Tiffany B. Brown

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Posts tagged: new orleans

New Orleans in 50 words or less (give or take a few hundred)
There is great faith here, and living in the breach, under different flags, has taught each generation that suffering is as much a part of life as great feasts and celebration. The joy of Mardi Gras cannot exist without the sacrifice of Lent. Wright Thompson captures the city those 43 words. He has several hundred [...] [17 Dec 2009]
Post-Katrina New Orleans as a video game setting?
Although a prominent setting in other creative mediums, the South is frequently neglected as a location for games. The industry has yet to find its Faulkner, but Johnson and his team chose the same noir setting that animates HBO’s True Blood. “The geography, the plant life and the look of that part of the country [...] [4 Dec 2009]