The Literary Machine Podcast
A podcast about deconstructing stories from popular culture to encourage a better understanding of the craft of storytelling.
Coming 2025: Season 2 of The Literary Machine Podcast
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The Tragically Undercooked Story of Final Fantasy XVI
Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first podcast in Season 2! I am your host K.O. Lynn and this podcast is a means of deconstructing stories from pop culture, noting their strengths and pinpointing their weaknesses via constructive criticism. This week’s podcast is about Final Fantasy 16. I describe the story as ‘undercooked’ because…
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Ep 10. The Creator – Story Analysis
Amidst all of the new hubbub about this AI generation stuff, a new film, The Creator, saw its release. In this movie, AI developed from mere algorithms spitting back facsimile of human intelligence to outright humanistic androids/robots. The premise of the story is that the ‘West’ (the US) decided AI had gone too far and…
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