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Interview: Bringing Down the Roman Empire in a Game

Interview by Jan van der Crabben

Interview: Bringing Down the Roman Empire in a Game

Today we are talking to Jon Shafer, lead designer of the computer game At the Gates, now available on PC, Mac, and Linux. In this game, you control a Barbarian tribe during the Migration Age, helping them survive, grow, and hopefully bring...

Sufferer of St. Anthony's Fire

Image by The Yorck Project

Sufferer of St. Anthony's Fire

A detail of a c. 1512 CE painting by Mathias Grunewald showing a man suffering from St. Anthony's fire (ergotism). 'Temptation of St. Anthony'. (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France)

Mara's Daughters Tempt the Buddha

Image by Jan van der Crabben

Mara's Daughters Tempt the Buddha

The temptation of the Buddha by Mara's daughters. Slate, Gandhara region, Pakistan, 2nd to 4th century CE. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

The Lady of Shalott

Image by John William Waterhouse / Tate

The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott, oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse, 1888. It depicts the following lines of Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott: And down the river's dim expanse Like some bold seer in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance...