Grayson Morley ’13 Published in the New York Times
Grayson Morley ’13.
An article by Grayson Morley ’13 was published in the New York Times. Morley compared Titanium Court, which won the Seamus Mcnally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 2026 Independent Gaming Festival, against Franz Kafka’s short story “The Trial.” In “The Trial,” a man named Josef K. is prosecuted for a crime he has no knowledge of. Titanium Court, on the other hand, is a match-3 narrative game loosely referencing Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In both cases, Morley argues, the reader (or player) has questions about their situation that remain unanswered. “Titanium Court is not reaching for the narrative heights of ‘The Trial,’” Morley writes, “but it does [...] ask a new question: How would you proceed if you, like K., found yourself ensnared in a system that refuses to explain itself?”
The Written Arts Program at Bard encourages students to experiment with their writing in a context sensitive to intellectual, historical, and social realities. Students are encouraged to consider writing as an act of critical and creative engagement, a way of interrogating and translating the world.
Post Date: 06-15-2026
The Written Arts Program at Bard encourages students to experiment with their writing in a context sensitive to intellectual, historical, and social realities. Students are encouraged to consider writing as an act of critical and creative engagement, a way of interrogating and translating the world.
Post Date: 06-15-2026