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I Am a Cat: Rough Draft for Upcoming Interactive Visual Novel Based on Natsume Soseki’s Beloved Japanese Tale
comparative literature, digital communities, digital storytelling, dramatist, dramaturgy, east asia, east asian studies, education, English, fable, fairytale, film review, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, game based learning, game development, game Ideas, game studies, games, gaming, Globalization, Graduate Research, graduate school, instructional design, interactive fiction, internet lore, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese literature, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, kojiki, language, learning technology, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, localization, material culture, media studies, narrative design, Narratology, philosophy, publishing, science fiction, serious games, shinto, shintoism, Short story, spiritual, spirituality, storytelling, stream-of-consciousness, taoism, the university of missouri, the writers life, Thesis, user research, videogames, visual novel, writingAnimals, anime, Cat Protagonist, choices matter, City Life, Complexities of Life, Consequences, curiosity, digital storytelling, Exploration, Fulfillment., Game Development Class, Home Life, Humans, I am Cat, Immersive Experience, Interactive Game, japan, japanese, japanese literature, Joy, Knowledge, Literary Conventions, manga, Meiji, natsume soseki, Non-Canon Literature, Purpose, Search for Meaning, Second Person Narrative, slice of life, soseki, storytelling, The Adventures of Cat, visual novel, visual storytelling, Wisdom, world buildingUnleash Your Inner Feline: The Adventures of Cat – A Visual Novel Game That Explores Life’s Complexities!
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Demons Out, Fortune In. It’s Setsubun (節分): Bean Scattering, Bad Fortunes & Demon Slaying
Anthropology, buddhism, festival, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, religious studies, ritual, shinto, shintoism, spiritual, spirituality, writinganimism, asakusa, bean throwing, buddhism, buddhist, 祭, 立春, 節分, exorcism, 鬼は外、福は内!, 鬼は外福は内, 豆撒き, festivals, folklore, geisha, haru matsuri, heian, heian shrine, japan, Japanese festivals, kagura, kyoto, lunar new year, mamemaki, matsuri, oni, risshun, rituals, senso-ji, setsubun, shinto, shintoism, shrine, sumo, tokyo, year of the tiger, zodiac, 年男, 春祭We’re going to throw our beans, embrace this spring. Out, out with you Oni! Come, come good things. Oh, and get boosted. Seriously.
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Seven University of Missouri Students Receive the Gilman Scholarship – This is Happening!
comparative literature, east asia, fairytale, folklore, gilman, japan, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Mythology, patreon, spiritualityChina, comparative literature, comparative mythology, Confucianism, confucius, daoism, east asian co-prosperity sphere, east asian studies, fable, folklore, international studies, japan, japanese mythology, kami, laotzi, Mizzou, Mythology, shinto, sophia university, taoism, university of missouri, yokaiGreetings & ようこそ It is my immense pleasure to welcome you to the airy, the eerie, the all-at-once sensual, hysterical, and downright phenomenal Floating World of East Asian literature Oh, but that’s not all we’re doing, we’ll venture across the foothills of Southern China, encountering wandering monks, greedy children, and blushing princes. We’ll see just how lethal…