It’s fascinating where the winding roads of history can lead you once you start heading down one of its paths. In this video, I journey from the video game Among Us becoming massively popular in 2020, and end up at Norwegian and British explorers racing toward the South Pole in 1911.
How a 1911 South Pole Expedition lead to the Video Game Among Us
Among Us is an online multiplayer deduction game from 2018 that became massively popular in 2020.
While the gameplay is inspired by party games like Mafia and Werewolf, the narrative backdrop is inspired by Ridley Scott’s Alien film from 1979 and John Carpenter’s The Thing from 1982.
G.H. #9: Killer Halloween Movies from Outer Space
In this episode of the Geekare Humanum podcast, Sindre and Renate discuss: Halloween traditions, great Halloween movies, Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
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Video: Some Thoughts on Universal Monsters
This is a video essay adaptation of my Universal Monsters article.
Universal monster films are some of the best early horror movies there are. Join me as I take a look at these movie gems, and gush over the great work of Bella Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Claude Rains, and James Whale.
G.H. #7: Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Godfather
In this episode of the Geekare Humanum podcast, Sindre and Renate discuss: Curb Your Enthusiasm, stop motion movies, The Godfather Part III.
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G.H. #6: Parasite Song Contest
In this episode of the Geekare Humanum podcast, Sindre and Renate discuss: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean black comedy thriller Parasite from 2019 (winner of Best Picture at the Oscars in 2020).
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G.H. #1: Bees & Dolemite
In this pilot episode of the Geekare Humanum podcast, Sindre and Renate discuss: Maja Lunde books (The History of Bees, The End of the Ocean), Harmonquest, Dungeons & Dragons, Muse, Dolemite Is My Name.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 game should head Far From Home
Marvel’s Spider-Man was my favorite PlayStation 4 game in 2018.
The game’s developer, Insomniac Games, perfectly represented Spider-Man’s rogues gallery and supportive characters.
Kingdom Hearts 3 – A Bizarre Nostalgia Trip
I recently started playing Kingdom Hearts 3, the most recent sequel to one of my favorite childhood games.
The Kingdom Hearts series features a cast of characters from popular Disney films.
Science Fiction Clickbait
Let’s write some funny articles based on science fiction clickbait headlines! 😀
A few months ago, I wrote a post where I listed a few funny fantasy themed article titles I had made with a clickbait generator.
‘Captain Marvel’ is The Best Superman Film
There have been many movies about Superman, but none captures the spirit of the character quite as well as Marvel Studios’ 2019 film ‘Captain Marvel’.
The Art of John Barry Ballaran
John Barry Ballaran is a 2D digital artist based in the Philippines, specializing in drawing and painting character art.
He has worked as an in-house artist for several studios in the past, with jobs ranging from creating background art for games; animating sprites; designing logos; arranging wedding album layouts; drawing traditional portraiture, creating print ads and storyboards for advertisements – basically any job that comes up to help pay the bills.