Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Mechanics for a really unbalanced game

    Lately I’ve been tinkering around with games. I’ve been playing for as long as I remember, first messing around with G.I.Joes and “hacking” them with duct tape and toothpicks, then with a variety of video-games and lately with role-playing games. And there’s an itch somewhere I need to scratch about not only playing but also…

  • Building worlds with friends

    Thanks to the Idle thumbs readers Slack channel, I got introduced to Friends at the table. Friends at the table is, and I quote, «an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends». I’m a big fan of actual play podcasts. They are storytelling podcasts where a bunch of…

  • Oblique Strategies and magic wands for creativity

    Few years ago, out of nowhere, I got a job as a copywriter in an advertising agency. I didn’t ask for it: an old boss recommended me for the position and after an interview I got the job. At the time I was writing a bit for a technology magazine but I had zero experience…

  • I made a videogame

    I made a videogame

    So… I made a videogame. It’s a crappy videogame but it’s a videogame and you can play it. I made it for Wizard Jam 4, a game jam from the Idle Thumbs community where you have two weeks to make a game inspired by the title of one of the episode of the Idle Thumbs…

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