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10. Game Over (Metal Gear Solid 2) During the events ofMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Raiden and Snake are fighting off an army of arsenal gear when it suddenly shows the “Mission Failed” screen—only it reads “Fission Mailed.” The gamer remains fighting as Raiden in the smaller view since Raiden hasn’t died, while The Colonel tells you to “turn the console off.” It’s all part of Hideo Kojima’s trademark breaking of the fourth wall, which gives the game a far more edgy feel as things like this could happen at any time in a Kojima game....

10. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) Interestingly,Elizabeth Gaskellwrote the very first biography of Charlotte Brontë (1857), who also appears later on this list. Talk about a small world! A lot of Gaskell’s nonfiction work was used by historians to study the Victorian era, especially her detailed descriptions of the poverty class, who weren’t usually focused on (except by Charles Dickens). But all of that isn’t why Gaskell is on our list. We picked the English novelist for her 1854 social novelNorth and South, which Charles Dickens himself picked out when he published it for her!...

10. Margaret Atwood (1939–Present) Whether it’s the book or the TV series, most people have heard ofThe Handmaid’s Tale. Like many dystopias, its futuristic setting could easily be mistaken for the past, as the world has devolved and regressed. We’re not just talking about gender pay gaps and glass ceilings—The Handmaid’s Taleexplores the nightmares of color-coded women without names who are militarized into Old Testament-inspired functions. Margaret Atwoodwrote the award-winning sci-fi tragedy following her first feminist novelThe Edible Woman....

10.Monterey Pop(1968) InMonterey Pop, D. A. Pennebaker—pioneer of the documentary format—gives us a peek into the Monterey Pop festival of 1967, the pinnacle event for the counterculture revolution. The three-day-long California music festival is remembered as the first major appearance of Jimi Hendrix, which Pennebaker captures with fly-like observation. Fellow documentarians, painters, and cameramen were scattered around the festival to record the legendary performers, including Janis Joplin, The Who, The Mamas and Papas, and Otis Redding....

10.Prismatic Wall This spell requires enemies who aren’t the smartest, as they need to walk through the wall. But if they do, they take an unreasonable amount of damage and suffer all sorts of other ill effects. Even if they don’t walk through the wall, it still offers incredible defensive capabilities that make it a worthwhile spell for any wizard. 9.Feeblemind Feeblemind isn’t a spell that does a ton of damage (4d6), but it offers an incredibly powerful effect that can turn the tide of any battle—the target’s Intelligence and Charisma scores become 1 if it fails a save....