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Kid Icarus: The Accidental Adaptation
Read more: Kid Icarus: The Accidental AdaptationIn 1986, a developer at Nintendo with a love for Greek mythology pitched the concept for his game to his higher-ups: one that would combine the key traits of popular titles at the time. Set in a world inspired by Greek myth, the game follows the story of a flightless angel named Pit as he…
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Roland Barthes, Kanye West and the Rebirth of the Author
Read more: Roland Barthes, Kanye West and the Rebirth of the AuthorIn 1967 Roland Barthes announced the death of the author in his essay of the same name, like Nietzsche had once announced the death of God. Barthes believed that the moment a work of art is sent out into the world, leaving the caring hands of its author, meaning springs from its interaction with the…
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Living With Chronic Pain
Read more: Living With Chronic PainSource One of my earliest memories is from kindergarten, when I was four years old. After lunch, we used to lay down for a nap in our classroom and sleep for a few hours. I remember my head hurting so much that I could not fall asleep, every single time. The headaches continued for the…
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Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia Part III: The Genre Today
Read more: Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia Part III: The Genre TodayOver the last couple of months I have examined some of the problems of European and American adventure comics of the 20th century with regards to exoticism. Whether it is Don Rosa’s all too simplistic portrayal of Scrooge McDuck’s colonial enterprise, or Tintin’s touristic gaze and white saviourism. Now, in this third and final look…
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Revisiting “Her” Through a Posthumanist Lens: How Machines Can Teach Us How To Love
Read more: Revisiting “Her” Through a Posthumanist Lens: How Machines Can Teach Us How To LoveHer (2013) tells a melancholic story of a recent divorcee, Theodore, (Joaquin Phoenix) who after months of heartbreak falls in love with his operating system, Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johanson). Unlike most futuristic films, Her is set in a city not so different from the ones we know, and filled with a warm and soft…
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