Frank Lantz
@flantz.bsky.social
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game designer
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Why No AI Games?
I have a theory.
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/why-no-ai-games?r=8av9o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Peli Grietzer
16 days ago
My essay 'After Orthogonality,' the culmination of 4 years of work on virtue-ethics, rationality, AI, decision-theory, and praxis is out on The Gradient
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I swear this is a real site and we had no idea it existed.
www2.kek.jp/qup/en/
16 days ago
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We added an actual shop to our coin flip esport capitalism simulator. Team jerseys, t-shirts, and more. Shop til you drop! But also, consume responsibly.
q-up-shop.fourthwall.com
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Q-UP Shop
The official store of the coin flipping esport Q-UP. Make fun of the commercialization of gaming by buying actual stuff!
https://q-up-shop.fourthwall.com
22 days ago
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
24 days ago
The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential!
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We're Hiring! Join the NYU Game Center Faculty as an Associate Professor! - NYU | Game Center
Description Associate or Full tenure professor position for the NYU Game Center New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Position Overview The NYU Game Center is seeking applicants to join its fa...
https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-join-the-nyu-game-center-faculty-as-an-associate-professor/
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Marie Foulston
about 1 month ago
<whimsical reminiscing soundtrack plays> In memorandum of my 4 beautiful years curaring
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's annual No Quarter exhibition I've pulled together an archive of each of the 4 cohorts & the 16 weird & wonderful works they brought into the world
www.goodafternoon.uk/four-quarters
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Four Quarters. — Good Afternoon
NYU's No Quarter Exhibition and commissioning series 2022 - 2025
https://www.goodafternoon.uk/four-quarters
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We updated the Universal Paperclips merch store and added some hot new items. How do I buy ad space on moltbook?
universal-paperclips-shop.fourthwall.com
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Everybody House Games
The official website and shop of Everybody House Games. Find the latest content, buy merch, and support your favorite creator.
https://universal-paperclips-shop.fourthwall.com/
about 1 month ago
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Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS!
about 1 month ago
Two lifelong goals achieved
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this player's guide to going infinite on the medic is pure madness and i love it
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Medic Overnight Shift... fun :)
Hey so Overnight Shift is pretty unique, it’s the only node in the game that doesn’t have a limit to how many times it can be triggered….. Or a limit to how many times it can be DEPLETED. This brings ...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dpn6ndKD_uGRGq8NiNMphEk5Weo8wOxNiwybg2MofIQ/edit?tab=t.0
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An Introduction to Donkeyspace
What is this substack about?
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/an-introduction-to-donkeyspace?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
2 months ago
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Robert Makes Games
2 months ago
The game of the year winner for “Accurately Parodies My Job in a way that Highlights its Absurdity” is: “Q-up” by Everybody House Games What’s it like being a ranked and competitive systems designer? This game knows. Thanks
@flantz.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
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Save 25% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/
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Announcing The Hacker Update. A brand-new hero with their own unique way of playing Q-UP. Help the Hacker escape the game before being deleted by QA! Steal skills from the other heroes!! Misspell common English words!!! Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF
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3 months ago
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Q-UP now available at the Humble Store. Do good by playing bad! Now you can buy Q-UP and Horses at the same time to confuse Ian Bogost!
www.humblebundle.com/store/qup
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Buy Q-UP from the Humble Store
From the twisted minds that brought you Universal Paperclips and Babble Royale comes a timeless tale about numbers going up and going down, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, reverse merge...
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/qup
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Bell's Inequality - Guide and Walkthrough
Version: 1.01 | Updated: 11/28/25
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3 months ago
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Galen Wilson
3 months ago
Q-UP might be game of the decade.
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Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS!
4 months ago
I AM BECOME PACHINKO, THE TAMER OF FATE
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Tabby
4 months ago
q-up is my game of the year
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our players are rediscovering Cantor's continuum hypothesis
4 months ago
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Just because you can't see Legolas doesn't mean he can't see you.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Douglas Wilson
4 months ago
Oooh just tried Q-UP, here are my two takes: 1. Lots of projects chasing Balatro these days, but I reckon this is the most interesting post-Balatro game I've seen so far 2. I'll play any game with a good D&B soundtrack
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what even is this game
4 months ago
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\\remora
4 months ago
waking up in the middle of the night, sweating, frantically googling "are there Q-UP speedruns"
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Jeff Gerstmann
4 months ago
Q side is rigged, I'm never making it out of Silver 3
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The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out.
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Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/
4 months ago
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Damien Crawford
4 months ago
This game comes out in 24 hours, and I'm calling it now, this is going to be the big multiplayer game for the rest of the year
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Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/
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Honor Duels
A deep dive into hardslop
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/honor-duels?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
5 months ago
GONE GONE THE AGE OF SKILL STRATEGY THE THINKLAD'S SWILL LABOR GAMES YE'LL NEVER "WIN" THE ERA OF THE COIN BEGINS
add a skeleton here at some point
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Heather Flowers
5 months ago
THE ERA OF THE COIN BEGINS
add a skeleton here at some point
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We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo!
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Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/QUP/
5 months ago
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JuniperTheory
9 months ago
years ago, some flash developer came up with the single coolest idea for a tactics game ever and made a game for the Lego Website called Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident Today, 23 fucking years later, an indie dev has FINALLY MADE A SUCCESSOR AND I GET TO PLAY IT ON STREAM!!!!!!
bimbo.city
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Chris Plante
9 months ago
Video games are useful for making sense of all the AI bullshit
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What we have in common with world-ending AI
A chat with the creator of the game every AI skeptic and fanatic should play
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Fractal Block World
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Video Games Again
https://franklantz.substack.com/p/fractal-block-world
about 1 year ago
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Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS!
about 1 year ago
I also tried a bunch of things to address my other big challenge, ensuring everyone participates in class discussions and critiques. One approach was assigning roles to authorize students to be more critical instead of just praising. Anyway, most of the material is here:
mycours.es/playfultheory/
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Artt in the Age of Artifficial Intelligence
That which we call progress is this storm
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/artt-in-the-age-of-artifficial-intelligence?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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This is our world now. The world of the electron and the switch; the beauty of the baud. We exist without nationality, skin color, or religious bias. Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto.
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868-BACK
The sequel to 868-HACK. A cyberpunk roguelike adventure.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/michael-brough/868-back
about 1 year ago
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v buckenham
over 1 year ago
yeah fair
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Are Games Good?
Or what?
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/are-games-good?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
over 1 year ago
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Bridge
Notes on a game that is too hard for me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/bridge?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
over 1 year ago
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How to Play a Game
It may be harder than we think.
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/how-to-play-a-game?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
almost 2 years ago
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Playing Balatro
Is Like Being Elon Musk on Ketamine
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/playing-balatro?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
almost 2 years ago
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merritt
almost 2 years ago
Can I come on your podcast to talk about my LAN party book and whatever else also please thank you
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Behold the World
GeoGuessr is my new favorite eSport
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/behold-the-world?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios
almost 2 years ago
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Affect is Protocol
When you have hammers for hands everything looks like a fingernail.
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about 2 years ago
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The World as Data
What is it like to be a human?
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/the-world-as-data?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
about 2 years ago
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about 2 years ago
Enjoying
@flantz.bsky.social
's The Beauty of Games. I like the idea of games as the art form of instrumental reason. I'd add: they are also a moral form of instrumental reason, keeping it in check, eluding totalling worldviews, and rooting rules in pleasure and voluntary agency.
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Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Donkeyspace
What is best in life?
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/ladies-and-gentlemen-we-are-floating?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
over 2 years ago
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Deep Play
Notes on the SBF verdict
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/deep-play?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
over 2 years ago
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Business Model Determinism
The Napoleon Dynamite Problem Problem
https://franklantz.substack.com/p/business-model-determinism
over 2 years ago
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美
over 2 years ago
Hey NYC people... this Thursday evening marks the return of
@flantz.bsky.social
to the NYU Game Center for the launch his new book, the Beauty of Games. Come hang out with us & talk aesthetics & meaning! RSVP link here:
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Lazarus Lake
Game Designer
https://bit.ly/3ZCxA2z
over 2 years ago
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