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mogwai_poet, 1 day ago to random

This is a fun one. The Space Quest 2 (1987) master disk had been previously used to store the AGI engine source code, and hadn't been formatted properly, so the source was mostly recoverable from the game that shipped. This was only discovered in 2016.

https://lanceewing.github.io/blog/sierra/agi/sq2/2024/05/22/do-you-own-this-space-quest-2-disk.html

mogwai_poet, 3 days ago to random

New game jam idea!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play

mogwai_poet, 5 days ago to random

Did you know: Paypal me $20

mogwai_poet, 9 days ago to random

Nine hours remaining on that Star Control 2 sequel kickstarter from the guys who aren't allowed to say that they worked on Star Control 2.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity

mogwai_poet, 16 days ago to random

A friend of mine made this game, and I was already going to check it out, but I got 1000% more interested when I realized the protagonist in the key art was the ferret and not the guy with the sword

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2880750/Leafs_Odyssey/

mogwai_poet, 24 days ago to random

It's human to want to simplify a complicated situation. It's human to want to believe that people who are more ethical, or more attractive, must be more talented. From where I'm sitting, these are completely disconnected variables. (If there are studies correlating them, I'm unaware of them.) But when an artist people like turns out to be a bad person, it seems like it's easier to decide their art was bad all along than to accept the broader idea that terrible people can make excellent art.

mogwai_poet, 26 days ago to random

I've been playing Infinity Island, by Luca Redwood, the You Must Build A Boat guy. It's themed as one of those collect-the-animals F2P games, but it's structured more like a clicker, with a half dozen different currencies that interact via a half dozen different upgrade interfaces. I've been playing for several days but some of the most basic stuff is still mysterious to me, to the point that I feel like it must be on purpose? Like it feels overcomplicated past the point of satire.

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

You may have seen the Balatro Discourse, which consists of people looking at a screenshot of code that it straightforward and getting angry that it's not more complicated.

I'd just like to posit here that a straightforward solution is an excellent default and you should have a really solid argument for the advantages of a complicated solution before you choose it.

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

One of the touted advantages of the internet was that it made available the global range of options. No longer are you limited to talking to the person next to you on the bus, etc.

Now global everything is the norm, and the exciting thing would be the ability to filter for locally sourced stuff. Like, if I go to a hotel concierge and ask for some good local podcasts, he's probably going to say "Um, This American Life? Joe Rogan?" No, dude. I mean podcasts recorded in this neighborhood.

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

Why is it important for corn to be tall?

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

They told me things might look weird during the eclipse

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

Caving to public pressure, Best Buy finally admits that amyl nitrate is "essential"

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

The real story of the xd/liblzma attack is that it's considered totally normal in the FOSS community to hurl abuse at people who are maintaining critical public infrastructure in their free time.

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

Terry keeps rolling out the bangers. Finally, he's found his medium.

https://downpour.games/~terry/a-proper-cup-of-tea

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

I don't know who needs to see this but here's a 170 page document about how to tell where in Mongolia you are when you're playing Geoguessr

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W_QK69BXMHUZXI5VdNH93_aLhTd9SQzNYhRLrh_-ZVA/edit

mogwai_poet, 1 month ago to random

Thinking further on what Picotron is for. My initial concern was that Pico-8's constraints are very well-tuned, and you can't make a better Pico-8 by relaxing the constraints.

Picotron isn't trying to be a better Pico-8. If Pico-8 is a fun cozy way to make games, Picotron is a fun cozy way to use a computer. I don't know if you've noticed, but computers suck now. (Mostly because developers and platform owners have figured out more effective ways to make money than making their users happy.)

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

You haven't lived until a couple you know makes an album together to process their breakup and you get to hear them singing backup on each other's diss tracks

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

On the way to GDC. Here's what the top half of my face looks like today #selfie #eyecontact

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

Topic Lords #230: What's God Even Made Of Anymore? ft. Mike and Jake. We discuss what happens after cameras, disappearing mystery, preschool security practices, At the Feast in the Great Hall by Ursula Leguin, and talking about dreams.

https://topiclords.com/whats-god-even-made-of-anymore

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

I just realized my username has "ai_poet" in it and that's definitely going to bite me in the ass somehow, someday

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

Too wide or too narrow? Those are the only options

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

I think this kind of game looks really neat as an interactive storytelling medium with a really low barrier to entry. If you've ever wanted to make an FMV game but don't have the time/energy, the downpour.games editor/engine hits a lot of the same notes

https://downpour.games/~terry/do-you-want-to-play-a-boardgame-with-me

mogwai_poet, 2 months ago to random

This shit is like if I loaded up an S3M and there was an omega in the effects column and I asked around and people were like "oh you didn't know about the Greek effects?"

mogwai_poet, 3 months ago to random

This parking garage has a sign posted next to the elevator explaining what you can find on "Level 1," which is to say, here is a list of things that are in Berkeley

mogwai_poet, 3 months ago to random

When Brits want to address a woman respectfully they say "mom." When they want to address a mother they say "mum." When they want to refer to staying quiet they say "moom." It's turtles all the way down the vowel chart