Tag: real-life
Sea of Thieves’ New Mystery Aims to Be ‘The Ultimate Treasure Hunt’, With a Real-Life Golden Skull on Offer
Fortnite’s New Level Up Pack Is A Reference To a Brutal, Real-Life Ancient Murder
Fortnite dropped its latest Level Up Pack this week, and it’s a bit of an unusual one. The skin that comes in this season’s pack is called Captain Hypatia–she’s a starship captain. Like all the skins in the Level Up Packs, Hypatia’s got an alternate “Armored” style that is very different from its main style. This alt style takes this pretty standard lady here and turns her into an extremely dope cyborg, with arms and legs that are not physically attached to her torso but are held on by some kind of red energy. See below.
That arms-and-legs thing is particularly interesting when you take it in conjunction with her name. There’s only been one truly notable person with the name Hypatia in all of history: a Greek philosopher and astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the late 4th and early 5th Centuries, and the first female mathematician that we have significant historical records about. That’s the main reason she’s famous– but the second biggest reason for her fame is the way she was brutally murdered and literally torn limb from limb by a mob of Christians.
There have been other things called Hypatia in the 1600 years since Hypatia of Alexandria was alive. Pretty much all of them are named after this woman, though, and the ones that aren’t are almost certainly named after things that were named for Hypatia of Alexandria. This fact has probably helped maintain her legacy, because there just haven’t been any other Hypatias who were famous and could have stolen her name’s thunder.
How The Pale Beyond charts its own course from a melting pot of real-life polar expeditions
“What will ye do, when steel hearts break, and courage does abscond?” reads the penultimate line of The Pale Beyond’s poetic prologue. Actually, it’s less of a poem and more a call to action: how on earth will you keep a ragtag bunch of sailors alive in the harshest conditions on the planet? If you hadn’t already twigged, The Pale Beyond is a narrative survival sim that puts you in the frostbitten boots of First Mate aboard The Temperance – a coal guzzling steam ship that set out on a polar expedition in search of its sister, The Viscount, which went missing five years prior. As Captain Hunt’s second-in-command, you’ll take daily requests from the crew, manage the food rations, and settle petty squabbles on the poop deck.
Beginning life as a way for co-founders Michael Bell and Thomas Hislop to create World of Warcraft mods, Bellular Studios grew alongside its gaming and Warcraft YouTube channels into a fully-fledged development team based out of their hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Pale Beyond is their debut game that fittingly draws on Ireland’s rich maritime history, although, as Hislop tells me, this wasn’t always the plan. “We initially didn’t set out to do so, but it quickly emerged as a core influence that we kept finding ourselves drawn back to,” he says. “The further we delved into the golden age of exploration, and its very local routes, the more it resonated with us personally.”
How Redfall and Starfield’s Style Ended Up at a Real-Life Fashion Gala
A real-life Pixel Fold has seemingly leaked for the very first time
You’ve seen renders and perhaps even a plastic mockup, but real-life footage of Google’s first foldable phone? Unless we’re getting the wool pulled over our eyes, behold the Pixel Fold!
— Kuba Wojciechowski :3 (@Za_Raczke) April 22, 2023
It’s true, there’s not a lot to distinguish this as the Google foldable in this video alone — no logos, no distinctive design touches like a big camera bar, just a selfie camera up front, internal bezels, and a folding screen with rounded edges. It looks like it could be a Samsung prototype as easily as a Google device.
Except that it comes from reliable leaker (and…
Red Cross Challenges Gamers To Play Shooters Using Real-Life Rules Of War
The Red Cross is challenging gamers to play FPS games by real rules of war that are meant to “protect the humanity and dignity of people all over the world.”
The organization is seeking to remind players that video games are often set in “conflict zones,” and right now, “armed conflicts are more prevalent than ever.” These real-world conflicts affect those who live in the surrounding area by destroying their lives and leaving “communities devastated.”
Listed below are the rules the Red Cross is challenging players to abide by:
James Bond star was real-life secret agent who lived double life, family claim after his death
FIDDLER on the Roof star Chaim Topol was a secret Mossad agent, his family claim.
The Israeli legend — who starred with Roger Moore in Bond movie For Your Eyes Only — lived a secret double life of “adventure and courage”.
The actor, who died last month aged 87, worked for Israel’s spy service in between gigs.
Topol used his London home as a base to target embassies, airports and airlines of Arab enemies, according to his widow Galia, and children Adi and Omer, who spoke to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
On one occasion he bugged an Arab country’s embassy using the flat next door and pretended to be a dental patient to cover for drilling noise.
Omer said: “I don’t know exactly what the appropriate definition is for the missions and duties he performed.
“But what is clear is that Dad was involved in secret missions on behalf of the Mossad.
“His status in those years was that of an international star, and he could go anywhere he wanted.
“He had the ability to deliver documents and take pictures without anyone questioning anything.
“But he was no James Bond or anything like that!”
Cooking Real-Life Minecraft Food Is Apparently Popular Enough To Justify Another Cookbook
From the author who wrote Break an Egg: The Broadway Cookbook, Tomb Raider: The Official Cookbook and Travel Guide, and The Minecrafter’s Cookbook: More Than 40 Game-Themed Dinners, Desserts, Snacks, and Drinks to Craft Together comes with yet another official Minecraft cookbook.
Minecraft: Gather, Cook, Eat Official Cookbook is out now and is priced at $19.59 for the hardcover and $9.99 for e-readers. The book teaches fans of the game how to cook various dishes ranging from appetizers, mains, desserts, and drinks.
According to the description, the book has a “variety of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes.” It contains over 40 recipes with a difficulty level on how hard they may be to cook. Some of the dishes include The Cake, Suspicious Stew, and Mooshroom Burgers.