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by Zachary Miller - April 27, 2021, 7:35 pm EDT
Matt answers Zach s burning questions about Shantae s humble GBC origins.
Today, the original GBC Shantae game gets a long-awaited re-release on the Switch. I just posted my review of the plucky heroine s maiden adventure, and I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to bother Matt Bozon, the Shantae series director and WayForward s creative director, with some questions about that landmark game. Thanks to Matt, of course, for entertaining my fanboy ramblings; it s always a pleasure.
Zach Miller (ZM): Could you talk about Shantae s origin story? Where do she and her charismatic castmates come from, and how was that original GBC game made? It s quite a technical feat for the GBC.
The Books That Made Me: 8 Writers on Their Literary Inspirations
In decades past, the Book Review occasionally asked young authors about their biggest influences. For our 125th anniversary, we put the question to a new generation.
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April 15, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
In 1984, The New York Times Book Review presented a group of writers under 40 with a simple challenge: Name the writer or writers who have most influenced your work and explain how. While many of these authors were just beginning their careers, they later became some of the most widely read and respected artists of their generation Ann Beattie, Denis Johnson, Gloria Naylor and Frederick Barthelme, to name only a few.