Category: Art Theory
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Head spinning with fiction theory
Can’t stop thinking about… Immersive storytelling: Using new media to create rich narratives. See Alternate Reality Games, Role Playing Games, Choose-Your-Own-Adventures, video games, reality TV shows, etc. Mental real-estate: Taking personal ownership/possession of a piece of “mental space,” e.g., imagining at what location in a story you would choose to live or which ability you…
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Joss Whedon on work, culture, and instant gratification
An aside from a great interview with Joss Whedon about helming one of the two biggest movies of the summer: There’s a weird kind of cultural obsession with instant gratification that has entered our business model. Nobody’s interested in making a living – they only want to make a fortune. From personal experience, I think…
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Doug TenNapel on culture
From Doug TenNapel (the creator of Earthworm Jim, for you 90’s kids out there) on our culture during an interview on the Making Comics podcast. You have to know, as you read this, that it was said not as a diatribe, but in a very measured, thoughtful tone. I couldn’t agree more with what he…
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A beautiful quote
Said in a very thoughtful tone by Doug TenNapel, an industry veteran on creating certain types of work: Why would I want to write something that an old man wouldn’t want to read? What does that say about me? Sure, maybe not every old man would be interested in the material, but this makes me…