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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 6h

What does Wariachi sound like? Mariachi in a minor key?

Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Love to spend my leisure time in the hall of mirrors, just seeing what I can see. No other customers though, urgh! I know, Narcissus' pond is available on Steam but it's not optimised for me.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And ultimately, I probably just want the idea of a game rather than the instantiation of one.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

VR wouldn't work for The Burly Brawl because of lack of physical feedback/restraints. You could maybe swing it in Pacific Rim because your mech's physical feedback is somewhat disconnected from the pilot.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Burly Brawl was tried in Path of Neo, but mehhh. And in Sifu, but there was a huge focus on technical controller mastery. There are othet crowd fighters but they are usually abstractions of masses of people rather than fine-grained tactical crowd control.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pacific Rim probably doesn't work because it'll be a fireworks show: expensive as fuck, super pretty, but ultimately repetitive.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Two games I wish could be made but probably cannot: a Pacific Rim kaiju fighter with physics galore; and Matrix Reloaded's Burly Brawl with Euphoria martial arts. Either of these in VR or not.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Child representative for Rio Tinto:

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 05/10/2026

The judging period for the 32nd annual #IFComp is open until October 19th! You can support the authors by donating to The Colossal Fund that provides a cash prize pool for the top entries. Check them out at ifcomp.org!

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The Interactive Fiction Competition

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Creative Process #51 - The Oversharpened Pencil Creativity is throwing things away. the-creative-process.ghost.io/the-creative... #InteractiveFiction #creativity #tools

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The Creative Process #51 - The Oversharpened Pencil

Creativity is throwing things away.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's something profoundly disappointing when you get an email out of the blue about a game you made, and are keen to respond, but in your due diligence you discover that the email came from an "email for AI agents" service. #InteractiveFiction

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes! Finally got my copy of @mtrc.bsky.social 's book "Next Level" after Amazon pre-order shenanigans. A few days too late for my beach holiday, but just in time for my long weekend.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Really it should be "discorse" in the US and "discource" in the UK/Australia.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You're a cowboy cowboy if it *is* your first rodeo.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What next? Write a diary of a fictional character? In a real book? In your own handwriting?

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My 4yo son keeps using the word "kinsplosions" and I can't figure out if it's a kids TV thing, or he's heard the Australian term "`king explosions"

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Really great post by the always excellent Mike Cook. I really like the framing of how it's turned everything into an engineering or infrastructure problem, when problems used to be scientific or creative ones.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Apple's liability here is zero since you have smelt it, then you have - as per the end user licensing agreement that you agreed to - dealt it.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If they need this, they need to honour the ancient laws of "pinky swears" or at least respond with the customary "dobber dobber Cindy, journalist's in kindy!" Otherwise what are we even doing here?

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Creative Process #50 - The Standard Advice A distillation of common advice to help navigate your own creative process. the-creative-process.ghost.io/the-creative... #creativity #advice

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The Creative Process #50 - The Standard Advice

A distillation of common advice to help navigate your own creative process.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This cough I have, I desire it to be distant. That is, I wish it'd far cough.

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 02/09/2026

Can't get enough interactive fiction, even with the 32nd annual IFComp opening today? It's the final week of voting for IntroComp! Don't forget to play a few games and vote! Voting is open through this coming Monday. introcomp.org

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · 01/09/2026

🎉 The 32st Annual #IFComp is live! 71 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Dive in at ifcomp.org/ballot!

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · 01/09/2026

Get lamp and check your inventory...the 32nd annual Interactive Fiction Competition opens up tomorrow, Tuesday, September 1...

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I remember first encountering Yayoi Kusama via Le Tigre. I was delighted to find an exhibition of her when we ducked into a random gallery in Matsumoto. I plan to show my artistic daughter some of her art to inspire her.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Make a band bigger: Ben Folds' Five

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm furniture.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Reverse Purge: Crime is legal except for one night a year where everyone just chills the fuck out.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Don't tell anyone about this, please.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Spill some more tea... Aw damn... I'll clean this up. I'm so sorry.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You were in the Twizzler Youth?!?!

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The volume, quality and breadth of stuff you cover is always impressive! Good luck with the heat!

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Creative Process #49 - Smoothing the Edges The stews, soups and quiet simmering of the creative Winter. the-creative-process.ghost.io/the-creative... #creativity #InteractiveFiction #Soup

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The Creative Process #49 - Smoothing the Edges

The stews, soups and quiet simmering of the creative Winter.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My eyes are up here. No, higher.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

There are 3 step 2s in these instructions, and Step 3 is just "you made it!"

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I feel like Australia's absolute monstering of the #CommonwealthGames is maybe our best chance to be made a republic when England throws us out.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The very decadence of having an emotion just for oneself these days.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

How is one supposed to have a human emotion when there is technical discourse to be had? What, are we to wait until the movie is over? What do we do until then?!?!

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iftechfoundation.org @iftechfoundation.org · 25/07/2026

This month, five new people pledged on the IFTF Patreon (www.patreon.com/c/IFTF) at $10/month or less. Over a year their pledges fund about half of a grant (iftechfoundation.org/committees/g...). IFTF funds diverse education, history and engineering projects. Small numbers make a big difference!

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

First one is done and amazing.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My soups: - Roasted celeriac, pear, walnut and gorgonzola soup - French onion soup, the slow way

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I had the idea to take today off to make two soups. It's the best idea I've had in ages. I can just quietly and mindfully make soup. No questions, no talking. Just slicing and stirring. I have almost all day. Then I'll get a haircut.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I recommend seeing The Odyssey. I don't recommend seeing it how I did: in a Baby day session. At least the wailing was about understandable things like poop or being hungry, and not stupid shit like whether the cast was white enough.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

With short breaks to sip from your coffee. Maybe a glance out the window if it's working on a hard problem.

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Brett Witty @brett-witty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I love it when Apple can't show its own messages in its own walled ecosystem. Real top tier tech company. Design geniuses.

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