Daily TWiP – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, pioneering African American actress, born today in 1873

Daily TWiP – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, pioneering African American actress, born today in 1873
Welcome to Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays and history we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. Had it not been for Nellie Crawford from Louisville, Ky., renowned African American actresses Dorothy Dandridge and Lena Horne may have found their Hollywood careers even more challenging. Crawford, better known by her stage name of Madame Sul-Te-Wan, was born today (March 7th) in …
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2D Forever: the fall and rise of hardcore Japanese game design
We talk to 2D specialists Cave and Arc System Works about the enduring appeal of hardcore fighting and shooting games. Five years ago, something interesting happened in western game development: 2D returned. Back in 1995, 3D was the future. The only future. Sega was widely derided for concentrating the architecture of its Saturn games console on 2D friendly features like hardware sprite …
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In Praise Of Extreme Public Union Lunacy In San Jose
Hardly a week goes by in which I do not see examples of extreme public union idiocy. Nonetheless, it is rare to see an entirely new concept prop up. Here’s a new one.
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