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Fiction: A By-Product of Intellect?
A hypothesis that fictions are a necessary part of being an animal with intellect and exploring what the implications of this might be.
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Leon Earl

August 2024

Videogames Should Not be Games
A panoramic exploration of the way that games perpetuate addiction, making reference to the Attention Economy and Gamification, plus a call for more…
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Leon Earl
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Exploring Dark Themes in Fictional Media: Part 2
A discussion about the place that violence and dark themes should hold in fiction, particularly in visual media. This will be an expansive look…
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Leon Earl
Exploring Dark Themes in Fictional Media: Part 1
A discussion about the place that violence and dark themes should hold in fiction, particularly in visual media.
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Leon Earl
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The Ether (a short story)
A horror/thriller short story about a sophisticated virtual reality
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Leon Earl
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July 2024

An Overview of Philosophical Reasoning
Making philosophy a less daunting subject and offering some reasons to get involved
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Leon Earl
Game Addiction Through a Design Lens
How do videogame narrative elements contrast with ludic aspects in terms of their manipulation of player attention and affect?
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Leon Earl
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The Monoliths (Chapter 1)
The first chapter from a novel I am writing (subject to change on full release)
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Leon Earl
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What is Artificial Intelligence?
A short summary of AI and how it relates to articles on Dystopian Meditations
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Leon Earl
Sacrificing Creativity on the Altar of Progress
A critique of the discourse around new types of artificial intelligence
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Leon Earl
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Meditations from a Dystopia: An Introduction
An introduction to Dystopian Meditations
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Leon Earl
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