Martin Annander

Freelancing Systemic Design Specialist. I think, therefore I play. Opinions are the brainslug's. (He/Him)

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@JaqubAjmal Except you can never pay off the debts you owe to good taste!

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@JaqubAjmal What game is it?

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This month marks the 50th https://t.co/VDo1CQLGbh blog post, and also the first-ever guest post by ex-Sony system designer Keelan Bowker-O'Brien! Enjoy. He knows everything about game economy design that I don't.

https://t.co/v90k14Dk5d

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@locust9 Yeah, but I think by playing it "safe" it loses meaning and becomes gratuitous. This was at least slightly more okay in the past, because we didn't have hot wars in Europe. Now we have young people living war and are supposed to still find it entertaining.

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@KimIversenShow Doesn't matter if those cases our outliers honestly. ANY risk of being detained at the border is something I don't want to put my family through.

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@KimIversenShow I have relatives in the U.S., but have decided to put travel plans on hold until 2029. (Hoping that the 22nd Amendment still exists by 2028...)
Several European countries have issued official warnings after tourists have been detained at the border.

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After 10 weeks of being in Europe I learned everyone…Italians, Germans, Danes, French etc are all afraid to even visit the States. They all really think they’re going to be deported the minute they land.

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@MrDrDanPhd @KimIversenShow "More susceptible to propaganda"? I do hope you're joking, considering the state of U.S. "media."

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This month's #gamedev blog post, about making money making games, and how unintuitive it often is.

https://t.co/2ad2h4RuKZ

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@JaqubAjmal China is not a democracy, and therefore have levers they can use that we tend to look at as dictatorial. ;)

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@JaqubAjmal You don't. All of this was also self-imposed. It wasn't like someone forced western businesses to move labor to other countries. So for the richest country in the world to suddenly turn on everyone and throw a tantrum is just ... absurd.

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@JaqubAjmal Good card! I've had mine for just over four years now.

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@locust9 BFBC2. Peak BF multiplayer, for me.

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@atrupar "A boat landed there X years ago" sounds familiar!

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@roguecaliber Karl E Wagner's Kane stories. Particularly Bloodstone.

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@locust9 How it matters whether something is "realistic" or not in video games is one of those things I'll simply never understand. Especially not when weighing "unrealism" against accessibility for the widest possible audience.

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@locust9 It's funny how so much of modern discourse is about what you're *against*. Not how you want to make things better.

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@_reasona_ @Investeraren På grund av klimatomställningen är nordostpassagen numera hyggligt farbar för fraktfartyg, vilket än så länge bara utnyttjats av Kina och Ryssland. Grönland är en bra bas för att hålla koll på och/eller delta i den exploateringen.

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@14AdotWalsh @allenanalysis Russo-America against the world.