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Great profile, but this particular sentence seemed unreflective of the modern media landscape. I wish all media had the brevity of books! Compared to the bloat of videogames, streaming, and connected universes, even a doorstopper of a novel is refreshingly concise.

People think they don’t have the attention span for books, but it’s just not true on a time commitment level. A different kind of attention is called for, sure, but as “short” games demand at least 10–20 hours of your time, reading a 400-page novel is not outside of one’s capacity.

Your average DLC is more of a commitment than any National Book Award nominee.