Jordan Mechner

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Video game designer and former programmer. Known for designing and programming the cinematic martial arts game Karateka and the widely ported hit game Prince of Persia.

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Movie 1983

Local Hero (1983)

by Bill Forsyth

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Tweet Dec 20, 2022

40 years ago, giant entertainment companies embarked on a slow-moving act of arson. The fuel for this arson was #copyright #TermExtension (making copyrights last longer), including *retrospective* copyright term extensions that took works out of the

by Cory Doctorow

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Article Jul 18, 2022

Why a show about 'The Godfather' is the best Jewish TV right now

by Leah Garrett

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Book Oct 30, 2009

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist

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Article May 6, 2022

The Last Express is as mesmerising and relevant as ever, 25 years later

by David Wildgoose

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