What else could you need?
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
I am immobilized simultaneously by the beauty of this description and the realization of just how much time my brain spends mulling over this very thought.
And also that this might be the heart of all stories ever?
Did you just hear that? It was the sound of my mind being blown.
- “Nasal” begins with a nasal consonant.
- “Fricative” begins with a fricative consonant.
- “Sibilant” begins with a sibilant consonant.
- “Plosive” begins with a plosive consonant.
- “Lateral” begins with a lateral consonant.
I was on this corner yesterday!!
(This only serves to reinforce my sense that everything is happening in San Francisco. All the things, all the time. It’s not just the place to be: it’s the place. Period.)
Protest stirs up GDC with ‘God hates game designers’ message
I don’t think they really believe that god hates game designers, despite the fact that they were spreading that message by waving signs and shouting at developers outside the conference doors.
Could there be anything cooler in the universe than a steampunk Portal gun? I should think not!
Aperture Steampunk Handheld Portal Device by batman-n-bananas
Made from antique clock parts, metal hangers, a teapot stand, plumbing parts, light bulbs, a pocket laser disc, 6 gallons of superglue, and an overabundance of the color brown, this vintage Portal device predates the current handheld model by a couple hundred years, but it’s still handy for every day testing!
(via: obviouswinner)
(via: ianbrooks)
