The Geeky Blogger
This is a video essay adaptation of my Why You Should Play Games article.
There are numerous physical and mental health benefits to gaming, but these are seldom on my mind when I decide to sit down with a game. Instead, what motivates me is to experience other lands, other worlds, even other identities. All from the comfort of my own living-room.
This is a video adaptation of my The Art of Theodor Kittelsen article.
The Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen is my favorite painter. During his career as an illustrator he defined the look of trolls, Norwegian folklore, and The Black Death in Norway. The video includes some of his best paintings, and explains what makes his art so great.
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I am attending the funeral of my grandfather the day this post is released, so I scheduled a post last Friday so that there would be something new here this Wednesday.
These are a few videos about how we should, and eventually could, cure aging.
The video above, ‘The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant’, uses a kingdom’s acceptance of a cruel dragon’s reign as an analogy for how humanity accepts the debilitating effects of aging as the natural order of things.
It is based on this story by Nick Bostrom, and adapted to a video format by the youtuber CGP Grey.
The above video ‘Why die?’ was also made by CGP Grey.
Grey is one of my favorite youtubers and podcasters, and I have previously mentioned him here and here.
The two videos made by CGP Grey is making a case for why we should try to end aging, but the above video from Kurzgesagt provides some examples of how this could be done.
Getting old is not a bad thing in itself, but there are many physical and mental issues linked with aging that we would be far better off without.
And the more time we waste before we start giving these issues the attention they deserve, the more people will lose their chance to reap the benefits.
I have always been fond of subversions of fairy tales and fantasy, so it came as no surprise that
I ended up loving ‘The Witcher 3’
I have previously expressed my love for video essays on YouTube, and I now have yet another great example in “Games as Lit. 101”.
Alan Wake is a game about creative creation, specifically writing.
Any writers who are reading this should definitely watch the video above, even if they have never played the game.
I loved the game when it first came out, but I feel like
the subject-matter hits closer to home now that I have started intentionally writing