Medieval

Image via YouTube What better way to bring traction to the Czech film industry than recruiting some of Hollywood’s finest talents to feature in an action-packed dramatization based on the life of one of the Czech Republic’s greatest military commanders in history? If you’re director Petr Jákl, it seems there is no better way, and the new trailer for Medieval, the result of Jákl’s philosophy, looks to be proving him right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvueouCojgM The film stars Ben Foster (Hell or High…

In 1878 a pile of ancient bones was pulled from the ground at Birka, near Stockholm, and confidently identified as the remains of a 10th-century Norse warrior. After all, the skeleton, known as “Bj 581”, was going into the next life surrounded by every kind of death-dealing instrument: spears, axes, arrows and swords, and a couple of strapping war horses. You might have assumed Bj 581 would have one of those helmets with curly horns too, were it not for the fact that the “classic” Norse headgear was actually a stage prop…

Chinese Wikipedia had a robust collection of detailed and authoritative articles on medieval Russia, thanks to a user called Zhemao who claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat assigned in the country. Zhemao wrote 206 articles for the website since 2019, the longest of which, according to Vice World News, is almost as long as The Great Gatsby. It detailed Tartar uprisings in 17th century Russia and was supported by a map of the country during that era. In another article, the user shared rare images of ancient Russian…

Rachel Cheung / VICE: A woman wrote 206 interconnected Chinese Wikipedia articles since 2019 with false accounts of medieval Russian history, in one of the largest hoaxes on the site — She “single-handedly invented a new way to undermine Wikipedia,” says a Wikipedian. — RC Rachel Cheung / VICE: A woman wrote 206 interconnected Chinese Wikipedia articles since 2019 with false accounts of medieval Russian history, in one of the largest hoaxes on the site …

It looks like Creative Assembly is developing a new triple-A melee combat game and is currently hiring for new roles. According to Creative Assembly’s careers page, shared via Reddit, the Total War developer is  currently looking for a senior combat designer for a “new project” set in a medieval fantasy setting, who will “contribute to delivering world-class combat gameplay and emotion.” The job role also indicated that the hired developer will  need to bring their “in-depth understanding and passion for 3rd person…

via Lionsgate Keanu Reeves’ infamous 47 Ronin is regarded as one of the worst blockbusters of the last decade, not to mention an all-timer of a box office bomb, so expectations were suitably low when it was first revealed that the Japanese tale was being loosely adapted again shortly afterwards. On the plus side, 2015’s Last Knights at least lived up to those low standards by being terrible. A 16 percent Rotten Tomatoes score was a dire return for a sword-swinging historical adventure that boasted some decent…