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Out of all the alternate histories in fantasy andsci - fi , steampunk is arguablyone of the most recognizablebecause , well , there ’s usually an overabundance of steam in places where it does n’t belong . Writers Josh Blaylock and Travis Hymel could have add to theheavily impregnate steampunk genrewhen creating their own series , but instead settle to invent their own inArkWorldbyDevil ’s Due Publishing . Called Archeopunk , the genre borrows a rule similar to steampunk ’s , except rather than case from the distant past tense or future utilizing steam as their main source of vitality , multitude from a world standardised to ancient Egypt are sign with futuristic engineering .
For example , the people inArkWorldstill trust in Gods(though the Gods have apparently abandoned them ) , have Egyptian names , fag ancient Egyptian - style jewellery , call adult their elders and go to to guy with unnaturally pointy ear and monolithic , protruding fangs like bay lynx . But these same people employ applied science that would not be out of place in a sci - fi comic , though most of their designs are deeply stock-still in ancient Egyptian culture , like pyramid - shaped dismay clocks , an electrical energy mightiness system call the Pyramid System , so - called comms that bet like ATMs but display Egyptian runic letter , sometime Egyptian - styled temples that can float in mid - air , and flying vessels ( though half the mankind evidently still travels in wooden boats ) .
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And while the aborigine still build pyramids , they have technology that can shape scores of rock into perfect cubes and lift them with so - called rapport pucks and ( float ) monitor . Oh , and there are cellphones in addition to weapon called E - rod that first must be send in the primer coat before they can shoot out deadly streams of electricity .
Much like the puzzling merger of unrelated element that make up this world , a litany of seemingly unrelated events transpires inArkWorld ’s introduction government issue . First , a building worker from New times fall into a pit fill up with ancient ruins . Next , an ancient Egyptian serviceman wakes up in a futurist way from what seems to be a tomb but might actually be some sort of stasis seedcase . Then , an adult from an average family meets his girl ’s mother before getting caught up in the middle of some monumental conspiracy : His girlfriend is catch and her mother is possibly kill over some “ codes . ” Meanwhile , there ’s a diversionist of an unsung operation taking stead in the present twenty-four hours .
knotty storyline apart , it appears as thoughArkWorld’sis the first of its kind to fuse the earth of the ancient Egyptians withsci - fi , much like howonly a few video gameshave truly taken vantage of the many compelling stories and fascinating creatures from Egyptian mythology . And , no , the fact that Marvel made X - Men’sCyclops a descendant of the Egyptian pharaohsdoesnotcount .
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