Tone Control 20: Davey Wreden
Show Tone Control, Ep Tone Control 20: Davey Wreden - 15 Feb 2018
p"Coda" is apparently real. Listen to the first 5 minutes of this podcast where they talk about an interview with Davey Wreden and him confirming coda exists.
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Tom Jubert Talks Projects, Plots, Penumbra
At the Develop Conference in Brighton last week, I had the opportunity to sit down for a beer and a chat with Tom Juber…
Destiny Anxiety
Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames
Its framework of endless, drip-fed experiences provides us with a way to defeat death;
Symbolic immortality
To the extent that one attains power, one’s death fear is further assuaged and belief in one’s specialness further reinforced. Getting ahead, achieving, accumulating material wealth, leaving works behind as imperishable monuments becomes a way of life which effectively conceals the mortal questions churning below.
Death is connected with banality and ordinariness. The role of magic is to allow one to transcend the laws of nature, to transcend the ordinary, to deny one’s creaturely identity—an identity that condemns one to biological death.
But Destiny 2, along with the rest of its live service contemporaries, also serves a vital purpose: it distracts us, with its ever-extending longevity, from the existential dread of living in the world.
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Memory Consistency Models: A Tutorial
The cause of, and solution to, all your multicore performance problems.
fTruth, Math, and Models
(Part 8 in a series on the scientific method ) In the last installment I advanced a hypothesis about what truth is , which is to say, I sugg...
Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
Semantic Versioning spec and website
The Encrypted Secret of Life, Higher Dimensions and Spirituality, as Encoded by Josef Ruslak's 1999 Camp-Scifi Film, The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Floor (1999) by Josef Rusnak is an unfairly ignored existential scifi with a secret, cryptic alternative plot espousing the r...
Broken Windows - Into The Spine
Alexander B. Joy examines Paperboy 2, the Broken Windows Theory, and society valuing property over people.
A Scientific Theory of Truth
(This is part 7 of a series about the scientific method .) The over-arching theme of this series is that science can serve as a complete wo...
Is everything that can be proved provable with a zero-knowledge proof? If no, what’s the simplest example of a proof that can’t be translated into a ZKP?
— Frank Lantz (@flantz)
old chess machine unable to play more than 2 moves
— Dariusz Kot (@realDariuszKot)
Two questions that are sometimes conflated:
Two questions that are sometimes conflated:
- Will AGI ever be achieved, 2.Will be achieved simply by scaling current techniques.
The answer to the first question is almost certainly YES; the answer to the second is almost certainly NO.
[Fun history lesson below is a reminder that not every architecture that researchers consider turns out to be the right architecture.]
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Offspring of Cloister the Stupid - Marc Laidlaw
Sometime after Half-Life was finished, but before it had shipped, which is to say in the fall and winter of 1998, I tinkered with a deathmatch map. It was simply the thing to do in those days, and there was no greater glory (as I saw it) than to have made a popular one. I’d […]
The Art of Fiction No. 175
Until Richard Powers traveled to bookstores across the United States in 1998 to promote his sixth novel, Gain, he was as mysterious, having always spurned interviews, as he was revered. His cult of readers consumed, analyzed, and puzzled over his stereoscopic novels—steeped in a...
atclI know it's messy. I've argued that LPs aren't even Fair Use despite there being obvious incentive for me to argue that they are. I think my job is less legally protected and more a thing that the industry collectively decided to keep.
I know it's not exactly a massive step separate from Let's Plays, but it's still absolutely wild to me that Twitch streamers were just hanging out and watching TV all day and it was called "the meta" and not, "a crime that will obviously backfire very soon."
I know it's messy. I've argued that LPs aren't even Fair Use despite there being obvious incentive for me to argue that they are. I think my job is less legally protected and more a thing that the industry collectively decided to keep.
Me playing Elden Ring doesn't directly replace the idea of you playing Elden Ring, but people regularly go watch TV with a buddy and don't pay for it. Press copies exist because my coverage can increase sales. No one's giving a free copy of a show for you to just... show people.
I know it's messy. I've argued that LPs aren't even Fair Use despite there being obvious incentive for me to argue that they are. I think my job is less legally protected and more a thing that the industry collectively decided to keep.
Playboy Guide - Electronic Entertainment - Fall 1980 : Playboy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Playboy Guide - Electronic Entertainment - Fall 1980 scanned in at 600DPI. PDF is OCR'd.Scanned by the Video Game History Foundation, please consider...
ханахаки // house
time codes below (soundcloud playlist; https://soundcloud.com/jmih47/sets/sanctify-my-soul
vk playlist; https://vk.com/music/playlist/137997444_92_f71875e0eadb2f7cb3
spotify playlist; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18ejMXzXRnsO8p1Rg38yCP?si=3bc2a1cc0cde4316)
author of art; humitsuki_00
edited by me; https://imgur.com/a/IhqGQWn
wallpaper engine; https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3243632071
discord server [https://discord.gg/hAxNshY8qV]
00:00 DJ Houseplants - Was Lost and You Found Me (https://soundcloud.com/djhouseplants/was-lost-and-you-found-me)
04:40 Sideluv - The girl with broken dreams (https://open.spotify.com/track/7DzhgkrwVvnOfhTq1C3cYS?si=924ec5bd43ae49e9)
07:15 dj poolboi - you’re not a burden (https://soundcloud.com/shallnotfade/dj-poolboi-youre-not-a-burden)
10:22 Venera's Kiss - Elevation (https://soundcloud.com/veneraskiss/elevation)
14:01 ONL, Alex Ricellow - Getting closer (https://open.spotify.com/track/01UUWoZpNWcdRJrrOye7RA?si=48cb873f4a0d4714)
17:25 ONL - Never (https://open.spotify.com/track/35qcTguYGNIWA1r8c6Xyzi?si=b9d4f88027564309)
20:31 мосл - поколение подъездов (https://soundcloud.com/moslmoslmosl/pokolenie-podyezdov)
24:38 Fullempty - Mister Irk (https://soundcloud.com/fullempty/02-mister-irk)
29:05 Safscale - Essence (https://soundcloud.com/safscale/essence-1)
30:52 jhg - Chromium (ampx499 Edit) (https://soundcloud.com/welofi/jhg-chromium-ampx499-edit-welofi)
34:55 Jacopo SB - Love Those Close To Us (https://soundcloud.com/jacopo-sb/love-those-close-to-us-free-dl-1)
40:33 DJ Cinéma Quartier Latin - Last Time (https://soundcloud.com/cinemaquartierlatin/last-time)
44:14 Misc.inc - Molecular (https://soundcloud.com/miscinc/miscinc-molecular)
48:01 Palmate - while true (https://soundcloud.com/mutomborecords/palmate-while-true)
52:43 Fraunhofer Diffraction - Everything You Need (https://soundcloud.com/e4w666/everything-you-need)
58:04 Kamandi - Deans (https://soundcloud.com/kamandi-1/deans)
1:01:53 Fullempty & GREEN PICCOLO - Talks (https://soundcloud.com/fullempty/1-fullempty-green-piccolo)
1:06:40 SUAAVI - LUNATIC COMMUTER (https://soundcloud.com/suaavisuaavi/lunatic-commuter)
1:14:59 FTRMNK - Zoe (https://soundcloud.com/futuremonkey1/zoe)
#house #deephouse #lofihouse #progressivehouse #rawhouse #electronic #lofi #dance #chill #relax #uptempo #sampled #hiphop #techno
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The Beginner's Guide is a game that doesn't want to be written about
The co-creator of The Stanley Parable has a new game that uses game design space in expressive, subversive ways.
But it rarely works well in reverse. If you don't actually know someone, trying to reverse engineer a deep inner knowledge of their psyche simply by consuming their art is more akin to reading tea leaves than reading their diary. But we love to do it anyway, because it is a profoundly seductive idea: that every creative work could be a secret map into the heart and mind of someone you admire, if only you know how to read it right.
Before I Play It: Thoughts on No Man's Sky
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Game Description:
Inspired by the adventure and imagination that we love from classic science-fiction, No Man's Sky presents you with a galaxy to explore, filled with unique planets and lifeforms, and constant danger and action.
In No Man's Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets filled with life, and you can go to any of them you choose. Fly smoothly from deep space to planetary surfaces, with no loading screens, and no limits. In this infinite procedurally generated universe, you'll discover places and creatures that no other players have seen before - and perhaps never will again.
Embark on an epic voyage
At the centre of the galaxy lies a irresistible pulse which draws you on a journey towards it to learn the true nature of the cosmos. But, facing hostile creatures and fierce pirates, you'll know that death comes at a cost, and survival will be down to the choices you make over how you upgrade your ship, your weapon and suit.
Find your own destiny
Your voyage through No Man's Sky is up to you. Will you be a fighter, preying on the weak and taking their riches, or taking out pirates for their bounties? Power is yours if you upgrade your ship for speed and weaponry.
Or a trader? Find rich resources on forgotten worlds and exploit them for the highest prices. Invest in more cargo space and you'll reap huge rewards.
Or perhaps an explorer? Go beyond the known frontier and discover places and things that no one has ever seen before. Upgrade your engines to jump ever farther, and strengthen your suit for survival in toxic environments that would kill the unwary.
Share your journey
The galaxy is a living, breathing place. Trade convoys travel between stars, factions vie for territory, pirates hunt the unwary, and the police are ever watching. Every other player lives in the same galaxy, and you can choose to share your discoveries with them on a map that spans known space. Perhaps you will see the results of their actions as well as your own...
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The Beginner's Guide - Full Playthrough (Patreon Sponsored Video)
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Game Description:
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Errant Signal - The Beginner's Guide (Spoilers)
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The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner's Guide
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Wot I Think: The Beginner's Guide
The Stanley Parable creator, Davey Wreden, is back two years later with a solo project, The Beginner's Guide [official …
negative space
wading through pools of cyber-melancholia
i’m horribly congested for the entire time i’m here. i’m still mandated to my hours of contracted remote work, which makes me feel like i am stuck in a microsoft-funded purgatory. i am pavlov’s dog, except the doorbell is the sound of an outlook notification.
do i exist when i’m offline? well, of course i do. but when the world wide web is so big, the internet seems to demand your Self in order to Exist. an exchange with the devil, if you ask me. my friends exist online. my work exists online, as does my money. the record of my life exists within pixels.
the death of culture
what the fuck is a cool girl? have you seen my hot girl nightstand? do you think that this shirt i thrifted is giving me dark academia vibes?
i curate my own little worlds through the media i consume as i keep growing because this is what nourishes me, this is what waters me in my growth. because what am i if not the things i love? the things that i worship?
and slowly, the things that you love become you – which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily. but then we start to categorize ourselves based on those things. and after that, what is left? what does anything mean? are you meant to see any woman with a copy of the bell jar on public transit and assume immediately: oh, she’s depressed. she must listen to phoebe bridgers. she must be on SSRIs. this is the brain rot that social media has forced us to succumb to – so and so likes x thing which makes her y. x, y, and z is the new pinnacle of red flag media. avoid a man who likes so and so at all costs. this becomes the death of nuance. the homogenization of different media through algorithms, memes, assumptions, and categories, is perhaps the death of culture.
meaning becomes diminished when things become categorized so much that the original work – whether that be a piece of art, a subculture, etc. – is decontextualized completely. generalizations create facades of what x or y stands for, which often gets so rapidly chewed and spit out into meme garbage.
everything has to become digestible in the digital age. subculture becomes digestible after being prepackaged, pulled out of its context for a mood board that’s copied a hundred times before it’s on an instagram meme account. what you think makes you unique is actually an amalgamation of everything that’s come before it, but now it’s commodified and easily available to purchase via the ten thousand ads you see on your phone from the data taken to spit out back to you.
in the case of literature, when we categorize tropes into real life, we diminish media to these tropes. where is the room to discuss what is taboo and what isn’t? why must there be a repertoire of novels or films or music that will make you into x kind of person? reading american psycho and frankenstein are surely red flags and reflect negative parts of my character, doesn’t it?
the effects of the internet and the way it homogenizes personalities and tropes so harshly and distinctly causes a commodification of art that is much more than the generalizations we assign to it. genuinely interesting, controversial literature becomes bastardized for the sake of trends, in which being “edgy” becomes a personality trait you want to require like you’re a sim. in these ways, everything becomes aestheticized. everything becomes empty.
to break free from this, we have to break free from dichotomies as a whole. this generation’s hypervigilant need to be individual and distinct at all times becomes ironic when the same thought patterns transfer from person to person until everyone becomes the same in the pursuit of trying to be different. popular culture, media, aesthetics, trends — it all has become so decentralized despite the high saturation and speed of its production.
what is left after making yourself into something to be perceived in such a hyper-specific way until you’re consumed by the carnivorousness of internet leeches? in an effort to be something, it almost feels like the end result is to disappear completely.
examining straight people like bugs: on heterosexual mediocrity
or, the romantic plights of the straight women i observe and the freaks of nature called men