Okay everyone, my favourite game designer has just launched a Patreon, so if you care about supporting truly new, magical, idiosyncratic forays into the underexplored potential of game design, I'd urge you to help support him:
https://t.co/FklnyXvfj6
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Shanghai Covid Stories:
So how do you get food during a lockdown, when shops, restaurants and delivery apps are out of service?
Spoiler: It's tough.
A thread.
⚡️Important resource ⚡️
Ukrainians put together a list of resources on how foreigners can help. There are all reputable organizations doing good work. Spread far and wide:
https://t.co/NeGElG48jZ
Don't forget who they are and what they said. The nationalist populists are not western patriots, they are Putin's fellow travellers and betrayers of western ideals of liberal democracy and the international order.
The games industry needs to recognise the role it will be called on to play, as purveyors of VR fantasies and metaverse escapes. Tech billionaires want to keep people isolated + stimulated + just "satisfied" enough not to revolt, while they strip the earth
https://t.co/QEIyle0U8s
crypto bros popping up on artists tweets about getting their art stolen and sold, going "this is money you could've gotten if you had made the NFTs yourself".
You know who uses this reasoning ? The mafia
Twitter is the best detective game because you'll login and see people are angry, and it's your job to find out what's happening or who's the culprit of this madness by collecting facts and clues from your timeline.
What's going on with global supply chains? (aka "why are we running out of everthing," "why is shipping so slow," "why are things more expensive"). A link roundup thread: