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That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
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That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
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building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine
So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…
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please read my article about why humans need enrichment just like cats need lasers. thank you
please read my article about why humans need enrichment just like cats need lasers. thank you
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your james somerton types are genuinely among the easiest people to manipulate for anyone with the resources and training to do so. several US rw talking-heads are functionally Kremlin cutouts on this plan: get them to use your words, get them to sign your checks, then get them to take your orders
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
your james somerton types are genuinely among the easiest people to manipulate for anyone with the resources and training to do so. several US rw talking-heads are functionally Kremlin cutouts on this plan: get them to use your words, get them to sign your checks, then get them to take your orders
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it's definitely not something that emerged out of mutual contempt and misunderstanding towards the practice of criticism by fandom people with theater kid mentality & viciously entitled and intrusive silicon valley platform ghouls
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
it's definitely not something that emerged out of mutual contempt and misunderstanding towards the practice of criticism by fandom people with theater kid mentality & viciously entitled and intrusive silicon valley platform ghouls
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it's probably fine that we're all downstream of a mass of performers play-acting serious criticism with so much inertia that their trash finds their way into basically everything
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
it's probably fine that we're all downstream of a mass of performers play-acting serious criticism with so much inertia that their trash finds their way into basically everything
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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ICE may think the masks protect their identities but payroll data lasts forever.
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
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"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
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Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
ICE may think the masks protect their identities but payroll data lasts forever.
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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oh yeah, I love first person "extraction" games too
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
oh yeah, I love first person "extraction" games too
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ADHD death gambit
"This is not my normal spot but I'll remember where I put it"
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ADHD death gambit
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I suspect a lot of devs would be genuinely pissed off at knowing they had a shot if someone who actually cared had been on the other end of that email line instead of someone who blithely goes "we'll give you a copy when it's out" and blows the game's chances to smithereens as a result
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I suspect a lot of devs would be genuinely pissed off at knowing they had a shot if someone who actually cared had been on the other end of that email line instead of someone who blithely goes "we'll give you a copy when it's out" and blows the game's chances to smithereens as a result
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if the game's release date is after IGF jury is over, you're too late man! You have failed to provide a relevant build!
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
if the game's release date is after IGF jury is over, you're too late man! You have failed to provide a relevant build!
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blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
blog post boiling within me titled "indie publishers, you need to get your shit together" based on this year of indie pubs submitting games to IGF w/ a demo and then when asked for a dev build so anyone can actually judge it, either ghost or go "we will provide you with a build on the release date"
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Cause of the kit required to survive at altitude all the maintenance shots of the ALMA observatory look like they're from Deserts of Kharak
August 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cause of the kit required to survive at altitude all the maintenance shots of the ALMA observatory look like they're from Deserts of Kharak
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So they just ride into town hollering and shooting like Pinkertons hired by the railroad baron in an old western, and then they leave
///BREAKING/// Controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a surge of agents appear to be leaving Chicago within days as "Operation Midway Blitz" winds down after two months, sources tell the Tribune.
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Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So they just ride into town hollering and shooting like Pinkertons hired by the railroad baron in an old western, and then they leave
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Having sold off the furniture, antique rugs, kitchenware, and family jewelry and silver, then torn out the copper wiring to sell to the scrapyard, he's calling up we Buy Ugly Houses to get a quote
SEMAFOR: Warner's Zaslav, NBCU's Roberts met last week to discuss merger
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Exclusive: Zaslav meets with Comcast executives as bidding war ramps up
Comcast may feel there is still a path forward for a deal.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Having sold off the furniture, antique rugs, kitchenware, and family jewelry and silver, then torn out the copper wiring to sell to the scrapyard, he's calling up we Buy Ugly Houses to get a quote
people are often like "how are you so confident"
massive dong. and also i spent a lot of my life being told by other people I'd never be good enough and now im just kind of only interested in doing my thing and do not respond to any kind of social cues attempting to convince me god is against me
massive dong. and also i spent a lot of my life being told by other people I'd never be good enough and now im just kind of only interested in doing my thing and do not respond to any kind of social cues attempting to convince me god is against me
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
people are often like "how are you so confident"
massive dong. and also i spent a lot of my life being told by other people I'd never be good enough and now im just kind of only interested in doing my thing and do not respond to any kind of social cues attempting to convince me god is against me
massive dong. and also i spent a lot of my life being told by other people I'd never be good enough and now im just kind of only interested in doing my thing and do not respond to any kind of social cues attempting to convince me god is against me
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NY doesn’t have caucuses we have closed primaries. But same deal. That’s why @nywfp.bsky.social wants us to stay registered as Democrats: so we can win the primaries like Zohran & AOC did.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
NY doesn’t have caucuses we have closed primaries. But same deal. That’s why @nywfp.bsky.social wants us to stay registered as Democrats: so we can win the primaries like Zohran & AOC did.
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19: “People keep acting like the Republicans and Democrats are on two opposing teams, like surely the Democrats are going to start playing defense any day now. But the Republicans are on the field and the Democrats are IN THE STANDS WATCHING. Nobody’s left to play defense but us.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
19: “People keep acting like the Republicans and Democrats are on two opposing teams, like surely the Democrats are going to start playing defense any day now. But the Republicans are on the field and the Democrats are IN THE STANDS WATCHING. Nobody’s left to play defense but us.”
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i'm the guy who gets paid by studios to add lines like "he's right behind me, isn't he" and "well that just happened" into scripts
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i'm the guy who gets paid by studios to add lines like "he's right behind me, isn't he" and "well that just happened" into scripts
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
is the first one joyce carol oates obliterating elon musk? or is it useless, like everything elon touches
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
is the first one joyce carol oates obliterating elon musk? or is it useless, like everything elon touches
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We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
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November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
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This article opened my eyes to the problems with branching dialogue, something I previously had no quarrel with. I'm glad of that, because know I have a better appreciation for opportunities to make dialogue in games more interesting. Doc's got ideas, and might give you some new ones.
Check it out.
Check it out.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This article opened my eyes to the problems with branching dialogue, something I previously had no quarrel with. I'm glad of that, because know I have a better appreciation for opportunities to make dialogue in games more interesting. Doc's got ideas, and might give you some new ones.
Check it out.
Check it out.