nicholas theisen
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Game Design | Google Books @ UIowa Libraries | Co-host Furidashi Podcast
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A reprint of the early Shochan no Boken episodes from 1923 scanned directly from original issues of the Asahi Graph will be released in January 2026.
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正チャンの冒険・1923 アサヒグラフ連載復刻版｜コミックス単行本｜オフィスヘリア｜コミック新刊チェック
アイテム詳細：正チャンの冒険・1923 アサヒグラフ連載復刻版 26年1月19日(月)発売 レーベル:コミックス単行本 出版社:オフィスヘリア 作家:織田信恒/樺島勝一 価格:3,850円 ショメイ:ショウチャンノボウケン センキュウヒャクニジュウサン アサヒグラフレンサイフッ
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November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A reprint of the early Shochan no Boken episodes from 1923 scanned directly from original issues of the Asahi Graph will be released in January 2026.
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It took a little longer than we'd hoped for @espressocat.bsky.social and I to infiltrate Outer Heaven, but we're to report that the danger to humanity is... us?
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
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Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
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135. Metal Gear (1987) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E02
Podcast Episode · Furidashi Game Design Academy · 11/20/2025 · 54m
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It took a little longer than we'd hoped for @espressocat.bsky.social and I to infiltrate Outer Heaven, but we're to report that the danger to humanity is... us?
Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
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Join us for the first game installment of... THE YEAR OF METAL GEAR!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses
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Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
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That joy must not be sold. It must not be "privatised," made into another privilege for the privileged. A public library is a public trust. And that freedom must not be compromised. It must be available to all who need it, and that's everyone, when they need it, and that's always. — Ursula K Le Guin
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
That joy must not be sold. It must not be "privatised," made into another privilege for the privileged. A public library is a public trust. And that freedom must not be compromised. It must be available to all who need it, and that's everyone, when they need it, and that's always. — Ursula K Le Guin
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Year of Metal Gear 🎉✨ For those that don’t know I have a podcast 🎙️ I do! With @academicality.bsky.social and you can listen to our first episode now!
134. Hideo Kojima, Memelord | Year of Metal Gear | S6E01
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September 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Year of Metal Gear 🎉✨ For those that don’t know I have a podcast 🎙️ I do! With @academicality.bsky.social and you can listen to our first episode now!
It's finally arrived folks! @espressocat.bsky.social and I have begun our infiltration of Outer Heaven in order to crack the Konami Code and discover the creative genius (?) of Kojima Hideo.
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's finally arrived folks! @espressocat.bsky.social and I have begun our infiltration of Outer Heaven in order to crack the Konami Code and discover the creative genius (?) of Kojima Hideo.
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
Join us in celebrating the start of season 6: The Year of Metal Gear!
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'Kei' and 'Midi' are much more interesting video game definitions than 'AAA' or 'indie'
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September 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
'Kei' and 'Midi' are much more interesting video game definitions than 'AAA' or 'indie'
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One of the coolest video game preservation stories I have ever covered arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
Finding working copies of the last few titles was an “especially cursed” journey.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One of the coolest video game preservation stories I have ever covered arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
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Yesss Kiki’s is one of my all time favorites! And in this one we really dig into burnout, creativity, and aesthetics of themes.
It is that time of the month again! @espressocat.bsky.social and I wrap up season 5 on aesthetics with a deep dive into Studio Ghibli's 1989 film, Kiki's Delivery Service!
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133. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) | S5E11
Podcast Episode · Furidashi Game Design Academy · 08/28/2025 · 1h 2m
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August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yesss Kiki’s is one of my all time favorites! And in this one we really dig into burnout, creativity, and aesthetics of themes.
It is that time of the month again! @espressocat.bsky.social and I wrap up season 5 on aesthetics with a deep dive into Studio Ghibli's 1989 film, Kiki's Delivery Service!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
133. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) | S5E11
Podcast Episode · Furidashi Game Design Academy · 08/28/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is that time of the month again! @espressocat.bsky.social and I wrap up season 5 on aesthetics with a deep dive into Studio Ghibli's 1989 film, Kiki's Delivery Service!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Start dismantling the data centers. Sell the GPUs at basement prices. Destroy the buildings and plant trees where they stood.
August 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Start dismantling the data centers. Sell the GPUs at basement prices. Destroy the buildings and plant trees where they stood.
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ALTMAN: By 2030 we'll be able to make sexy cartoon girls real
VON: With like, holograms?
ALTMAN: No, we'll have paint that can draw them into real life. Like a big god hand comes down with a paintbrush-
VON: And then Jessica Rabbit, Cool World, and anime babes I assume
ALTMAN: oh yeah, of course
VON: With like, holograms?
ALTMAN: No, we'll have paint that can draw them into real life. Like a big god hand comes down with a paintbrush-
VON: And then Jessica Rabbit, Cool World, and anime babes I assume
ALTMAN: oh yeah, of course
August 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
ALTMAN: By 2030 we'll be able to make sexy cartoon girls real
VON: With like, holograms?
ALTMAN: No, we'll have paint that can draw them into real life. Like a big god hand comes down with a paintbrush-
VON: And then Jessica Rabbit, Cool World, and anime babes I assume
ALTMAN: oh yeah, of course
VON: With like, holograms?
ALTMAN: No, we'll have paint that can draw them into real life. Like a big god hand comes down with a paintbrush-
VON: And then Jessica Rabbit, Cool World, and anime babes I assume
ALTMAN: oh yeah, of course
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AI slobs genuinely cannot conceive the idea that creation, not the end product, is what makes it a worthy endeavor. To call this process “deeply unpleasant” is the ultimate self report
Honestly this is an excuse.
I know plenty of people who are not “naturally gifted” who do art.
It requires effort to learn. I feel you did not approach it correctly or think things happen over night.
Also hard work and skill is not “naturally gifted” as that undermines their efforts to draw.
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I know plenty of people who are not “naturally gifted” who do art.
It requires effort to learn. I feel you did not approach it correctly or think things happen over night.
Also hard work and skill is not “naturally gifted” as that undermines their efforts to draw.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI slobs genuinely cannot conceive the idea that creation, not the end product, is what makes it a worthy endeavor. To call this process “deeply unpleasant” is the ultimate self report
Good work building environmental disasters these days.
Helix Electric plans to hire 400 people for Cedar Rapids data center work
Helix Electric plans to hire 400 people for Cedar Rapids data center work
The Cedar Rapids data center project is the company's first in Iowa.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good work building environmental disasters these days.
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Don’t feel like digging up the receipts but everything you’re seeing now, downplaying police violence and racism, purging schools of “woke” studies,showing a surge of civic and material support for police, were all suggestions made during the protests meant to quell them without answering any cause.
August 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Don’t feel like digging up the receipts but everything you’re seeing now, downplaying police violence and racism, purging schools of “woke” studies,showing a surge of civic and material support for police, were all suggestions made during the protests meant to quell them without answering any cause.
I'm a firm believer in really digging into something before having an opinion about it, but I was not prepared for how turbo racist The Golden Bough is.
August 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm a firm believer in really digging into something before having an opinion about it, but I was not prepared for how turbo racist The Golden Bough is.
I'm gonna get "we have impact beyond spreadsheets and gate counters" printed on a big sign so that I can tap it whenever someone from admin walks past my desk.
YES.
I've worked in libraries where the message is we must "treat this like a business" which seems to forget that we have impact beyond spreadsheets tracking door counters. (our metrics are often flawed) The business of libraries, I think, is to enrich communities and provide opportunities.
I've worked in libraries where the message is we must "treat this like a business" which seems to forget that we have impact beyond spreadsheets tracking door counters. (our metrics are often flawed) The business of libraries, I think, is to enrich communities and provide opportunities.
Today on the blog I am going to ruffle a lot of feathers as I argue for you to spend less money on bestselling authors as our budgets contract and why if you do not, you are making the problem worse for everyone-- authors and readers:
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August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I'm gonna get "we have impact beyond spreadsheets and gate counters" printed on a big sign so that I can tap it whenever someone from admin walks past my desk.
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Our friend Fobazi could use our help. And all of our good energy for a complete recovery. gofund.me/11eb33bb
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
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August 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our friend Fobazi could use our help. And all of our good energy for a complete recovery. gofund.me/11eb33bb
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So it's depressed and can't get a job
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year Wait
CEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic.
www.wsj.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So it's depressed and can't get a job
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when these companies try to claim this is about what’s legal or not, they’re lying. none of the games that were removed from steam or itch broke the law. financial companies are making subjective decisions based on what might inconvenience them
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!["But the idea that it's just about what's legal is ridiculous,” he added. “It's not about what the law allows you to process. These are often very subjective rules around what falls outside the brand guidelines for Visa and Mastercard. And even if something doesn't fall outside the brand guidelines, it may just be something that is uncomfortable. ... [Questions of] 'Is this inside the bounds? Is this outside the bounds? Should we be processing that? Should we not be processing that?' are often incredibly subjective."
Stabile speculated that specific game removals on Steam and new rules on both Steam and Itch are meant to bring video games in line with what card companies and payment processors would be comfortable with in real-life porn. But that approach, he noted, doesn’t really stand up to prolonged scrutiny: "The difference is that you can't shoot anybody in real life, but there are plenty of games in which you can do that,” he said. “The stuff [companies] are talking about is entirely legal. It's legal to have in a book, it's legal to have in a game. They are making decisions based on their brand, based on public pressure from anti-porn groups, and that can be reversed."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreidzcjf4pvd6l6xlui5d4w32e5gomvdei65csxkb6e74isv46amdii@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
when these companies try to claim this is about what’s legal or not, they’re lying. none of the games that were removed from steam or itch broke the law. financial companies are making subjective decisions based on what might inconvenience them
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Frame of preference: Marcin Wichary made an astounding history of Mac settings using 10 different embedded emulators, including easter eggs and bonus tasks https://aresluna.org/frame-of-...
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Frame of preference: Marcin Wichary made an astounding history of Mac settings using 10 different embedded emulators, including easter eggs and bonus tasks https://aresluna.org/frame-of-...
The angel Gabriel, after Luca Signorelli
July 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The angel Gabriel, after Luca Signorelli