It is that special time again when the kid in me is allowed to frolic because I get to play, in my opinion, the newest iteration in one of the best franchises that the game gods were kind enough to bestow upon us. I should mention that I am an adult, fully integrated into society, with plenty of problems to solve throughout the day, very busy and all that. None of that seemed to matter when I walked past the games section in a store, actually looking for a decent vacuum cleaner. My eyes locked on God of War, Day one Edition and I couldn’t move. My mind raced through the memories and landed on images of the glorious predecessors of this game. I had not only played those, I LIVED THEM. I haven’t played games on my console for ages and it was gathering dust on the shelf, but the promise of an awesome hack n’ slash made forget all about the vacuum cleaner and three minutes later I was walking out of the store holding the sealed blue case with the game inside. If the predecessors were…
How paradoxical (to think) that one of the main reasons why powerful [states] have been maintaining and developing nuclear weapons is simply because, they want peace - its preservation. After all, peace is also understood as the ability to preserve one’s interest without a perceived conflict from the other. Therefore, to show to the world that their countries have nuclear arsenal is an indirect admission that peace remains elusive or a moving target; an illusory (in a more radical conclusion). If not, attaining or preserving peace is only visible through a display of power. Resorting to such kind of nation identity build-up only entails further degradation of one’s national identity, because it only ends – remains - as spectacle.Of course, other factors enter into picture (economic maybe); such as war engagement as a form of business strategy. This leads to the second point, these well-recognized powerful nations in terms of military capabilities have also the ability to manipulate…
Most people are at least a little bit familiar with Joan of Arc. She was a female military leader from France who claimed to be able to talk to God and she was burned at the stake. But how much about her is really true and how much is just legend? Here are some things you might not know about the remarkable woman. Her Name Wasn't JoanShe was from France and "Joan" isn't even a French name. Her name was Jehanne and she actually called herself "Jehanne la Pucelle" which translates to "Jehanne the maid". Since the English translation of "Jehanne" is "Joan", English speakers call her "Joan". But where did "Arc" come from? She was from a village called Domremy. But her father was from Arc-en-Barrois. At that time in France, the custom was for females to inherit their mother's names. But since modern people have a hard time wrapping their heads around that idea, people started calling her by her father's name. Her Family Wasn't PoorIn movies, she's often portrayed as being a poor girl who…
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