Hassan Abul
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When you’re typing or scrolling on your laptop or mobile phone, you're liable to forget you’re using your sense of touch. This game by Hassan Kalam Abul – an exploration of the nature of memory and knowledge – makes it harder to forget.
I guess sometimes the body can get it wrong, too. The door is clearly over there. It must have always been.
(Note on access: the game is controlled using your keyboard. Works best on a computer.)
It's Not a Bad Book, Necessarily
We’ve been struggling with this book for months, with very little to show for it. It’s not typical for either of us to approach a novel with a view to combat, but the text’s slippery defensiveness positions us as attackers. We find ourselves compelled to understand what is being defended and what we’re supposed to be attacking. Similarly, we’re left feeling as if the joke’s on us for even trying.