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in the vein of "the tetris effect", i propose "the riven effect", in which prolonged exposure to riven causes you to fuck with every object in your surroundings in a desperate search for a deeper meaning
i'm making progress
As I have gotten older, I no longer think Weird Al is very funny, but I do think he is an unusually good songwriter and I would be really excited for him to release an album of original music without jokes in it. Like, I genuinely would love to see what Sincere Al would be moved to sing about if he wasn't constrained by the bit, and what kind of musical influences he would pull from if he was to try to synthesize something that wasn't meant to sound like any particular artist or style.
already seeing the start of the inevitable industry revisionism by which the embracer, microsoft etc layoffs become the fault of too many grappling hook games on steam. we are encouraged to grow up and resemble the financial adults in the room, never mind that those adults are currently giggling and trying to stick their fingers in the wall sockets; market logic can never fail, it can only be failed, because people are not making things that are (gestures vaguely) you know, more commercial, and unique but still have a built-in audience, and have enough budget but not too much budget, or something. they are not making money because they are not things that make money. please pay me $50,000 in consultancy fees.