Day: August 24, 2013
Action Adventure Video Games
The Crusader Class and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls’ Dark, Medieval Europe Atmosphere
“We started with that fantasy of the knight – not in shining, but in battle-scarred armor. What we wanted to do there is, we wanted someone that really plays to the strength of those visuals. Your shield is a weapon. The flail is important. From a gameplay perspective, we wanted a class that handles itself […]
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Documentary
VICE Returns to the DPRK: The Hermit Kingdom
The controversial VICE documentary on the DPRK, The Hermit Kingdom, features everyone from Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong-un himself. If ever the phrase about truth being stranger than fiction needed proof of its validity, it has found it in this documentary. What might escape the untrained eye, however, and proves to be of great interest […]
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JRPG Video Games (Japanese Role-Playing Games)
Final Fantasy XV – Battle Gameplay First Look (E3 2013)
We can’t sing this game’s praises enough. It looks amazing. We can only hope Square comes through on the promise presented in these gameplay trailers for Final Fantasy XV. With A Realm Reborn right around the corner, it looks like this will the be the best of time or the worst of times for Final […]
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News
Bo Xilai: Inside the Scandal
- August 24, 2013
- Bo Guagua
- Bo Xilai
- Bo Yibo
- China
- Chongqing
- Chongwing Model
- Cultural Revolution
- Gu Kailai
- Guangdong Model
- Huang Qifan
- Mao Ze Dong
- Neil Haywood
- People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of Scandal
- Politburo
- Politburo Standing Committee
- PRC
- Princelings
- Privileged Class
- Red Songs
- Scandal
- Wang Lijun
- Wang Yang
The Chongqing Model The Fall of Bo Xilai Trial of Bo Xilai’s Aide Begins in PRC [Wall Street Journal]
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Action Adventure Video Games
Blizzard Debuts New Diablo Expansion – Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
A return to the dark Diablo we all know and love is probably the best way to describe this cinematic from Blizzard. While Diablo III remains a popular and controversial game, many people felt that it did not uphold the series’ tradition of dark stories that it established in the first two installments of the […]
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Video
Video of New York City in the 1950s: New York City Rapid Transit
Awesome footage of New York City in the 1950s, focusing mainly on the mass transit systems in use at that time. Amazing how well people dressed for everyday activity in the 1950s. Demagaga: Video of New York City in the 1930s Demagaga: Video of 1950s Manhattan Demagaga: NYC from Above
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