Any literally retelling has to contend with several points. The first is fidelity: Is this work true to the original, in spirit if not in letter? The second is style: Does this new version seek to violently break with the original in its stylistic choices, or is its aim to emulate? With Maria Dahvana Headley’s... Continue Reading →
Vengeance, Bloody Vengeance: Medea by Euripedes (Reading With the Greeks # 01)
I'm making a point of examining the great surviving tragedies of Ancient Greece. The time was right, I knew, when a Signet Classics edition of Euripides: Ten Plays looked at me invitingly from a shelf in the Sofia Airport bookstore this January. It's a wonderful pocket edition, and it set me back by three euro.... Continue Reading →
Hades: The Welcome To Hell Update (State of the Game)
https://youtu.be/VrgpRRl6eFQ Hades continues to develop in a great direction with the last update of 2019, Welcome to Hell. With only five days away from the next big patch, I thought I'd take a look at the State of the Game of my favourite Early Access title as it is right before the Demeter update! The... Continue Reading →
For Your Reading Pleasure, A Pair of WebToons Comics: Lore Olympus and Urban Animal! (October 5th Edition)
Lore Olympus Romance isn't my genre but the myth of Hades and Persephone has always stuck with me. What Lore Olympus does is, it reimagines the gods as living in modern society, with all that entails -- technology, complex relationships, hints of egalitarianism that somehow fiercely contrasts with half the panels with Zeus in them,... Continue Reading →
God of War: First Impressions
I played six hours of God of War with two of my closest friends, and I can't stop thinking about it. It's rare that I'll find a game lingering on my mind after I've put it down. Such games more often are those "just one more turn/game" strategy experiences, which can suck your life away... Continue Reading →