You're walking down a city street. You turn a corner, and you're swarmed by zombies. (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO GAME EXPLOSIONS) KHALID: You fight them off with a folding chair. Explosions rattle the ...

Catastrophe reliably cements a reputation, and Cleopatra's end was sudden and sensational. In one of the busiest afterlives in history, she has become an asteroid, a video game, a cigarette ...