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This is the unsolvable problem of live service games - the content treadmill has no offramp, but you can't endlessly add complexity. Mechabellum took autobattlers in a more Chess-like direction, and as Bearlike says, "You can't keep adding new pieces to your chessboard."

A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.

Autobattler Mechabellum went through many different versions before the one we saw in Early Access. It's fascinating to hear Bearlike describe the design problems they solved along the way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NndJ...

"They're lies. These companies are lying to people." @chrissimon.au on the idea of infinite storytelling from an AI Dungeon Master, and how a creative human can prompt them away from the mean.

What happens when we outsource to enterprise LLMs for storytelling, & the inherent biases they were trained on start compounding over many quests? 🤔 @chrissimon.au has researched the LLM supply chain and believes its biases will unavoidably creep into game stories & dialogue.

Really enjoyed chatting with @thejunglist.bsky.social about LLMs and games - although I'm no game dev expert, I do love playing and so it was a natural topic to explore. Thanks for your generous and warm hosting, @thejunglist.bsky.social!

Not every piece of AI is an LLM, but LLMs are a form of generative AI. That said, not all generative AI is an LLM. And now, we're confused. Thankfully, technologist Chris Simon knows what he's talking about, doing so on @thejunglist.bsky.social's grokludo podcast. Have a listen!

This week on grokludo I'm talking with technologist @chrissimon.au about what LLMs can - and can't - do for games, and the hidden costs in the AI supply chain. youtu.be/RQeQMmQWQqU

"I don't think these people feel any shame at all" - Chris Hedges, on being cancelled by the National Press Club of Australia and Western journalistic complicity

“You’re just complaining about headlines aren’t you?” It’s 2025 mate, do you have any idea how many people only read the headlines?

Counter-Strike creator @goosemancs.bsky.social on making the artistic leap - leaving big studios, building anew - and the challenge of rising above the noise in today's saturated gaming market. His new game Alpha Response is "like Payday meets Left 4 Dead". www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrN...

I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...

Take that game idea in the back of your head -- how could it communicate its core idea through mechanics and systems, before aesthetics and narrative? @raphkoster.bsky.social on the difference between thematic experimentation vs mechanical experimentation.

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Raph Koster on what it's like for newcomers a galaxy simulating everything. For some reason, emergent disasters make the best stories 😁 @raphkoster.bsky.social @playstarsreach.bsky.social

I greatly enjoyed this chat with @raphkoster.bsky.social about fun, cognitive theory, and the massive 3D cellular automata powering the @playstarsreach.bsky.social galaxy. Broad simulation, player control, and emergent behaviour ➡️ the best stories in games.

Here you go, my review of Silent Hill f! Yes, it's CYOA. thegapodcast.com/2025/10/08/s...

The latest episode of Jeremy ‘Junglist’ Ray’s podcast, grokludo, continues a series focused on loot boxes, this time lasering in on spending vs psychological distress.