July 26, 2018, will be remembered as a solemn day for devotees of the phenomenal Banner Saga. As you can guess or already know if you belong to that enlightened bunch, that was the day when the third and (as it currently seems) final installment of the series has been officially released. Now, if it […]
Last week I’ve told you all about my recent Art of War 3 obsession and how I’ve found a convenient way to channel it through my war journals. Well, let me introduce you to another one of my Art of War 3 alter egos, the remarkable and cunning Confederation General Ulysses Brine. As it happens, his war […]
Every year it’s the same: the mobile community is witnessing the battle of the titans between a few big name brands. More often than not, major mobile phone manufacturers are offering us products that are nothing more than slightly updated models of their last year’s premium phones, enhanced with a few minor tweaks here and […]
Remember that famous showdown scene in Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, where ronin Sanjuro, portrayed by immortal Toshiro Mifune, faces ten armed opponents? As he glides between them with confidence and intense purpose, they inevitably fall one by one under the blade of his katana, which he wields with a deadly precision. The wind howls, and you can […]
Sometime in the middle of 15th century, in a Dutch city called s’Hertogenbosch, a man was born who was destined to become one of the best and most enigmatic painters of all time. More a medieval moralizer than a renaissance libertine, and obviously someone without a too high opinion of his fellow humans, he passed […]
Oh well, sooner or later it was bound to happen. Lately, I’ve been experiencing some…how would you call it?…displacements, yep that’s the right word. For instance, as soon as I’d step on the street, I’d start thinking what would be the best way to secure perimeter, where I would deploy my units, what is the […]
What is the first thing that pops into your mind when someone mentions virtual reality? I’m willing to bet that images of spectacular worlds where everything is possible are immediately starting to swarm in your head in glorious HD. Or, at the very least, you’ll think of spectacled teenagers that are being sucked into cyberspace […]
Have you ever noticed that when people talk about perfect fantasy settings, they always praise the beauty of enchanted forests, refinement of elven cities, majesty of mountains, pastoral idyll of Halfling shires or some other nonsense of that sort? Well, if you’re at least a little bit like me you’re probably sick of those picture-perfect […]
The Soviet Union. A name that instantly summons up a number of diverse associations, most of which aren’t that pleasant. Communist party, the space race, The Cold War, the arms race, superior military technology, dialectic materialism, uplifting slogans and daring five-year plans, a ruddy face that this Eurasian giant wanted to foist to the rest […]
Vampire is one of the words that almost everyone instantly recognizes – and how couldn’t we, with so many cinematic, gaming and literary interpretations? And yet, the image of this legendary bloodsucking creature was almost completely distorted in the funhouse mirror of mass media and popular culture. They have been systematically romanticized until their origins […]
