Quintin McDermott V
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Joined Jan 2025
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Jan 04, 2025 1 subscriber 17 posts
Uncover the secrets of civilizations past and the echoes of history that shape our present.
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The 50 most anticipated new games of 2025
2024 was a weird year for video games, if not entertainment in general. While there certainly were major AAA releases, like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, it was smaller and indie titles that more or…
Stanford’s William Mahrt, the champion of chant, dies today at 85
The otherworldly effect of the music is hard to describe, but Mahrt gave it a try: “It is what we call monophonic – that is to say, it’s a melody that’s unaccompanied,” he said. “A free rhythm has an ability to evoke eternal things, more than passages tied do…
Amazon’s Global Warming Counterweight Threatened
Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently deteriorated, but within only the past two years, these two major ecosystems have deteriorated much faster than ever before. This is h…
Warhammer 40K: Proud History of The Squats
Come learn the history of the stubborn and proud abhumans officially known as Homo Sapiens Rotundu; aka – the Squats. Squats are short, stocky and tough abhumans. Their average height was 1.4 metres. Of all the abhuman types, they most closely resembled human…
An Economic Approach to Homer’s Odyssey: Part I
Modeling Homer’s World An economic approach to Homer’s Odyssey1 is most definitely not about “what Homer really meant.” Instead, the economic approach views Homer through a lens that Homer himself probably never entertained, namely a series of relatively s…
Eurogamer's 80 most anticipated games of 2025
Hello and Happy New Year all! As we reacquaint ourselves with our keyboards and coffee mugs, it's time to once again begin another year of video gaming - and as we look ahead to the coming 12 months, it's occurred to us that the 2025 release schedule is packe…
