Salome, as interpreted by artist Takayoshi Sato for Fatale, “an interactive vignette in realtime 3D based on the story of Salome, particularly the play by Oscar Wilde.”

Beautiful work, very much to my taste.

Via Offworld; see also Femme Fatale: Graveyard, Path creators taking on Wilde’s Salomé.

It’s got art — it’s got sex — it’s got death — what more do you want in a game??

Also to my taste, the work of Gustav Klimt.

Right: Salome (with the head of John the Baptist) by Klimt.

Salome has been widely interpreted, in various media — painting, sculpture, drama, literature, dance, film, and now interactive computer games — for … how long now? Two millenia, three?

Such is the power of Eternal She!

The eternal things change forms, but the underlying substance remains the same.

Or perhaps the reverse is true …?

Update May 15, 2010:

See also Deus Ex meets Icarus.