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theparisreview: “I see dreams as part of life in general, but reality is much richer.” RIP Gabriel García Márquez
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THE HEART’S ETERNAL VOW
THE HEART’S ETERNAL VOW fishingboatproceeds: LEAD: LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA By Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Translated by Edith Grossman. 348 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $18.95. Thomas Pynchon on Gabriel García Márquez.
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kateoplis: Remember well. Adieu, you magical creature.
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cinoh: Joan Jonas, a pioneering figure in performance and video art, has been chosen to represent the United States at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Ms. Jonas, 78, was selected by the State Department’s bureau of educational and cultural affairs, which promotes cultural exchanges worldwide. Paul C. Ha, the director of the M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center in…
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austinkleon: Jorge Luis Borges: The Task of Art The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all these things into symbols, into music, into something which can last in man’s memory. That is our duty. If we don’t fulfill it, we feel unhappy. A writer or any artist…
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punkarcade: Ok, here is the game Marshall 4 that you can play online (click the green flag to start). It’s created entirely in Scratch, the kid-friendly programming language designed at MIT. In Scratch, code is made up of lego-like blocks that you snap together. I’ve made a few things in Scratch, and let me tell…
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To read: (via When Zelda traded heroism for the murky morality of dreams · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club)
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Hopscotch Turns 1 Year Old Today!
gethopscotch: ***IT’S HOPSCOTCH’S BIRTHDAY!*** Can you believe it? Hopscotch first hit the App Store exactly one year ago today. Wow, time really flies when you’re having fun coding! It’s been an amazing year. Our team has grown to include some really talented people, and Hopscotch has become so much more robust than what we started…
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theruleofthegames: At PAX East, one of the best panels I saw was “The Mythology In and Of Games: Why the Legend of Zelda is just as important as the Legend of Beowulf”. I actually got to chat with Chris Yap (who was speechless at the critical positive reaction to the panel) and he just informed…
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Call for Games: Edugaming 2014
Educational Games: Do you have a video game or board game that effectively teaches a concept? submission deadline April 30, 2014 We are looking for the submission of games that are playable. They will be featured at the Edugaming Conference where the attendees will get the opportunity to play the games. Your game does not…