Word Up: So like, are video games art?
Posted by Jef in Art, video games, Word up on 29. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
Steven Spielberg, enthusiastic about the medium, said five years ago video games would be art once “somebody confesses that they cried at Level 17.” At the time, a friend of mine scoffed and said he already HAD shed tears while playing games. Granted, this particular friend crying at, well, anything, wasn’t much of a surprise, [...]
The Morning Dump: Ebert in Esquire, grading suicide notes, Elton John thinks Jesus was totally gay, punching Colin Farrell
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 20. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’ll bite. If you live on the internet then I’m sure you’ve already read the quiet, eloquent Esquire feature on Roger Ebert that came out this week. It’s wonderfully put together by Jones, a former sports writer for the National Post, and I think that’s played as much into the appeal of the story as [...]
The Morning Dump: Sexy writing, non-sexy writing, being stupid about Jay-Z and dinner with Ebert
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 09. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
Sex is always a compelling topic, particularly when debated in the New York Times. Katie Roiphe recently wrote an op-ed for the NYT Book Review bemoaning the lack of literary moaning amongst contemporary writers. An interesting read in itself, Steve Almond soon blogged a response equally insightful but with five times the sex appeal. And [...]
