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Dark matter is defined as hypothetical matter that is undetectable by its emitted radiation, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. It has been used in a variety of fictional media, including computer and video games and books. In such cases, dark matter is usually attributed extraordinary physical or magical properties. Such descriptions are often inconsistent with the known properties of dark matter proposed in physics and cosmology. For example in computer games, it is often used as material for making weapons and items, and is usually depicted as black or a similar color. Dark matter regularly appears as a topic in hybrid periodicals that cover both factual scientific topics and science fiction,〔 (Registration required)〕 and dark matter itself has been referred to as "the stuff of science fiction".〔 (Registration required)〕 A review of ''The Physics of Star Trek'' discusses dark matter before noting that "the best modern science fiction borrows heavily from cosmology". == In computer and video games == * In several games produced by Square, including ''Chrono Trigger'', ''Final Fantasy V'', ''Final Fantasy VII'', ''Final Fantasy VIII'', ''Final Fantasy IX'', and ''Final Fantasy X'', dark matter exists as a powerful magical element, enabling certain kinds of major attacks. * In ''Quake 4'', the most powerful weapon is called the Dark Matter Gun. * In many of the ''Kirby'' videogames, Dark Matter is an evil entity from space that possesses characters, such as King Dedede, to do its bidding. *In the video game, ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'', Samus Aran's "Dark Beam" fires blasts of Dark Matter. The beam consists of a cloudy purple aura which (when fully charged) has the capacity to immobilize most hostile entities in dark matter. *In ''Shining Soul II'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age'', dark matter is used in forging very powerful but cursed equipment. *In ''Universe at War: Earth Assault'', the Masari use Dark Matter as a weapon. Dark Matter is also used as shielding for the Masari in the form of Dark Matter armour. *In ''Half-Life 2'', a science fiction shooter developed by Valve, the alien Combine empire use dark matter in various forms of weaponry. *In the game ''Super Mario Galaxy'', there is dark matter in Bowser's Dark Matter Plant. It is portrayed as a purple-black fluid that disintegrates Mario upon contact, killing him instantly. *In the Nintendo DS game, ''Draglade'', Dark Matter is a substance that can control living being's minds. *In ''Turok: Evolution'', there are Dark Matter Cubes that can be used as weapons. In one form, they disintegrate whatever touches the explosion. In its second form, it sucks everything in its radius in. *In the Dark•Matter campaign setting for Alternity and d20 Modern dark matter influences the power and frequency of paranormal phenomena and psionic abilities in humans. *In the game LittleBigPlanet, dark matter is used as a material for making things float and can be used as an anchor to hang things off of. *In the game series Mass Effect, dark matter is manifested in the form of a substance called "Element Zero", which is informally referred to as "eezo". The dark energy that eezo produces is harnessed to power FTL travel, and prenatal exposure to eezo is capable of giving humans telekinetic abilities. *In ''League of Legends'', the character Veigar has an ability called Dark Matter, which summons a dark meteor/orb of matter to fall from the sky. * In ''Hybrid'', players join one of two factions, the Paladins and the Variants, in a large global conflict over control of dark matter as an energy source. * In the MMO ''Ogame'', dark matter is the in-game currency, being purchased with real-world money and used to buy in-game services. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dark matter in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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