Thomas Demachy

Game entrepreneur, creator of Indeego Games, sometimes geek...

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@engelhorntech @ArmchairAdml This is not war since only the Congress can declare war.
1. President Trump is mistaken: 20 miles from here, a Istres, US planes operate.
2. The operation aims to control global oil ressources to weaken China and EU economies. Why would any country provide additional support?

[Steve Oatley @steveoatley]

@intelFromBrian @grok is this true

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@maratdbv @BuzzzStryker @Drakho631971 @clashreport Totally agree with your definition. My question was "who decided the fundamental freedoms in the first place" ? and are they sacred for eternity ?

This is a 250 years long debate starting with Rousseau, Talleyrand, Locke, ... We probably won't solve it now.

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@BuzzzStryker @Drakho631971 @clashreport Don't worry sir. No offense, none taken.

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@BuzzzStryker @Drakho631971 @clashreport And who decides of the 'fundamental freedoms' if not the citizens ?

BTW, free speech is you calling Macron a 'monkey' and yet you could still travel to Europe. With future ETSA regulations, this will not be possible for a european criticizing the US administration. Regards.

[Nick Chappell @NickChaps96]

This is a pretty awesome idea.

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@GaGzZzYT C'était important de remettre le village au milieu de l'église, et les barres sur les i !

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@TommiPedruzzi KDP

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@_batou_ @JeanZeid E que s'apelerio "Paranoïa" ? Servez l'Ordinateur, l'Ordinateur est votre Ami. 😅

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@CladiosNocta @M8_Osuli @MGG_France C'est précisément l'inverse du tourisme. Le jeu a explosé pendant le COVID et cale depuis face aux autres industries culturelles. Ca nous renvoie à ce que décrit Raphaël dans l'article : est il temps de renouveler le genre ?

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@CladiosNocta @M8_Osuli @MGG_France Oui, entre 2011 et aujourd'hui, le jeu vidéo a une croissance spectaculaire (4,4%/an). Mais depuis 2021 décroissance de 13%. Les raisons sont multifactorielles. La question de fond est : structurel ou conjoncturel ? Est-ce une correction ou les joueurs se détournent des jeux ?

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@CladiosNocta @M8_Osuli @Likethebeast7 @MGG_France Un peu moins d'arrogance serait salutaire. Ces chiffres datent de 2021, le reste étant des projections. La vérité est que depuis 2021 et la fin du COVID, le marché est en récession de 13% en tenant compte de l'inflation. Idem pour les emplois. Source : https://t.co/tIz7OVEXfk

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

Who else besides Barack Obama could have been so crystal clear in three minutes ? If Donald Trump is elected, this speech will be the cornerstone slamming any "we didn't know" posture.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Just because Donald Trump acts goofy doesn’t mean his presidency wouldn’t be dangerous. And you don’t have to take my word for it. Lately, some of the people who know Trump the best have been saying in no uncertain terms that he should not be president again.

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@oe_teamofficial Merci à l'équipage, aux coaches et à l'équipe technique d'avoir relevé ce défi. Vous nous avez fait vibrer - même si parfois de frustration. C'est l'expérience accumulée qui fera que dans le futur, le défi français se retrouvera dans la position de challenger le defender !

[GAARY @GaaryWrld]

Les gars dites-vous que c'est la bonne si elle accepte de faire un duel de sabre laser à votre mariage

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@EricChahi Merci Éric, merci @jmechner pour rappeler si simplement ces valeurs.
Votons contre l'extrême droite.

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

In 2016, researchers at the University of Adelaide tested Kurt Vonnegut's theory that, "There’s no reason why the simple shapes of stories can’t be fed into computers."

They took the emotional arcs of 1300+ novels from Project Gutenberg, turned that into data, used modern tech to analyze the emotional arcs, and then identified 6 patterns seen over and over again in western storytelling.

Here they are:

1. Rags to Riches (rise)

Your classic underdog tale. A humble, hardworking peasant climbs the mountain to pull the sword from the stone.

• Rocky
• King Arthur
• The Pursuit of Happiness

2. Riches to Rags (fall)

Maybe the saddest story of them all. A journey from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

• King Lear
• Citizen Kane
• Scarlet Letter

3. Man in a Hole (fall then rise)

A character’s doing fine, gets herself into a huge problem, but figures out how to overcome it. They often end up better than they started.

“You see this story again and again,” Vonnegut says. “People love it, and it is not copyrighted.”

• The Martian
• The Hunger Games
• Shawshank Redemption

4. Icarus (rise then fall)

The hero goes on a meteoric rise up New York (or some other) society, calls everyone “old sport,” and throws the wildest parties in town. Then reality sets in, and he realizes he’s too close to the sun.

• Macbeth
• Great Gatsby
• Death of a Salesman

5. Cinderella (rise then fall then rise)

I’ll leave this description to Vonnegut:

“We’re gonna start way down here. Worse than that, who is so low? It’s a little girl… the shoe fits, and she achieves off-scale happiness.”

• Red Rising
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Count of Monte Cristo

This is my personal favorite.

6. Oedipus (fall then rise then fall)

Up until the ~70% mark of the story it looks like things are sunshine and rainbows. Walter White goes from high school teacher to king of the drug lords, if you will. Then all goes wrong. The original fall is often not their doing while the final fall is.

• Hamlet
• Gone Girl
• Breaking Bad

My 3 takeaways:

1. Rags to Riches, Oedipus, and Cinderella rank as the three most popular with consumers. AKA, those books sold the most copies.

2. When you think through a story, give it an emotional shape. Literally draw it.

X axis: Time
Y axis: Ill fortune to good fortune

You might be surprised how much it helps you craft your plot (I was shocked).

3. Vonnegut was a damn genius.

[Le Pixel Hunt @ThePixelHunt]

Dites @RebeccaManzoni, vous savez ce qui serait absolument incroyable pour 2024? Avoir, ne serait-ce qu'une fois par an, du jeu vidéo dans Le Masque et la plume ❤️❤️❤️

[Thomas Demachy @tdemachy]

@ThePixelHunt @RebeccaManzoni Alors ça, ça serait une grande idée !

[France Esports Sud @FE__Sud]

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