Hades

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Normally the famous singer is more seriously engaged in Hades and the Valley of the Blessed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, two of the most-anticipated and highly rated games of last year, picked up only a handful of nominations between them.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

It depicts Dionysus journeying to Hades to retrieve a poet who can help Athens in crisis, culminating in a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Hades was escapism that told a story about escaping, an entertaining time-waster when time was all we had.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Holding the reins was Hades himself, Lord of the Dead, with Demeter and Persephone riding behind him.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan