Dana Alston
@gotinsulin.bsky.social
Film Studies PhD candidate @ University of Iowa // studying taste, cinephilia, and media commodification // passive cinephile // lifetime (post-2014) Warriors fan
#TheLastOfUs padded out time this episode by inventing a segment that feels more game-y than the original text…which feels like a response to criticisms that the text isn’t game-y enough. Intriguing.
April 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#TheLastOfUs padded out time this episode by inventing a segment that feels more game-y than the original text…which feels like a response to criticisms that the text isn’t game-y enough. Intriguing.
A good response to one of the most blindly ill-conceived articles I’ve read in a while.
Why do video games cost so much to make these days? A recent NYT article pinned bloated budgets on the graphical arms race, but that's only a small part of the equation. The real problem? Rampant mismanagement.
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make
Graphical fidelity is only part of the reason that game budgets have swelled to hundreds of millions of dollars
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A good response to one of the most blindly ill-conceived articles I’ve read in a while.
Hello, Bluesky! I just finished Arcane, and want to use my first post here to sing its praises. To me, it’s a series that proves, no matter how inescapably entwined with corporate IP our culture becomes, that good storytelling will always win the day.
a girl with blue hair and a black shirt has her hands up
ALT: a girl with blue hair and a black shirt has her hands up
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Hello, Bluesky! I just finished Arcane, and want to use my first post here to sing its praises. To me, it’s a series that proves, no matter how inescapably entwined with corporate IP our culture becomes, that good storytelling will always win the day.