this player's guide to going infinite on the medic is pure madness and i love it docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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/...

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 store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

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

Q-UP might be game of the decade.

I AM BECOME PACHINKO, THE TAMER OF FATE

q-up is my game of the year

our players are rediscovering Cantor's continuum hypothesis

Just because you can't see Legolas doesn't mean he can't see you.

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 bsky.app/profile/flan...

what even is this game

waking up in the middle of the night, sweating, frantically googling "are there Q-UP speedruns"

Q side is rigged, I'm never making it out of Silver 3

The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out. store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

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 store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

GONE GONE THE AGE OF SKILL STRATEGY THE THINKLAD'S SWILL LABOR GAMES YE'LL NEVER "WIN" THE ERA OF THE COIN BEGINS

THE ERA OF THE COIN BEGINS

We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

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

Video games are useful for making sense of all the AI bullshit

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/

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. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

yeah fair

Can I come on your podcast to talk about my LAN party book and whatever else also please thank you

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.

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: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

5 ideas from my forthcoming book The Beauty of Games open.substack.com/pub/franklan...

The King and the Assassin bit.ly/3YNHfmj

New blog post: Discourse on Meth http://bit.ly/3OloORi

okay I guess now I have somewhere I can finally post this 1930s picture of a paper cup factory with a water tank shaped like a paper cup, I've had it open in a tab for three and a half weeks

AI, Games, and Civilization https://open.substack.com/pub/franklantz/p/ai-games-and-civilization?r=8av9o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

New blog post: How to Watch Poker https://franklantz.substack.com/p/how-to-watch-poker