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Lucio's Rambles

tags: fgc, game design, games ive been playing, gdc 2024, history, internet, israel, judaism, media, personal life, philosophy, politics, rant, retrospective, tech

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.

September 24, 2024

The Sisyphean Task of Getting Hired

Wherein I complain about the fact I'm expected to dance like a monkey for the prize of an email saying "your CV sucks, actually."

September 16, 2024

Male Living Space

Wherein I repeatedly overestimate the state of my roommates.

August 17, 2024

Make The Choice You'll Regret The Least

Wherein I talk about a saying that's helped me a lot in life.

August 13, 2024

Elegant Means Unreadable

Wherein I complain about programming practices that favor form over function, and particularly about Haskell.

August 11, 2024

Kind Words 2 Playtest

I got a playtest invite for a sequel to a game I've enjoyed very much, and I talk about it.

August 04, 2024

Welcome To The Forever-War

Wherein I lament over the war in Gaza and how much it's become part of the status quo.

August 01, 2024

My Death Was Greatly Exaggerated

Casual blogpost regarding what my life's been like for the past few months.

July 10, 2024

The Theoretical Fundamentals of Fighting Games

Going over fighting games and seeing what elements of their design are actually necessary for a "basic" fighting game.

May 20, 2024

Tests for Measuring an Inability to Understand Ambiguous Statements Should NOT Be Worded Ambiguously, Goddamnit

online autism tests were created by satan to torture mortals

April 29, 2024

He Just Like Me, fr

Wherein I talk about how much I like Laios Touden, the protagonist of Delicious in Dungeon.

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