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Marcom in A Brief History of Yes
So now it is Maria’s turn to laugh. She laughs. And the girl opens her mouth and all of the laughing animals and not-animals run out of her mouth and into the air–which butterflies and sandhill cranes which hillside songbird … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged a brief history of yes, book, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, quote
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Call of Duty: Ghosts – Death as a Language
In Call of Duty: Ghosts there is a map called “Whiteout” and within that map I often wander. I roam the map in solitude because despite always coming to this map in order to play team-based activities, I never manage to play … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged call of duty: ghosts, death, language, video games
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Terry Kennedy on his Baker 3 Part
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Samantha Allen on the Transgender Day of Remembrance
On November 20th, we cannot mourn the past without interrogating our present. It’s easy to grieve the dead; it’s harder to come to terms with our complicity in their oppression, with the parts of ourselves that would still regard a … Continue reading
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Tagged samantha allen, trans*
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Kanye via Isaac
I’m writing on Kanye and the videogame aesthetic right now. Sample:
“1945-1998” by Isao Hashimoto
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Tagged art, isao hashimoto, nuclear weapons
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Brian Taylor on Joe Magarac
Since the ’30s, plenty of folklorists have suggested [Joe] Magarac was totally made up by Francis. But whether Francis or other steelworkers made up Magarac, whether he was initially intended to be empowering or amusing or critical of the industry … Continue reading
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Tagged brian taylor, crunch, joe magarac, video games
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TCiW Holiday Buyers Guide 2013 – Fiction Books
A few weeks ago I floated the idea that I might do a buyer’s guide for the oncoming holiday season. Now I decided to do it. This is a holiday gift guide for people who think that the things I … Continue reading
AMBER: Journeys Beyond
I played AMBER: Journeys Beyond on CDROM more than a decade ago and it was super strange and I never got very far. I did some research last week after a helpful bunch of people helped me figure out the … Continue reading
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Tagged amber: journeys beyond, horror, video games
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