Miasma in Gaming
Miasma is an idea from old times that is now used
in video games. Should we really be playing with the cause of thousands of
peoples’ death centuries ago?
Okay, video games are not real, but miasma
briefly is. The definition of miasma is not merely poison gas, nor is its
identity some kind of evil aura. Miasma is when science was not so well
developed. They didn’t believe in unicellular organisms nor did they understand
how to stop contagious diseases from spreading. Not to mention that some
symptoms are similar (seriously bacteria why don’t you try to be unique in your
symptoms) and I definitely don’t blame the ancestors for this one. So is miasma
a group of diseases walking next to each other? Yes. If you have the flu, do
you carry a “miasma” that you can infect others with? Yes. Do you usually find miasma near polluted ponds, or
other weird places, and it smells sickening? Yes. Can poisonous plants spread a
miasma of their own? Yes.
two demons are here, and they're called CO2 and H2O
That is why miasma is polluted air. It usually
gives you contagious diseases and is said to poison you. But in Final Fantasy
XIII, miasma is a physical attack where its animation looks like breathing onto
your face (stop smoking, Varcolaci), which
gives you poison, deprotect, deshell, and sometimes even imperil!! Ofcourse, it
is available in many other games, but this one calls it “miasma” which is so
obvious more than others.
i totally have no idea why we have miasma in our modern world
It isn’t
a laughable matter. It still happens today, from the car exhausts and factories.
Beijing got covered by it this year’s winter. Ofcourse, they call it bad air,
but it is miasma, well, kind of. Maybe if we classify types of miasma it wouldn’t
be so bad to add them in games.
looking like a bird grants you the following life hacks:
100% prevention from miasma
invincibility
immortality
So, let’s keep our planet green and encourage
others to stop smoking. That, and wear a mask when you are sick or AT LEAST
cover your mouth and nose when sneezing. It may sound too idealistic, but we
should learn a few things from our ancestors, and video games, because if one isn’t
main stream then the latter is. Play More Zelda; it starts in Kokiri forest.
sandstorms in Kuwait. image from here
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