Kathryn Hemmann

@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social

Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
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This week for #Linktober I drew the Coral Earring from Twilight Princess and the Zonai Flame Emitter from Tears of the Kingdom. Given that these two items have specific magical applications, it's interesting to imagine how a future art historian might interpret them...

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I'm sure every teenage girl wants to burn a city at some point, but I imagine that Celes was tortured by regret. Given how much damage she caused as an imperial general, it was incredibly brave of her to defect and join the resistance. She knew it wouldn't be easy, but it was the right thing to do.

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Sometimes official Rayearth art I've never seen before just pops up. Here's the coolest kid ever looking like a billion dollars.

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Thank you for creating such an elegant and atmospheric illustration of this character! I'm basking in the gorgeous gothic moonlight, and now more than ever I feel inspired to tell her story 💜

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❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms ✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost

4 panel comic:
Panel 1:
A chef with a wooden spoon talks to a brown dog (bruno). He says “I have a new business!” Bruno answers “cool!”
Panel 2: he shows his menu. He says “this is my menu”. We can’t quite read what it says yet
Panel 3: a zoom in on the menu. It has just a few lines written on it. Soup: 1. Bread: 1. Soup + Bread: 2. He kept it very simple!
Panel 4: He shows Bruno a small pencil. He says “I designed it with this”. Bruno approves and goes “nice!”
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Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

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I also talk about the baseball minigame in A Link Between Worlds and the "demon" character Batreaux in Skyward Sword, both of which raise tons of questions that can't be answered. A cohesive system of lore is great, but I feel that silly jokes and allusions add color to a game's world.

An edited screenshot of the Octoball Derby minigame from A Link Between Worlds. Link stands at the home plate of a baseball diamond waiting for an Octorok in a baseball cap to make the first pitch.
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