August 2012
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dogs of a feather: I've started a special project. →
katiefab:
Let’s face it: life is hard. It gets messy and painful and complicated, and at times it can feel outright unbearable. But then there are those songs that remind you to take a deep breath. The ones that consistently seem able to reach deep inside and reassure you that sooner or later, everything…
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I made it 42 minutes into the Seer before my internet died and I realized it’s nearly 5 am
Now I’m listening to The Seer by Swans. 2 hours is a long time for an album to be!
I got the golden tires in Mario Kart 7 and also listened to Dan Deacon’s America and dear lord today is a day of triumph
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Gooey-ducks: ok desu ka? Earthbound's narrative... →
croastbeefkazenzakis:
clownetowne:
Roughly 1400 words on how Shigesato Itoi’s Earthbound uses the player’s expectations of gaming and video game narrative to create an emotionally devastating experience that simply wouldn’t be possible in any other medium, and how miserable it is that…
This essay rules! Also I would recommend Earthbound highly to anyone.
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effington:
David Rakoff died today and I am so incredibly bummed I can’t even tell you
He was a fantastic humorist and writer and This American Life contributor and you can listen to his episodes here and be as sad as I am that he’s not around writing and thinking today:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/contributors/david-rakoff
Thanks for summing my feelings, Anna.
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