Welcome back. This is the third iteration of the RPG Rosetta Stone. The word “RPG” stands for Role-Playing Game, a popular genre of video games. The use of the term “Rosetta Stone” is a reference to an archaeological stone carved with dozens of ancient languages. It is the most extensive journal of such content ever…
Chances are, you’re a gamer. And if you’re not, then you know someone who is. People hunched in a dark room, their eyeballs literally pasted to the glow of the luminous television screen, mashing buttons as if their lives depended on it. That’s the profile the world at large associates with the gamer. Understanding them,…
Relating to video gamers often leaves the uninitiated scratching their heads. Gamers have their own world, language, slang, syntax, everything. This article is meant to explore the vocabulary of the RPG video game community. RPG: Short for Role Playing Game. Players take on the role of the main character. RPGs often take place in fantasy…
A manga is, for lack of a better term, a Japanese comic book. And believe it or not, it is a key element of Japanese society. It’s not just for kids. There are thousands of genres and stories, ranging from prisoners to mailmen and everything in-between. It may be hard to believe, but manga allows…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB9LsameSZc Heavy spoilers ahead. –The Editor In the Legacy of Kain video games, Kain wields the Soul Reaver, a sword possessed by an ancient, soul-devouring entity. It’s his signature weapon. However, it is his vampire “son,” Raziel, protagonist of the Soul Reaver games, who shares an even more intimate relationship with the blade. Raziel’s story in Soul…
WARNING: This article contains heavy spoilers. The Force Unleashed multimedia project introduced Starkiller, a Sith apprentice raised in secret by Darth Vader. He begins his journey on the dark side but redeems himself at the end by making the ultimate sacrifice for his friends and laying the foundations for the Rebel Alliance. The Force Unleashed II deals…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpF_xxdles&feature=youtu.be The Legacy of Kain video games star titular vampire Kain, a flawed, headstrong man who cares about himself above everything else. But the world of Nosgoth has no choice. It is a world deep in peril, and Kain is all there is to save it. Kain begins Blood Omen (the first game) as a…
Among the shows that debuted this fall is a police drama called Forever. It deals with New York medical examiner Dr. Henry Morgan, whose skills are so extraordinary that sometimes he knows how a person died without even opening him up. There’s this one slight hitch: Henry Morgan is two hundred years old. I know…
Before we begin, take a look at this. A long time ago on a ranch far, far away, George Lucas created a phenomenon. The saga, simply titled Star Wars, captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world. Its complex characters, the journeys they undertook to maturity, the losses they suffered on the way and the victories…
For those of you who’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, Doctor Who is (aside from a sixteen-year gap between 1989 and 2005) one of the longest-lasting science fiction shows in the history of television. The series features the Doctor, a humanoid alien (called a Time Lord) who travels the universe…
The interesting thing about science fiction is that its futuristic settings can provide insight into humanity’s most ancient questions. Just what does it mean to be civilized? What parts of us do we condone to define ourselves as “civilized” in our society? Just who are we, really? A common thread in science fiction stories is…
Retconning, a term often encountered by even the most casual of fans, is one of the most significant, game-changing ideas in the world of entertainment (comics, television, etc.), and yet most people don’t know it from the kind of clubs Tiger Woods uses on the golf course. This essay will explain what retconning is. Simply…
