Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS!
@molleindustria.org
Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
he/him
Me, updating a game from Unity 2020.3.24 to Unity 2020.3.49
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me, updating a game from Unity 2020.3.24 to Unity 2020.3.49
The Authoritarian Stack: a concise interactive feature on the takeover of democratic institutions by tech oligarchs.
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: a concise interactive feature on the takeover of democratic institutions by tech oligarchs.
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The U.S. may already be cooked, but the rest of the world still has time to shift toward sovereign platforms.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
That time they had a two-day tax co-filing event with themed exhibition, screening and karaoke?
That time they screened all the Fast and Furious movies at the same time?
That time they screened all the Fast and Furious movies at the same time?
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
That time they had a two-day tax co-filing event with themed exhibition, screening and karaoke?
That time they screened all the Fast and Furious movies at the same time?
That time they screened all the Fast and Furious movies at the same time?
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I think about this Brian Eno quote all the time. Maybe AI is overcoming its glitches and limitations too quickly, losing its character in the process.
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I think about this Brian Eno quote all the time. Maybe AI is overcoming its glitches and limitations too quickly, losing its character in the process.
I'm intrigued by Boris Eldagsen's work, I like the Posthuman Cinema project and Canek Zapata's videos. But they are all essentially Ai glitch art, and they are quite obscure...
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'm intrigued by Boris Eldagsen's work, I like the Posthuman Cinema project and Canek Zapata's videos. But they are all essentially Ai glitch art, and they are quite obscure...
With this chronological sorting I'm realizing what an exceptional decade of author horrors we've had - say between Under the Skin and Midsommar.
The post-pandemic productions are plentiful but not quite at the same level.
The post-pandemic productions are plentiful but not quite at the same level.
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
With this chronological sorting I'm realizing what an exceptional decade of author horrors we've had - say between Under the Skin and Midsommar.
The post-pandemic productions are plentiful but not quite at the same level.
The post-pandemic productions are plentiful but not quite at the same level.
🎃 Spooky season is almost over, but you can still peruse my list of smart/pretentious horror movies and impress friends and lovers.
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎃 Spooky season is almost over, but you can still peruse my list of smart/pretentious horror movies and impress friends and lovers.
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
letterboxd.com/molleindustr...
I spent some quality time in Messenger, a tiny Japan-themed open-world game where you make deliveries alongside other players.
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I spent some quality time in Messenger, a tiny Japan-themed open-world game where you make deliveries alongside other players.
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
Brilliant level design and sharp, minimalist writing.
It runs in the browser, and you can finish a quest in just a couple of minutes. You have no excuse!
messenger.abeto.co
I'd argue cozy landlord, cozy police games etc. don't do anything new. Most job sim games present a fantasy of labor with no exploitation, little social context, and unquestioned power dynamics.
The wholesome presentation + marketing simply makes these issue more visible and jarring.
The wholesome presentation + marketing simply makes these issue more visible and jarring.
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'd argue cozy landlord, cozy police games etc. don't do anything new. Most job sim games present a fantasy of labor with no exploitation, little social context, and unquestioned power dynamics.
The wholesome presentation + marketing simply makes these issue more visible and jarring.
The wholesome presentation + marketing simply makes these issue more visible and jarring.
Worth noting that Airport Insecurity by @ibogost.com (2005) predates Papers, Please and was kind of casual and wholesome-looking. But it was pointing at the post-9-11 security theater and the questionable, ever shifting guidelines of the time.
persuasivegames.com/game/airport...
persuasivegames.com/game/airport...
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Worth noting that Airport Insecurity by @ibogost.com (2005) predates Papers, Please and was kind of casual and wholesome-looking. But it was pointing at the post-9-11 security theater and the questionable, ever shifting guidelines of the time.
persuasivegames.com/game/airport...
persuasivegames.com/game/airport...
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good article by @im.giovanh.com about a "cozy" airport security game.
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
Wholesome games tend to reimagine labor -and reality as a whole- as we'd like it to be: beautiful, tidy, meaningful, social... but why would there be terrorist threats in this utopia?
blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10...
In the Fourth of July show at LIKLIKE we had a mod of Teardown in which you just demolish the White House.
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In the Fourth of July show at LIKLIKE we had a mod of Teardown in which you just demolish the White House.
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
I didn't expect it to become so... bipartisan?
His better known work is less blocky but still, what a geek!
October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
His better known work is less blocky but still, what a geek!
Today I learned about Gerhard Munthe, who, in the early 20th century, designed some extremely Atari-looking tapestries with titles like "Blood Tower"
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today I learned about Gerhard Munthe, who, in the early 20th century, designed some extremely Atari-looking tapestries with titles like "Blood Tower"
EA: Can a computer make you cry?
Saudi rulers, torturing a political dissident: Interesting!
Saudi rulers, torturing a political dissident: Interesting!
September 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
EA: Can a computer make you cry?
Saudi rulers, torturing a political dissident: Interesting!
Saudi rulers, torturing a political dissident: Interesting!
More and more Americans see the Democratic Party as the #1 problem in US politics.
Not because it’s worse than the GOP, but because you can’t even begin to fight fascism, climate change, or inequality until the Schumer gang is out of the way.
Not because it’s worse than the GOP, but because you can’t even begin to fight fascism, climate change, or inequality until the Schumer gang is out of the way.
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
More and more Americans see the Democratic Party as the #1 problem in US politics.
Not because it’s worse than the GOP, but because you can’t even begin to fight fascism, climate change, or inequality until the Schumer gang is out of the way.
Not because it’s worse than the GOP, but because you can’t even begin to fight fascism, climate change, or inequality until the Schumer gang is out of the way.
Think of liberal media as an apparatus to maintain the illusion that the political project most people want is neither popular nor viable.
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Think of liberal media as an apparatus to maintain the illusion that the political project most people want is neither popular nor viable.
Think of establishment Democrats as the billionaires' second line of defense: bodies paid to occupy seats that would otherwise go to an actual opposition.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Think of establishment Democrats as the billionaires' second line of defense: bodies paid to occupy seats that would otherwise go to an actual opposition.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
The New Kirk Times is at the acceptance stage of grief: "Rich people like him too, so he can’t be THAT bad"
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The New Kirk Times is at the acceptance stage of grief: "Rich people like him too, so he can’t be THAT bad"
I watched the CRAZIEST movie last night: it's about the GOP doing illegal things and being exposed by two journalists from, wait for it... THE WASHINGTON POST!!!
AND there are consequences?🤯 The crooks go to jail & the president of the USA resigns? WTF? What were they smoking when they wrote it? 🤣
AND there are consequences?🤯 The crooks go to jail & the president of the USA resigns? WTF? What were they smoking when they wrote it? 🤣
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I watched the CRAZIEST movie last night: it's about the GOP doing illegal things and being exposed by two journalists from, wait for it... THE WASHINGTON POST!!!
AND there are consequences?🤯 The crooks go to jail & the president of the USA resigns? WTF? What were they smoking when they wrote it? 🤣
AND there are consequences?🤯 The crooks go to jail & the president of the USA resigns? WTF? What were they smoking when they wrote it? 🤣
I was going for a Rivers Cuomo/Buddy Holly look, but already two people have asked me if these are the Meta creep glasses. Fuck Zuckerberg.
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I was going for a Rivers Cuomo/Buddy Holly look, but already two people have asked me if these are the Meta creep glasses. Fuck Zuckerberg.
I finally got to play Daybreak, the co-op climate action game by @baddeo.bsky.social and Matt Leacock (Pandemic).
We got our asses kicked but it's elegant, comprehensive and beautifully made. The best "serious" board games I've ever played.
We got our asses kicked but it's elegant, comprehensive and beautifully made. The best "serious" board games I've ever played.
September 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I finally got to play Daybreak, the co-op climate action game by @baddeo.bsky.social and Matt Leacock (Pandemic).
We got our asses kicked but it's elegant, comprehensive and beautifully made. The best "serious" board games I've ever played.
We got our asses kicked but it's elegant, comprehensive and beautifully made. The best "serious" board games I've ever played.
RIP Robert Redford - legendary actor, OG indie organizer, my mom's wet dream, appreciator of my games.
September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
RIP Robert Redford - legendary actor, OG indie organizer, my mom's wet dream, appreciator of my games.