Andrew Gillett
@arganoid.com
Game developer, computer science & programming tutor, person defined by comma-separated values.
Partial gameography: Dog's Life, RCT3, Thrillville, LostWinds2, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Elite Dangerous
Books: Code the Classics Vols 1, 2
Partial gameography: Dog's Life, RCT3, Thrillville, LostWinds2, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Elite Dangerous
Books: Code the Classics Vols 1, 2
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Andrew Gillett
@arganoid.com
· Sep 8
Reality Drift on Steam
Reality Drift is a roguelike racing game where your choices matter. Race through a series of strange worlds, choose upgrades for your car and decide which track will be next - your decisions are just ...
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I'm proud to announce Reality Drift, a roguelike racing game where your choices matter. Race through a series of strange worlds, choose upgrades for your car and decide which track will be next - your decisions are just as important as how you drive!
store.steampowered.com/app/3078120/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3078120/...
You can nuke the dog in Reality Drift
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
You can nuke the dog in Reality Drift
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Apologies to @emilylorange.bsky.social for making her draw this character.
Like all the characters in Reality Drift, John Stonks is a tyrant who ultimately gets his comeuppance.
Like all the characters in Reality Drift, John Stonks is a tyrant who ultimately gets his comeuppance.
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Apologies to @emilylorange.bsky.social for making her draw this character.
Like all the characters in Reality Drift, John Stonks is a tyrant who ultimately gets his comeuppance.
Like all the characters in Reality Drift, John Stonks is a tyrant who ultimately gets his comeuppance.
Imagine if you had to go through Sen's Fortress every time you fought Malenia
I finished as much of Sinner's Road as I can, so I'm back here now. Maybe it's time to quit again.
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Imagine if you had to go through Sen's Fortress every time you fought Malenia
I'm going to resume Silksong. On 28th Sep I died with lots of money, deep into Sinner's Road. I have not played since. I'm sure everything will be fine.
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I'm going to resume Silksong. On 28th Sep I died with lots of money, deep into Sinner's Road. I have not played since. I'm sure everything will be fine.
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Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial https://theonion.com/musk-weighs-return-to-politics-after-60th-death-on-elden-ring-nightreign-tutorial/
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial https://theonion.com/musk-weighs-return-to-politics-after-60th-death-on-elden-ring-nightreign-tutorial/
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the fact that journalists keep asking chatbots to comment on responses they gave to a different user in a different context window on a different computer is so weird. it's like booting up mario and asking mario why he fell in a pit on your friend's nintendo in 1998
An AI chatbot does not have PERSONHOOD. It has no agency. It cannot meaningfully apologise. It cannot speak on behalf of another. It cannot speak for itself; it has no self. Stop asking it for quotes for articles. Stop printing its quotes.
January 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
the fact that journalists keep asking chatbots to comment on responses they gave to a different user in a different context window on a different computer is so weird. it's like booting up mario and asking mario why he fell in a pit on your friend's nintendo in 1998
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1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
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OUR NEW PODCAST HAS FINALLY RELEASED IT'S FIRST EPISODE!
If you want to see fun and interesting discusions about anything indie, along with fun interviews check us out!
It's avaliable wherever you get your podcasts! We hope you enjoy it!
youtu.be/4QAKUuwnk4A
rss.com/podcasts/fro...
If you want to see fun and interesting discusions about anything indie, along with fun interviews check us out!
It's avaliable wherever you get your podcasts! We hope you enjoy it!
youtu.be/4QAKUuwnk4A
rss.com/podcasts/fro...
We're starting a podcast!
YouTube video by From the Outside Indie
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
OUR NEW PODCAST HAS FINALLY RELEASED IT'S FIRST EPISODE!
If you want to see fun and interesting discusions about anything indie, along with fun interviews check us out!
It's avaliable wherever you get your podcasts! We hope you enjoy it!
youtu.be/4QAKUuwnk4A
rss.com/podcasts/fro...
If you want to see fun and interesting discusions about anything indie, along with fun interviews check us out!
It's avaliable wherever you get your podcasts! We hope you enjoy it!
youtu.be/4QAKUuwnk4A
rss.com/podcasts/fro...
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right, like someone else replied to the apology asking it to do a non-apology and it did that too! there is not a little guy in there who's sorry! llms do not work that way!
Also it only "apologized" because a user told it to
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
right, like someone else replied to the apology asking it to do a non-apology and it did that too! there is not a little guy in there who's sorry! llms do not work that way!
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
Renaming my "December 2025" Trello list to "January 2026"
January 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Renaming my "December 2025" Trello list to "January 2026"
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I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
A Difficult Few Months
Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
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Mr Beast has announced his engagement - to your mum
January 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mr Beast has announced his engagement - to your mum
As soon as I heard on the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast that there are zero 'X's on the Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower clock faces, I had to look it up to check. Surely I would have noticed that before?
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
As soon as I heard on the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast that there are zero 'X's on the Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower clock faces, I had to look it up to check. Surely I would have noticed that before?
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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Adding to this: you should always have something planned for two months away. Gig/trip/social thing, whatever.
is good for brain
is good for brain
Give yourself something to look forward to next year. Something less substantial than a resolution which can carry regret if you can't stick to it. Think of a book you want to read, a genre of music you'd like to learn more about, a curiosity to chase no matter how trivial. Keep your spark lit.
January 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Adding to this: you should always have something planned for two months away. Gig/trip/social thing, whatever.
is good for brain
is good for brain
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
The best game I played this year which didn't come out this year was Tametsi, which is currently on sale for 82p.
If you buy this, definitely turn on the option which makes the numbers count down when you flag tiles.
If you buy this, definitely turn on the option which makes the numbers count down when you flag tiles.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The best game I played this year which didn't come out this year was Tametsi, which is currently on sale for 82p.
If you buy this, definitely turn on the option which makes the numbers count down when you flag tiles.
If you buy this, definitely turn on the option which makes the numbers count down when you flag tiles.
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Sektori on 13th place on Eurogamer's best games of 2025 list. I think that's a decent way to end this year. Happy new year!
It's finally here:
Eurogamer's 50 best games of 2025, ranked
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-50-best-games-of-2025-ranked
Eurogamer's 50 best games of 2025, ranked
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-50-best-games-of-2025-ranked
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sektori on 13th place on Eurogamer's best games of 2025 list. I think that's a decent way to end this year. Happy new year!
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so many greats, I think about this one a lot
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
so many greats, I think about this one a lot
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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After a gig at the Cambridge Union Society, I told @robinince.bsky.social that he should heed @bengoldacre.bsky.social 's advice and go and see The Chap (the band)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
After a gig at the Cambridge Union Society, I told @robinince.bsky.social that he should heed @bengoldacre.bsky.social 's advice and go and see The Chap (the band)