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Take the pedals off the bike
Apparently if you want to teach kids how to ride a bike you're supposed to take the pedals off first, and now my mind will never be the same again.
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AI: Markets for Lemons, and the Great Logging Off
What happens when most "people" you interact with on the internet are fake?
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Doing an HD Remake the Right Way
This is part 1 of a series. Part 2 (regarding Final Fantasy VI) is here [https://www.fortressofdoors.com/doing-an-hd-remake-the-right-way-ffvi-edition/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Fantasy V [http://store.steampowered.com/app/382890/] just came out on Steam…
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So You Want to Compete with Steam
I get a lot of pitches for "Steam competitors." 99% of them are doomed to failure, but the vast majority are doomed before they even start.
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The Future of Games is an Instant Flash to the past
The success of an open source browser game called Friday Night Funkin tells us where "instant games" might go. Hint: we've been here before.
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So you want to compete with Roblox
My inbox is stuffed with pitches from start-ups wanting to compete with Roblox, that plucky Lego-ish multiplayer game-creation platform currently valued at 41 billion dollars. They shouldn't try, but here's how to maybe not fail if they insist anyways.
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Four Magic Words
Long ago, in a parallel universe three doors down and one to the left of our own, OpenAI headquarters found itself in chaos. A klaxon blared overhead as red lights began flashing. A message played over a loud-speaker: “Warning! Warning! This is not a drill! Artificial General Intelligence window