Category: Reinier van der Plas
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Endings: Outer Wilds and the Inevitable
Read more: Endings: Outer Wilds and the Inevitable*Mild Spoilers for Outer Wilds1 ahead* I awakened by the campfire on Timber Hearth, my home, ascended to the launch site where a cobbled together ship stood, waiting to take me to the stars, a bright yellow sun encouraging me onward. Gingerly, I travelled outward and landed on the Hearthian moon. There, I meet Esker…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Storytelling
Read more: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of StorytellingArtificial intelligence will be the future of storytelling because it will let authors tell stories in a way that’s never been possible before. However, it will take tremendous effort for authors to take advantage of this opportunity and develop content that’s valuable, engaging, and works well across mediums. Here are three key things to do:…
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Burnout’s Long Shadow
Read more: Burnout’s Long ShadowPhoto credit: borchee, iStock. If there is anything that can be called the affliction of our time, it is burnout. We all know burnout in one form or another, either having experienced it ourselves or knowing others who have. When faced with the question ‘how are you?’, ‘tired’ seems to be as acceptable an answer…
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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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Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia, Part II: Tintin the Tourist
Read more: Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia, Part II: Tintin the TouristI can’t remember when I first discovered Tintin, which can only mean one of two things: either I am getting old, or it was a very long time ago. Probably both. What I do know is that I read Hergé’s Tintin comics enough times as a kid to easily remember many of the stories cover-to-cover.…
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