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Oh dang, this gets at what I love about system theory. Lacking direct access to reality, we run constant speculative/ideological simulations of it in our heads and iterate each time it proves us wrong. Sims are fun because the ways they fail are our only direct contact with reality.
Just released my harsh ambient torture noise album, Blood Sample, check it out if you like evil women torturing each other with needles and synthesizers or you just want to give me money
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Garin does great work!
my manifesto jam manifested
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This is an iconic point.
I'm not a romance person and I really like this podcast!
There's something unique at the heart of Amberspire that delivers a message about our expectations for growth and how a city builder *ought* to play.
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Congrats on bringing a cool, nuanced, beautiful game to life.
Mike Bithell
This is an extremely good piece that gets at a lot of the things that I find uncomfortable about the "wholesome game" label. blog.lauramichet.com/nurturing-ga...
I wrote a SIMULATIONIST'S MANIFESTO for #manifestojam2026
ptychomancer.itch.io/simulationis...
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Da Scary Rose
Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again
dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
Please listen to making heyer even if you don't like romance, I think you will find something interesting in it!!! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...
In Amberspire, the titular city atop a necropolis expands steadily, but instability is a constant companion. The game contains an irresolvable tension at its core that, at turns, entertains, frustrate...
I worked at Tencent in a variety of roles from 2011 through 2016, when I was transferred to a Tencent subsidiary. They changed my job description about once ...
Instead of the Thorn is Georgette Heyer's third novel, which she later removed from publication. Eve and Devan read it and have a lot of things to say. Â Eve's audio caused some problems this episode,...
The irony is they are replacing all their non-union humans with agents run by a single organization that can demand changes in wages (aka token costs) overnight without bargaining.
