Mailbag time. In this post I mentioned the book I Am 8-Bit: Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the ’80s. The author of that book, Jon M. Gibson, writes:
Hey David. Glad you dig the book! We’re putting out an even bigger volume early next year, so stay tuned! Lots of great art that you haven’t seen yet!
Cool. So if you’re one of the folks here (and there were quite a few) who expressed an interest in I Am 8-Bit, keep an eye out for the follow-up as well.
In response to my recent post about naming children after fictional characters, writer buddy Mike Canfield writes:
I don’t know about books, but I was on a bus a few years ago and witnessed parents trying to get the attention of their toddler son “Anakin.” Well, it’s better than “Boba,” I guess.
Yeah, or Dooku. Nobody should be named Dooku … not even Dooku.
Although Tobias S. Buckell brings up an interesting point:
But isn’t naming a kid Anakin much like naming a kid Adolf? I mean, strictly speaking?
I don’t know. What do people think? Is there something a little off about naming your kid Anakin, considering that his namesake, Anakin Skywalker, went on to become Darth Vader, a character who deployed WMD and wiped out an entire planet’s worth of innocent civilians?
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