Fishwick Papers: The "Teenage Mutant Turtle Rifle" Edition

Good evening! How are you?I spent a delightful weekend in Sydney, then came back to find out I've got an apartment and can start moving to Melbourne properly. Coupled with the same-sex marriage bill being passed last night, and two work Christmas parties, it's made for a rather enjoyable week. Let's cap it off with a bunch of interesting things. 

Words of Stories

• In Harmonia, solve the mystery of the lecturer you replaced

• Stephen Sagmeister: "You are not a storyteller"

• A deep look at interactive fiction games of the 80s + 90s

• Gaugin tells the real story of how Van Gogh lost his ear

Stories of Words

• The Languages of All-Women Exhibitions

• Grab your headphones for an ASMR News Broadcast

• The most brutal poetry rejection letter of all time

Turtles

• How to convince a neural network that ​a turtle is a rifle

• Primary school kids made a game about a time-turning turtle*

Not Turtles

• The 'Every Frame a Painting' channel has ended

• Watching Sesame Street shaped my ethical and aesthetic world

• The WWII-era women who broke up Disney's boys club

• Watch Emma Thompson at her finest for two and a half minutes

R.I.P. Vine of the Week

• #Howto react when your friend gives you fashion advice

And as someone identifying people from different Scandanavian countries would say, That's the finish! I'd love to hear your thoughts on any or all of these, and thank you so much to the people who've been sending in suggestions! Spread the Fishwick Papers word far and wide by telling your friends to sign up.Two very quick things: if you're in Melbourne you can catch me Saturday night performing in Grand Theft Impro with some of the best improvisors in the world! If you're in Sydney, this January you can learn Yoljnu Matha or Gamilaraay as part of Charles Darwin University's Indigenous Languages Summer School!Alright. Goodbye now. Have a lovely weekend!jim x* This game won its category in ACMI's Screen it Competition for school students. I absolutely recommend checking out all the entries, they're great.