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In my observations I’ve noticed a clear distinction in the western and eastern cultures’ use of youtube. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which culture each of these clips represents.
Actually, in retrospect I don’t think my culture argument is valid. It has more to do with the Western joy of what can be best described as “stupid fun” and the Japanese fascination with anime and music based memes.
Ever since I started my Novelty project I’ve been faced with a dilemma. From the very beginning of development, the engine that runs Novelty has relied heavily on XML. In fact, every texture and every object needs an XML representation before Novelty can digest it.
The dilemma is that this method of object creation has proven to be extremely powerful and flexible, but Novelty is targeted towards a non-technical crowd and most users get overwhelmed by having to type code.
I have spent countless hours designing my way around this problem. In fact, I have spent as much time designing the language itself as I have the engine that runs it. But at the end of the day it’s still a markup language and can never appeal to a wide audience.
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