The nostalgic game column Retronauts is at it again in this Medusa retrospective on ToastyFrog:

But Medusa, the man-stoning Gorgon with luxuriant tresses of undulating serpents, tops them all. Her continuing popularity could probably be ascribed to a few things: her major role as a hissing stop-motion puppet in Clash of the Titans, for one. But I suspect there are some psychological factors at work, too. Deep inside, most men are secretly a little freaked out about the notion of a possibly hot, usually naked woman whose appearance is instantly fatal. "Man, I ogle chicks all the time," says the horny portion of your subconscious hindbrain. "To think it could be the death of me! Is there no justice in this world?"

As a classic game monster, Medusa's many iterations are addressed, undressed, and philosophized. My favorite part were the painstakingly lifted sprites, some of which art quite beautiful and others just adorably funny. Eliza Gauger

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