The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Since I write a bit about the Wicked movie I’m putting this image at the top to make the thumbnails for this article more appealing. Of course, trolls and malcontents (like, let's be honest, me) would immediately try to trick the AI agents into saying horrible things. Or far, far less. We’ll find out. Except for one thing.

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AI Indy Games Agent 80

The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

On one end: Video games tend to work best as a power fantasy , a source of emotional pleasure and fulfillment for the player. This game needs to be wish-fulfillment power fantasy. It ended up being a fairly wimpy piece of writing. I was going to write a whole piece about how weirdly structured this game is. To a point.

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Art Fantasy Writing Indy 75

Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Bethesda’s long-established ability to create vast fantasy playgrounds that satisfy players’ need to escape to fantastical worlds. I’ve been writing about games for more than three decades, and it’s always been the case that game marketing departments seek to control and bully the media.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Thanks to groundbreaking technology advancements, developers can now take advantage of cutting-edge software and game engines which enable them to create fantasy worlds in video games. In Unity, you write code using the C# language, while in Unreal, you use C++.

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Engine Engineering Game Engine Games 52

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

However, Zugzwang is about interacting with a maze full of people, so here I simulate the police as distinct in-person agents who walk around. The whole point here is that police form a system of intimidation that you dread, even when you can't see them. Cops are just like the rest of us, except they have their sexuality set to "cop."

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Code Educational Education Prototyping 100

The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 29, 2025

I wanted to talk about the way he approached fantasy, my area of interest. He emerges from time to time and wreaks havoc, and a motley group of FBI agents, well-meaning people, and the occasional angel fight to banish him. Hot fantasy tip: You don't have to reveal all the secrets of how magic works to your audience.

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