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Game Developers Use AI For A Lot Of Things, But Not Creating Games

This feels like good news for creators: “‘I feel like the human mind is so beautiful,’ The Melty Way developer Gabriel Paquette told me. ‘Why not use it?’” (Archive Today link) - The Verge

The Navy Veteran Who Titles His Paintings After Octavia Butler And Dostoyevsky

“'You do four years in the Navy, and you see a lot of blue water,’ said Price, standing in his studio in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.” - The New York Times

Musicians On The Greatness And Legacy Of Alice Coltrane

In just one example, "as the American composer Adrian Younge says: ‘Alice Coltrane took the harp, an instrument of angels and orchestras, and made it sound like the cosmos breathing.’” - The Guardian (UK)

What’s The Impact Of The US Dismantling Storied, Award-Winning Black Studies Departments?s

“Early investment in race and gender studies ‘favored programs over departments,’ which has always made financing a tenuous proposition. And at the end of the day, even the highest minded universities stay beholden to bottom lines and trustees.” - LitHub

An Early Target Of Saturday Night Live In The UK?

Shakespeare. Or rather, Hamnet’s Shakespeare, which is not quite the same thing. - Variety

One Week On, Looking At The Impacts Of This Year’s Oscars

"Put the Warners Bros. sale alongside the Oscars’ imminent move to YouTube, and the whole night carried with it a bittersweet fin de siècle air, as if it was being immortalized in retrospect even as it was happening.” - Vulture

Theatre Has Kept On Creating And Recreating Antigone, Over 2500 Years

Why? “Antigone isn’t wrestling with a prophecy. In her story, fate is what one powerless girl makes it, and right action is possible, as long as we don’t fear the consequences.” - The New York Times

The Oscars’ Red Carpet Gets Dumped As Soon As The Ceremony Ends

Turns out dumpster diving in Los Angeles the day after the Oscars can be pretty, well, interesting. - The Guardian (UK)

We Miss You, Mass Market Paperbacks, But We Live In Reality

Now: Which is better for authors and (or) for readers, hardcover books or trade paperbacks? - LitHub

National Park Service Pulls Films About Mill Workers From Historic Site In Massachusetts

The suspicion is that’s this is the result of bowing down to the “only positive history” guideline from the federal government, but the people of Lowell are not pleased to have their history questioned. - NBC

Why ABC Decided To Play With Fire

“ABC knew that Paul had been charged in a domestic violence incident that led to the injury of her child and somehow thought she would make an excellent Bachelorette anyway. What were they thinking?” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

What It Takes To Bring A Long-Neglected 1930s Cinema Back To Life

“The Holly’s revival offers a case study in how a historic landmark can complement an existing arts ecosystem — strengthening downtown vitality while reconnecting a community to its past.” - Oregon ArtsWatch

Is This New Movie About Seattle Accurate About The Wealth Gap In The Emerald City?

The Seattle Times analyses Tow, claiming that “it’s the right story at the right time, speaking to a Seattle that’s grown increasingly unaffordable for many of its residents.” - Seattle Times

The Art Detective Who Follows Clues To Stolen Paintings In A Shadowy, Underground Ecosystem

“One afternoon, Brand says he opened his door and found a blue IKEA bag on his doorstep. Inside, he says, was a pillow soaked in blood. Wrapped within it was the missing Van Gogh.” - NPR

Nicholas Brendon, Who Played Scooby Gang Member Xander On Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Has Died At 54

Brendon said that “thousands of people had told him that helped them in hard times. ‘It just got them through, which means that this show is more than just dollars and cents,’ he said. ‘It’s something that needs to be honored.’” - The New York Times

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