This illustration made me laugh out loud: The cat has no idea what’s going on. Why is it suddenly being lifted? Why can’t it just go back to whatever it was doing? But the child doesn’t care – it’s cuddle time! I really love these soft, whimsical impressions of children and their pets by Marie Asaba, a Japanese illustrator I discovered through the Spoon & Tamago blog. From her current show, this portrait of a girl also really stood out to me. Best of all, you can order prints directly from the gallery. I haven’t checked yet if they ship to Germany, but I have to admit—I’m tempted!

I'm Emanuel Schwarz, a designer and video game romantic from Berlin.

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Reading this article by Christopher Butler had me nodding along the whole time. > Our world treats information like it’s always good. More data, more content, more inputs — we want it all without thinking twice. To say that the last twenty-five years of culture have centered around info-maximalism wouldn’t be an exaggeration. (…) When every moment is filled with new inputs, we can’t fully absorb, process, and reflect upon what we’ve consumed. Reflection, not consumptions, creates wisdom. Reflection requires quiet, isolation, and inactivity. This is a sentiment I’ve seen echoed by a lot of people lately – and something I feel deeply myself. What started as a drizzle in the early days of the web, a chance to explore different viewpoints, get fresh ideas, or learn new things, has turned into an unrelenting tsunami. One that sweeps our attention away as it rushes endlessly through our minds. Everything that made the web exciting is still possible, sure – but now it takes effort and discipline not to get swept up in yet another algorithmic feed, carefully crafted to keep us “engaged”. Making us angry, anxious, or afraid we’re missing out are great shortcuts for the platforms to get more “daily active users,” but they do little to nurture what Butler calls “wisdom.” The chance to gain even a little bit of that wisdom is something I hope for myself – and for my kids. To see past the constant rush of the now, and learn to apply our attention intentionally. > If our attention is our currency, then leverage will come with the capacity to not pay it. To not look, to not listen, to not react, to not share. Something to remember.

The guy at my comic shop gave me this weird look when I was buying this: magical girls and horrifically violent fantasy? Yeah, one’s the antidote to the other, my dude.

One benefits about video games is that they let you pretend to do something else for a living – or even live a completely different life. That’s been a driving force behind a lot of long-standing trends, especially in the sim and cozy game genres. If your day job is

The NuPhy Kick75! I’m pretty intrigued by this keyboard. YouTuber Cheese Turbulence has a great overview: Now, I already own a NuPhy (the Air60, which I’m very happy with), and – I have to confess this to you, dear reader – I also own three to four additional keyboards that

I’m late to this, but a work trip to Cologne kept me from writing my thoughts down. But not anymore! I finally carved out some time, so here we go. Mario Kart World looks sick! The Direct opened with...

eInk – it's great! Seeing your schedule at a glance – also great! That's basically what TRMNL, a wall-mounted eInk display, promises: All the information you care about, on a display that needs very little energy and can be read in all lighting conditions. I completely missed the launch. The first batch