Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2015

OverAnalyzed: A Short History of Horror Fiction and the Gothic

Tomorrow is Halloween and I have an old essay on horror writing and its Gothic roots floating around on my hard drive. I am also lazy. This combines to bring you this not-so-short history of horror and its roots. I make no claims of accuracy. 

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Cool Stuff Sunday: "A Bunch of Medieval Stuff and Things"

It's SUNDAY! I'm hyped up on caffeine and sugar and french toast, so let's talk about cool stuff while my fingers fly across the keyboard like an over-excited lemur! METAPHORS.

It's a guitar. And a working Game Boy. Check it. 

Dr. Who is ditching the sonic screwdriver in favor of...sunglasses? BLASPHEMEEEEEE!

These dudes are good at saber sparring. Like, really good. 

It's the little things in video games. Like color-coded towns in Gen 1 Pokemon. 

A Knight's Tale wasn't an amazing movie, but the Geoffrey Chaucer character is pretty excellent. 

The Wake uses historical 11th-Century English. It's...a thing. 

Got dice? Need to make a city for a D&D game? Here you go.

How to make wall art out of video games.  

Making an HD remake of a great game? Don't screw it up. Here's how. 

Turn on your 3DS with a Rube Goldberg contraption. 

These bookstores are amazing. 

The Book of Kells is beautiful. I've seen it in person, and also handled a reproduction. But if you aren't planning to visit Ireland anytime soon, check it out online. 

Want to know how Shakespeare would have pronounced his plays? Watch this.