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  1. Dante’s Inferno with Adam Williamson

    

    They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but in this case, it’s paved with quick‑time events and awkward platforming. Step back into 2010, when grim determination, button mashing, and a suspicious amount of artistic license gave us Dante’s Inferno on the PS3 and Xbox 360, the game adaptation no one asked for but we secretly loved anyway.

    Joining Chris this time is Adam Williamson. You know, that guy who’s somehow managed to pop up in both past and future episodes of Play Comics. It’s like he’s got his own metaphysical time loop going, except with fewer torturous souls and more witty banter.

    So grab your favorite medieval poetry anthology (or just pretend you’ve read it. No judgment), crank up the over‑the‑top orchestral soundtrack, and prepare to descend through nine circles of beautifully rendered weirdness. Let’s find out how a centuries‑old Italian masterpiece got a glow‑up full of demons, guilt, and surprisingly good level design.

    Learn such things as:

    • How many sins can you commit before hitting a loading screen?
    • What might Dante have thought of boss battles?
    • Was someone just really into God of War? It’s the God part wasn’t it?
    • And so much more!

    You can find Adam absolutely nowhere except for on Play Comics where he writes comic reviews and appears on other episodes. Of particular interest to listeners of this episode are The Gimmick #1 and The Job #1.

    If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

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    You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.

    If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

    A big thanks to Kaiju ComiCast and Anime Field Guide for the promos today.

    Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who was wondering the whole time why neither of us brought up X-Men Inferno at all.

    #AbramsComicArts #AdamWilliamson #ArtificialMindAndMovement #DanteAlighieri #ElectronicArts #PS3 #PSP #VisceralGames #Xbox360
  2. :stargif: 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒊: 𝒆𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐́ 𝒔𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊́𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂 𝒐𝒃𝒓𝒂 𝒎𝒂́𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒚𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 :stargif:

    En 1302, la ciudad de Florencia tomó una decisión que marcaría para siempre la historia de la literatura.
    Un poeta y político fue condenado al exilio, multado con una enorme suma y amenazado con morir en la hoguera si regresaba.
    Su nombre era Dante Alighieri.

    Había nacido en 1265 en una familia de pequeña nobleza.
    Su padre, Alighiero di Bellincione, era prestamista, una profesión común en la época pero poco prestigiosa.
    Su madre, Bella degli Abati, murió cuando Dante era aún niño, y de ella apenas conocemos su nombre.

    La juventud de Dante transcurrió en una ciudad profundamente dividida.
    Florencia vivía enfrentamientos constantes entre las facciones políticas: primero entre güelfos y gibelinos, y más tarde entre los propios güelfos, divididos en blancos y negros.
    Los primeros defendían mayor autonomía frente al poder papal; los segundos apoyaban una alianza más estrecha con el Papa.

    Dante pertenecía a los güelfos blancos.

    No fue solo poeta.
    También participó activamente en la vida política y militar de su ciudad.
    En 1289 combatió en la Batalla de Campaldino contra los gibelinos de Arezzo.
    Años después, en 1300, fue elegido prior de Florencia, uno de los cargos más importantes del gobierno municipal.

    Durante su mandato intentó mantener el equilibrio entre las facciones, pero la tensión política era ya explosiva.
    Además, Dante se enfrentó indirectamente al poderoso papa Bonifacio VIII, quien apoyaba a los güelfos negros.

    La situación estalló cuando el rey francés Carlos de Valois entró en Florencia en 1301 con el respaldo del Papa.
    Los güelfos negros tomaron el control de la ciudad y comenzaron a perseguir a sus rivales políticos.

    Dante, que se encontraba en una misión diplomática en Roma, fue condenado en ausencia. La sentencia fue dura: multa de 5.000 florines, confiscación de bienes, destierro perpetuo y muerte en la hoguera si regresaba.

    Nunca volvió a Florencia.

    Comenzó entonces una larga vida de exilio.
    Vagó por distintas cortes italianas, entre ellas las de Verona, Forlì y finalmente Rávena.
    En ese periodo experimentó lo que él mismo describió como el amargo sabor del “pan ajeno”, una metáfora del exilio y la dependencia.

    Pero de esa derrota política nació una obra inmortal.

    Durante esos años escribió su obra maestra, la Divina Comedia, un viaje imaginario por el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Paraíso que es al mismo tiempo poema, reflexión teológica, crítica política y ajuste de cuentas con su tiempo.

    En ella aparecen enemigos políticos, figuras históricas, personajes mitológicos y contemporáneos de Dante.
    Algunos reciben castigos eternos, entre ellos el propio papa Bonifacio VIII, a quien Dante sitúa simbólicamente en el infierno antes incluso de su muerte.

    El poema también fue revolucionario por otro motivo: Dante lo escribió en italiano vulgar, no en latín.
    Con ello contribuyó decisivamente al nacimiento del italiano literario.

    Su vida personal fue más compleja de lo que su obra sugiere.
    Aunque su poesía idealiza a Beatriz Portinari —a quien conoció siendo joven y que se convirtió en su guía espiritual en la Comedia— Dante estaba casado con Gemma Donati, miembro de una influyente familia florentina.
    El matrimonio fue pactado cuando él era adolescente y tuvieron varios hijos: Pietro, Jacopo y Antonia, esta última convertida más tarde en monja bajo el nombre de sor Beatriz.

    Curiosamente, Dante nunca menciona a su esposa en sus obras.

    En cuanto a su formación intelectual, no existen pruebas de que estudiara formalmente en la universidad, aunque pudo pasar por la de Bolonia.
    Gran parte de su educación la recibió en escuelas religiosas de Florencia, especialmente en los entornos dominicos y franciscanos.
    Uno de sus maestros más influyentes fue Brunetto Latini, a quien Dante admiraba profundamente… aunque en la Divina Comedia lo situó en el Infierno, reflejando la compleja mezcla de respeto y juicio moral que caracteriza su obra.

    Dante también tenía una marcada obsesión simbólica con el número tres, reflejo de la Trinidad cristiana.
    La Divina Comedia está construida con una estructura matemática rigurosa: tres partes, treinta y tres cantos en cada una (más uno introductorio), y versos organizados en tercetos encadenados.

    SIGUE ↘️

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    #historia #dantealighieri #florencia #edadmedia #literatura #divinacomedia #historiadelmundo #personajeshistoricos #italia #ecosdelpasado

  3. "Ser feliz no cuesta nada. ser infeliz tampoco. La diferencia está en lo que decides alimentar.
    Al final cada persona elige como vivir: con gratitud y alegría o con quejas y amargura.
    Porque la felicidad es una elección."

    Dante Alighieri 🇮🇹

    #Felicidad #Reflexion #DanteAlighieri #Filosofia #Citas #Gratitud #CrecimientoPersonal #PensamientoPositivo #Bienestar #Motivacion #Mastodon

  4. #TIL it is a bad idea to attempt falling asleep to #DanteAlighieri Divine Comedy.
    28 Cantos later, it's 03:00 and my mind is blown. What a masterpiece.
    Hearing it recited, even in English, is so compelling.
    Next I have to get my hands on a recording in #italian

  5. University of Manchester: The University of Manchester launches groundbreaking ‘Digital Dante Library’. “The University of Manchester is set to launch the Manchester Digital Dante Library, a landmark digital collection which will make some of the rarest and most significant early printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy available freely online for the first time.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/university-of-manchester-the-university-of-manchester-launches-groundbreaking-digital-dante-library/

  6. #Quotes #DanteAlighieri

    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
    The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -Dante Alighieri, poet (c. May 1265-1321)

  7. Questa montagna è tale,
    Che sempre al cominciar di sotto è grave,
    E quanto uom più va su e men fa male.
    – DANTE: Il Purgatorio

    Purgatorio, IV. 88–90: ‘This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.'

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883))

    #dante #divinecomedy #purgatory #virgil #gustavedore #ladivinacommedia #theAscent #dantealighieri #DanielDeronda #georgeEliot #books #bookstodon

  8. Questa montagna è tale,
    Che sempre al cominciar di sotto è grave,
    E quanto uom più va su e men fa male.
    – DANTE: Il Purgatorio

    Purgatorio, IV. 88–90: ‘This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.'

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883))

  9. Questa montagna è tale,
    Che sempre al cominciar di sotto è grave,
    E quanto uom più va su e men fa male.
    – DANTE: Il Purgatorio

    Purgatorio, IV. 88–90: ‘This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.'

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883))

    #dante #divinecomedy #purgatory #virgil #gustavedore #ladivinacommedia #theAscent #dantealighieri #DanielDeronda #georgeEliot #books #bookstodon

  10. Questa montagna è tale,
    Che sempre al cominciar di sotto è grave,
    E quanto uom più va su e men fa male.
    – DANTE: Il Purgatorio

    Purgatorio, IV. 88–90: ‘This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.'

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883))

    #dante #divinecomedy #purgatory #virgil #gustavedore #ladivinacommedia #theAscent #dantealighieri #DanielDeronda #georgeEliot #books #bookstodon

  11. Questa montagna è tale,
    Che sempre al cominciar di sotto è grave,
    E quanto uom più va su e men fa male.
    – DANTE: Il Purgatorio

    Purgatorio, IV. 88–90: ‘This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.'

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883))

    #dante #divinecomedy #purgatory #virgil #gustavedore #ladivinacommedia #theAscent #dantealighieri #DanielDeronda #georgeEliot #books #bookstodon

  12. En mode rédaction d’un article scientifique pour les Actes du colloque sur Dante et sa réception en Belgique, organisé en mai dernier par la Faculté de Traduction et d'Interprétation (UMONS). Avec pour consigne de ne pas dépasser 30.000 signes 🥵 Un colloque où j’ai eu l’honneur et le plaisir de présenter mes recherches sur #dantealighieri et la présence d’#Orval dans la #Commedia.

  13. Mettiamola così: non proprio i primi a pensarci (questo video è del 2019, il nostro spettacolo di 2 anni prima 🤭). I Sincopatici ft Claudio Milano - Decimo Cerchio (L'Inferno 1911 OST) :: Le Recensioni di OndaRock ondarock.it/recensioni/2024-si #teatro #music #DJ #DanteAlighieri #AdaReina

  14. 25 marzo è il #Dantedì, giornata istituita per ricordare il genio di #DanteAlighieri nella data che riconosciuta come inizio del viaggio nell'aldilà della #DivinaCommedia in cui si cita diverse volte il #vino addirittura per spiegare il mistero della nascita dell’anima umana.

    Lasciatevi ispirare dall’anima del vino per progetti 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼/𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁/𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 “𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗶 𝗱𝗶 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲–𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗘/𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗢”
    👉 www.vocidinotte.it

    #wine #concorsoletterario #mailart #multimedia #digitalart #art

  15. Rieccomi! Dicevamo... quest'anno partecipo a DANTE PLUS 2023 con una mia illustrazione.
    La mostra si svolgerà a Ravenna presso la Biblioteca Alfredo Oriani in via Corrado Ricci 26, dal 20 maggio al 17 settembre 2023.
    L'inaugurazione (non so ancora se riuscirò ad esserci...) si terrà il 20 maggio 2023 alle 18:00. L'ingresso alla mostra sarà gratuito.
    Tutte le info le trovate sul sito danteplus.com

    #danteplus #dantealighieri #divinacommedia #poster #portrait #originalart #digitalart

  16. E' uscita, oggi, la puntata di @cosmobrainonair su #DanteAlighieri in cui insieme con @gardelita85 e #IlariaFerrari abbiamo parlato del sommo poeta e della #DivinaCommedia

    spreaker.com/user/cosmobrain/d

    La trovate anche su Spotify, se vi viene più comodo!

  17. Al Caffè del Cappellaio Matto: Nel mezzo del cammin: #Topolino e #DanteAlighieri buff.ly/3DyXRC9 Recupero la recensione della storia dantesca di @TopolinoIT precedentemente pubblicata su #DropSea - su @lospaziobianco #Dante700 #DivinaCommedia

  18. “I cannot well repeat how there I entered”*…

    Domenico di Michelino, La Divina Commedia di Dante, 1465 — Source

    A collection– and consideration– of the illustrations inspired by Dante’s The Divine Comedy…

    A man wakes deep in the woods, halfway through life. Far from home, unpermitted to return, his heart pierced by grief. He has strayed from the path. It’s a dark night of the soul, his crisis so great that death becomes a tempting end. And then, as wild beasts advance upon this easy prey, his prayers are answered. A guide appears, promising to show him the way toward paradise…

    [This month] marks the seventh centenary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the Florentine poet who wrote The Divine Comedy, arguably our most ambitious Western epic. Eschewing Latin, the medieval currency of literature and scholarship, Dante wrote in his vernacular tongue, establishing the foundations for a standardized Italian language, and, by doing so, may have laid cultural groundwork for the unification of Italy.

    The poet’s impact on literature cannot be overstated. “Dante’s influence was massive”, writes Erich Auerbach, “he singlehandedly established the expressive possibilities and the landscape of all poetry to come, and he did so virtually out of thin air”. And just as the classical Virgil served as Dante’s guide through the Inferno, Dante became a kind of Virgil for later writers. Chaucer cribbed his rhythm and images, while Milton’s Paradise Lost may have been actually lost, were it not for Dante as a shepherd. The Divina Commedia is a touchstone for works as diverse as fifteenth-century Castilian and Catalan verse; Gogol’s Dead Souls (1842); and Mary Shelley’s Italian Rambles (1844), which finds the poet at every turn:

    There is scarcely a spot in Tuscany, and those parts of the North of Italy, which he visited, that Dante has not described in poetry that brings the very spot before your eyes, adorned with graces missed by the prosaic eye, and which are exact and in perfect harmony with the scene.

    If Dante’s poetry summons landscapes before its reader’s eyes, artists have tried, for the last seven hundred years, to achieve another kind of evocation: rendering the Commedia in precise images, evocative patterns, and dazzling color. By Jean-Pierre Barricelli’s estimate, a complete catalogue of Commedia-inspired artworks would exceed 1,100 names. The earliest dated image comes from Florence in 1337, beginning the tradition soon after the poet’s death in 1321. Before long, there were scores of other illustrations…

    A thoughtful consideration and a glorious collection: “700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art,” from @PublicDomainRev.

    * Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

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    As we visualize, we might send well-worded birthday greetings to Samuel Johnson; he was born on this date in 1709.  A poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, Johnson’s best-known work was surely  A Dictionary of the English Language, which he published in 1755, after nine years work– and which served as the standard for 150 years (until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary).  But Dr. Johnson, as he was known, is probably best remembered as the subject of what Walter Jackson Bate noted is “the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature”: James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson.  A famous aphorist, Johnson was the very opposite of a man he described to Boswell in 1784: “He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.”

    Apropos Dante, Johnson observed “if what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.”

    Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Dr. Johnson

    source

    #ADictionaryOfTheEnglishLanguage #art #biography #Dante #DanteAlighieri #Dictionary #history #illustration #JamesBoswell #language #LifeOfSamuelJohnson #literature #MaryShelley #poetry #SamuelJohnson #TheDivineComedy