The Creative Industries
Fiction can’t exist in a vacuum. There are a lot of storytelling mediums (Books, TV, Video Games), and some of those industries are subject to constant change and economics. These posts are about that.
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Switch 2: Nintendo Boogaloo
The Nintendo Switch, after an incredible run, is nearing the end of its reign and so, like always at this stage in the console lifespan, there’s a lot of excited speculation about what Nintendo will do next. It’s got me in a permanent Nintendo hype mood, so I thought I’d join in! Trying to predict…
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Mario Day
Happy Mar10 day all! Truly the most celebrated and important holiday of the year! I normally try to make these posts on Mondays, but in honour of Mario, I’ve brought it forward a day to March 10/Mario! (A time rivalled only by Star Wars Day). I don’t have a theory or anything to talk about…
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The End of Creativity in Hollywood
Hypothesising the Political Economy of Creativity. Hollywood has run out of ideas. A brief Google search returns page after page of articles and forums discussing the film industry’s lack of originality (the ‘Reboot’ song from Animaniacs also springs to mind) and it’s not difficult to see why. The film industry once produced a constant sleight…
Thoughts and Fiction 