Psychologist says 'there's a real sense of effort' to The Sims 4's emotional realism, from Maslow's Hierarchy to personal pep talks
Psychologist Dr. Audrey Tang took a look at how The Sims 4 mimics real world emotions and came away impressed.
The Modern Voice of War Writing
Every war begins in blind folly and ends in unimagined suffering. This is true of all wars but especially of the First World ...
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Olga Tokarczuk’s New Rules for Realism
Olga Tokarczuk’s new rules for realism. In The Empusium, the Polish novelist’s first novel since her Nobel, she pays homage to Thomas Mann in order to redraw the boundaries of the realist novel.
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The Trump Border Czar Who Wants to Combine MAGA With Realism
WASHINGTON—Tom Homan, a pugnacious cop who will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, has taken up a surprising mantle for a longtime immigration hard-liner: the realist in the ...
The West Australian26d
THE NOVEL One Hundred Years of Solitude
Magical realism sprang from the realm of world literature like ... Firstly, let’s look at some of the genre’s essential characteristics, which reveal themselves like half-remembered myths. The ...
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The L.A. Fires Show the Need for Climate Realism
Varun Sivaram is senior fellow for Energy and Climate at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he will launch a new “Climate Realism Initiative” this spring. The goal is to apply a pragmatic ...
Game Rant29d
8 Best Strategy Games With A Focus On Realism, Ranked
Some strategy games focus on punishing realism, simulating factors like lines of communication, fuel, and ammunition. Realistic strategy games like Men of War: Assault Squad 2 and Steel Division 2 ...