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jennamonstrrr:

LOOK

I FINISHED TRIS’S FRIGGIN HORNS. happy now?

you can get off my back now

they’re done

and I’m working on a tutorial so everyone else under the sun can stop asking

okay?

okay

Your back, I’m off it.

See you on Wednesday.

imitationeuropean:

I interrupt this blog for a moment of outrage.

Okay, maybe “outrage” is too strong a word, but when I saw the title of this New York Times opinion piece—“Adults Should Read Adult Books”—my first reaction was something like this. It’s no secret that I love young…

This article angers me on many levels. First it asserts that reading is that reading is for learning. It holds that the reason that adults should not read Young Adult Literature is because they will no learn from it or that they do not need to learn these lessons again. Further it goes says that such lessons are simplified for children and that there is no depth. Now I’m a writer. So let me say that I don’t write to teach lessons. I write to entertain. I write to tell a story. And because that story needs to be told. I do not write for a particular age range. The idea that genre’s can be simplified into age range is ridiculous. In the words of Maurice Sendack  in his interview with Steven Colbert, “I don’t write children’s books. I write something and the publisher says,’That’s for children.’” 

Next, it claims that adults consuming other media such as children’s films and video games is acceptable because these are less intelligent forms of media. To this I take a great deal of offences because the I am a game theorist and a film major. Let’s start with film because while he qualified it as children’s film by talking about Pixar the writer clearly states that film in general is a less intelligent medium. And while it is true that a good percentage of films particularly blockbusters are written so that any idiot can enjoy them that does not mean that films are less intelligent than books. Films require a wider range of skills to convey information. While a book may feature the thoughts of a character, the actor has to convey all of the emotion and subtext in everything they do. They can’t rely on narration to convey meaning they must convey all of it.

As for video games. As previously stated I fancy myself to be something of a play theorist. I enjoy games because of the way they teach the player how to master the game. Levels are structured to get harder and harder as time goes. Each level builds on the last shaping the narrative of the game. But unlike in a book where the narrative goes on no matter what the reader does, in a game the duty to interact and shape the world of the game is on the player. Good game designers know that they can’t just hand the keys to victory to the player. These things must be earned. Players must be challenged throughout or they will lose interest. How can something as dynamic as a game be considered less intelligent when it requires that the player struggle just as much as the protagonist of any book.

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Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

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scenes-from-my-hood:

this is rad.

the “bookshelves” are 3d flat screens with multiple layers that change pictures.

the mirrored ceiling is vegas in a nutshell.

i sell my photos. here is my fee schedule.

5x7: $14 + shipping
8x10: $18 + shipping
11x14: $22 + shipping

the photo will come to you direct from the photo printer, usually within a few days of ordering. i accept payment by paypal.  email me at scenes.from.my.hood at gmail if you’re interested.

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B-B-But where do I read the books?

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