How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared to other people you know? Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But psychological research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities. […]
The French government has banned staff from using English terms from the video games world. It’s ordered them to use French equivalents in official documents. Mandatory alternatives include some literal translations such as “jeu video en nuage” for “cloud gaming” and some more creative alternatives such as “joueur-animateur en direct” (roughly “live player-host“) for “streamer”. […]
Here is a quick and entertaining primer on how each of the months got their names, from the Roman gods to the ancient rulers, from director and Youtuber Jeremy Shuback. [Jeremy Shuback]
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a Plane! It’s the evolution of Superman through animation! What has Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superman been up to all these years? Whether it’s joining the Justice League or saving the world, Superman always fights for those who can’t fight for themselves. [DC]
1,369 “vampires” have set a new world record to mark the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The successful attempt, recognized by Guinness World Records, beat out the previous record of 1,039 in Doswell, Virginia set in 2011. Appropriately enough, the crown now belongs to Whitby in the United Kingdom. It’s home to a 7th […]
What did people used to think the world looked like? From the beginning of human history to right before the age of exploration, how were world maps created? [Jeremy Shuback]
The English spelling system is a MESS… arguably more than any other language. How did it get this way? [Storied]
TV news magazine segment with Adam West weighing in on the controversy then brewing around the casting of Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s Batman movie, which would be released the following summer. [BetaGems Lost Media on Youtube]
Zombies have a distinct lineage— one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people were enslaved and brought to the Caribbean Islands. There, a religion known as vodou developed, along with the belief that a person’s soul can be captured and stored, becoming a body-less zombie. Christopher M. Moreman uncovers […]
The Proms, one of the world’s longest-running series of classical music concerts, will hold a dedicated gaming music night on August 1. The event is part of the annual summer series organised and broadcast by the BBC from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Prom number 21 this year is titled “Gaming Prom: From 8-Bit […]