Graphics in video games are improving with very release, with some newer engines being able to render movie assets in real time. However, while hyper-realistic graphics are absolutely stunning to look at, they have the downside of being incredibly expensive to create. This means that these beautiful graphics are reserved for the biggest game releases …
Colossal tentacles. A gaping maw capable of devouring entire ships with a single bite. Suction cups that can suck a man’s soul from his body. The myth of the Kraken has been around for centuries, and has made its way into multitudes of novels, films and games over the years. It’s considered a myth by …
The first fictional piece of writing is thought to be the Epic of Gilgamesh, a supernatural story written about a Sumerian king with god-like powers around five thousand years ago. In the time since them, fiction writing has come a long way and has split down many different paths. Crime, fantasy, romance and horror stories …
For thousands of years, humanity has invited animals into our homes and into our hearts. Whether bulldogs or bullfrogs, we love our pets as part of the family and they have been so important in staving off loneliness during the eternal pandemic. I find it amazing that humans can form a bond with so many …
The decade lasting from 1990 to the new millennium saw some of the biggest and best animated films to have ever been released. Classics like The Lion King and The Iron Giant are still high up on the list of my favourite films ever made, and both still make cry as much now as they …
In almost every action movie, there’s a scene of a fight in a cramped location. Brawls in bathrooms, bar fights and dangerous figures in dark alleyways are a common sight for the action aficionado. They’re exciting, and the familiar setting grounds the action using something the audience can relate to. With games like Street Fighter …
When I was growing up, I wanted to be an astronaut. Well, I wanted to be a giraffe at first, but then I knuckled down and decided space was the place to be rather than the savanna treetops. This was many years ago when the best entertainment we had was throwing rocks at each other, …
Ever since 2008 with the release of Call of Duty: World at War, Zombies has been an iconic game mode in the franchise. With in depth story lines and famous (sometimes presidential) characters, the game excels at creating a sense of chaos and fear as the horde of zombies slowly begins to overwhelm the player. …
Evolution is a miraculous thing, and has created natural wonders far more impressive than anything we as humanity have managed to create ourselves. I recently wrote an article about how a tiny jellyfish has become immortal, but the natural world has evolved so many more extraordinary characteristics during the approximate 3.5 billion years that life …
The Stormlight Archive is an ongoing series of books written by Brandon Sanderson. For those that haven’t heard of Sanderson, he is the brilliant author that finished the Wheel of Time series and created the epic Mistborn novels. As is quite clear, I’m a bit of a fan of his work. The Stormlight Archive is …