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A sixteen-minute read on an assortment of topics, such as:
- An odd debate on Google’s breakup: The jury is in – Google’s a monopoly. But is it a *gasp* good monopoly???
- Moderation in early MMORPGs: Early reputation systems allowed MMO players to moderate themselves;
- Cocoanuts aren’t nuts (or cocoa!): Etymology of the word ‘coconut;’
- You NEED to play Emerald Rogue (but not before I complain about Discord once more): Another good ROM hack held hostage by the unindexable walled garden that is Discord;
- It is (no longer) Caturday, my dudes: My cat is more handsome than your cat.
I Am Once Again Complaining About the Monomyth
A 10-minute read with storytelling enshittification and pan-galactic quizzifications such as:
- The Monomyth is literature’s cryptid;
- Why it’s not a good model, actually;
- Is there no alternative?
When the Science in Your Storytelling is Sus
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- Oh, it’s THIS guy again: Hey, I’ve seen this one… or so the Monomyth tells me.
- A Story of Science-telling: Criti-hyping evolutionary psychology (without the criticism) to explain storytelling;
- My God, Pure Paleoideology: What were we doing until 12,000 years ago? Was it all just evolution?
- On balance: Surprisingly, authors know what they’re doing. We should hear what they have to say.
You Are Peter Shorts (Review)
Read on to the end for many peterrific puns, as well as:
- You Are Peter Shorts: A ‘BM-coded’ game that makes a fighting game out of a Metroidvania;
- Competitive Petering: What you need to know in case someone rocks your local with their sick nasty Peter Shorts skills;
- My Petier list, because of course I had to make one.
Parachuting and Fully-Automated Luxury Politicians
Read to the end for political reformations such as:
- A brief little reminder that Reform UK is a private company, not a political party;
- We do a little parachuting.
The Flat Tyre
Read to the end for literary constipations such as:
- Two guys on a motorway discuss quitting their job;
- Britain’s only fully-automated luxury petrol station (powered by AI, of course);
- My commentary: how I feel being back in the saddle.
ANSWER ME THESE FALSE POSITIVES THREE
- One false positive is plausible; twice is uncanny; thrice you’d swear is intentional.
WTDWA? – An Essay For My St. Andrews Uni Application
This is a VIP (Very Important Post) with some UAE (Understanding, Analysis, and Evaluation) from an SOB (guess) on acronyms.
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