The Game Awards’ final world premiere was Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Developed by Naughty Dog, Intergalactic is a futuristic space opera with the kind of futurepunk vibes that remind me of Cowboy Bebop. That comparison is apt as Intergalactic game director and Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann mentioned on the game’s website that it stars a space bounty hunter. Indeed, the trailer even featured an anime playing in the background reminiscent of Dirty Pair. Here’s Naughty Dog’s description of the game, from the YouTube trailer: Set thousands of years in the future, Intergalactic puts players into the role of Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria — a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. Jordan will have to use all her skills and wits if she hopes to be the first person in over 600 years to leave its orbit. Tati Gabrielle, who played Prudence Night in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, stars as Jordan. Ironically, Gabrielle was part of the cast of another Naughty Dog project playing Jo Braddock in the Uncharted movie. It also will feature comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani who makes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance as the bounty Jordan’s after. Druckmann ended Intergalactic’s announcement with the news that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have taken a break from winning all the awards for their movie soundtracks to work on the music for the game. There’s no release date yet, but the game is in development for the PS5.

Conservators working in the Old Monastery of Taxiarches in Aigialeia West Greece, on the Peloponnese peninsula, have uncovered a mural portrait of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos (r. 1449-1453). It is the last portrait of a reigning Byzantine emperor in a monumental painting known to survive and the only portrait of Constantine made during his very brief reign. The portrait was found under a later layer of murals in the monastery’s church. The painting depicts a bearded man wearing a diademed crown with a photostefano (halo disk) behind his head. He holds a cruciform scepter and wears a purple cloak embroidered with gold. The garment is decorated with medallions, most prominently a double-headed eagle, emblem of the Palaiologos dynasty emperors and senior members of the imperial family. The crown between the two heads identifies the subject as the emperor himself. It is not the idealized, allegorical portraiture typical of Byzantine art, but rather a realistic portrayal that conveys the individualized facial features of the man. This was not an official portrait created from an imperial-issue template, as was customary at the time; it was painted by someone who saw the emperor and painted what he saw. Constantine XI Palaiologos had a very short reign at the end of a tumultuous, war-torn period that culminated in the demise of the moribund Byzantine Empire. Before he ascended the throne, he was despot (initially a court title given to the son of the emperor that evolved into a ruler of an independent principate) of Morea for five years. We know from the Byzantine Greek historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles that Constantine’s brothers, Demetrius and Thomas, financed the renovation of the monastery when they were co-despots of Morea in 1449. The painter of the Taxiarches monastery portrait was probably from Mystras, the capital of Morea and a cultural center under the Palaiologoi, and was commissioned to paint the portrait by Demetrius and Thomas.

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Opening up about Joe Rogan. For a long time, Joe Rogan had raved about the "Cowpoke" singer, Colter Wall. From talking with Luke Combs and how cool of a guy he is to raving about his talent with Jelly Roll, if there is an opportunity for Joe Rogan to speak about his love for Colter Wall's music, he's going to. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDtqrpUlP-3/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=cdd9eac1-81cf-438f-848a-913facb5f94b But since 2020, the longstanding question has been: When is Colter Wall coming on the podcast? But whenever Rogan reached out to Colter Wall about having him on The Joe Rogan Experience, Colter turned him down. But why? Well, the answer is simple: he's ranching. Outside of being a creator of honest-to-God country music, Colter Wall walks the walk with the subject matter he sings on. He spends his off time pushing cattle and working the land. Wall often creates his tour schedule around when he can be free of his duties on the ranch, which usually means limited shows and short tour runs. His schedule also means not going out of his way to appear or interview. The ranch always comes first. During a recent and rare interview with Dale Brisby for his podcast, Rodeo Time, Colter Wall speaks out for the first time about why he turned down sitting down for the largest podcast in the world. "In music, the power of 'no' is pretty underrated. Just the power of being able to go, 'No, I'm not going to do that.' And I think, I'll be it, you do have to garner some kind of a following or climb the ladder to get to a certain point where you can say 'no' because you're getting offers for this and that and another. I think it generates some interest in people... People give me a hard time about Rogan all the time, and it's nothing again. There's no cool story. That's why I was worried about coming on this podcast and partially why I don't do podcasts. You guys have ex-military cool people... What am I going to do? Talk about how I sit in a van for like five hours and then get to the venue." While I think many people would beg to differ that we could sit and listen to Colter Wall talk all day, he does think the simple life he lives might not be interesting to some. Regardless, he goes on to detail why he has not gone on Rogan after all of these years of him asking. "But that's partially why I never did try to go do the Rogan thing because it's like, what the hell am I going to say? I'm just not all that interesting. But people give me a hard time about it. 'Why don't you do this? How come you do this?' And my joke I usually tell, usually try to tell, is that I think he'll stop talking about me the second I go on there. It's free publicity at this point for doing nothing."  Colter Wall then jokes that whenever he sends a link to Rogan talking about him on his show, he thinks that's basically an appearance in himself. The longer he goes without physically being there, the more name-dropping appearances he will make throughout his episodes. Honestly respect. Free press is good, and Joe Rogan gives him a lot of good press. Wall rounds out his thoughts on saying "no" to Joe Rogan is because he likes the fact that his face isn't everywhere and he's not easily accessible. I agree with him wholeheartedly. I think a reason, outside of his music, why fans like him so much is that he is mysterious. He goes on the road in the winter when he does not have yearlings to feed, and the rest of the year, Colter Wall lives an everyday life ranching on his farm. He confesses that someday he'll probably go on the podcast, and that the hilarious part is that he wasn't even in Canada when Joe asked him... he was actually in Bastrop, Texas, which is less than an hour from Joe's studio in Austin. Sorry Joe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-02YGQT0U8

A haunting song with a Friday the 13th release? Oscar and Grammy winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham really nailed it with this one. Fans of Yellowstone and the artist who plays "Walker" in the hit western drama have a lot to look forward to this weekend. First up is Bingham's new single titled "A Song For The Stone," which is set to release at midnight on December 13th. Then comes the moment that fans have either been waiting for or dreading for years - the end of Yellowstone. At the very least, it's officially the series finale of the flagship show. In the past couple of days, it has been confirmed that Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser will reprise their roles as Beth and Rip for a Yellowstone spinoff, which is expected to be a continuation of the show. But getting back to the new music at hand, though Bingham is officially releasing the single tonight, fans of Yellowstone have actually already heard the new track. "A Song For The Stone" was featured in Episode 9 of Season 5 ("Desire Is All You Need"). Bingham's character "Walker" plays the tune when Rip Wheeler requests that he play a sad song. Of course, that harkens back to the early previous seasons when Walker asks them if they want to hear a happy or sad song and he plays "All Choked Up Again." And Colby (RIP) famously says "If that's your happy, don't you ever play me goddamn sad." It's definitely a somber one, and a song that Ryan Bingham penned solely for the Yellowstone show. It's the first song that he's ever created as an original track for the hit series, and there's a reason why he waited this long to do so. Bingham didn't want to craft a song specifically for Yellowstone until it felt authentic and could act as a tribute to his experience on the drama that's meant so much to so many: “I’d like to dedicate this song to all the Yellowstone fans out there, all the cast and crew, and all the folks that have made this whole thing possible over the years. It’s been a pretty amazing journey, and I’m honored to just be a part of. It’s taken me a while to write this song, but sometimes you’ve got to live it before you can write it.” And it's clear that he genuinely meant that when you really listen and digest the lyrics of the "A Song For The Stone." The track can very easily act as a theme song for Yellowstone, as you'll be able to gather by reading through some of the poignant lyrics: "It's a choice you make Live and die alone Ride high and shoot low from the saddle When you ride for the Yellowstone I can promise you there's a special place Deep in the mountains of a lonesome road It never gives more than it takes There's always a train at the station on the Yellowstone" The official release of "A Song For The Stone" is coming a bit later today (about an hour from now at the time of publishing), but fans can opt to listen to a fireside version of the song that's already been posted to YouTube if they can no longer wait. Bingham posted the outstanding visual video - crickets and the sound of the crackling campfire included - to his YouTube channel earlier today. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9qR3kkWYBQ

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Jay Anderson - Project Unity @TheProjectUnity writes: My interview with Ben Davidson (@SunWeatherMan), host of Suspicious Observers. A conversation about abnormal auroras, solar-shifts, geomagnetic field changes & global elites preparing for what Ben says is a time of major change, not just for Earth, but for the Solar System. UTL COMMENT:- All the science suggests that this pole shift may happen sometime.....let's hope that it's not too catastrophic.... Source: https://x.com/theprojectunity/status/1794101631736254680 YouTube interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwxYfx1NlRM See also: "The Earth is becoming more and more vulnerable to solar activity. I would never deny the significance of the ongoing economic issues, potential for World War 3, loss of freedom due to governments and the World Economic Forum pulling their Agenda 2030 nonsense, but folks, despite the evidence being right in our faces, the media is completely ignoring what is happening to the Earth. The magnetic pole shift and geomagnetic excursion are progressing and in the coming years we are going to lose all modern technology and the foundations of modern civilization. It doesn't get much worse than this, especially since other real global issues seem to be overshadowing it completely in the public forum." -- Ben Davidson, SpaceWeatherNews, @SunWeatherMan on X Source of Quote: More Bad News On The Pole Shift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbJSR2Zt80s SpaceWeatherNews Website https://spaceweathernews.com/ YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Suspicious0bservers Observer Ranch https://observerranch.com/ .................