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Assassin’s Creed: Why Video Game Adaptations Fail
Good day, everyone! This is K.O. Lynn and we’re going to talk about another one of Ubisoft’s foibles. I know you’re excited. My sincere condolences to all those who have been affected by Ubisoft’s recent layoffs. I know how unfair that all feels and Ubisoft has had a rather awful track record as a business…
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The Tragically Undercooked Story of Final Fantasy XVI
Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first podcast in Season 2! I am your host K.O. Lynn and this podcast is a means of deconstructing stories from pop culture, noting their strengths and pinpointing their weaknesses via constructive criticism. This week’s podcast is about Final Fantasy 16. I describe the story as ‘undercooked’ because…
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Ep 10. The Creator – Story Analysis
Amidst all of the new hubbub about this AI generation stuff, a new film, The Creator, saw its release. In this movie, AI developed from mere algorithms spitting back facsimile of human intelligence to outright humanistic androids/robots. The premise of the story is that the ‘West’ (the US) decided AI had gone too far and…
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Ep. 9 Twister vs. Twisters
After more than twenty years, Twister finally got its first ‘sequel’ in the 2024 movie Twisters. Given the time between the two movies, is it even possible for Twisters to live up to the original? Let’s take a dive on analyzing these two movies! “Wholesome” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0…
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