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Nethergate
''Nethergate'' is a computer-based historical fantasy role-playing game published by Spiderweb Software for the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms. The game was released in 1998 by Jeff Vogel, and was Spiderweb Software's first game to feature a 45° isometric viewing angle. ''Nethergate'' offers players the choice to play on either side of the story, as Celts or Romans. The game's plot allows for several endings and many side quests, which accompany the main story. Spiderweb Software released a remake called ''Nethergate Resurrection'' in May 2007. Plot The player begins with a party of four characters, who are either "A small band of Roman Soldiers sent to the Shadowvale to complete a mysterious mission", or a "Band of Celtic warriors told by your chief to go to the village of Nethergate for mysterious reasons". Shadowvale is an isolated valley controlled by the Brigantes, and the game's events take place during the time of Boudica's rebellion in AD 60/61. The linear mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiderweb Software
Spiderweb Software is an independent video game developer founded in 1994 by Jeff Vogel in Seattle, Washington. Its primary focus is on creating demoware games for the Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Android and the iPad. Spiderweb Software is also known for emphasizing storytelling and turn-based gameplay and using a retro style of graphics. Games Developed games Spiderweb Software is most notable for the following RPG video games: * The ''Exile'' trilogy of underground adventures (1995-1997). ** ''Blades of Exile'', a non-canonical continuation featuring a scenario creation kit. * '' Nethergate'', a fantasy game based upon the Roman occupation of Britain (1998). The game was eventually revamped under the title '' Nethergate: Resurrection'' (2007). * The first ''Avernum'' trilogy, which are expanded remakes of the ''Exile'' series, using the Nethergate game engine, with several enhancements to the visual design and gameplay (2000-2002). ** '' Blades of Avernum'', a non-ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Vogel
Spiderweb Software is an independent video game developer founded in 1994 by Jeff Vogel in Seattle, Washington. Its primary focus is on creating demoware games for the Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Android and the iPad. Spiderweb Software is also known for emphasizing storytelling and turn-based gameplay and using a retro style of graphics. Games Developed games Spiderweb Software is most notable for the following RPG video games: * The ''Exile'' trilogy of underground adventures (1995-1997). ** ''Blades of Exile'', a non-canonical continuation featuring a scenario creation kit. * '' Nethergate'', a fantasy game based upon the Roman occupation of Britain (1998). The game was eventually revamped under the title '' Nethergate: Resurrection'' (2007). * The first ''Avernum'' trilogy, which are expanded remakes of the ''Exile'' series, using the Nethergate game engine, with several enhancements to the visual design and gameplay (2000-2002). ** '' Blades of Avernum'', a non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blades Of Avernum
''Avernum'' is a series of demoware role-playing video games by Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software available for Macintosh and Windows-based computers. Several are available for iPad, and were formerly available for Android. There are six canonical games in the series. The first three games in the series and the non-canon ''Blades of Avernum'' are remakes of the ''Exile'' series by Jeff Vogel, who owns the company, collectively entitled ''Avernum: First Trilogy''. The next three games (''Avernum: Second Trilogy''), also by Vogel, were released in 2005, 2007 and 2009 respectively. The latter games are entirely original built on a newer game engine and not a remake of any previous game. The ''Avernum'' games, like other Spiderweb Software games, are designed with gameplay and storytelling before graphical elements. In December 2011, a newer version of Avernum has been released, '' Avernum: Escape from the Pit'', followed by its sequels '' Avernum 2: Crystal Souls'' in 2015 and '' Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Mac Games
''Inside Mac Games'' (''IMG'') started in 1993 as an electronic magazine about Apple Macintosh computer gaming distributed by floppy disk, eventually becoming a website. History In 1992, Tuncer Deniz, who was unemployed, decided to create a magazine called ''Inside Mac Games'' — he came up with the name after seeing a copy of ''Inside Sports'' at a newsstand — that would be dedicated to reviews of new and upcoming Macintosh computer games. Deniz interested a friend, Jon Blum, in the project, but neither of them had the capital or the expertise to publish a print magazine. Instead, they envisioned an electronic magazine. Using a shareware lay-out program, Deniz and Blum created the first issue, which contained reviews of four flight simulators — Parsoft Interactive's '' Hellcats Over the Pacific'' and ''Missions at Leyte Gulf'', Spectrum HoloByte's '' Falcon MC'', and ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0'' — as well as hints, Easter eggs and reviews about older games such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torment
Torment may refer to: * The feeling of pain or suffering * Causing to suffer, torture Films * ''Torment'' (1924 film), a silent crime-drama * ''Torment'' (1944 film) (''Hets''), a Swedish film * ''Torment'' (1950 British film), a British thriller film * ''Torment'' (1950 Italian film), an Italian drama film * ''Torment'' (1986 film), an American horror film * ''Torment'' (1994 film), or ''Hell'', French drama film * ''Torment'' (2013 film), a Canadian horror film Novels * ''Torment'' (1951), title of the republished novel ''Better Angel'' (1933) * ''Torment'' (novel) (2010), by Lauren Kate * ''Torment'', a 1999 novel set in the Planescape realm of Dungeons & Dragons Albums * ''Torment'' (Six Feet Under album), 2017 * ''Torment'' (Zoogz Rift album), 1989 * ''The Torment'', a 1990 album by Seventh Angel Other * '' Planescape: Torment'', a 1999 computer role-playing game * '' Torment: Tides of Numenera'', a 2017 computer role-playing video game * Mount Torment Mount T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Games Magazine
''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 1990, Issue 1) and ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'', but changed its name to ''Computer Games Magazine'' after its purchase by theGlobe.com. By April 2007, it held the record for the second-longest-running print magazine dedicated exclusively to computer games, behind '' Computer Gaming World''. In 1998 and 2000, it was the United States' third-largest magazine in this field. History The magazine's original editor-in-chief, Brian Walker, sold ''Strategy Plus'' to the United States retail chain Chips & Bits in 1991. Based in Vermont and owned by Tina and Yale Brozen, Chips & Bits retitled ''Strategy Plus'' to ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'' after the purchase. Its circulation rose to around 130,000 monthly copies by the mid-1990s. By 1998, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allgame
RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform that connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif (Motif E501 in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature) that occurs in the folklore of various northern European cultures. Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a ghostly or supernatural group of hunters engaged in pursuit. The leader of the hunt is often a named figure associated with Odin in Germanic legends, but may variously be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king , the Welsh psychopomp , biblical figures such as Herod, Cain, Gabriel, or the Devil, or an unidentified lost soul or spirit either male or female. The hunters are generally the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs, sometimes fairies, valkyries, or elves. Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to forebode some catastrophe such as war or plague, or at best the death of the one who witnessed it. People encountering the Hunt might also be abducted to the underworld or the fairy kingdom. In some instances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicker Man
A wicker man was purportedly a large wicker statue in which the druids (priests of Celtic paganism) Human sacrifice, sacrificed humans and Animal sacrifice, animals by burning. The main evidence for this practice is a sentence by Ancient Rome, Roman general Julius Caesar in his ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Commentary on the Gallic War'' (1st century BC), which modern scholarship has linked to an earlier Ancient Greece, Greek writer, Poseidonius. There is some archaeological evidence of human sacrifice among Celts, Celtic peoples, although it is rare. The ancient Greco-Roman sources are now regarded somewhat skeptically, considering it is likely they "were eager to transmit any bizarre and negative information" about the Celts, as it benefited them to do so. The British horror film ''The Wicker Man (1973 film), The Wicker Man'' (1973) brought the wicker man into popular culture. In recent times, a wicker man (without human or animal sacrifices) has been burned at some neopagan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seelie Court
Seelie is a term for fairies in Scottish folklore, appearing in the form of seely wights or The Seelie Court. The Northumbria#Language, Northern and Middle English word (also , , ), and the Scots language, Scots form , mean "happy", "lucky" or "blessed." Despite their name, the seelie folk of legend could be morally ambivalent and dangerous. Calling them "seelie," similar to names such as "good neighbors," may have been a euphemism to ward off their anger. Etymology The word derives from the Old English and and the Proto-West Germanic language, Proto-West Germanic ''*sālīg'' (“blissful, happy”). The Modern English, Modern Standard English word "wikt:silly, silly" is also derived from this root. The antonym, ''unseely'' (also ''unsall'', ''unsell)'' means "unhappy", "misfortunate" or "unholy." Seelie wights Many Scottish ballads and tales tell of "Seilie wichts" or "Wight, wights," meaning blessed beings. Julian Goodare theorized that these were legendary nature spirit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacGuffin
In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself. The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock, and later extended to a similar device in other fiction. The MacGuffin technique is common in films, especially thrillers. Usually, the MacGuffin is revealed in the first act, and thereafter declines in importance. It can reappear at the climax of the story but may actually be forgotten by the end of the story. Multiple MacGuffins are sometimes derisively identified as plot coupons. History and use The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot. The final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (magazine)
''Dragon'' is one of the two official magazines for source material for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game and associated products, along with ''Dungeon (magazine), Dungeon''. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, ''The Strategic Review''. The final printed issue was #359 in September 2007. Shortly after the last print issue shipped in mid-August 2007, Wizards of the Coast (part of Hasbro, Inc.), the publication's current copyright holder, relaunched ''Dragon'' as an online magazine, continuing on the numbering of the print edition. The last published issue was No. 430 in December 2013. A digital publication called ''Dragon+'', which replaces the ''Dragon'' magazine, launched in 2015. It is created by Dialect in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, and its numbering system for issues started at No. 1. History TSR In 1975, TSR, Inc. began publishing ''The Strategic Review''. At the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
