From Hades to Immortals Fenyx Rising, Greek mythology is inspiring a new wave of comedy in video games – GamesRadar

If you were headed to the amphitheatre for an evening out back in Plato’s day, you’d have a 50/50 shot at guessing the genre of that night’s show. Ancient Greek playwrights were masters of the tragedy and the comedy, either lamenting the plight of a fallen hero or sending up contemporary society in outlandish fashion, usually with a generous sprinkling of phallic innuendos to labour the *ahem* point. 
Look to the stories of the gods and mortals that the Greeks believed in, and it’s not hard to see…

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