. I also see the potential in > video. We could see Sam on video explaining what the switching to windmill > power is a good thing, with "hints" put here and there. > > > > > > *[David] Thanks a lot Alex, this is typically the kind of material that is > going to be inspiring for the game, or why not directly useful at some point > (a mission in NYC, yay **J**). I’m not sure yet what mission could relate > to it but I’m confident we can find something. * > > *I find that what you start here is a great initiative – gathering stories > that relate to environment and that will fuel our ideas for the game on a > storyline point of view.* > > *Thx again,* > > *D* > > _______________________________________________ > Farsides mailing list - [email protected] > > Wiki: http://farsides.com/ > List: http://farsides.com/ml/ > Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ > Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ > Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ > -- Best, Alex Vachon cartouchecreations.com Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> Montreal Loves New York Loves Montreal<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> New York - Montreal - Vancouver
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