Alexis R.
@alxrsr.bsky.social
Just a stream of thoughts about art, design, life and love. https://arosierportfolio.cargo.site/
Image ou argile, jeu ou projet : même combat. Travailler la matière, jour après jour — et se laisser, en retour, modeler par elle — de plus en plus en profondeur. On a beau savoir, et même vouloir, faire reste la chose la plus difficile au monde. Une pensée à l'attention des faiseurs en tous genres.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Image ou argile, jeu ou projet : même combat. Travailler la matière, jour après jour — et se laisser, en retour, modeler par elle — de plus en plus en profondeur. On a beau savoir, et même vouloir, faire reste la chose la plus difficile au monde. Une pensée à l'attention des faiseurs en tous genres.
More and more, I see people I care about choosing (consciently or not) beautiful lies over truths that could free them. #PostTruth no longer influences the #media alone — it’s shaping how we think, speak, and build relationships.
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
More and more, I see people I care about choosing (consciently or not) beautiful lies over truths that could free them. #PostTruth no longer influences the #media alone — it’s shaping how we think, speak, and build relationships.
#DeusEx ❤️ "Grossman: One of my favourite moments is the stand-off on the plane with Anna Navarre, where she’s telling you to kill the guy. And you realise you don’t have to. That opened up my understanding of what a game narrative could be. [...] Suddenly the medium looks bigger than you thought."
Deus Ex at 20: The oral history of a pivotal PC game
Deus Ex is king of the immersive sims, and a first-person classic that changed PC games forever. We spoke to its developers about how it was made.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#DeusEx ❤️ "Grossman: One of my favourite moments is the stand-off on the plane with Anna Navarre, where she’s telling you to kill the guy. And you realise you don’t have to. That opened up my understanding of what a game narrative could be. [...] Suddenly the medium looks bigger than you thought."
Watching Season 4 of #TheWitcher feels like a test of suspension of disbelief (sometimes) — but it’s still fun. Never underestimate the cost of small #narrative cracks. Everything matters.
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Watching Season 4 of #TheWitcher feels like a test of suspension of disbelief (sometimes) — but it’s still fun. Never underestimate the cost of small #narrative cracks. Everything matters.
There are no heroes in the war story of #AHouseOfDynamite, because in a negative-sum game, everyone loses. It's nice to remind us that endgame still means game over for all in a nuclear age.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There are no heroes in the war story of #AHouseOfDynamite, because in a negative-sum game, everyone loses. It's nice to remind us that endgame still means game over for all in a nuclear age.
"I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel, nowhere could be much colder
If we don't change, the world will soon be over
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city."
Living For The #City, #StevieWonder (1973)
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel, nowhere could be much colder
If we don't change, the world will soon be over
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city."
Living For The #City, #StevieWonder (1973)
Twelve Ideal Cities - Hidden Architecture
Superstudio evoke twelve visions of ideal cities, the supreme achievement of twenty thousand years of civilization, blood, sweat and tears; the final haven of Man possession of Truth, free from cont...
hiddenarchitecture.net
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel, nowhere could be much colder
If we don't change, the world will soon be over
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city."
Living For The #City, #StevieWonder (1973)
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel, nowhere could be much colder
If we don't change, the world will soon be over
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city."
Living For The #City, #StevieWonder (1973)
Une pratique #politique dénuée de toute #éthique du bien commun est un non-sens dans une société démocratique. L'exercice du pouvoir n'implique pas seulement de grandes responsabilités, il impose une exemplarité radicale et totale. Tant que l'impunité fera loi, la #démocratie ne pourra faire foi.
Pourquoi l'éthique a-t-elle besoin de la politique ? : épisode 2/4 du podcast Morale et Politique : l'équilibre en question
AUDIO • Morale et Politique : l'équilibre en question, épisode 2/4 : Pourquoi l'éthique a-t-elle besoin de la politique ?. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Pourquoi du comment...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Une pratique #politique dénuée de toute #éthique du bien commun est un non-sens dans une société démocratique. L'exercice du pouvoir n'implique pas seulement de grandes responsabilités, il impose une exemplarité radicale et totale. Tant que l'impunité fera loi, la #démocratie ne pourra faire foi.
Chaque jour de l'an 2025 confirme que nous avons élu à la tête de nos #sociétés, de nos technologies et de nos entreprises les produits les plus terrifiants et dysfonctionnels de notre époque terrible. Peut-être en prendrons-nous conscience lorsque viendra le temps de dresser le bilan du désastre.
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Chaque jour de l'an 2025 confirme que nous avons élu à la tête de nos #sociétés, de nos technologies et de nos entreprises les produits les plus terrifiants et dysfonctionnels de notre époque terrible. Peut-être en prendrons-nous conscience lorsque viendra le temps de dresser le bilan du désastre.
Great essay about #DiscoElysium. Both personal and critical. A lack of sincerity is plaguing the media. Metamodernism still has a long way to go.
'Disco Elysium' Was Too Afraid of Sincerity to Be Revolutionary
How smart, ironic detachment limits the imagination of last year's smartest RPG.
www.vice.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Great essay about #DiscoElysium. Both personal and critical. A lack of sincerity is plaguing the media. Metamodernism still has a long way to go.
Reposted by Alexis R.
Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
Reposted by Alexis R.
historically, racism has been weaponized by ruling classes to drive wedges between workers of different nationalities/ethnicities/religions and align a favored group with the ruling class against everyone else.
e.g. impoverished white yeomen vs. black slaves in antebellum south carolina
e.g. impoverished white yeomen vs. black slaves in antebellum south carolina
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
historically, racism has been weaponized by ruling classes to drive wedges between workers of different nationalities/ethnicities/religions and align a favored group with the ruling class against everyone else.
e.g. impoverished white yeomen vs. black slaves in antebellum south carolina
e.g. impoverished white yeomen vs. black slaves in antebellum south carolina
What it means to be a star. #DavidBowie by photographer Mick Rock — on his way to becoming an eternal light.
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What it means to be a star. #DavidBowie by photographer Mick Rock — on his way to becoming an eternal light.
Great analysis regarding digital #pollution by Gerry McGovern, author of "World Wide Waste". The same argument could be made about media.
"The beating heart of digital is pumped with a toxic flow of #waste. #Data centers should be called data dumps."
→ gerrymcgovern.com/increasing-c...
"The beating heart of digital is pumped with a toxic flow of #waste. #Data centers should be called data dumps."
→ gerrymcgovern.com/increasing-c...
Increasing complexity increases waste
gerrymcgovern.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great analysis regarding digital #pollution by Gerry McGovern, author of "World Wide Waste". The same argument could be made about media.
"The beating heart of digital is pumped with a toxic flow of #waste. #Data centers should be called data dumps."
→ gerrymcgovern.com/increasing-c...
"The beating heart of digital is pumped with a toxic flow of #waste. #Data centers should be called data dumps."
→ gerrymcgovern.com/increasing-c...
What makes #StrangerThings stand out isn’t only nostalgia — it’s radical sincerity. It treats the relationships and emotions people usually mock today with genuine care. Being human means looking strange sometimes — and that's a good thing.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What makes #StrangerThings stand out isn’t only nostalgia — it’s radical sincerity. It treats the relationships and emotions people usually mock today with genuine care. Being human means looking strange sometimes — and that's a good thing.
Could be the artistic style for a (disturbing) #crpg. "A series of #drawings from an #isometric perspective, in the style of computer #games. The subject of each drawing is the main image associated with a cultural event."
→ whitelead.com/jrh/screensh...
→ whitelead.com/jrh/screensh...
November 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Could be the artistic style for a (disturbing) #crpg. "A series of #drawings from an #isometric perspective, in the style of computer #games. The subject of each drawing is the main image associated with a cultural event."
→ whitelead.com/jrh/screensh...
→ whitelead.com/jrh/screensh...
A few years ago, I made a #Bitsy game for #Halloween, in a time of extreme loneliness — a little homage to #horror movies and video rental stores. It’s a short adventure, like a retro trip into the '90s zeitgeist. Looking back, I can see its flaws, but the heart was there. #indiedev
The Lloyd Video Club by A. Rosier
A little horror show in tribute to the video club
a-rosier.itch.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A few years ago, I made a #Bitsy game for #Halloween, in a time of extreme loneliness — a little homage to #horror movies and video rental stores. It’s a short adventure, like a retro trip into the '90s zeitgeist. Looking back, I can see its flaws, but the heart was there. #indiedev
Such a cool project (and title). "Ambient Mixtape 16 is a collection of original curated works surrounding a central theme: “After Hours". #indiedev #interactivefiction
→ www.geocities.ws/am16/
→ www.geocities.ws/am16/
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Such a cool project (and title). "Ambient Mixtape 16 is a collection of original curated works surrounding a central theme: “After Hours". #indiedev #interactivefiction
→ www.geocities.ws/am16/
→ www.geocities.ws/am16/
Interesting how Paul Thomas Anderson revisits in #OneBattleAfterAnother, half a centur later, one of the underlying theme of Magnolia: toxic masculinity and paternity. And still intertwined with a socio-political satire, except that things have got worse (in a way).
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Interesting how Paul Thomas Anderson revisits in #OneBattleAfterAnother, half a centur later, one of the underlying theme of Magnolia: toxic masculinity and paternity. And still intertwined with a socio-political satire, except that things have got worse (in a way).
"Chaque génération, sans doute, se croit au-dessus de la bêtise du monde. Et la mienne semble ignorer, pourtant, qu’elle ne l'est pas." Pensée du jour, inspirée par Albert #Camus, à quelques nuances près.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Chaque génération, sans doute, se croit au-dessus de la bêtise du monde. Et la mienne semble ignorer, pourtant, qu’elle ne l'est pas." Pensée du jour, inspirée par Albert #Camus, à quelques nuances près.
A remarkable tool for understanding the structural logic of #interactivefiction. It digs deep into the roots of the medium (literally). Such an impressive undertaking.
The CYOA Library
An infographical analysis of the structure of the Choose Your Own Adventure books series
samizdat.co
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A remarkable tool for understanding the structural logic of #interactivefiction. It digs deep into the roots of the medium (literally). Such an impressive undertaking.
The more I write interactive dialogues, the more it feels like level design — and vice versa. Just as dialogue is navigation through a socio-cognitive space, exploration is a form of conversation with the environment. In the end, both are about finding the best way to communicate. #gamedesign
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The more I write interactive dialogues, the more it feels like level design — and vice versa. Just as dialogue is navigation through a socio-cognitive space, exploration is a form of conversation with the environment. In the end, both are about finding the best way to communicate. #gamedesign
That's way too good. So good, actually, that it reedeems #vtmb2 gameplay. The alternative version of the downtown theme has Portishead vibes.
Frost Bites
YouTube video by Craig Stuart Garfinkle - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
That's way too good. So good, actually, that it reedeems #vtmb2 gameplay. The alternative version of the downtown theme has Portishead vibes.
Well, it looks way easier than it is 🫢
It's Centred That | Test Your Inner Designer Eye
Do you think you've got a designer's eye? Test your skills and judge whether the dots are really in the middle of the shapes. Will you get them all right?
avark.agency
October 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Well, it looks way easier than it is 🫢
The unexpected and symbolic sanctification of #EdGein at the end of #Monsters says something deeply unsettling about modern societies. About how a world where violence is systemic — organized, glorified, consumed, and reproduced — turns naturally monsters into saints (and martyrs).
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM