Innovating formula
Remember when Assassinâs Creed (AC) first released in 2007? Eight years is a dogâs age for the video game industry, simply because sequelization and franchising move at such a blinding speed nowadays.
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Fighting Fit: Be like water
The origins of Wing Tsun are shrouded in myth. According to legend, it was derived from Fukien Kung Fu by a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui following the persecution of her southern Shaolin sect by the Qing dynasty.
Animesque: Milly, Meryl, and Mr. Moral high ground
I initially credited Cowboy Bebop as the show that helped me âgetâ anime. By that criteria, I should have mentioned Trigun, the first anime series I ever watched from start to finish and truly enjoyed. Adapted by Madhouse Studios from Yasuhiro Nightowâs manga series, Trigun blends comedy and tragedy just as haphazardly as it does American western tropes with sci-fi.
Fighting Fit: Itâs time to duel!
In my last article, I extolled the virtues of martial arts practice as a complete form of exercise that addresses all aspects of physical conditioning. I was subsequently bombarded by a gaggle of SportSci students insisting that combat isnât a weight-bearing exercise.
Animesque: Tainted bloodline
Before Akira, there was Vampire Hunter D (VHD), an anime based on a long-running series of light novels penned by Hideyuki Kikuchi, an author best-recognized as the Japanese equivalent of H. P. Lovecraft.
Quadcopters of the Amazon
Last July, Amazon vice president of global public policy Paul Misener petitioned the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) of the US for an âexperimental airworthiness certificateâ for the purposes of testing Amazon Prime Air’s new automated delivery drones.
Con artists needed! Apply today!
One day, I asked my father about the first job he ever had. The answer I got was pretty shocking. For eight hours a day, he stood sweating in front of an open furnace, shoveling piles of wastepaper into the flames. He got two 10-minute coffee breaks, and an unpaid half-hour lunch break per day.
Fighting Fit: Drive-thru dojos?
People misunderstand when I say I like to fight. Iâm not the sort of person whoâll break a bottle over a toothless bikerâs head in a seedy bar, although the thought crosses my mind from time to time.
Animesque: The nuclear mind
In the dark days of the 1980s when animation was considered mere childish entertainment, Japanese anime appeared and proved that animation could be a form of art.
War never changes
In 415 BC, Euripidesâ The Trojan Women posed a political criticism of the unprovoked Greek warfare against peaceful Melos.