From there there will be trainings in community mobilisation, and how to speak to people about Citizens Assemblies. We will occupy a site and build it together from the ground up, filling the space with music, art, direct democracy and the tools and ideas of resistance and regenerative culture.
On the morning of Saturday 10th, meet us at Marble Arch. However, on the evening of Friday 9th, there will be a country-wide Paint the Streets campaign that everyone can take part in to promote September 10th.įrom the 10th-13th September we invite everyone to join us in London for a 3 day occupation in a green space. PHASE 1 – Paint the Street – September 9thĭuring the week leading up to September 10th, there will be big, audacious actions focusing on Citizens Assemblies and our failing democracy. These will NOT be mass participation actions where everyone can take part. In a nutshell, the plan will centre people power and mass mobilisation at the heart, and be made up of the following 5 phases: Politics as usual will do anything to avoid facing up to the reality of the climate and ecological crisis, so without large numbers out on the streets, our demands will be ignored. September will be the first step in a laser-focused, strategic plan that sees Extinction Rebellion growing in numbers and building momentum towards Spring 2023. But look away from those bits and let your imagination run wild, and it’s rather decent.From September 10th we will meet at 10 am at Marble Arch in London and make the demand for climate action impossible to ignore. The story is ridiculous, the acting overblown and ridiculous, and the messaging system is so slow it just annoys. If you like to wear tinfoil hats then you may get something out of the story, but to be honest the best part is making and flying rockets. In conclusion, Next Space Rebels is a great rocket designing and building simulator, with a lot of unnecessary frippery attached.
The game would have been just fine without any of this nonsense, to be honest, and would have been a tighter experience without it. The acting in the videos that you have to watch is typically over the top and ridiculous, and all that is missing is an admonition to “Smash that Like button!” to make it just like the rest of those who infest YouTube these days. I’m unsure how this will affect the whole future of the interwebs, but you’ll have to play your part. They have decided that whoever controls the satellites around the Earth, controls the Internet (yes, the whole thing) and so the best way to take back control is to launch some rockets from your local school playground. It features a group called the Next Space Rebels, who have decided that space is for everyone, not just for “billionaires who jettison cars in space”: can’t think who that is a swipe at. The whole setup of the story is all a bit too tinfoil hat for me and I have to say that the videos that you have to watch, that don’t involve rockets at least, are just plain bonkers. The actual ‘chatting with other people’ side of things isn’t too bad, if a little long winded and somewhat ridiculous. We have to talk about the rest of Next Space Rebels here, and this is where the news isn’t so good. To be honest I’d be happy if this was the sum total of the game, as this is very enjoyable. Seeing the design take shape before you, then trying out new ideas and seeing how they work, how they affect the flight of the rocket, is genuinely good fun. But not here as the only limit is your imagination.Īs you collect parts from the people you meet, you can send a teddy into orbit, build the rocket out of old tin cans or funnels, and even blast off with a rocket made of toilet paper.
As I’m sure we are all aware, a rocket is traditionally a pointy tube, with a motor at one end and a nose cone at the other, maybe with some fins at the bottom if we want it to fly in a reasonably straight line. Anyway, the actual design of the rocket is done in a kind of CAD (Computer Aided Design) program, and is as simple as dragging your components onto the board, arranging them in a manner that is both pleasing to the eye and the laws of aerodynamics, and then pressing “Build”.