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It seems like remasters are going to be more common, considering the fact that Sony and Nintendo systems don’t have backwards compatibility. It’s probably a good thing remasters exist though–as you say in your article, old consoles won’t last forever. I’d be surprised if my Dreamcast is able to function for longer than an hour before shutting down! It’s a shame that not every game can get remastered, though.

This I-Novel phenomenon seems to be pretty similar to slice of life (which you mention in the article at one point). I’ve always been a fan of that genre, so I should check out a couple of these I-Novels. I don’t know about Murakami, though–Kafka on the Shore was a bit too weird for my tastes. Has he written anything more… realistic? Also, do you know if there are any other contemporary I-Novelists that have books released in the West?

This was a really interesting read. Great article.

This article reminds me of a moment in a class I took during my senior year of college. We were talking about books that YouTubers had published, and the professor jokingly stated to the aspiring writers in the room that they should be taught how to start YouTube channels so publishers will notice them.

I do have to wonder, though–why did you single out YouTubers in this article? Other celebrities from so-called “traditional media” have produced some lackluster books. Snooki from Jersey Shore, for example, wrote an awful book that people only bought because her name was on it.

I could be wrong about this, but I thought I heard about this PETA Super Bowl commercial that was banned for being too risque.

I wonder how long the Super Bowl will be this popular, though? From what I hear, football is on the decline, and enthusiasm might wane in the coming years.

This was a good read. Game of Thrones is my favorite show, but recently I felt that the show has just been getting too gratuitous for its own good. I like how you were able to justify at least (some) of it by finding meaning in it.

Although, I have to point out a mistake you made in the article–Catelyn Stark has a brother–Edmure Tully. He was in the third season of the TV show, famously trying (and failing) to shoot a flaming arrow at his father’s corpse as it drifted off to sea.

I was surprised that the list ended with two films I’d never even heard of! I’ve gotta go check them out, especially if you say that they’re better than Full Metal Jacket. It was just such a horrific movie that I thought really displayed how awful humanity can be.

You know, before I read this article, if you had asked me to reflect about Gravity, I wouldn’t have recalled many details about the characters (certainly not Ryan’s past). I just remembered how intense and gripping the movie was and that I was glad that I never aspired to be an astronaut, because man, her situation was terrifying. I thought it was a movie all about the experience of being in outer space, and how terrifying it is, with the characters taking a backseat to the setting. I can appreciate the film more now, knowing that it can be interpreted as a much more personal story about Ryan and her struggle. Great work!

Crash Course, Sex+ and ASAPScience are all really good from what I’ve seen. Haven’t checked out the other two yet, though.

Surprised you didn’t mention Game Theory, though. Although it is a bit more “entertainment” than “education” than these other channels, it does use video games as a teaching tool to help people learn about subjects like psychology, technology, and even geology.