Category: Entertainment

  • Jesuits always missionaries for Christ: Second Life

    Jesuits belong to a catholic church order that can be rightfully praised for its passion for spreading the word of God to all ends of the world and for science in general (and some less brilliant moments, I have to admit). Today, we learn from Antonio Spadaro in La Civilta Cattolica a Jesuit Rome-based journal,…

  • F.E.A.R. 2 is not the sequel to F.E.A.R.

    F.E.A.R. 2 is not the sequel to F.E.A.R.

    This is becoming weirder and weirder. I had previously spoken about Ubisoft announcing FarCry 2 to follow in the footsteps of FarCry (a sequel?) while Crytek was working on Crysis (a technical improvement and a sequel). Here, we have to speak of another video game in the First Person Shooter (FPS) category, F.E.A.R. that has…

  • I Was Gored by a Bull – Is my life in danger?

    I Was Gored by a Bull – Is my life in danger?

    That is the very interesting question answered in this article from Slate. Whatever you think about corridas (Spanish bull fights) it may be interesting to look at the consequences of being gored by a bull, like it happens in the encierro of Pamplona (when they free the fighting bulls in the streets to have them…

  • Hitchcock film techniques

    All about the movie techniques of the giant of suspense film: Hitchcock. How to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller…

  • Audacity: The musical utility

    For the music lovers, the sound amateurs, the podcasters, Audacity is a tool out of the usual: despite its cheap price (it’s free) it has near professional features.

  • Crysis, Far Cry 2? No

    We are speaking a lot about the exceptional FPS game known as Crysis which is prepared by Crytek and EA (launch in September 2007). Everything has already been said about the very high image quality and playability. However, Ubisoft announced that they bought the rights to the Far Cry franchise and are preparing Far Cry…