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Matthew Costello
Matthew John Costello (born 1948) is an American writer specializing in the genres of horror, gothic, and science fiction. His articles have appeared in publications including the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''Sports Illustrated''. He has scripted Trilobyte's bestselling CD-ROM interactive dramas ''The 7th Guest'' and its sequel '' The 11th Hour'', as well as many other video games. Career Along with F. Paul Wilson, Costello created and scripted '' FTL Newsfeed'', which ran daily on the Sci-Fi Channel from 1992–1996. His television credits also include shows on The Disney Channel, PBS, the BBC, and many others. In 2005 his novel '' Beneath Still Waters'' was adapted into a film by director Brian Yuzna. Costello also wrote ''Island of the Skull'' (Pocket Books), an original prequel to Peter Jackson's film, ''King Kong''. Along with his adult genres, Costello has created works for children. His works include the book series ''The Kids of Einstein Elementary'', published by Sch ...
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Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ...
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PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, they are produced by independent public television distributors such as American Public Television, and are not labeled as "PBS Kids" programming, as it is mainly a programming block branding. The target audience is children between the ages of 2 and 8. The network is also available in sub-Saharan Africa and Australia. History PTV block PBS had historically aired programs for children such as ''Sesame Street'', ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', and ''Reading Rainbow''; prior to 1993, these programs aired under general PBS branding. In August 1993, PBS introduced new branding for their children's programs featuring "The P-Pals", animated characters shaped like PBS logos who encouraged skills such as gathering information, self-esteem, co ...
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Maelstrom
Maelstrom may refer to: * maelstrom (whirlpool), a powerful whirlpool ** originally the Moskstraumen in English Amusement rides * Maelstrom (ride), a former log flume dark ride attraction in the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida * Maelstrom, a spinning flat thrill ride at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey * Maelstrom, a gyro swing ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire, UK Characters * Maelstrom (comics), fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics * Maelstrom, a character from ''Ice Age'' * Mael Strom, aka Yuki Yoshida, from the anime/manga ''Is This a Zombie?'' * Professor Maelstrom, a fictional villain in the 2019 Netflix series ''Carmen Sandiego'' * Maelstrom, also knwon as ''Wazir Kale'', a character from '' Hitman 2'' Film and television * ''Maelström'' (film), a 2000 Canadian film * ''Maelstrom'' (TV series), a 1985 BBC television drama serial * "Maelstrom" (''Battlestar Galactica'') Games * ...
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Worlds On Fire
World on Fire or Worlds on Fire may refer to: Albums *''World on Fire'', a 2006 album by By the Tree *''Your World on Fire'', a 2009 album by In Fear and Faith * ''World's on Fire'' (album), a 2011 album by the Prodigy * ''World on Fire'' (Slash album), a 2014 album * ''World on Fire'' (Yngwie Malmsteen album), a 2016 album * ''Worlds on Fire'' (EP), a 2020 EP by Duncan Laurence Songs *"World on Fire", a 1986 song by Swiss band Krokus from ''Change of Address'' *"World on Fire", a 2013 song by Swedish band The Royal Concept * "World on Fire" (Sarah McLachlan song) from the Canadian singer's 2003 album ''Afterglow'' * "World on Fire" (Firewind song), by Greek band Firewind * "World's on Fire" (song), by Gibraltarian band Breed 77 *"World's on Fire", a 2018 song by Mike Shinoda from the album ''Post Traumatic'' *" Set My World on Fire", a song by British band The Feeling *"World on Fire", a song by The Bouncing Souls from the 2020 album ''Volume 2 Volume Two, Volume 2, Volume II or Vo ...
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Kevin J
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the ...
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Craig Shaw Gardner
Craig Shaw Gardner (born July 2, 1949) is an American author, best known for producing fantasy parodies similar to those of Terry Pratchett. He was also a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's ''Flashing Swords!'' anthologies. Bibliography Series Ebenezum # ''A Malady of Magicks'' (1986) # ''A Multitude of Monsters'' (1986) # '' A Night in the Netherhells'' (1987) : ''The Exploits of Ebenezum'', omnibus Wuntvor # ''A Difficulty with Dwarves'' (1987) # ''An Excess of Enchantments'' (1988) # ''A Disagreement with Death'' (1989) : ''The Wanderings of Wuntvor'', omnibus The Cineverse Cycle # ''Slaves of the Volcano God'' (1989) # ''Bride of the Slime Monster'' (1990) # ''Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies'' (1990) : ''The Cineverse Cycle'' (1990), ''The Cineverse Cycle Omnibus'' (1992) The Sinbad series # ''The Other Sinbad'' (1991) # ''A ...
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Avalanche Studios
Avalanche Studios Group is a Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm. It is a parent company that includes Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction. Founded by Linus Blomberg and Christofer Sundberg in March 2003, Avalanche Studios focuses on developing open world projects and bases them on their proprietary Apex game engine (formerly known as Avalanche Engine). The company is best known for developing the '' Just Cause'' game series. Formed after the collapse of Rock Solid Games, the studio gained early success with the first '' Just Cause'' title. The team then began '' Just Cause 2''s development, but the company suffered from financial problems due to the cancellations of two contracted projects. Despite missing the release window twice, ''Just Cause 2'' was both a critical and financial success for Avalanche Studios. The company then opened a studio in New York City to work on ''Just Cause 3'', while the Stockholm team began working ...
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Eidos Interactive
Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in development under CentreGold in 1996, and had acquired Crystal Dynamics in 1998, among numerous other assets, until 2022. Square Enix Limited and fellow group company Square Enix Incorporated shared "Phil" Rogers as CEO and other executives from 2013 to 2022. The company was founded as Domark in 1984 by Mark Strachan and Dominic Wheatley. In 1995, it was acquired by Eidos plc and merged with Simis and Big Red Software to create the subsidiary Eidos Interactive the following year. Ian Livingstone, who held a stake in Domark, became deputy chairman of Eidos and stayed in various roles, until his departure from the company in 2013. In 2005, Eidos plc was in turn acquired by British games publisher SCi. The combined company, SCi Entertainmen ...
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Id Software
id Software LLC () is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas. It was founded on February 1, 1991, by four members of the computer company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack. id Software made important technological developments in video game technologies for the PC (running MS-DOS and Windows), including work done for the '' Wolfenstein'', ''Doom'', and '' Quake'' franchises. id's work was particularly important in 3D computer graphics technology and in game engines that are used throughout the video game industry. The company was involved in the creation of the first-person shooter (FPS) genre: ''Wolfenstein 3D'' is often considered to be the first true FPS; ''Doom'' is a game that popularized the genre and PC gaming in general; and '' Quake'' was id's first true 3D FPS. On June 24, 2009, ZeniMax Media acquired the company. In 2015, they opened a second studio in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
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Post-apocalyptic
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, such as an impact event; destructive, such as nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, such as a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming or Ragnarök; or more imaginative, such as a zombie apocalypse, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics or alien invasion. The story may involve attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or it may be post-apocalyptic, set after the event. The time may be directly after the catastrophe, focusing on the psychology of survivors, the way to keep the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including that the existence of pre-catastrophe c ...
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Rage (video Game)
''Rage'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks, released in November 2010 for iOS, in October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360, and in February 2012 for macOS, OS X. It was first shown as a tech demo at the 2007 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and was announced at the QuakeCon. ''Rage'' uses id Software's id Tech 5 game engine and is the final game released by the company under the supervision of founder John Carmack. ''Rage'' is set in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic near future, following the impact of the asteroid 99942 Apophis on Earth. Players take control of Nicholas Raine, a soldier put into hibernation in an underground shelter who emerges into the wasteland a century later, and finds himself a wanted man by an oppressive organization known as The Authority. The game has been described as similar to the movie ''Mad Max 2'', and video games such as ...
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Lone Wolf & Cub
is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' chronicles the story of Ogami Ittō, the ''shōgun''s executioner who uses a dōtanuki battle sword. Disgraced by false accusations from the Yagyū clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. Along with his three-year-old son, Daigorō, they seek revenge on the Yagyū clan and are known as "Lone Wolf and Cub". Plot Ogami Ittō, formidable warrior and a master of the ''suiō-ryū'' swordsmanship, serves as the ''Kogi Kaishakunin'' (the Shōgun's executioner), a position of high power in the Tokugawa shogunate during the 1700s. Along with the oniwaban and the assassins, Ogami Ittō is responsible for enforcing the will of the ''shōgun'' over the ''daim ...
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