Friday, 5 August 2022
quote [ Underlying many of the problems we associate with social media are failures of creativity and care. ]
This compares the maintenance of BBSes with criticism of current platforms.
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Thursday, 4 August 2022
quote [ This map shows you how far you can travel from each station in Europe in less than 5 hours. ]
fun way to spend the afternoon. Note that this keeps loading data for each station.
Takes some time to get into the two-digit megabyte range though.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022
quote [ “I always disliked the term Asian underground,” Sawhney says. “The whole idea of the movement was that cultural change could occur and that Asians would feel they have a relevance and identity within the wider culture […].“ ]
Right. The Outcaste samplers were gold though.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2022
quote [ This is a red neck party. (Which technically is American lol) but only a select group of people. Americans have parties where they dress up to make fun of these people too! ]
LARPING in the Polish woods. Quote is from the comments.
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Monday, 1 August 2022
quote [ “Lakk Nu Hilla” means “shake your hips” in Punjabi. ]
It's Su Real throwing various collaborations in one production. The video supposedly copies Eric Wareheim.
Also, his birthday party in Dheli is coming up – if you're around.
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Saturday, 30 July 2022
quote [ But don’t worry / Everybody’s still hung up in it ]
listened to this the other day. From '61.
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Friday, 29 July 2022
quote [ As it happens, the story behind the game is as unusual as the game itself. It’s not every day that you come across a solo Russian developer who enlists his dad to help realize an uncompromising, authentic vision.
[…] It’s a game where you can press up to sit on a bench or press down to rest your hands on a balcony for no other reason than to contemplate time passing by. ] Interesting slice-of-life game featuring elegant console brawls.
Article is from 2019, they're working on an hardboiled Yakuza drama currently. The article notes his father doing animations – the team page mentions the software used: it's Graphics Gale.
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Thursday, 28 July 2022
quote [ Besides malnutrition, starvation, and epidemic diseases, farming helped bring another curse upon humanity: deep class divisions. ]
Archived from 1987 and probably one of the sources for Graeber's last book.
via an article from last year about the high human cost of transitions. (thumb)
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Tuesday, 26 July 2022
quote [ With no clear-cut resolution, you might be wondering - what does the ending of Behind the Frame mean? While nothing is definitive, here are some explanations to lingering questions left at the end of Behind the Frame. ]
Spoiler list from a beautiful short game. The open interpretation is part of the appeal.
You should try it … it's on many indie platforms and cheaper on GOG currently.
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Monday, 25 July 2022
quote [ Warner often played the baddie, taking on villainous roles in films such as The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and Time Bandits (1981). ]
via a post on video game voice work.
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