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@molleindustria It's funny slash a disgrace. Or just logical when insisting that videogames are games.

Pretty messed up that you can have 5000 free animations for "killing" but zero for "chatting with your best friends while sipping coffee"

"The only problem is that you have to play the game to do so." —@ibogost theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Games have become too ridiculous, folks. We should stop.

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Notsocialmedia.

"Ethical political action on the part of humans seems to require not only a vigilant critique of existing institutions but also positive, even utopian alternatives." —Jane Bennett, Vibrant Matter

Plan B waits for you, knowing full well that Plan A will never work; whilst fully understanding Plan A’s seductive aura. Plan B is very patient.

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@godatplay @taleoftales @e_svedang @edclef Me too! Great discussions, and a great group of people. Haven't found anything/anyplace quite like it since. I liked how intimate that forum was, while still feeling very vibrant/dynamic/inspiring.

@JordanMagnuson @taleoftales @e_svedang @edclef Yeah I think of it similarly, and told Jason such for our big Wired feature where he wrote about it! In my mind, indie games adopted the mindset and it was no longer necessary as a counterculture. I miss the design discussion tho!

@taleoftales @godatplay @e_svedang @edclef Perhaps, in a way. But the discussions on those forums had a big impact on how I think about and make videogames to this day. So it's also like gazing into the future that did happen. :)

@JordanMagnuson @godatplay @e_svedang @edclef Yes. It's like gazing into the future that never happened.

Found myself looking back through some stuff in the old notgames forums today. There's some really good stuff in there if you ever feel like wandering around an interesting ghost town! notgames.org/forum/index.php @taleoftales @godatplay @e_svedang @edclef et al.

"Videogames tell the story of everything that will go wrong when you’re given control"

A gentle reminder that you can download and try an early prototype of the première mudwhalefishingboat-dodging simulator, APOTU, for free, via @itchio #MadeWithBlocks #MadeWithUnity naam.itch.io/apotu

Man muss das Gute tun, damit es in der Welt sei. *Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach*

@Blackcorn666 How could we know that? It’s so long ago!

@Blackcorn666 Or to the renaissance?

Contemporary artists do too much of the work. Leave something for the spectator to do!