I would argue, though, that maybe the lucrative Flash game market of the ’00s isn’t quite dead.
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QUE | What If I Don’t Want to Tell ‘Asian’ Stories?
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I know that playing the diversity card could probably get me places, but those places may not be where I want to go.
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BONO | There’s No Crying in Easy Mode
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I’m sure a ”real gamer,” whatever that means, would go right for “Classic,” no-holds-barred, Final-Destination-No-Items, but I’m grateful for the game’s forgiveness. I have enough to worry about without accidentally killing my player character’s friends.
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YANG | There Will Be No Ithaca Music Scene If You Don’t Go to Local Concerts
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Music does not merely exist on Slope Day, Homecoming or whenever Cornell Concert Commission brings your favorite bands to town. Music exists outside of the world of Spotify, frat parties and Collegetown.
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YANDAVA | What Can Art Tell Us About Science?
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Do robots have gender, and should they? What are the stakes of isolating the mind from the body? Is there still something inherently human that robots will never have, or will we simply be phased out by what might be the next phase of our evolution?
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SIMS | Curating Art is Inherently Political
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Museum curators, art historians, teachers, writers and critics act in impactful and intensely political ways to decide how we understand the world.
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YANG | Kanye West Was Wrong — I Hate Being Bipolar, It Sucks
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We seem to be living in an age where it’s easier to find thoroughly researched, well-written psychopaths on screen than it is to see even just a semi-accurate depiction of more common mental illnesses.
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GUEST ROOM | Nintendo’s New Audience
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I saw an advertisement that showed a young couple with a sleeping baby in the backseat of their car pulling out a Switch and Switch Lite to play Luigi’s Mansion together.
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QUE | ‘The Scrappier, The Better’
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We almost always managed to barely, but proudly, pull it off.
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BONO | These Games Play Themselves
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If games can just predict player input and operate on their own, are they truly interactive?
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YANG | Code Local Music Into Streaming Algorithms
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While things may look bleak for musicians aiming for that breakthrough moment, our music landscape is far from hopeless.