Mark Danger Chen

After 8 years, Esoteric Gaming is back! esotericgaming.com

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.

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AI Thoughts - Mark Danger Chen Hi all.  As you know, the whole world is sort of crazy right now. We have a very divisive political system, people are struggling to make rent and buy food, and, meanwhile, whole industries are being ...

updated AI Thoughts. Still a work in progress though!
markdangerchen.net/ai-thoughts/

AI Thoughts (and news) Hi all! I'm reorganizing this website a tad. I wrote something about AI, mostly for students. (Comments welcome!) I'm available for hire as an academic editor and ed tech consultant! I am a new Teaching Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University! Another letter to students will be written soonish. 🙂

AI Thoughts (and news)

Hi all! I'm reorganizing this website a tad. I wrote something about AI, mostly for students. (Comments welcome!) I'm available for hire as an academic editor and ed tech consultant! I am a new Teaching Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University! Another letter to…

AI Thoughts AI Thoughts Mark Chen markdangerchen.net Hi all. As you know, the whole world is sort of crazy right now. We have a very divisive political system, people are struggling to make rent and buy food,...

some thoughts about AI. draft. needs comments! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk94...

Games that have stood up to time well have been the Wadjet Eye and other AGS ones. I'd never played A Golden Wake before, but that was really good and a great history lesson. And the Blackwell series has been oh so good still! Also, playing them with Dave Gilbert's commentary has been awesome! 3/3

The 3D Tex Murphy games are pretty unplayable due to their low resolution and wild mouse controls (came out before Half-life WASD and mouse-look). The only one I got working well was the kickstartered Tesla Effect (2014), and it was fun and funny but in a so bad it's good sort of way. 2/3

Need a respite from the craziness of the world? I've been revisiting old adventure games. Some haven't held up well; some are still amazing. The Secret Files games' interface still works well, but the tiny resolution and atrocious writing really hinder the series. 1/3

Asian Misrepresentation How accurately are Asian Americans cast in Hollywood?

pudding.cool/2025/05/aapi...

I only slapped my face three times and frantically threw my arms around and then covered my head with my blanket once before I realized the mosquito I was hearing was actually someone using a saw outside.

I sure hope this was due to randomness, Uber...

I've been meaning to restart it! Always looking for coeditors!

tfw you prep a packet very carefully, literally a decade in the making, to send to a courthouse in LA, mail it yesterday and realize today that you forgot to include the processing fee

I've accepted a position to teach in the Media Technology and Learning program at Appalachian State University starting in August! It'll be great to come home to education while still focusing on games and new media! Thanks to everyone for all the help along the way!

There's some weird bug I've had for over a year where Epic says Dragon Age Inquisition is installed but it isn't and hasn't been in a long while. I assume there's some broken link between it and the EA app. To get rid of it, I'm finally installing it again just so I can uninstall it.

Just finished a new build! VOTOMS Burglary Dog

Loving this hobby while listening to video game and bad movie reviews.

The Stubborn Art of Turning Suffering into Strength: Václav Havel’s Extraordinary Letters from Prison “I have got to make everything that has happened to me good for me,” Oscar Wilde wrote from prison. “There is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try and make in…

times of uncertainty, devastation, and suffering can be moments for transformation and creative response www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/06/v...

Stop Project 2025 Comic Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

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NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’ NEW YORK—Issuing a categorical denial of the accusations, NBC producers announced Thursday there was absolutely no usage of artificial intelligence in the new series Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago L...

NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’ theonion.com/nbc-producer...

Thank you Chris!

Yeah... And not sure ars technica got the worst ones but they're good examples

As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders Ars staffers take aim at some of the web’s worst predatory practices.

Ars Technica: As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

From the RogueTraderCRPG community on Reddit: I made Marazhai, Abelard, Heinrix and Yrliet in the Sims 2 this time + more silly captions :D Explore this post and more from the RogueTraderCRPG community

Love gaming communities on reddit, esp posts from users who share fan art and memes. :)
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A political cartoon of Trump pissing towards a fan and his piss being blown back onto his face. Captioned "how tariffs work"

Found on Reddit lol

Latest letter to students: markdangerchen.net/2025/02/02/w...

I'm a little concerned I have a model kit/gunpla problem now as money is short but I just bought two kits from an online store for the first time

While working on a job talk, I've been doing the Heisei series of Godzilla movies that feature the psychic Miki (six movies from 1989 to 1995), sort of hoping there was some continuity... There isn't really, but dang these are fun dumb movies. Highly recommend!

Thanks but it wasn't a crypto scam, and this sounds hella sketchy.

As some of you know, I was scammed very hard 2 yrs ago by who I thght was a friend. Changed phone, limited socials, deleed some public-facing stuff... got on anti-anxiety meds, gained 30 lbs, and sued to get $ back. I'll prob never see the $ again, but at least I'm getting better. Down 15 lbs!