It is, after all, the generation that created the modern understanding of 'cinematic experience', with the likes of Modern Warfare and Uncharted 2, which one may or may not like; but in general, I am not fond of the 3D style of that era.
The seventh generation gave us some of the most generic graphic styles ever, in the name of pursuing a photorealism that didn't even exist yet.
I guess this thought is not so controversial, given the recent revival of so-called PS1 graphics in indie productions.
Absolutely. I know that late 2D graphics are often regarded as having a polish and timeless beauty that early 3D graphics (32/64-bit console era) do not have, but I often find the 3D graphics of the sixth and seventh generations much less interesting, stylistically, than these earlier works.
At the same time, I don't think the neoliberal university minds at all that this predicament is facilitating the appropriation of certain disciplines by the far right.
... The pre-modern is usually more difficult to market. I think it is important to recognize who the villain is here, because help for the pre-modern against the far right will not come from the same university structures that have actually created the current predicament.
Of course, this is not a specific issue with the recent international shift to the far right. This is a more general issue with the neoliberal university, which is not a center for the production of knowledge as such, but rather an entity meant to be closely instrumental to a market economy ...
Unpopular take, but references to fake articles invented by AI also exist because it has always been common practice among scholars from all walks of life to cite literature without reading it. Easily spottable when it generates hilarious chains of formally or substantively incorrect citations.
I am utterly saddened that one of the most interesting indie developers on the scene might shut down, especially given that this is caused by a company operating from a position of market dominance. I have played Saturnalia on all platforms and am looking forward to Santa Ragione's next project(s)!
I am doubly pleased, as I had not written anything in Italian for a while. I don't think this book will be available online, but I would be happy to share the PDF of my work with any interested colleagues.
My chapter is titled "Il re pastore e il concilio: echi costantiniani nell'Italia longobarda." In it, I took the opportunity to elaborate on the contribution of the Constantinian model of the shepherd-king to the institutional development of the Lombard kingdom in early medieval Italy.
Another work of love has just been published. I was invited to contribute a chapter to a volume (in Italian) edited by Elio Dovere, reflecting on the Council of Nicaea and its legacy on the occasion of its 1700th anniversary: editorialescientifica.it/prodotto/la-...
"Dear etc., we are contacting you because your expertise in areas related to linguistics (if any) makes you an ideal candidate to review the manuscript entitled..."
Pseudo-academic spam couldn't be more ludicrous.
I have more articles in the works for Wiley's EAH, which will be published in future updates.
Finally, in the entry 'Gairethinx', I have especially sought to make the debate surrounding this subject -- largely shaped by German and Italian legal historiography -- better known to the international academic community.
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In 'Heretics, Roman legislation against', which covers the period from Constantine to Justinian, I have tried to touch, albeit concisely, on all the most relevant facets of this vast and important subject.
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All these entries are on subjects especially dear to me. In particular, I have thought for many years that there was a need for a fresh outline of the 'Nomos empsychos', and I'm glad the Editors gave me the opportunity to provide exactly that.
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I'm very glad to have contributed three articles to Wiley's Encyclopedia of Ancient History. They were published online a few days ago as part of the summer update.
My review of J. Awes Freeman, The Good Shepherd has been published online by Vigiliae Christianae, ahead of its inclusion in vol. 79 later this year. Unfortunately, it is not a positive review.
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...what remains, in my opinion, an understudied and misunderstood subject, long affected by a scholarly bias that has sought to diminish the relevance of any portrayal of emperors and kings that blurred the line between imperium and sacerdotium.
I hope this study will contribute to a better understanding of the role of the pastoral metaphor in the characterization of Christian kingship more generally...
The second and final part of my study on the pastoral characterization of Constantine in the works of Eusebius has been published on Brill's website, ahead of its inclusion in vol. 93 of Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis later this year.
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Can't say I didn't predict it.
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I have previously also written about #TLoU2 (the video game), specifically about its portrayal of violence and torture: www.ordines.it/wp-content/u...
With the second season of the adaptation of #TLoU coming out in a few hours, it seems like a good moment to re-share my article on the first season, published in the current issue of @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social
But it was at Berkeley, you're supposed to be impressed.
A bit like Plato's utopian government of philosophers—except CEOs are not scientists, scientists are not philosophers, and Plato's wishful utopia was an actual dystopia. Going great.
It's hard to hear department heads say that history is not important—unlike economics or AI (source: a real conversation)—when things like this happen.
With 'AI', they've come up with some surface-level utility, but they don't seem to actually need a good idea or strategy.
I mean, look at how much money Meta spent on the Metaverse, which was clearly a ludicrous idea. Tech companies have been where the money and power lie, for some time, so they are merely trying to perpetuate and augment themselves...
