No Man’s Sky: An excerpt from DEATH BY VIDEO GAME
Simon Parkin
Sean Murray, one of the creators of No Man’s Sky, cannot guarantee that the virtual universe he is building is infinite, but he is certain that, if he’s wrong, nobody… Read more »
Desert Golfing: An excerpt from DEATH BY VIDEO GAME
Simon Parkin
Desert Golfing is a straightforward video game. But the emotional journey for its player is far more complicated. And it’s in this psychological journey that we can perceive something of… Read more »
Desert Bus: An excerpt from DEATH BY VIDEO GAME
Simon Parkin
The drive from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas, Nevada, takes approximately eight hours when traveling in a vehicle whose top speed is forty-five miles per hour. In Desert Bus, an… Read more »
What is “Iterating Grace”, the mysterious chapbook that’s captivating Silicon Valley?
Liam O’Brien
“Crooks himself never tweeted. He never retweeted. But he had developed his own, impassioned way of favoriting.” As Alexis Madrigal tells it, the first heard about Koons Crooks, he immediately wondered… Read more »
The Art of the Novella challenge 29: Adolphe
Jonathan Gibbs
Title: Adolphe Author: Benjamin Constant First published: 1816 Page count: 126 First line: I was twenty-two and had just finished my studies at the University of Göttingen. Well, an opening sentence like that is either going… Read more »
Hail & Farewell: Paul Bacon, legendary book designer and creator of the “Big Book Look”
Mark Krotov
The book designer Paul Bacon died last week in Fishkill, NY. He was ninety-one years old. Though Bacon illustrated a number of beautiful jazz album covers, he was better known… Read more »
A look at the late Hermann Zapf’s most famous typefaces
Claire Kelley
Hermann Zapf, one of the most respected and celebrated typeface designers of the twentieth century died this week at the age of 96. His New York Times obituary mentions some… Read more »
Terry Pratchett’s daughter confirms the end of Discworld
Nick Davies
Prolific author Terry Pratchett published the first installment of his Discworld series, The Colour of Magic, in 1983, and continued adding books to the fantasy series for decades, putting out… Read more »
