Jesper Juul

I think Infomaniak's kSuite, CryptPad, or Drime are nearly on par. www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2...

Interviewed about my Commodore 64 book by the Carlsberg Foundation, who supported my stay at MIT and the book's publication. Thanks!

FDG'26 call for papers!

We will be hosting the ACM conference Foundations of Digital Games 2026 conference here at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen August 10-13 2026.

The call for papers is out now: fdg2026.org/call-for-pap...

We hope to see you (and your paper) at FDG’26!

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

AI Rule #1: Cynical writers use AI.

Also: Who will pay for consulting, when AI can generate something just as default and vacuous for free? Or will consulting firms claim to offer something more personal, human, and special?

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

Stafan Höltgen has kindly reviewed Too Much Fun (in German).

"What is astonishing is both the breadth and depth with which the author presents the platform."

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You mean it's just a general lack of (data) literacy? I see the point. People also used to take Google to be an oracle.

Lots of retro goodness in the mail today 😀 @jesperjuul.bsky.social @amigaaddict.bsky.social

2) As I recall Piaget, he has a similar distinction (named in reverse!) between "regularities" (what governs the activity, such as throwing marbles) and "rules" (the goal).

Probably yes (the rules are what govern the game). But it is perfectly possible to make distinction. I think there are two variations.
1) The Bernard Suits argument that there is a pre-existing "goal", and "the rules/game" - constitute a limitation of what players can do.
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And why even ask us the question?

AI naïvity: When we presented a detailed study about the Danish game industry last month, a young audience member asked us why we hadn't just asked ChatGPT? He apparently thought that AIs knew "everything", and didn't see any reason why you would gather new data. That is a problem.

Spoiler: This refers to AIs (as in LLMs) running on your own server, specifically Meta's Llama AI.

Bullet point of the day: "Self-hosted llamas".

Thanks for letting me know! It is available from the publisher, but Amazon in Europe has it out of stock sometimes. I think Thalia.de has it
www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...

The software is there, but the storefront can be improved. Don't take my word for it. Try putting a non-technical user in front of the site. Don't tell them anything and see if they a) realize that Nextcloud can be used for an office suite b) can sign up and get to said office suite on their own.

I disagree. NextCloud a software platform for installing on a server, it's not something a regular end-user can use to replace an office suite.

Yes, people refer a lot to the site, but it's incomplete to the point of doing more harm than good. The "document collaboration services" lists five items, the four of which are not relevant for end-users, and three of the four services I review are missing.

I mention the "what about Proton" problem in the post: When looking for a Google Docs / Office 365 replacement (Word/Excel/PowerPoint editing) you will invariably be recommended an email service with note-taking features, which is something very different!

Yes, but unfortunately if I go to Alternativeto and look for a Google Docs alternative in Europe, I get exactly zero relevant end-user options for editing Word documents. If I look for Google Suite alternatives, I get only kSuite and Contactoffice, so it's really difficult to find.

OK! The how-to is on my TODO list.

I find that it's just one step at a time. Your email, your docs, your photos, but it is work.

Editing a word document in a browser without using Google or Microsoft

What are the European alternatives to Google Docs and Microsoft 365 for students, writers, and project workers?

I couldn't find any good answers, so I have reviewed the four top packages and provided my recommendations. I hope you find it useful!

www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2...

Backup policy set to a 1000 years.

Seems backup software is about toying with immortality.

Thanks to @robertglashuettner.bsky.social for a great conversation!

Pre-qualification proposals for the 2025 call “PhD education outside the universities” (DFF – The Danish Independent Research Fund) The Royal Danish Academy hereby invites pre-qualification proposals for the 2025 call “PhD education outside the universities” (DFF – The Danish Independent Res

We are welcoming proposals for (fully funded) PhD projects at the Royal Danish Academy, deadline May 15th. Read more here:

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The American Journal of Play has kindly published a full interview with me about video games and my work.

It is an honor but also disorienting to have reached the advanced stage of looking back on my career. Didn't I just start (checks watch)?
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KSuite seems most complete: www.infomaniak.com/en/ksuite

Mailbox has email/office (minimal storage): mailbox.org/en/private-c...

Also: cloud.telekom-dienste.de/tarife, owncloud.online/pricing/, www.hosting.de/nextcloud/ma..., www.securecloud.de/en/pricing

What I have found: We want an end-user solution you can easily sign up for, that fully features word / spreadsheet / presentations and sharing.

I know this site, but in practice, the links don't lead to end-user options as much as to software that someone might install on a server (or to services with no relation to Docs/sheets).

OK, so what is the best (European-based) alternative to Google Drive and Docs/Sheets/Slides?