Garrison LeMasters

Research in philosophy of technology, videogames, and interdisciplinarity. Mostly harmless.

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

Hey @EmmaKinema, @CODE_CWA : Would love to be able to have industry-savvy, labor-savvy expert talk to our incoming Games majors (Miami University OH, approx. 50+) about the need for unionization, etc. Via Zoom, prob in November. Is there someone I should contact?

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

An M.Arch student I know is looking for some guidance in thinking about generative architecture / AI and refugee settlements (in particular, Rohingya from Myanmar). If that's your bailiwick, please let me know.

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

There isn’t much water in Ohio, but Savannah is making the most of it.

[Edward Rowe 🌟 Sparklite @edwardlrowe]

So our @unity licenses were auto-renewed for a year in December without warning ($800).

Here's the absurd customer service response to our request to cancel. 🧵

(I'm hoping to shed some light on the #darkpatterns in the @unity subscription model & customer service playbook)

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

I see stuff like this and I think, What the fuck happened to us? Why are we so criminally stupid?

[JaxClayton @JKClaytonDev1]

More new combat footage!!
#gamedev #Indiedev #RetroFPS #fps #indiegame #madewithunity #unity3d

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

‘Cause everyone loves a good redemption story. “Did you unsubscribe by mistake? Resubscribe!”

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

The future looks grim.

[Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc @JasonKPargin]

If you're unfamiliar with the incentives, the players for the winning team get bonus points in their physical education class, which can raise them by half a grade. The losing team has all class credits wiped out and they are forced to start their education from scratch

[Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc @JasonKPargin]

If you don't usually watch college sports and are watching the championship game tonight, you've no doubt noticed that the crowd is completely subdued & doesn't react to big plays. It's because ultimately all the fans care about is that these kid get an education.

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Immunity https://t.co/ClKLHywmTT

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

Who wore it best? #Wonkavision

[Arlan 👊🏾 @ArlanWasHere]

You know what’s funny about this?

Not a damn thing.

[Changelog @changelog]

tail -f /var/log/syslog

[William Mapan @williamapan]

GOLD content 💎
— Journal Intime II, Vera Molnár

Vera Molnár is one of my creative heroe, so glad to have access to this.
Internet making art accessible, yes 🖤

If you're into generative art, have a look.
https://t.co/LKg85vEgpN

#generativeart

via @michaelspalter

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

wow that’s so crazy but who am i to argue with science

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

@lshillman The intro to the (imperfect but so good) film “John Dies at the End” has the BEST retelling of the Ship of Theseus parable. https://t.co/QY8qJ9Xb9G

[Garrison LeMasters @glemasters]

Our sometimes-number-one rated games program is looking for an overqualified instructor to teach an overenrolled "intro to game development" class for an underwhelming number of dollars. Includes free email account. Remote instruction = true. Lemme know.

[Jairo Nieto @icetoad101]

@pattonoswalt *Voice of Ron Howard*:

And so, a very angry Eric went to the wrong Four Seasons to meet his brother Don.