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Gaming Should Be For Everyone

And designers can make that world real, if they want to (or if there are incentives). - Wired

Women Were The Backbone Of The Writers’ Strike

Why were so many strike captains women - and many women of color? One says it was natural for her: "I’m loud. I know how to talk, and I know how to organize." - Variety

Why The Hunger Games Succeeded Where Its Striving Imitators Failed

There's no idealism in Panem - just a cynical reality that we, entertainment-drowned and manipulated, know all too well. - The Atlantic

Tales Of The Booker Shortlist

"It’s rare for me to experience such a clear starting impulse for a story, but I trusted it," says Chetna Maroo. - The Guardian (UK)

The Art Market Is Sagging A Bit

So you (or someone, anyway) can get a Rothko for only $22 million, instead of $30 million. - The New York Times

The Gen-Z, Or Maybe Alpha, Bible

And yes, we mean The Bible. It's even trending on TikTok. And as one reviewer said, "I love how aesthetic it is for a coffee table or bookshelf." - Vice

No, Please Do Not Add Sex To Tom Stoppard Plays

Just why? Why? The irony of trying to sex up Arcadia "is that it makes the show infinitely less sexy." - Vulture

Paul Auster On What May Be His Final Book

"In a recent interview, Auster described the American obsession with 'closure' as being 'the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard of.'" - The Guardian (UK)

Elon Musk Says He’ll File A ‘Thermonuclear’ Lawsuit

"In his late-night legal threat, Musk took aim at watchdog group Media Matters over what he alleged was manipulated research about advertising on the platform." - Variety

Warner Bros, Disney, NBC Universal Pull Advertising From X, AKA Twitter

Did Elon Musk (finally) go a step too far by endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory? - The New York Times

So Wait, Actors Will Just Have To Trust Studios Around Generative AI?

The tentative contract has "given many striking actors pause because of how much faith it puts in the studios to act responsibly." - The Verge

The Playwright Of ‘Vietgone’ Tried To Escape Theatre

But his family, and his family's stories, pulled him back in. Now he's writing what he calls, in shorthand, Vietgone 3. - The New York Times

Why Scorsese Fell For Joanna Hogg’s Movies

It's not just Tilda Swinton. "The close-ups in one of her films match $100 million of special effects in another. It’s big. It’s spectacle." - Irish Times

Mixtape Supremacy Hasn’t Ended Yet

You can keep your playlists. Mixtapes are where the love (and new music) are best found. - The Guardian (UK)

Emerald Fennell’s Grand Millennial Movie Master Plan

The director is "an artist whose aesthetic feels as informed by the bubblegum, color-drenched landscapes of Sweet Valley High and She’s All That as by erudite directorial idols such as Catherine Breillat and Peter Greenaway." - The Atlantic
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