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interviewsFriday, July 17, 2026

Cliff Bleszinski breaks silence on Boss Key's failure

Today's interviews lean into the post-mortem and the comeback. Cliff Bleszinski gives his most honest account yet of what killed his studio, while Superhuman's CEO draws a firm line between AI and human judgment. Elsewhere, creators across music, games, and comics talk process and reinvention.

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Post-mortems and comebacks

Two interviews dig into what went wrong and what comes next, with unusual candor.

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Cliff Bleszinski Knows What Went Wrong

Cliff Bleszinski's first in-depth interview in years is a genuine post-mortem. He names the too-favorable publishing deal, the wrong console bet, and the co-founder he turned down. He's also planning a comeback.

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Craft and process

From literary icons to genre builders, these conversations focus on the how and why of making things.

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Lorrie Moore, The Art of Fiction No. 167

Lorrie Moore in The Paris Review's Writers at Work series. She calls writing a novel 'daily labor over years' and a short story 'a mad, lovely visitor.' Classic craft talk from a master of both.

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Ralph Ellison, The Art of Fiction No. 8

Ralph Ellison interviewed just after Invisible Man won the National Book Award in 1953. He discusses literature and democracy, and the novelist's role in describing American experience. A historical document as much as an interview.

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