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@aguaspoints.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comAlways a pleasure to write for Unwinnable. My latest is a review of a pretty neat graphic novel about the great cyclist Major Taylor published by @dandq.bsky.social.
@jaymcastello.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comoh there's a punchline to this one which is that anthropeum added ads for ai like two days after I submitted this
@unwinnable.com"Taylor, over a hundred and twenty years ago, set the tone, led the race. Many still ride his wind."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social reviews Frederick Noland's Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man: buff.ly/SZkrRqe
@unwinnable.com"In order to understand why Thieves’ Landing seems so convincing, it helps to picture the city that it so closely resembles."
Justin Reeve compares Red Dead Redemption's Thieves' Landing to New Orleans: buff.ly/1Ur8fkR
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "Big Walk and Fortnite and the like aren’t substitutes for social spaces, but supplements against the tyranny of distance, and in a way that builds upon the humble phone call."
@rubeck.bsky.social makes noise, flashes lights, shoots flares: buff.ly/AUEqpxT
@unwinnable.com"Big Walk and Fortnite and the like aren’t substitutes for social spaces, but supplements against the tyranny of distance, and in a way that builds upon the humble phone call."
@rubeck.bsky.social makes noise, flashes lights, shoots flares: buff.ly/AUEqpxT
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "I’ve worked a number of miserable jobs, and I’ve seen people resign themselves to the banality of thoughtless, unengaging labor for its own sake."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social on working to live vs. living to work: buff.ly/0ZE5Gzl
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "I put the blame for this at Duolingo’s door, an app that is designed primarily to make you pay to make the number increase one daily whether or not you actually log in, much less whether or not you actually learn anything."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social on needless streaks: buff.ly/vTqLOtT
@lazerwalker.comReposted by @unwinnable.comI gave a talk at IndieCade East 2013 (tragically not recorded) about the connection between musical theater and games. It was mostly about No More Heroes and Sondheim, comparing the way NMH uses boring bullshit minigames to further narrative to how strong harmonic dissonance can express character.
@unwinnable.com"I’ve worked a number of miserable jobs, and I’ve seen people resign themselves to the banality of thoughtless, unengaging labor for its own sake."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social on working to live vs. living to work: buff.ly/0ZE5Gzl
@phoenixwritesdown.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comI love how everything about Big Walk inspires us to explore in a playful, non-extractive fashion. Its environments aren’t solely in service to a narrative nor is it a repository of useful items. Even the keys you unlock from puzzles are merely oddities that facilitate further exploration.
@geminibros.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comStill hanging strong as my personal GotY
@hotsliceofjesus.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comI wrote this about Worming from Home.
@unwinnabledavid.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comOne of my favorite things about this piece is you can put the stress on a few different parts of the headline and it works every time
@bensailer.bsky.socialReposted by @unwinnable.comThey say headline writing is a lost art but don't tell that to @unwinnable.com, your friendly neighborhood destination for good headlines.
@unwinnable.com"I put the blame for this at Duolingo’s door, an app that is designed primarily to make you pay to make the number increase one daily whether or not you actually log in, much less whether or not you actually learn anything."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social on needless streak mechanics: buff.ly/vTqLOtT
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "I want to believe that even my half-finished steps or my begging-to-be-painted walls or my outdated kitchen is not quite rundown enough to pass for an addict’s refuge."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social takes comfort in his house *not* being scouted for Dick Wolf's FBI: buff.ly/X6vHR0q
@unwinnable.com"I want to believe that even my half-finished steps or my begging-to-be-painted walls or my outdated kitchen is not quite rundown enough to pass for an addict’s refuge."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social takes comfort in his house *not* being scouted for Dick Wolf's FBI: buff.ly/X6vHR0q
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "You have three main goals: make as much money as possible, get promoted, and not be outed as a worm."
@hotsliceofjesus.bsky.social goes to work as an undercover worm: buff.ly/6A8pKig
@unwinnable.comICYMI: "The charm of Big Walk is how it instills a collective sense of awe, curiosity and admiration similar to what you might experience going on hike with friends IRL."
@phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social explores the biophilic design of House House's latest endeavor: buff.ly/qzV6NKy
