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CATcerto. ENTIRE PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis, Nora The Piano Cat (by sanmartinfields)

I was having a discussion with several people about a) why are visual novels VISUAL, b) why don’t novels have multiple endings, but games often do, c) why we still read purely textual stories but don’t play purely textual games anymore (well, some people

25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore - jlsathre - Open Salon

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Blue Lines Revisited: So, What ARE People Buying Instead Of Music?

tomewing:

Yesterday I asked the question, “what are people buying instead of music?”. If the free availability of music - legal or otherwise - has led to a relative decline in money spent on non-free music, where has that money gone? I got a bunch of really interesting responses, so here they are.

Tech

I also voted tech (see original post for a rundown of the other responses). Then again, I’m not sure who is counted as “young” and what demographic they’re talking about. Is “young” HS students? College students? Up to age 30?

Tech is *expensive.* I’m not a college student, but I when I visit the local (public, land-grant) college campus, I see a staggering amount of the students own Apple products. I had read articles claiming that an iPad was seen as embarrassingly luxurious to college students these days, but I suspect that’s not universally true? In any event, smartphones with mandatory data-plans too. Apps IMHO are really not that much of a wallet-hitter, unless you are getting the productivity ones. How many apps do you usually need anyhow? There are maybe about four or five over $3 I’ve considered getting for my tablet

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Split Screen Bohemian Rhapsody - Richie Castellano (by Richiesos)

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an entirely uninformed entry, but that is what blogging is for

Was intrigued by this article about Pitchfork. via mefi.

I have no grounding to properly evaluate the claims made, as I fall into the category of “have heard there is a well-known website known as Pitchfork.”

The main criticism it makes of Pitchfork is that they are fans, and not critics, and exert a malign influence upon their favorite genres because they elevate a sort of ‘meta’ (cultural capital, memes) strain, as if referring to things improves the quality of your art. (once again, I have no idea whether they are guilty of this.)