# the matrix (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover the matrix. Page: Feed: --- ## [Persona Turns 30: How Atlus Built One of Gaming’s Most Influential RPG Franchises](https://therottenusagi.com/anime/persona-30th-anniversary-atlus-rpg-influential-franchise/) _2026-08-22 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ Persona Turns 30: Why Atlus’ RPG Series Became One of Gaming’s Most Influential Franchises For... La entrada Persona Turns 30: How Atlus Built One of Gaming’s Most Influential RPG Franchises se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Silent Lucidity: What My Dreams Are Teaching Me at Fifty-Eight](https://www.soulcruzer.com/silent-lucidity-what-my-dreams-are-teaching-me-at-fifty-eight/) _2026-08-21 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ I woke on my fifty-eighth birthday with Queensrÿche's Silent Lucidity playing in my head. By the time the tarot cards were on the table, the song had become an instruction for crossing the threshold between understanding and embodiment. ## [Hack, Slash, and Laugh: The Golden Axe Animated Series Hits Paramount+ This September](https://therottenusagi.com/animation/golden-axe-animated-series-paramount-plus/) _2026-08-20 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ SEGA’s Classic Brawler Golden Axe Is Returning as an Animated Comedy on Paramount+ If you... La entrada Hack, Slash, and Laugh: The Golden Axe Animated Series Hits Paramount+ This September se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Arachnid Apocalypse: First Look at CRAWLERS](https://therottenusagi.com/horror/crawlers-first-trailer-spider-horror-2026/) _2026-08-18 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ Some trailers creep in quietly — others sink their fangs right into you. CRAWLERS, the... La entrada Arachnid Apocalypse: First Look at CRAWLERS se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Takopi’s Original Sin Gets a Theatrical Return — and It May Hurt Even More on the Big Screen](https://therottenusagi.com/anime/takopis-original-sin-theatrical-return/) _2026-08-18 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ There are anime stories you watch once and remember. Then there are stories that make... La entrada Takopi’s Original Sin Gets a Theatrical Return — and It May Hurt Even More on the Big Screen se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [The Stories That Tell Us](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-stories-that-tell-us/) _2026-08-18 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ There are two kinds of stories: the ones you tell about yourself, and the ones so large you’ve forgotten anyone is telling them. Every so often I catch one of the first kind halfway out of my mouth. “I’m not the kind of person who…” The rest of the sentence hardly matters. The interesting part ... Read more ## [The Dorothy Practice: Staying With the Visible World for Another Beat](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-dorothy-practice-staying-with-the-visible-world-for-another-beat/) _2026-08-17 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ I am sitting in Bonnie, our caravan, with my morning coffee while the campsite begins to wake around me. A rook is cleaning up the empty pitch next to ours. One of his companions joins him. A little later, on my way to the shower block, I pass a chicken picking crumbs from another camper’s ... Read more ## [To commemorate 40 years of Dragon Quest, Square Enix and Takara Tomy are officially dropping the Dragon Quest Life Game](https://therottenusagi.com/games/dragon-quest-life-game-40th-anniversary-board-game/) _2026-08-17 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ Forget Modern Adulting: Dragon Quest Life GameWants You to Spin for Glory This October If... La entrada To commemorate 40 years of Dragon Quest, Square Enix and Takara Tomy are officially dropping the Dragon Quest Life Game se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Dynamite Relaunches The X-Files with Mulder & Scully This Winter](https://therottenusagi.com/comics/dynamite-new-x-files-comic-mulder-scully-return/) _2026-08-13 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ The Truth Is Still Out There: Mulder & Scully Return to Comics This Winter If... La entrada Dynamite Relaunches The X-Files with Mulder & Scully This Winter se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [We Never Entered The Matrix—We Built It Around Us](https://therottenusagi.com/scifi/science-fiction-after-the-matrix/) _2026-08-11 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ We Never Entered The Matrix—We Built It Around Us How Science Fiction Changed When the... La entrada We Never Entered The Matrix—We Built It Around Us se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kPjDdH8uXsB6) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [The Whole Room Is the Fantasy Amplifier](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-whole-room-is-the-fantasy-amplifier/) _2026-08-11 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ I have been thinking about Alan Kay’s idea of the fantasy amplifier, partly because I have begun to suspect that the thing he was imagining has arrived. Or perhaps: it is arriving. Howard Rheingold, writing about Kay in Tools for Thought, described his ambition as building a “fantasy amplifier”, a dynamic medium for creative thought ... Read more ## [Blitzway’s Black Version Boss Borot Is pure Die-Cast Filth](https://therottenusagi.com/toys/blitzway-boss-borot-black-version-review/) _2026-08-09 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ From Junkyard Comedy to Black-Gold Royalty: Blitzway Boss Borot (Black Ver.) If you grew up... La entrada Blitzway’s Black Version Boss Borot Is pure Die-Cast Filth se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Gundam Arsenal Commander Turns Bandai’s Arcade Card Game Into a Three-Way War](https://therottenusagi.com/games/mobile-suit-gundam-arsenal-commander-announced-2027/) _2026-08-09 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ Mobile Suit Gundam Arsenal Commander Announced: Bandai Turns Arsenal Base Into a Three-Way War Bandai’s... La entrada Gundam Arsenal Commander Turns Bandai’s Arcade Card Game Into a Three-Way War se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [30 Years Later, the Nine Inch Nails Quake Soundtrack Still Haunts Our Dreams](https://therottenusagi.com/music/nine-inch-nails-quake-30th-anniversary-soundtrack-merch/) _2026-08-08 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ How Nine Inch Nails Changed Video Game Music Forever (And How They’re Celebrating 30 Years... La entrada 30 Years Later, the Nine Inch Nails Quake Soundtrack Still Haunts Our Dreams se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [Hiya Toys Just Unleashed the Ultimate Godzilla (2002) Figure—And It’s a Kaiju Fan’s Dream](https://therottenusagi.com/toys/hiya-toys-godzilla-2002-figure-release/) _2026-08-08 · Irionik Rotten · Rotten Usagi_ Hiya Toys Just Unleashed the Ultimate Godzilla (2002) Figure—And It’s a Kaiju Fan’s Dream If... La entrada Hiya Toys Just Unleashed the Ultimate Godzilla (2002) Figure—And It’s a Kaiju Fan’s Dream se publicó primero en Rotten Usagi . ## [The Fifth Question: Why Am I Waiting to Be Asked?](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-fifth-question-why-am-i-waiting-to-be-asked/) _2026-08-07 · Soulcruzer · soulcruzer_ You finish a conversation and realise the other person learned nothing about you. They spoke, you listened, and somewhere along the way your role became clear: hold the space, ask the follow-up question, keep the exchange moving. Later, you replay the conversation and wonder whether they were uninterested or simply unaware. Claire Lester describes the ... Read more ## [Borrowing a Larger Self: An Experiment in Archetypal Invocation](https://www.soulcruzer.com/borrowing-a-larger-self-an-experiment-in-archetypal-invocation/) _2026-08-06 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ A practical experiment in calling forward a larger human pattern when the usual character is too small for the scene. ## [The Man Who Drew Desire](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-man-who-drew-desire/) _2026-08-04 · Soulcruzer · soulcruzer_ The life and afterlife of Austin Osman Spare In photographs, Austin Osman Spare often looks as if he has been caught halfway between worlds. As a young man, he appears pale, beautiful and theatrical, with dark hair swept from his forehead and the wary expression of someone who already suspects that ordinary reality is a ... Read more ## [The Map Is Not the Adventure: Reading Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-map-is-not-the-adventure-reading-rebecca-solnits-a-field-guide-to-getting-lost/) _2026-08-01 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ I took a different street home the other day. There was no great expedition in it. I was walking back through Southam by a route I know too well, heading toward the familiar turn that gets me home with the least fuss. Then I thought: I could go that way instead. I had no errand ... Read more ## [The Story That Wants You at Your Desk](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-story-that-wants-you-at-your-desk/) _2026-07-31 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ There is a short scene near the beginning of The Matrix that has stayed with me for years. Thomas Anderson is sitting in the office of his manager, Mr Reinhart. Anderson has arrived late again. He has a problem with authority, the manager tells him. He believes he is special, that somehow the rules do ... Read more ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2CFH3DDwrDcP) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Working Notes: the moon in transition](https://www.soulcruzer.com/working-notes-the-moon-in-transition/) _2026-07-30 · Clay Lowe · soulcruzer_ Last night I stood at the front of the house and watched a red moon. This morning, after waking, I looked towards the bedroom mirror at the back and saw the full moon again, bright in the glass. I don’t need the moon to issue instructions. I’ve spent enough years around symbols to know that ... Read more ## [The church that wasn’t there](https://www.soulcruzer.com/the-church-that-wasnt-there/) _2026-07-28 · Soulcruzer · soulcruzer_ I arrived in Worcester with time to spare before a family lunch. We were all coming from different points on the map. My son, his partner and my granddaughter had travelled from Ludlow. My wife and daughter were on their way from Southam. My in-laws and brother-in-law were coming up from Bristol. I had parked ... Read more ## [Over on the CERIAS Blog…](https://spaf.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/over-on-the-cerias-blog/) _2026-07-10 · spaf · Spaf's Thoughts_ Too many people are prone to accepting hype and myths about computing, and that often leads to poor decisions. 20 years ago, my first post in the CERIAS blog addressed an example — the folk wisdom that monthly password changes improve security — a myth that had already survived 30 years and that NIST needed \[…\] ## [Revisiting The Ghost](https://spaf.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/revisiting-the-ghost/) _2026-05-13 · spaf · Spaf's Thoughts_ Something brought the movie Ghost in the Shell to mind, and I cannot quite place what. Perhaps it was the accumulation of writing and thinking about AI and identity recently, and in particular, my three recent posts on the CERIAS blog. Whatever the trigger, I went back to the 2017 live-action film for the first \[…\] ## [HHS Launches MASA Initiative: The Implications for Artificial Intelligence](https://spaf.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/hhs-launches-masa-initiative-the-implications-for-artificial-intelligence/) _2026-04-01 · spaf · Spaf's Thoughts_ Washington DC — Hold for Release April 1, 2026 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has announced a new initiative: MASA — Make America Stupid Again. A press release from his office stated, “As part of our agenda to remove all artificial items from public consumption, we will be seeking to ban Artificial Intelligence, Artificial \[…\] ## [And in the news this week…](https://spaf.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/and-in-the-news-this-week/) _2026-03-29 · spaf · Spaf's Thoughts_ Researchers claim to have found a megastructure and a second Sphinx buried beneath the current Sphinx in Egypt. Its presence was foretold by a stele found between the “paws” of the Sphinx years ago, the text of which was translated using Google Translate and crowdsourced on Reddit, a method experts agree is how all major \[…\] ## [A Handheld Collection Video](https://elltwine.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-handheld-collection-video-to.html) _2026-01-09 · Unknown · Ell Twine_ ## [.Hack//Sign and the Impact of Online Gaming in the Early 2000's](https://elltwine.blogspot.com/2026/01/hacksign-and-impact-of-online-gaming-in.html) _2026-01-02 · Unknown · Ell Twine_ I've done it, I've hit the age where like my parents before me and their parents before them I have come to believe that the best time for entertainment was when I was young. We all sometimes feel this way, not due to the quality of the content being exclusively better but more due to my attention at the time of release being wired to work with the format. It extends beyond just media, I've come… ## [Thanksgiving Giving: Ways to Share Your Gratitude](https://spaf.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/thanksgiving-giving-ways-to-share-your-gratitude/) _2025-11-25 · spaf · Spaf's Thoughts_ For my US-based friends, Thursday is Thanksgiving, traditionally celebrated with a large meal with family and friends. Share your thanks with: a contribution to your local food bank, for those who have limited food (Feeding America https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank) a contribution to a local homeless shelter, for those without a home to enjoy the holiday… ## [Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman | Long Term Parental Abuse](https://elltwine.blogspot.com/2025/02/carved-slit-mouthed-woman-and-parental.html) _2025-02-14 · Unknown · Ell Twine_ Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman is a 2007 movie about the popular Japanese urban legend of Kuchisake-Onna. If not known by name, there’s a good chance you would have have seen her image around the internet or in popular entertainment. This sight of a woman holding a large pair of scissors with her mouth cut from ear to ear has grown beyond basic folklore, appearing in anime like Jujutsu Kaisen and… ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mXuCW1qPEcOY) _2025-02-14 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## [No Life King | The Emergence of a New Digital Youth](https://elltwine.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-life-king.html) _2025-01-17 · Unknown · Ell Twine_ Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Jun Ichikawa’s 1989 No Life King is an impressive early look at what was to become the next generation of adults in a fast evolving digital world. While current day viewers might think the plot of this movie is based on old Pokemon playground rumours like getting a secret mew from under the truck next to the S.S. Anne, it actually predates Pokemon as…