Alex Swaim
@cidolfas.bsky.social
I think about procedural/emergent narrative systems for games a lot. https://www.hypermagical.com/
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“watermelon, or like a panda with a mean face, or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them, or the smell of a blackboard eraser, or a Sunday morning when you wake up and it’s raining -- well, i like him more than hard bread”
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“watermelon, or like a panda with a mean face, or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them, or the smell of a blackboard eraser, or a Sunday morning when you wake up and it’s raining -- well, i like him more than hard bread”
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oh cool I’ve been meaning to learn anxiety
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
oh cool I’ve been meaning to learn anxiety
Just got out of Wake Up Dead Man and my stance remains firm that they should give Rian Johnson the money to make one of these things until he decides to stop.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just got out of Wake Up Dead Man and my stance remains firm that they should give Rian Johnson the money to make one of these things until he decides to stop.
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you think you need to leave intelligent, thoughtful comments? lmao no
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
PRO TIP
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
you think you need to leave intelligent, thoughtful comments? lmao no
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
I once got to a game early and saw Boban warming up by himself, and I was shocked by how agile he was. Not "for his size". He moved like a gazelle.
Two minutes of Kevon Looney absolutely cooking one on one after practice to remind you that NBA players are better basketball players than anyone you've ever seen
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I once got to a game early and saw Boban warming up by himself, and I was shocked by how agile he was. Not "for his size". He moved like a gazelle.
It's OKC's league and we're just living in it
Quick summary of OKC:
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It's OKC's league and we're just living in it
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
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It's objectively strange that Chrono Trigger is the name of a JRPG series about time travellers dealing with a crisis, and Time Crisis a series of light gun games.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's objectively strange that Chrono Trigger is the name of a JRPG series about time travellers dealing with a crisis, and Time Crisis a series of light gun games.
Amen Thompson what the hell was that move??
That one goes on the mixtape.
That one goes on the mixtape.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Amen Thompson what the hell was that move??
That one goes on the mixtape.
That one goes on the mixtape.
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Tell your kids this was 'Chainsaw Man'
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Tell your kids this was 'Chainsaw Man'
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If I'm security here and I see this I'm starting to get *very* nervous about John Wick being in the building.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If I'm security here and I see this I'm starting to get *very* nervous about John Wick being in the building.
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every line in this six second clip of the case closed dub
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
every line in this six second clip of the case closed dub
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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ohhh he's called Homer bc he spends the whole odyssey tryin to get home
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ohhh he's called Homer bc he spends the whole odyssey tryin to get home
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I encourage you to read her full comments, not because they exculpatory — they absolutely are not — but because they're dangerously close to self awareness about the trap that hasbarists find themselves in.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I encourage you to read her full comments, not because they exculpatory — they absolutely are not — but because they're dangerously close to self awareness about the trap that hasbarists find themselves in.
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We found him ... the Blues Father
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We found him ... the Blues Father
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I have just joined America's fastest growing club (unemployment)
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have just joined America's fastest growing club (unemployment)
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
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Last night I watched a streamer in Arc that downed other players and then had them answer trivia questions in exchange for a revive. The questions were like "who runs this whole operation" and "what's the name of the cataclysmic event that led to all this" and lol no, gamers do not pay attention.
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Last night I watched a streamer in Arc that downed other players and then had them answer trivia questions in exchange for a revive. The questions were like "who runs this whole operation" and "what's the name of the cataclysmic event that led to all this" and lol no, gamers do not pay attention.
I have just joined America's fastest growing club (unemployment)
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have just joined America's fastest growing club (unemployment)
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them
If anybody knows of any open game AI (not that kind) or generalist/gameplay/tools programmer roles I'd love to hear about them