Judith Pintar
@judithpintar.bsky.social
Director of Game Studies & Design at the U of Illinois; Sociologist (STS), storyteller, narrative designer, player of harps, digger of gardens, longtime wanderer in LOTRO; fan of Tanith Lee & CJ Cherryh; https://el3.judithpintar.com; judithpintar.com.
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Re last comment… (I can never remember whether everybody sees replies, so I'll repost:)
Last week I gave a ThinkyCon talk: “Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out”
The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxZ...
The talk as a web page, text and slides: eblong.com/zarf/essays/...
Last week I gave a ThinkyCon talk: “Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out”
The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxZ...
The talk as a web page, text and slides: eblong.com/zarf/essays/...
Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out - Andrew Plotkin (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Re last comment… (I can never remember whether everybody sees replies, so I'll repost:)
Last week I gave a ThinkyCon talk: “Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out”
The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxZ...
The talk as a web page, text and slides: eblong.com/zarf/essays/...
Last week I gave a ThinkyCon talk: “Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out”
The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxZ...
The talk as a web page, text and slides: eblong.com/zarf/essays/...
So cool that we can see something seven billion years old and that scientists have the ability to learn from it! (I wish we lived in a world where this was headline news, and not the latest act of political idiocy, greed, or cruelty). www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Telescopes Reveal Surprising Chemistry of a Rare Interstellar Object Passing Through Our Solar System
Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So cool that we can see something seven billion years old and that scientists have the ability to learn from it! (I wish we lived in a world where this was headline news, and not the latest act of political idiocy, greed, or cruelty). www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
For whoever needs the Gift of the Fungi today...
I told the mycelia about you and it wanted me to tell you to not worry about today. They said “just absorb nutrients for now, you’ll grow big mushrooms later when the weather is right and your roots are ready”
June 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For whoever needs the Gift of the Fungi today...
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Me, when I am free from tasks: do not ever burden me with a task
Me, when I have been burdened with a task: lord help me I have been burdened with a task
Me, when the tasks continue: I am burdened lord
Me, when I have been burdened with a task: lord help me I have been burdened with a task
Me, when the tasks continue: I am burdened lord
May 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Me, when I am free from tasks: do not ever burden me with a task
Me, when I have been burdened with a task: lord help me I have been burdened with a task
Me, when the tasks continue: I am burdened lord
Me, when I have been burdened with a task: lord help me I have been burdened with a task
Me, when the tasks continue: I am burdened lord
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.
What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common
A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:46 PM
A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.
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I'm writing for a "cozy game" and now, it seems, that's a trending lifestyle. www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
The Fantasy of Cozy Tech
From the “cozy gaming” trend to a new generation of A.I. companions, our devices are trying to swathe us in a digital and physical cocoon.
www.newyorker.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I'm writing for a "cozy game" and now, it seems, that's a trending lifestyle. www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...