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Re:When I made another Monkey Island by the_af on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:08PM (#31252931)
> One underappreciated aspect of low definition graphics is that your mind can interpolate the visuals

Yes, what Scott McCloud calls "closure" in Understanding Comics.

That said, my mind also interpolates the newer version of Melee Island, because it's cartoony and "abstract" enough, and so I also like it.

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Re:When I made another Monkey Island by practice9 on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:22PM (#31255382)
> Yes, what Scott McCloud calls "closure" in Understanding Comics.

Exactly! I forgot about reading this book, but it was very insightful.

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