the presentation that @aavoigt.bsky.social mentions at the top of his video on What is Yuri? can be found here youtu.be/L-R8KEz8NgY?..., where I make strong allusions to borges' "In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?", and introduce the idea that games come from dreams
If you want to play with the baggage of chess and “make two kings kiss” or “yearn in the space of kissing” as it were, then you should Yuri Chess youtu.be/0DosgFDJ7tw?...
I've just published the third and final essay in the design series for Violent Delights (with one more interview on the way).
It's about adaptation in games and the baggage that can come with it. In particular, it's about my attempt to design with and around chess's baggage.
