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The Sunday Papers
This is Rock Paper Shotgun's weekly "Sunday Papers" round-up, a curated list of non-gaming reading recommended by the site's editors as a break from a week the author describes as dispiriting for the games industry. The piece frames itself as a deliberate escape, pointing readers towards articles on food, football politics and ancient history rather than games news.
The recommended reads include a Taste magazine piece by Linni Kral reflecting on digestion and the joy of eating, an Eater article by Bettina Makalintal on restaurants rejecting AI-generated menus and marketing imagery, a Mother Jones investigation by Tim Murphy into a rejected FIFA proposal that would have restructured the organisation and potentially handed president Gianni Infantino a lucrative new role paying around $60 million a year, and a piece by Nathan Goldwag exploring whether the myth of Odysseus reflects the real Bronze Age Collapse, tied to Christopher Nolan's forthcoming Odyssey film. An architecture piece by Rachel Freundt is also mentioned before the excerpt ends.
In short
- Weekly RPS link round-up, deliberately avoiding games news this week.
- Highlights include pieces on food, AI-generated restaurant marketing and FIFA politics.
- Also features an article linking Homer's Odyssey to the Bronze Age Collapse.
Explained simply
Rock Paper Shotgun’s “Sunday Papers” is a weekly selection of articles from outside the world of games. This edition points readers towards writing on food, football governance and ancient history.
The football article examines a proposal involving FIFA, the international body that runs the sport’s World Cup and sets many of its rules. Its president, Gianni Infantino, is among the figures discussed. Other recommendations look at restaurants’ use of AI-made images and menus, and the possible links between the story of Odysseus and the collapse of Bronze Age societies.