I've arrived at stage where the "open-endedness" is endless pit of teasing and tweaking.
February 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I've arrived at stage where the "open-endedness" is endless pit of teasing and tweaking.
No one can no for sure, but they can say "based on what we read and see, here's a very good guess," and sometimes that gets modified with a new runestone or gravesite. I admire the open-endedness of it, even as I dread the opportunity for New Agers to insert their own commentary.
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
No one can no for sure, but they can say "based on what we read and see, here's a very good guess," and sometimes that gets modified with a new runestone or gravesite. I admire the open-endedness of it, even as I dread the opportunity for New Agers to insert their own commentary.
but open-endedness can be just as much work though, it just also happens to be more fun and better for learning
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
but open-endedness can be just as much work though, it just also happens to be more fun and better for learning
go and see the great new movie……… Illinois™️ (it’s soooooo good I’m so obsessed… there so much open-endedness in this universe that has you brainstorming constantly, I hope you can see it maybe …. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ )
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
go and see the great new movie……… Illinois™️ (it’s soooooo good I’m so obsessed… there so much open-endedness in this universe that has you brainstorming constantly, I hope you can see it maybe …. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ )
It does most certainly help that I've seen the game before and some of the lore. Out of all my friends it seems only myself and the few who had seen it before enjoyed the movie.
It's unfortunate but the experience seems best tailored to those already expecting the sort of open-endedness of the game
It's unfortunate but the experience seems best tailored to those already expecting the sort of open-endedness of the game
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
It does most certainly help that I've seen the game before and some of the lore. Out of all my friends it seems only myself and the few who had seen it before enjoyed the movie.
It's unfortunate but the experience seems best tailored to those already expecting the sort of open-endedness of the game
It's unfortunate but the experience seems best tailored to those already expecting the sort of open-endedness of the game
real example from coding just now that I think shows how the open-endedness of the meaning of "good" is quite present there
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
real example from coding just now that I think shows how the open-endedness of the meaning of "good" is quite present there
disco elysium is also pretty narrative focused but has a lot of open-endedness, i feel. If that doesnt work maybe pull a WayneRadioTV and do some of The Binding of Isaac as a filler stream?
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
disco elysium is also pretty narrative focused but has a lot of open-endedness, i feel. If that doesnt work maybe pull a WayneRadioTV and do some of The Binding of Isaac as a filler stream?
the open endedness of literally every facet didn’t bother you??
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
the open endedness of literally every facet didn’t bother you??
Yes to the open endedness and yes to the exhaustion! I have to sign off now, probably for the day, but will plan to pick up tomorrow morning.
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Yes to the open endedness and yes to the exhaustion! I have to sign off now, probably for the day, but will plan to pick up tomorrow morning.
One aspect that is very understated - This is Trust Fall the game with 2 players.
Because, even after two plus hours of discussion and multiple emails, there was still a lot of open-endedness to the setting we created.
Because, even after two plus hours of discussion and multiple emails, there was still a lot of open-endedness to the setting we created.
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
One aspect that is very understated - This is Trust Fall the game with 2 players.
Because, even after two plus hours of discussion and multiple emails, there was still a lot of open-endedness to the setting we created.
Because, even after two plus hours of discussion and multiple emails, there was still a lot of open-endedness to the setting we created.
someone added this Classic to the post, which I think is definitely a necessity
January 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
someone added this Classic to the post, which I think is definitely a necessity
I believe this ambiguity/not-blatantly-cultural* depiction is supposed to achieve open-endedness.
*I will uncork my thoughts on western as "default" another time
You can absolutely dress her in a salwar kameez, sari, anarkali suit, ghagra, sweatpants, skirt... whatever
*I will uncork my thoughts on western as "default" another time
You can absolutely dress her in a salwar kameez, sari, anarkali suit, ghagra, sweatpants, skirt... whatever
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I believe this ambiguity/not-blatantly-cultural* depiction is supposed to achieve open-endedness.
*I will uncork my thoughts on western as "default" another time
You can absolutely dress her in a salwar kameez, sari, anarkali suit, ghagra, sweatpants, skirt... whatever
*I will uncork my thoughts on western as "default" another time
You can absolutely dress her in a salwar kameez, sari, anarkali suit, ghagra, sweatpants, skirt... whatever
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
January 21, 2026 at 5:51 AM
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
Read as part of @readjapaneseliterature.com's #JanuaryinJapan season: I enjoyed the creepy open-endedness of 'The Farside' by Hideo Furukawa & translated by @ginnytkmr.bsky.social.
Hideo Furukawa writes often-avant-garde literary fiction. A native of Fukushima, some of his post 3/11 work like Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure takes up the aftermath of the Triple Disaster. He is also an author of genre fiction—some early work was tied to a 90s computer game.
January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Read as part of @readjapaneseliterature.com's #JanuaryinJapan season: I enjoyed the creepy open-endedness of 'The Farside' by Hideo Furukawa & translated by @ginnytkmr.bsky.social.
Jaderoute (Reread) + Yours, Mine, and Ours
Yeti's stuff is maybe the best stuff to so far come out of the open-endedness of Homestuck's "Fanontinuum" era (but there's still a lot of other stuff for me to read, always so much more to read...).
www.spicyyeti.com/stories.html...
Yeti's stuff is maybe the best stuff to so far come out of the open-endedness of Homestuck's "Fanontinuum" era (but there's still a lot of other stuff for me to read, always so much more to read...).
www.spicyyeti.com/stories.html...
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Jaderoute (Reread) + Yours, Mine, and Ours
Yeti's stuff is maybe the best stuff to so far come out of the open-endedness of Homestuck's "Fanontinuum" era (but there's still a lot of other stuff for me to read, always so much more to read...).
www.spicyyeti.com/stories.html...
Yeti's stuff is maybe the best stuff to so far come out of the open-endedness of Homestuck's "Fanontinuum" era (but there's still a lot of other stuff for me to read, always so much more to read...).
www.spicyyeti.com/stories.html...
The thing is: the technologies that were misused by Jimi Hendrix were profoundly open-ended. The guitar doesn't do anything by itself. Everything is the result of your hands on it. So far my experience of Suno and Udio is not open-endedness, their training data is a closed system.
January 19, 2026 at 2:05 AM
The thing is: the technologies that were misused by Jimi Hendrix were profoundly open-ended. The guitar doesn't do anything by itself. Everything is the result of your hands on it. So far my experience of Suno and Udio is not open-endedness, their training data is a closed system.
…I think this is more the transition from sport & a clearly defined goal, in a set time limit, whose result was directly tied to my efforts, into the open endedness & uncertainty of life as an adult in a business whose end result…
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January 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
…I think this is more the transition from sport & a clearly defined goal, in a set time limit, whose result was directly tied to my efforts, into the open endedness & uncertainty of life as an adult in a business whose end result…
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After beating Zelda NES finally, I decided to take another stab at its sister game, Nazo no Murasamejo.
this is an evil, evil game, its lack of cryptic open endedness is more than made up for by the fact that itll throw more shit at u than the nes could ever hope to render and say block this mixup
this is an evil, evil game, its lack of cryptic open endedness is more than made up for by the fact that itll throw more shit at u than the nes could ever hope to render and say block this mixup
January 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM
After beating Zelda NES finally, I decided to take another stab at its sister game, Nazo no Murasamejo.
this is an evil, evil game, its lack of cryptic open endedness is more than made up for by the fact that itll throw more shit at u than the nes could ever hope to render and say block this mixup
this is an evil, evil game, its lack of cryptic open endedness is more than made up for by the fact that itll throw more shit at u than the nes could ever hope to render and say block this mixup
This week I was wondering if there was like an anti-open world game where it should theoretically have all the open-endedness and freedom to wander wherever of an open world game but it takes place entirely in like an underground facility or some kind of interior space. Kinda a 3D Metroidvania?
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
This week I was wondering if there was like an anti-open world game where it should theoretically have all the open-endedness and freedom to wander wherever of an open world game but it takes place entirely in like an underground facility or some kind of interior space. Kinda a 3D Metroidvania?
the last decade or so with the advent of open world slop has brought in a lot of discourse around how important or even good open endedness actually is compared to linearity especially in rpgs. i think it has caused us to forget that when rpgs are open and actually do it well it's soooo fucking good
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
the last decade or so with the advent of open world slop has brought in a lot of discourse around how important or even good open endedness actually is compared to linearity especially in rpgs. i think it has caused us to forget that when rpgs are open and actually do it well it's soooo fucking good
Open Endedness: The Path to Artificial Superhuman Intelligence
YouTube video by Knut Jägersberg
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January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
have odd resonances with the probabilistic open-endedness of LLMs construing data. As far as I know, circling back to Chalmers, I don't think Ryle had any interest in the neuroscience of his day. In think he might say you can't do philosophy with a brain anatomist's lancet. Logic alone will suffice.
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
have odd resonances with the probabilistic open-endedness of LLMs construing data. As far as I know, circling back to Chalmers, I don't think Ryle had any interest in the neuroscience of his day. In think he might say you can't do philosophy with a brain anatomist's lancet. Logic alone will suffice.
I don't think, strictly speaking, open endedness is strictly a bad thing, but since I suspect we're talking about Stranger Things I'd argue the problem is less that and more "they ended this show in its first season and never thought of a different conclusion other than what they already showed us."
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I don't think, strictly speaking, open endedness is strictly a bad thing, but since I suspect we're talking about Stranger Things I'd argue the problem is less that and more "they ended this show in its first season and never thought of a different conclusion other than what they already showed us."
Angel. I was sobbing. Idk if it was good but it landed for me and the open endedness worked.
Just
"I'd like to slay the dragon"
Just
"I'd like to slay the dragon"
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Angel. I was sobbing. Idk if it was good but it landed for me and the open endedness worked.
Just
"I'd like to slay the dragon"
Just
"I'd like to slay the dragon"
ive been getting into it and i feel like it does a good job embodying the open endedness of ttrpg play while making it difficult to just entirely break the game via edge case rules
January 6, 2026 at 3:44 AM
ive been getting into it and i feel like it does a good job embodying the open endedness of ttrpg play while making it difficult to just entirely break the game via edge case rules