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Lucio's Rambles

tags: fgc, game design, gdc 2024, history, internet, israel, judaism, media, personal life, politics, rant, retrospective, tech

January 04, 2025

My Router Thinks It's Smarter Than Me

If I need to download a single more proprietary app to do something that used to be simple to do I am going to be on the news.

January 03, 2025

I Am Not Your Mom, Wash the Fucking Dishes

When I wake up in the morning I want to scream. I also want to scream in the afternoon. Generally this roommate makes me want to scream.

December 29, 2024

The Relationship Between Luck and Skill

Discussing an oft-discussed conondrum in game design and trying to find its roots.

December 21, 2024

What AI Usage Means to Me

Talking about the use of Generative AI, divorced from any moral standing regarding its general existence.

December 21, 2024

51st Anniversary of the Spanish Space Program

Wherein I talk about the time that the basques sent a man to the moon. Or at the very least, to some random dude's balcony.

December 09, 2024

Waiting in Games

Discussing the usage of time in games, and more specifically, the way games waste our time for our paradoxical pleasure.

November 18, 2024

Seeing a Family Friend

A somewhat depressing post about my last visit to an old family friend.

November 18, 2024

Moving My Blog!

Wherein I stretch my limbs for a little more flexibility.

November 10, 2024

I Think Gamers Should Be An Oppressed Class, Actually

Wherein monolinguals give me another aneurysm.

November 03, 2024

I Am No Longer Asking, You WILL Make a Blog

This is a threat. Open a blog. Otherwise my location will be approaching yours at a concerning velocity.

October 31, 2024

'Game' VS 'Play': Does It Really Matter?

Wherein I discuss how language affects thought.

October 24, 2024

Media's Blatant Disrespect of My Time

The average movie should not be 2 hours long, and the average game should NOT be 60 hours long.

October 11, 2024

A Country in Standstill Once More (For 24 Hours)

Talking about a Jewish fast that's due to begin in about an hour.

October 05, 2024

"Rules of Play" is Such a Bad Book

Wherein I get game designers to crucify me.

September 29, 2024

Procrastinating on Fun

This is not the first nor the last time I'll manage to pull such a feat.

September 27, 2024

The Rules of Time Travel

Wherein I talk about different time travel rules posed in movies and which one make the most internal sense.

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