Download Dante 39;s Inferno For Pc

[Nicol Allphin]

Thisone was over almost as soon as it began, with the Knicks jumping out to a 9-2 start and going on a 20-0 run before the end of the first quarter. An 8-0 Pistons run in the second briefly cut a 24-point lead to 16, but New York steadied the ship before halftime and opened the third with an onslaught, which gave way to the only real drama of the night: would Donte DiVincenzo set the Knicks single game record for most 3-pointers with 11? It took him a while, but he finally broke through late in the fourth with the result of the game long since decided.

There are many reasons for that - winning is more fun than losing, for one - but last night, Donte DiVincenzo put the spotlight on how this franchise finally addressed a hole that had dogged it for years.

Not since John Starks (who remains the only Knick to lead the league in 3-point field goals) has a good Knicks team employed a core player of this magnitude whose shooting demanded the attention of every defense they faced.

Starks set his mark in 1995, nearly three decades ago. Since then, we have been through all nine circles of the inferno, looking for this level of shooting in a player whose overall game demands that he stay on the floor at the biggest moments.

1. \u201CParadiso\u201D. That\u2019s the name of the third part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, following Inferno and Purgatorio. After what Knicks fans have experienced for much of this century, even without any real playoff success, you can forgive us for feeling like we are in the midst of paradise.

DiVincenzo still has a ways to go before he\u2019s considered the greatest Knick shooter of the last 20 years, let alone of all time. Allan Houston, J.R. Smith, Steve Novak, Danilo Galinari, Jamal Crawford and even Carmelo Anthony would all like a word in that convo.

But for one night, he did the thing better than any Knick ever has, setting the franchise record with 11 made 3-point field goals. Only seven players have ever made more in an NBA game. Within the next week, he\u2019ll pass Evan Fournier for the most made threes by a Knick in a single season, with an outside shot at finishing with one of the 20 most prolific 3-point shooting seasons in NBA history.

Fournier was supposed to be the guy who ended this drought, where New York was always on the wrong end of someone else\u2019s historic night, but his limitations were nearly as prevalent as his shooting touch, and the team moved on from him (as a rotation player, at least) almost as soon as it acquired him.

Before Evan, we had J.R., who went into last night tied with Fournier for most threes in a game with 10. Like Fournier, Smith\u2019s warts got him sent out of town shortly after he reached his 3-point pinnacle.

It was a similar story for many that came before as well. Steve Novak tied for third in the league in threes in 2012, but wasn\u2019t someone whose larger body of work warranted starter\u2019s minutes. Before Smith and Steve, it was Danilo Galinari, who quietly finished second in the NBA in total threes in 2010, but was the cost of doing business in the Melo trade. Jamal Crawford had his moments, but was never surrounded by enough talent here for his shooting touch to take center stage.

Hell (also known as The Woeful Realm, L'inferno in Italian) was a realm of the afterlife, where unrepentant mortals who committed sin are sent to be tortured as punishment for eternity. Composed of nine circles (or nine levels), the Inferno was strictly Lucifer's domain, devoid of God and His love. Each circle acted as a prison for the souls who committed certain types of sins, and they are punished in a poetic manner in death.

The Shores of Acheron are the outermost edges of this realm beyond the Gates of Hell. The shades that wandered its shores lived life with neither fame nor infamy, having only ever served themselves rather than choose a side. Denied Paradise, they are not required to enter The Woeful Realm, and they are not welcomed in either place.

The first circle, Limbo, is the resting place of the unbaptized, and the virtuous pagans who did not accept Christ nor had the opportunity to know about him, despite not being sinful in life. Limbo was on the outer boundary of Hell, just across the Acheron River. The guiltless Damned are punished by living in a grand yet deficient form of Heaven. They are treated with honor and they are not physically harmed in any way. Lacking a baptism, they lack the hope for something greater than themselves, despite the strength of their goodness.

Below Limbo was the second circle, Lust. In this circle, the carnal Damned are punished in an endless tempest of fierce winds, representing the power of Lust to blow one around aimlessly and needlessly. These shades are permitted no rest at all, the tempest being a physical embodiment of their lusts never giving them rest in life. Cleopatra, who ruled over the shades atop the Carnal Tower, resided here with her lover Marc Anthony.

Below Lust was the third circle, Gluttony, where the overindulgent souls laid in a vile slush produced by unceasing, foul and icy rains forever. The rains and sludge symbolized the cold and empty sensuality of their lives, and the waste that their voraciousness generated. The rest of the terrain resembled digestive organs, in keeping with the aesthetics of the circle.

This level was guarded by the three-headed worm demon, Cerberus. Beyond him was the circle proper, as well as the Hall of Gluttons. This frozen, maze-like hall was reserved for those of royalty and high status, who indulged in food and drinks to gross excess in life. In death, they are constantly devoured and excreted by several Gluttons for eternity.

Below Gluttony was the fourth circle, Greed. Those whose attitude toward the material goods deviated from the appropriate mean are punished here. This included the avaricious (hoarding valuable possessions and money) and the prodigal (those who squandered such goods). Within the circle, the occupants are boiled alive in the molten gold below. Here, Plutus, the demonic God of Wealth, resides along with Lady Fortune, a gigantic "wheel of fortune," which impacts the fate of those who are still alive on Earth.

Below Greed was the fifth circle, Anger. In the River Styx, the wrathful fought each other on the surface. The sullen are sunken gurgling beneath the water, as they are withdrawn "into a black sulkiness which could find no joy in God or man or the universe." This swampy and noxious terrain was guarded by its ferryman, Phlegyas, who transported passengers across. Beyond the river was the City of Dis, which was the residence of the Fallen Angels and the gateway to the final four circles of Hell.

Below Anger was the sixth circle, Heresy. In this circle, the heretics, such as Epicureans (those who believed that "the soul died with the body") are trapped alongside those who denied the existence of God and the soul after death, and those who worshiped false idols and devils. In this burning cemetery, the Pagans, the followers of Epicurus and atheists are burned alive in partially sealed coffins, crypts and tombs for eternity.

Following Heresy was the seventh circle, Violence. This circle was guarded by the Minotaur (a mechanical statue in the game) and separated into three parts: Violence against others (Murder), Violence against self (Suicide) and Violence against God (Blasphemy). Those who acted with violence against others are boiled in a boiling river of blood, the Phlegethon, which was guarded by the Centaurs. These creatures kept those who are trapped within the Phlegethon from escaping. Those who committed suicide or violence against themselves are placed in the Wood of the Suicides, condemned to writhe in eternal pain as gnarled trees. As a penalty for having given their old bodies up, they are denied a human form in death. Finally, those who showed violence against God are placed in the harsh region of the Abominable Sands. This area includes those who are guilty of sodomy, perversion of Nature and blasphemy against God. They are condemned to wander among the burning sand dunes, as the flaming brimstone rained down upon them.

Below Violence was the eighth circle, Fraud. Fraud was an extremely dark place that held those who are guilty of deliberate, knowing evil: using lies and deception for personal gain. This circle was divided into ten ditches, known collectively as the Malebolge (singular bolgia, meaning "ditch" or "pit"). Each of the Malebolge held a different type of liar, and a different and appropriately poetic form of punishment.

Finally, beneath Fraud was the ninth circle, Treachery. This was the farthest place in all of creation from the light of God. It was located at the Earth's core, and was the deepest and blackest of all of the circles. This was where the traitors are distinguished from the "merely" fraudulent. Their acts involved betraying family, community, guests and God Himself. Alongside the traitors, the Giants of myth are condemned here, guarding the entrance to the circle for their daring to battle against the divine. Due to such an extreme absence of Love among these sinners, there is no warmth here, and the circle was depicted as a large, frozen lake holding the traitors captive within the ice. At the very center of Treachery, Lucifer is trapped at the very center of Lake Cocytus, frozen from the waist down. The futile beating of his wings caused an icy wind, which, combined with the tears he sheds, only serve to trap him in the ice further along with his fellow traitors.

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