{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "just reminded how \u201990s Sid Meier\u2019s Alpha Centauri was the environmentalist faction leader was Lady Deirdre Skye", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/655369069075251200/", "html": "<p><a href=\"/post/170720779088/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote><p>just reminded how \u201990s Sid Meier\u2019s Alpha Centauri was</p><p>the environmentalist faction leader was <i>Lady Deirdre Skye</i></p></blockquote>\n<p>That &lsquo;80s-'90s vague post-Stevie Nicks VH1 romance novel <i>Celtic</i> chick vibe. Probably had something to do with where Actual Ireland was at in America&rsquo;s mind.</p><p>The names Moira, Killishandra, Ione, maybe even Naomi but then that broke too big. </p><p>Enya! Who was like the <i>other</i> (than U2) big Irish 80s act (she doesn&rsquo;t tour tho)</p><p>Loreena McKennitt!</p><figure class=\"tmblr-full tmblr-embed\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-url=\"\" data-orig-width=\"267\" data-orig-height=\"200\" data-npf=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;provider&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:[{&quot;media_key&quot;:&quot;da44e168a41fe277446f35e485fa41c9:a00a8f3c2dc06fac-7b&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:128,&quot;height&quot;:96}],&quot;metadata&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;qxTpvA-pUG0&quot;},&quot;attribution&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;app&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0&quot;,&quot;app_name&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;display_text&quot;:&quot;Loreena McKennitt - Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance&quot;}}\"><iframe width=\"540\" height=\"404\" id=\"youtube_iframe\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/qxTpvA-pUG0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe></figure><p>(who got by for a bit as CanCon)</p>"}