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  • Video Games: The Simulated Sensibilities of the Superfake and the Hyperreal

    The smallest trespasses become the biggest issues. Also known as “The Blue Shell Effect” While I was reading this article by Luke Plunkett about the state of video game blogs in the early aughts, he mentions how much of a shit show it was back then, in trying to generate traffic with a constant stream… Read more

  • Algorithms: Perpetuating Cycles of Violence

    (Spoilers for The Last of Us ahead) In many of my recent posts about Doom, I have included several different quotes involving Hell. Today I include one from Churchill: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” The man obviously had Doom speedrunning in mind Speaking of which, I was delighted when I finished Doom: The… Read more

  • Encyclopedia Muranica: The Absent Rain Theorem

    Sometimes, you’ve got to look at the absence of what’s not there for the deepest, relative value you care about, and the lack observed thereafter will help put into perspective what matters most. For example, not pictured: Fry After a feverishly hectic week long romp of raging through Raccoon City, I’m more or less at… Read more