During an ocean dive, two divers spend time swimming with a friendly octopus named Octavia. But when she returns to her cave, a dangerous eel suddenly attacks. The divers quickly react, trying to ...

In 2014, cave diver Ed Sorenson undertook one of the most challenging rescues of his career in the Twin Caves of Jackson County, Florida. This account highlights the perilous conditions faced, the ...

We probably don’t cover enough virtual reality here on the Escapist, despite covering plenty of games at the niche end of the spectrum. Maybe it’s because anything multiplayer is just kids running ...

Robbie Shone, a National Geographic explorer who is recognized as one of the most accomplished cave photographers in the ...

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Plato provides a timeless insight into how we are often "prisoners" of our mind, in that we are born into a world of "shadows", which we confuse with reality. Wisdom ...

Sandbox open-world action RPG Valorborn will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on April 15, developer Laps Games announced.

Nintendo just wrapped its big Indie World presentation, which featured over a dozen announcements of indie games coming to ...

Aside from a short section of the tutorial that we don’t want to spoil, I didn’t really see any of Echoes of Aincrad’s story. Instead, my time with Aincrad was spent doing a quest called The Lost Log.

While Leon searches for the truth behind Victor Gideon’s experiments, Grace finds herself within the darkened bowels of the Chronic Care Center’s basement in search of Emily and the monstrous Girl ...

Stress affects a myriad of bodily systems, from accelerating aging to shrinking brain volume in areas regulating emotion and memory, weakening the immune system and causing muscle tension.

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.