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A Group Of Hades Fans Are Staging The Entire Iliad On Twitch
4.6.2021
Hades, the well-received roguelike from Supergiant Games, is very obviously rooted in Greek myth. So what better way for a cadre of the games’ most devoted fans to pay homage to the source material than by staging a cover-to-cover reading of The Iliad, arguably one of the most recognizable stories...
Loki's Latest Trailer Is a Timey Wimey Joyride Through the MCU
5.4.2021
Loki, the Asgardian royal family’s resident enfant terrible, has broken many a law in his time traipsing across the universe in Marvel Studio’s films, and Disney+’s upcoming Loki series, it seems as if the mischief maker’s finally going to do the time for at least some of his crimes.Read more
Immortals' New DLC Taught Me A Lot About Chinese Mythology
26.3.2021
It’s probably fair to say most DLC isn’t that great or memorable. That was the case with the first download for Immortals Fenyx Rising, which added a bunch of new puzzles and not much else. However, the game’s second DLC, Myths of the Eastern Realms, is a rare example of good downloadable content....
Hades Almost Starred Theseus, Which Would've Been Boring AF
9.3.2021
Imagine playing Hades, working to escape the underworld, fighting, and succumbing to swarms of relentless enemies. Every time your character perishes, you hear the low, sinister chuckle of the King of the Dead in your ear, mocking you for your weakness. Until finally, after countless attempts,...
Hades Is Life
11.1.2021
While playing through Supergiant Games’ Hades I kept asking myself, why is this game so freaking good?Read more
The Shadow of Satoshi’s Ghost: Why Bitcoin Mythology Matters
22.5.2020
How the myth-making around Satoshi reinforces what makes bitcoin unique in the landscape of global monies
Drawing Realistic Clouds with SVG and CSS
13.6.2019
Greek mythology tells the story of Zeus creating the cloud nymph, Nephele. Like other Greek myths, this tale gets pretty bizarre and X-rated. Here’s a very abridged, polite version.
Nephele, we are told, was created by Zeus in the image of his own beautiful wife. A mortal meets Nephele, falls...