Stella Achenbach

What makes The Witcher 3’s characters unforgettable isn't magic; in fact, it is psychology and a trained eye for the craft. In the most recent review, we conducted a deep dive into "Crafting the Continent," which focused on the open-world foundation of The Witcher 3 and its level design. This article takes a very different direction, analyzing the overall character design the game has to offer, which is inherently responsible for the fact that even ten years after its original release, The Wi......

"Creativity includes an element of discovery and an element of control. Thus it is neither the production of what was familiar, nor simply the discovery of what was unfamiliar...an artist struggles to effect something the exact character of which he does not envisage. Yet he does know when he has reached his goal..." —PLOTINUS, Enneads VI.8I have heard this many times before: "I don't understand art; I can't say if it is good or bad." Newflash for everyone who ever thought along those lines. ......

Before I get started, let me put this article into some context. Paragraph, the platform you are reading this article on keeps launching exciting and novel features. If you are not on Farcaster or X, you might not be very familiar with those features, but they all come with one goal: to help creators monetize their work and create actual network effects. This article explores the new "Remix" feature and suggests some improvements to the platform at the same time (they asked and I showed up). ......