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Cities of the Damned

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Nathan

The idea of the world of the dead as a physical place is fascinating to me, probably at least partially because I love maps. Whether people in ancient times who wrote about such things genuinely believed that the Underworld had … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Etymology, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Language, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Roman, Video Games | Tagged aeneas, aeneid, afterlife, angels, bible, dante alighieri, demons, dis, divine comedy, emperor mateus, erinyes, final fantasy ii, final fantasy ix, final fantasy xiv, furies, garland, gorgons, hades, hell, hephaestus, inferno, john milton, lucifer, mammon, medusa, mulciber, mysidia, pandemonium, paradise lost, revelation, river styx, satan, stygian council, ultima, underworld, virgil | Leave a comment

Love That Leviathan

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Nathan

I’d been meaning to discuss Leviathan a little more, which I think was inspired by the name being used for the base of the rebel organization Astrea in Cosmic Star Heroine. Considering all the other references to classic games, I had thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Celtic, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Pokémon, Religion, Semitic, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged astrea, atlantis: the lost empire, behemoth, bible, cecil harvey, cenobites, cosmic star heroine, crabs, davy jones, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragons, dragoons, dylan ail don, dylan jones, eidolons, emblem of roto, espers, euripides, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy xii, groudon, helen of troy, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser ii, job, jona jones, jonah, kyogre, let's talk about myths baby, leviathan, lleviathan, mabinogion, manga, moon, mysidia, porth llaffan, psalms, ricard highwind, ringworms, robots, rydia of mist, ryujin, sea serpents, sharks, sin, summoned monsters, terry gilliam, the adventures of baron munchausen, ultima, whales, wobbegong sharks | 3 Comments

Co-Ed Casting

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Nathan

I get the impression that the general depiction of a white mage in the Final Fantasy series is female. I thought of this when I recently talked about Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix, which have a generic white … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Gender, Magic, Philosophy, Religion, Television, Video Games | Tagged 8-bit theater, aerith gainsborough, angelo, ashlynn, black mages, borya, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest vi, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, eiko carol, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy vii, fusoya, hargon, jessica albert, kiryl, mages, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario sports mix, masters of the universe, maya, meena, minwu, nevan, orko, palom, porom, priests, princess garnet til alexandros xvii, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, sages, tellah, ultima, white mages, wizards, yin and yang | Leave a comment

Creatures of Hobbit

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Nathan

I just finished re-reading The Hobbit in preparation for the upcoming movie. For anyone curious, it was the annotated edition with notes by Douglas Anderson. Honestly, I think the annotations are a bit sparse. It took me a while to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Dragon Quest, J.R.R. Tolkien, Video Games | Tagged bilbo baggins, douglas a. anderson, dwarves, elves, gandalf, george macdonald, gimli, goblins, hobbits, lord of the rings, orcs, the annotated hobbit, the hobbit, the princess and the goblin, thorin oakenshield, ultima, voluspa | 7 Comments

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