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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

oh you're right i'm getting my wires crossed - an infinitely looping 3D space is just non-euclidean and 4D only enters the equation if you want to escape (so DB is non-euclidean for sure but doesn't have to be 4D...honestly good to remember, thx!)

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

neat! makes sense... hehe maybe it was "discovered" by Dark Bramble, which i've always assumed to be 4D in a much less rigorous please-don't-think-about-it-too-hard sort of way, and that's how you get in and out of it

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ooh I like the knot angle, maybe "________'s Snare"? Something with the word "crossroads" might also work but I can't think of an example that isn't terrible. Also if it's literally inescapable then no one would even know what it looks like on the inside! (apparently sick as hell)

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

like it’s kind of getting into “can we separate reality from our subjective experience of it” territory - interesting thought experiment for sure, but i’m not sure what to add to “a collection of nonlinear states” that differentiates a game from photoshop or how clean my apartment is

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

i think it does! you’re thinking about how to identify a “game” as a pattern in reality completely removed from any context of its creation or the experience of playing it - which tbh i’m not sure is really possible without making the definition so broad it captures almost any self-contained process

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

hehe yessss it’s so good! i’m def getting more out of it this time too, while at the same time finding myself a bit more skeptical of some the claims about how our brains perceive things (i keep thinking of my aphantasic friend who loves comics)

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

stumbled across this this thread because i'm rereading Understanding Comics and decided to check if anyone has tried to Scott McCloudify video games...idk if this is that but it's interesting! also i'm curious, would your non-player-centric definition include a game that literally plays itself?

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Had a lot of fun with this one, thanks again @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social for having me on ::D

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I just started caves of qud last week! I was getting attacked by every low-level salamander due to killing a crocodile of some renown, but now I'm rocking Croccasins on two of my four feet so apparently we're cool? What a game

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Mobius Digital Games @mobiusdigitalgames.com · 13/12/2024

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

My "X"-wing finally exploded and i've crash landed here! Thanks to everyone who followed me over, I'm excited to continue posting up to three times per year!

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

god how am i so bad at social media XD

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Sure! Can't promise I'll do so in a timely manner, but I'd love to take it for a spin

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Alex Beachum @alexbeachum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hey! Finally decided to migrate over to the bsky account I've been ignoring for over a year. This looks really neat and apparently goes live tomorrow???

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