What are the websites that make reading 10,000+ words a delight?
Hit me up with your best examples of online longform reading experiences! I don't mean NYT-style Snowfall things, I'm more interested in books/blog posts.
Bonus points if they do interesting things with footnotes, links, and all that!
@Edent The short answer is that it varies a lot! I often feel FOMO in Punchdrunk-style immersive theatre too, and it can be frustrating not to get picked for one-on-ones. The hope in those free-form events is that you’ll come across enough interesting stuff to keep you happy despite the FOMO.
When it comes to more organised stuff like the Star Wars hotel, visitors can be tracked and guided to specific interactions with actors and events, basically guaranteeing a level of engagement.
@adrianhon Thank you for writing these thoughtful pieces! I always read them with anticipation and delight.
Since leaving SStack I've noticed the strange sender, "mssv + ...". This always throws me. 'Have You Played' is a brand for me. The lower-case "mssv +"? Never heard of it. I've repeatedly reached for the Spam button before noticing the second part just in time.
Just a small piece of uninvited and unfiltered feedback.
The problem with writing a book about why immersive experiences are so big right now is that I look like an idiot when curators/directors/writers/artists say "oh then you must know about X" and I have to admit ignorance because the field is so unimaginably broad.
(Of course I could just lie and pretend I know but the entire point of this exercise is to explore and hopefully shrink the bounds of the vast sea of things I don't know, and share them with you.)
A curator was aghast I didn't know who Refik Anadol was and seemed ready to dismiss me on the spot. I turned her around with the ridiculous amount of reading I've done on the history of panoramas, but it turned out I had seen his glorified screensaver at MOMA but didn't know his name.
Universities aren't meant to churn out perfectly-shaped game industry workers. Companies need to step up with paid internships and better training and management of juniors.