Rich Persian history portrayed in new animated film- March 19, 2007 Nader Yaghma'ian, the director of Jamshid and the Sun, says his animated film, which took three years to make, is a portrayal of the "glorious realities" and "rich civilization" of ancient Persia.He suggested Iran should make more programs like Jamshid and the Sun to depict the reality of its history and to replace what he described as "imaginary heroes" fabricated by Hollywood."The Tablet of Human Rights by Cyrus the Great and a famous poem by Iran's Sa'di at the United Nations is evidence of..http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_03_01_ancientgames_archive.html#7115353155642948099 Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising slated for Summer 07 completion- March 13, 2007 Recently the folks at Gamespot had a chance to try out the developing combat system driving the upcoming game "Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising"."Sony Online Entertainment and Perpetual Entertainment want you to start thinking about the upcoming Gods & Heroes not as a massively multiplayer role-playing game but as an action adventure massively multiplayer role-playing game. That's because the style of gameplay in Gods & Heroes is inspired by fighting such games as Mortal Kombat. When you attack.http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_03_01_ancientgames_archive.html#2051106858163683506 "300" places graphic splendor over inspiring story- March 13, 2007 I dutifully took the afternoon off and took my husband and another couple of friends to see the highly anticipated film "300". I had read an article by the producers of the film in which they stated their movie is more about the legend and not the actual event so I wasn't expecting much in the way of historical accuracy.I might be getting older, but as I am not dead yet, I have to admit to enjoying the Spartan "eye candy". However, I would have preferred a more realistic depiction of the...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2007_03_01_ancientgames_archive.html#1573470962252517154 |