tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6958704922296264662..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Very Briefly Noted: Dante's Inferno: you loved the game, now read the book!Cord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-56805179115723260092010-01-15T17:45:20.155-05:002010-01-15T17:45:20.155-05:00OMG.
That poet's been going to the gym.OMG.<br /><br />That poet's been going to the gym.Lara Farinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360944717701168191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-43436156200604781622010-01-15T17:32:22.963-05:002010-01-15T17:32:22.963-05:00I plan to play through this game for the greater m...I plan to play through this game for the greater medieval good. I'll report on how it goes. <br /><br />I just hope they make Purgatorio and Paradiso into sequels. The sequence where you have to fit the pieces of the heavenly rose together in Paradiso will be inspired by tetris, I hear.Brantley Bryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-71530901269782271572010-01-15T16:04:45.390-05:002010-01-15T16:04:45.390-05:00Liam, as Carl P. says at Got Medieval (third of my...Liam, as Carl P. says at Got Medieval (third of my links to his blog):<br />"So next semester, when someone brings up Dante's role in the slaughter of the Muslims at Acre in class discussion, you can't say you weren't warned."<br /><br />Good luck!Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-2183450813535910452010-01-15T15:53:07.376-05:002010-01-15T15:53:07.376-05:00My kid commented that now people who have played t...My kid commented that now people who have played the game will say that they have read the book...<br /><br />I thought, "Oh my God, now not only will I get papers from students who have only seen the movie of the book, but also from those who have only played a video game of the book."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685315159242540113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-15334009772242872682010-01-15T10:28:37.912-05:002010-01-15T10:28:37.912-05:00Good lord. My stepson told me about this game, but...Good lord. My stepson told me about this game, but I had no idea it featured Dante as a buff swordsman trying to... rescue Beatrice from hell? <br /><br />They do get points for referring to it as "medieval" and not "renaissance."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685315159242540113noreply@blogger.com