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I'm making more and more bird noises lately. Wonder what's up with that.

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BTW, it's possible to be both pragmatic and idealistic :)

(I'm definitely unsure whether it can actually be made to work, though.)

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Hmm. I think socialism is our best short-term prospect for social structure but that anarcho-communism would be really great if we can learn to be good enough as people to make it actually work. What does that make me?

Bastion & Pyre thematic stuff 

One of the messages present in both Bastion and Pyre is that a society can be pleasant, comfortable, and complex while also simultaneously being structurally violent.

hmmm...

"who wants to be human? that's boring"

- me, forever

Goodnight, y'all.

Embody resilience, light, and love.

"oh, you thought you got to pick what gender we'd be? lol."

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Every once in a while I stop and realize that my social circle is like >90% trans folks.

That's kind of wild. And awesome.

Listen okay I know I keep coming back to this in slightly different words, but

Pyre gives me a bigger sense of responsibility than any other videogame I've played.

And that's really cool.

Nazis, memes 

How to determine your Nazi-fighting name:

Your first name + your last name

Hmm. I hardly hear anything about dynamically scaling difficulty anymore. Is that still a thing? Seems like a potential solution.

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I have feelings that need more unpacking about difficulty in games. It's simultaneously an accessibility issue and a creative tool.

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Hmm. Pyre would be a very different game thematically -- possibly a better game -- if it were significantly harder. I don't want to adjust the difficulty slider though :0

Maybe next playthrough?

LB: the Icelandic word for "computer", "tölva", is a portmanteau from "tala" (meaning "number") and "völva" (meaning "prophetess").

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It will never fail to make me happy that the Icelandic word for 'computer' roughly transaltes as 'number-witch'.

Rogers's Law: Look for the helpers.

Corollary: If you look around and don't see any helpers, the helper is you.

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