Buddhism

In Real Life

Buddhist Monk: Games Satiate My Desire For Aggression

4:00AM September 21, 2009 | Owen Good

Trinley Dorje (pictured) is a pretty hip guy. Like many 24-year-olds, he’s into popular music and video games. He’s also the Karmapa Lama — the only senior Buddhist leader recognised by the governments of China, India and Tibet. More »


Cursed Mountain Preview: Save Me, Science, Save Me

9:20AM August 1, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Agnostic mountain climbers today don’t know how good they have it with global positioning devices, high altitude helicopter rescue parties and 457 kHz standard avalanche beacons, something I realised while playing Deep Silver’s Cursed Mountain. More »


Cursed Mountain First Look: Religion Is Scary

1:40PM July 29, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Before my first look at Deep Silver Vienna’s Cursed Mountain, I always thought of Buddhism as an optimistic celebrity religion where you didn’t go to Hell. Now I think it’s the second-scariest religion ever. More »


Cursed Mountain: A Religious Experience

10:40AM July 22, 2009 | AJ Glasser

You can learn a lot from a behind-the-scenes movie. Today, I learned that mountains are women, Bardo probably sucks and Buddhist mountain climbers could potentially be the best zombies ever. More »