katt, migrating 🌟 🌈 @starkatt@awoo.space

I just tried putting plain yogurt on my waffle along with maple syrup and it was delicious.

🎶​ we're up all night to get clippy 🎶​

Universal Paperclips for GoTY.

Wired, of all places, actually has a pretty good article about the game's underpinnings https://www.wired.com/story/the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-paperclip/

For those unfamiliar, Universal Paperclips is inspired by a somewhat-infamous argument about the dangers of strong AI with maximization functions apathetic to human values.

https://hackernoon.com/the-parable-of-the-paperclip-maximizer-3ed4cccc669a

Our house now contains equipment for five different ways of making coffee.

...okay.

Minmus is definitely my favorite celestial body in Kerbal Space Program :)

Easy enough to get to, dead simple to land on, fun mix of hills and perfectly flat lakes, entertainingly low gravity, and is a lovely green color.

I have achieved universal paperclips and am twitching a little.

I think a really big part of what makes the game work as well as it does is that it doesn't get any less banal. Simple UI, simple numbers. Make the numbers bigger. This is an irony that really emphasizes the theme.

This game is fucked up.

Okay the paperclips game gets *wild* after you hit phase 3.

Music is good.

All of it.

can I just say that I really love the recent-ish trend of emoji in display names

bedtime now, i guess.

Anyway, the rules for Monsterhearts are pretty short but do a really impressive job of guiding you towards certain modes of play.

You can get it here, and hey, it's on sale!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/212511/Monsterhearts-2

It also, like the Lash Out Physically move, communicates "This is a thing you can do but the consequences may be serious and unpredictable." This builds on the game's themes.

I think the purpose of this -- and of it being pretty visible on the character sheet -- is less because any particular move is important and more to communicate "hey, this is a game where having sex with folks is a real and encouraged thing."