Dan Goad

I've not spoken about this directly before, but it seems the right time. Tomorrow our daughter Penny will be admitted into hospital for a stem cell transplant. She has a rare autoimmune condition which causes her body to attack itself. In the last 2 years we've nearly lost (1/8)

@HistoryNGames @KatExe There's also an in-development game of The Frogs on Steam

@HistoryNGames @KatExe Medusa and Her Lover Mytheon Poseidon: Master of Atlantis The Return of Heracles Sparta: War of Empires Spartan Spartan: Total Warrior Warriors: Legends of Troy Wrath of the Gods

Honorary mention Apparently I have a lot of empathy for giant lizard things

Most heartbreaking scene? To this day I can't listen to that music

@The_Stonecreek That's a bit of an existential question, but on balance I'd say yes

@dangoad Hahaha but does your dog EXIST? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

#Hallowcreek 23 movie 7 Exists(2014) There haven't been a lot of good Bigfoot or Yeti movies and the handful that were okay were often slashers where the beast could just as well have been replaced with an insane neighbour. So let's see if this is different.

@PhilNeedsCoffee I feel the same about GoW as I do about TLOU. Second ones are great, but seem to have a lot more filler than the first ones, which were much less flabby and a perfect length

2018. The story was much better. It was also better paced. I felt God of War (Kind of) Ragnarok was mostly a letdown.

Yeah, thanks academia, but I'm pretty sure this mention from a newspaper in 1853 is not me

My book review of 'Women in Classical Video Games' (eds. Draycott and Cook) is available to read in full via the @UON_NOVA Open Access repository😁 nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/m…

Gee, thanks

My grandad, joining the dark side

@NYounker Did a little Google and this is informative: quoteinvestigator.com/2017/10/01/fre… It's usually credited to Dorothy Parker, though it's only quoted in posthumous biographies and none of her own writings. There are other examples from her lifetime, so it's possible it was in commonish usage

@dangoad Nice catch! I would've never known that. Thanks for chiming in. I've been curious for years and don't want to use it without authentic context.

"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children." Everyone knows this quote from The Crow, but I just heard it in a trailer for a new movie. I thought they ripped off "The Crow," but turns out it's classic lit (Henry Esmond).

@NYounker "What fresh misery is this" is Dickens. Not sure when the first version with hell is from

Use your brain (and research) power on this one. Can anyone find the source for the quote, "What fresh hell is this?" **Hint** It's NOT from "Scream Queens."

@djfoster08 You've just described me...

People have different taste in games. Just like there is probably a bunch of people who are fans of HFW who would probably say that Monster Hunter is boring despite being a game centered around hunting giant monsters

@trusteft What if you remember this?

We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2023 Classical Association Prize is...the wonderful Professor Edith Hall for her tireless commitment to making classics more accessible and inclusive: classicalassociation.org/the-classical-…

@bloggospow That would be amazing, but I feel less likely owing to the Borg reveal. I was hoping red eyes Jack would turn out to be a pah-wraith, leading to a Sisko return. Borg means we're now more likely to get Janeway or similar. Plus I'm not sure Avery Brooks would do it anyway

@dangoad I'm hoping for wormhole prophet Sisko Deus Ex Machina

So with Picard's season 3 finale next week I can't help but feel that there's not been any DS9 specific cameos (new shapeshifters not withstanding) We've had some great TNG ones tho in Ro Laren and Shelby though

@NeimadsAttic There are at least 2 Johns in Star Trek: John Harriman and John Paxton

Are there any 2 characters in either Star Wars or Star Trek with the same name? Do all the known characters in these galaxies have different names?