Interesting Links for 17-10-2022

[andrewducker]

1. A lovely short story about a small God and their worshipper

(tags:short_story fantasy religion )

2. If you want a takedown of Rowling's latest transphobic nonsense...

(tags:jkrowling bigotry LGBT transgender Scotland )

3. Chaucer rape allegations: What the newly found British National Archives document tells us about Chaucer and Chaucer studies

(tags:academia RapeCulture rape history writing )

4. The man who wanted to touch the art

(tags:art touch painting )

5. A New Verse Translation of "Genesis 4" by Adam Roberts

(tags:Bible poetry translation )

6. Transgender MP accuses fellow Tories of weaponising trans issues in leadership race

(tags:lgbt transgender Conservatives politics )

7. A classical pianist plays Queen

(tags:Queen music piano video )

Comments

[mellowtigger]

#1 That writing is really nice. It reminds me a lot of playing the original "Black & White", where you are a newly born god answering the plea for help by some needy mortal. The power you develop as a deity depends on how you (the player) decide to react to these needs. The interface wasn't always great, but that game tried some very original narrative stuff.

[melchar]

Very sweet and touching little story. Very glad to have read it.

[andrewducker]

I have fond memories of Black & White. It was great to see a game try new things, and stretch the boundaries of what you can do.