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Alex Swaim

@cidolfas.bsky.social

I think about procedural/emergent narrative systems for games a lot. https://www.hypermagical.com/

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lol was watching batman this morning and got hit with "ignore all previous instructions"

06.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1782    πŸ” 698    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9

Feels obvious in hindsight, really /s

06.12.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds really cool!

(I can't even figure out the riddle to sign up though, so maybe it's for the best I can't access it)

05.12.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn now that's an ending to a basketball game.

Great call to do the immediate full-court entry pass right after the make too.

05.12.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, γ‚΅γ‚΄γƒžγ‚€γ‚ΆγƒΌ/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.

04.12.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 934    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

β€œwatermelon, 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”

03.12.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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oh cool I’ve been meaning to learn anxiety

24.02.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12778    πŸ” 1670    πŸ’¬ 222    πŸ“Œ 226

I think I liked it more than Glass Onion? The mystery story wasn't as compelling but the emotional core is much stronger.

03.12.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

03.12.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you think you need to leave intelligent, thoughtful comments? lmao no

β€œloved 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 β€œπŸ‘πŸΌβ€β€™ so do it

02.12.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

"Did you work on Fortnite/Minecraft/Roblox? My kids love those!"

01.12.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

29.11.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're looking for something that might show up on an advanced stats search, screen assists

29.11.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alley-oops, with fast break ones worth 5 normal ones

29.11.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm rooting for them to be a first round payoff matchup, just for the chaos.

29.11.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's OKC's league and we're just living in it

28.11.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 

P1- ERNIE BUSHMILLER HAS ONLY FINISHED THE FIRST PANEL AND NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE UPSET …

NANCY: I WISH HE'D FINISH THIS STRIP SO WE CAN GO OUT AND PLAY

SLUGGO: HE ATE TOO MUCH TOIKEY AND HE FELL ASLEEP

P2-SLUGGO STEPS OUT, BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL…

SLUGGO: WELL... I'M GONNA FINISH IT MYSELF

P3- SLUGGO HAS DRAWN NANCY AND HIMSELF WAVING TO THE READERS AND SAYING TOGETHER ..
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- ERNIE BUSHMILLER HAS ONLY FINISHED THE FIRST PANEL AND NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE UPSET … NANCY: I WISH HE'D FINISH THIS STRIP SO WE CAN GO OUT AND PLAY SLUGGO: HE ATE TOO MUCH TOIKEY AND HE FELL ASLEEP P2-SLUGGO STEPS OUT, BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL… SLUGGO: WELL... I'M GONNA FINISH IT MYSELF P3- SLUGGO HAS DRAWN NANCY AND HIMSELF WAVING TO THE READERS AND SAYING TOGETHER .. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944

27.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2279    πŸ” 404    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 17
Microsoft Logo w/ the Four Humors written on individual blocks of the window.

Orange is Sanguine
Green is Melancholic
Blue is Phlegmatic
Yellow is Choleric

Microsoft Logo w/ the Four Humors written on individual blocks of the window. Orange is Sanguine Green is Melancholic Blue is Phlegmatic Yellow is Choleric

26.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3051    πŸ” 945    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 35

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.

25.11.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 679    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Amen Thompson what the hell was that move??

That one goes on the mixtape.

25.11.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

23.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2486    πŸ” 745    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 29

There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.

23.11.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1199    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4

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.

22.11.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8101    πŸ” 2432    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 70
Shot from beautiful Dreamer where the gang are all watching Godzilla, reminiscent of a similar theater shot in the first OP for Chainsaw Man.

Shot from beautiful Dreamer where the gang are all watching Godzilla, reminiscent of a similar theater shot in the first OP for Chainsaw Man.

Tell your kids this was 'Chainsaw Man'

23.11.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
22.11.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3661    πŸ” 1512    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

Best I've got is "there are only two contenders in the West, and the Rox ain't one of them"

22.11.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"The Rockets are roughly a FVV away from being an actual contender" feels accurate so far, and will probably be the story of the season unless Reed figures out how to be that all the time.

There's only two contenders in the West this year (baring trades), it is what it is.

22.11.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No offensive rebounds either.

If they keep getting a whistle like this they may not break 70.

22.11.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I'm security here and I see this I'm starting to get *very* nervous about John Wick being in the building.

22.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

every line in this six second clip of the case closed dub

19.11.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2154    πŸ” 760    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 20

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