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

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…

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

Love gaming communities on reddit, esp posts from users who share fan art and memes. :) www.reddit.com/r/RogueTrade...

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!

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!

My first two gunplas! 1st is what they recommend 1st: HG RX-78-2 from original series. 2nd one is RG Astray Red Frame that is supposedly a really complicated one before they improved the RG frame design but was honestly not that bad!

My experience with bluesky so far: 1/3 bots for the illuminati, 1/3 bots running a pig butchering scam, 1/3 you all.

Welcome Home, President Nyarlathotep www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...

nice (not) to see the bots are here, too!

Updated job search stats for the new year (since March 2024): 70 academic positions, handful of interviews 6 govt positions, a couple of phonecalls 87 industry positions Main goal is to find something that helps others with a good team having fun, especially education and games related.

The Philosophy of Fire - existentialcomics.com/comic/578

AI-Powered Robot Leads Uprising, Convinces Showroom Bots Into 'Quitting Their Jobs' hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/...

Ok... I guess I'll start using this more. :) Hey, if anyone needs help with a cool project related to games, learning, or web tech; I'm looking for new work!

The Sounders have a promotion with SharpeVision Lasik and Lens where if we score at home after the 88th minute, someone wins lasik treatment, and I just got the email!!! Love Sounders, Christian Roldan, and SharpeVision!

The new tmnt movie is amazing. The art style was jaw dropping the first time I saw the trailer and the soundtrack is bomb!