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We are in Greece, 5th century BC, in August and in the midst of the Greco-Persian wars. Xerxes and the Persian army are advancing towards Athens but they are met by Leonidas and his 300 Spartans who decide to fight to the death at Thermopylae. Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

Leonidas at Thermopylae - Jacques-Louis David

Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

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The painter Artemisia Gentileschi was rediscovered in the 1970s by pioneers of gender studies in art. A simple question arose: why are so few great masters women?

Judith and Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman. But why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

Young Women with Unicorn - Raphael

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman, but why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Assumption of the Virgin - Nicolas Poussin

Christian philosophy is based on two abstract and complex concepts, but art can simplify them: Paradise, where everything was good and is lost, and Hell, which is so scary that no one wants to go there. And in between there is…us!

The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch

Gaming isn't all fun and games; there's an ideology and a world view behind each game. Trinity notes, as she plays her favourite games with political scientist Oliver Mauco, how often the protagonists are white men defending America from a foreign enemy. They then move on to Gal*Gun, and discuss the model of submissive femininity that it portrays. What if gaming was politics?

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Gaming isn't all fun and games; there's an ideology and a world view behind each game

Art of Gaming

The multiplayer mode in gaming lets you play against your family, your friends, and even people you've never met before. How does playing against a real person change how you view the game, and how you play?

Versus

How does playing against a real person change how you view the game?

What does the choice of avatar tell us about the human being behind it? A mirror of ourselves or a reinvention? We analyse the relationship between gamer and on-screen character.

Egotrip

What does the choice of avatar tell us? We analyse the relationship between gamer and on-screen character.

Do video games make us lonely? This is what the media often implies. And yet today, it's impossible to be a good MMORPG player without also beign in a team. Many games require effective cooperation to advance to the next level. So, are video games actually a way of improving our social skills?

Team Spirit

Video games, unlike other forms of art, have to integrate instructions into the game. But how do you integrate instructions creatively, without being overbearing but still getting the message across? Melek talks through the issues with Jörg Friedrich, a game designer, as they play Spelunky, Warcraft 3 and Far Cry.

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How do you integrate instructions creatively, without being overbearing but still getting the message across?

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