The Red Book of the Westmarch

I've been sick lately so I'm not up to the usual honor-shame series, but in the meantime, take a look at Jerome Neyrey's take on prayer from a social science perspective.

NOTE: Please be sure to visit my free-standing blog, Upon Mount Taniquetil.

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:06 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: anthropology, bible, context, jerome neyrey, prayer, sociology

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Upon the suggestion of Darth Executor, I downloaded the demo off Steam. It's a RPG with Oblivion's head designer on the team.

The most obvious first impression I got was the graphical design, which is a stylistic cartoony style very reminiscent of World of Warcraft. I find this to be a refreshing change from Skyrim's photo realism. However, the character creation screen was a bit lacking. I'm not sure if this is just a limitation of the demo or what, but when it comes to hairstyles ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:07 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: demo, first impressions, kingdoms of amalur, rpg, video games

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Honor and Shame, Part III
How honor was gained and lost, Part 2 of 2

Last time we started investigating just how a person of a collectivist society accrues honor and shame and today we'll pick up where we left off and also examine the role woman played in this social game.

To sum up where the last blog post ended, the main way a person added to his acquired honor was by engaging in an intense ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:08 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: anthropology, bible, context, honor, shame, sociology

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Honor and Shame, Part II
How honor was gained and lost, Part 1 of 2

So far we've taken a quick look on the most basic questions of honor and shame - what is it and why is it important? This time we'll investigate how one could gain or lose honor in their collectivistic society.

A person's honor rating can be subdivided into two basic categories: ascribed and acquired honor. According to ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:10 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: anthropology, bible, context, honor, shame, sociology

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Replaying DXHR brought to mind a pet peeve of mine that I've had for awhile. Let's say you're playing a video game - very meticulously and methodically clearing out rooms of enemies or avoiding them altogether. You pride yourself in your stealth abilities and tactical wit. The enemy never sees you coming and only knows that you've been there when he groggily wakes up five hours later with a tranquilizer dart lodged in his neck. How would you feel ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 05:11 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: deus ex, rant, video games

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