Patrick
@vectorpark.com
He/him. I make digital toys at http://vectorpark.com
I waited for some downtime to play Time Flies (timeflies.buzz) and I'm glad I did. It's a quietly amazing thing—charming, clever, tender, and funny, and that's all before the final act hits you unexpectedly in the gut. A game that makes me want to make games, and my favorite in a long time.
Time Flies – A game about our limited time in this world.
Available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store. A game by Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz, produced by Playables.
timeflies.buzz
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I waited for some downtime to play Time Flies (timeflies.buzz) and I'm glad I did. It's a quietly amazing thing—charming, clever, tender, and funny, and that's all before the final act hits you unexpectedly in the gut. A game that makes me want to make games, and my favorite in a long time.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
No, I think the art is bad because it feels utterly derivative and aesthetically vacant. I might conclude that's because an LLM has no consciousness or experience of being alive to express, but that's not a "religious belief." That's just me trying to puzzle out why the art sucks shit.
if you think the art is bad "because it lacks the touch of a human soul" that is a perfectly valid religious belief but not one anyone who does not share your faith-based ideas about the human soul needs to accept as any sort of a convincing argument
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
No, I think the art is bad because it feels utterly derivative and aesthetically vacant. I might conclude that's because an LLM has no consciousness or experience of being alive to express, but that's not a "religious belief." That's just me trying to puzzle out why the art sucks shit.
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and Dark City was the year before!
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
and Dark City was the year before!
Reminder that The Matrix and eXistenZ came out the same year
Any time you work on anything, you are going to hit those "UH OH" moments where your stomach drops as you see a similar project that makes yours feel derivative and uninteresting and doomed to fail.
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
December 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Reminder that The Matrix and eXistenZ came out the same year
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Were classical statues painted horribly?
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
Were classical statues painted horribly? - Works in Progress Magazine
Many claim that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from theirs.
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Were classical statues painted horribly?
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
buff.ly/fS78ULM
It is often suggested that modern viewers dislike painted reconstructions of Greek and Roman statues because our taste differs from that of the ancients. This essay proposes an alternative explanation.
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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I'm obsessed with ancient sculpture. Like how is it so.... Je ne sais quoi...
March 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm obsessed with ancient sculpture. Like how is it so.... Je ne sais quoi...
I submit to you that the frustrated/divided reactions to Pluribus are due to the creator having the clout to make exactly the show he wants and that's extremely unusual in television
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I submit to you that the frustrated/divided reactions to Pluribus are due to the creator having the clout to make exactly the show he wants and that's extremely unusual in television
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I drew way too many fonts for the game Time Flies…
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I drew way too many fonts for the game Time Flies…
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if you give a mouse a cookie
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
if you give a mouse a cookie
Happy Birthday Tom Waits, purveyor of anthems for freaks, outcasts, and battered, beating hearts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvUJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvUJ...
Tom Waits - "Cold Water"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happy Birthday Tom Waits, purveyor of anthems for freaks, outcasts, and battered, beating hearts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvUJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvUJ...
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If a tiny fraction of the resources deployed towards AI was invested instead in actual artists we'd be enjoying a renaissance rather than drowning in a sea of garbage
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
If a tiny fraction of the resources deployed towards AI was invested instead in actual artists we'd be enjoying a renaissance rather than drowning in a sea of garbage
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"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"No ceiling" results in what we have: a couple dozen psychopaths control several trillion dollars and the power has made them go stark raving mad. They are obsessed with using their concentrated wealth to punish the population and remake the country into a failed state and international pariah.
Something I find baffling about AI discourse is the notion that a viable artistic ecosystem only benefits artists
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Something I find baffling about AI discourse is the notion that a viable artistic ecosystem only benefits artists
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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This future imagining is sobering and important
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This future imagining is sobering and important
The Democrats once again showing us why we have Trump
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The Democrats once again showing us why we have Trump
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I'm having a hard time even figuring out this Democratic cave. Like ever work with a guy so stupid he will do something and you can't even tell exactly what he was trying to do
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I'm having a hard time even figuring out this Democratic cave. Like ever work with a guy so stupid he will do something and you can't even tell exactly what he was trying to do
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My friends who work in government have gone into debt to protect people's healthcare, they are being fucking betrayed by wealthy Senators who never stopped getting paid.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My friends who work in government have gone into debt to protect people's healthcare, they are being fucking betrayed by wealthy Senators who never stopped getting paid.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script