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Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339

Blockchain ⛓️, Permanently Moved 🔊, World Running 🌐

Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual worlds.
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November 25, 2023
Worlds Resemble Other Worlds | 2334

Permanently Moved 🔊, World Running 🌐

Worlds resemble other worlds and we adopt world(view)s when we recognise them. Some worlds we have agency in, others we don’t.
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October 21, 2023
Panning Process

Attention 🎯, Social Media 💉, Weeknotes 🗓️

A while back I wrote a post about how I use my RSS reader. This morning I thought I would document what came out the ‘panning process’.
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October 2, 2022
How The World Alive, Swings

Music 🎶, Narratives 📖, Sorcery 🧞, World Running 🌐

How Swing, Jazz, Ritual, Folktales, Pop Songs, DAOs and Virtual Worlds, Weed and the Metaverse are all connected.
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August 4, 2022
Talking Mechanics and Worlding With Paul Czege | World Running

World Running 🌐

I spoke with Games Designer Paul Czege abut the emerging concept of World Running. We discuss the end of play as narrative destination + more
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September 14, 2021
Power Fandoms | 2134

Dimensino 👾, Permanently Moved 🔊, World Running 🌐

With Web3 enabled Permissive IP frameworks, Power Fandoms will own, produce and share the value created by their worlds. They are coming soon
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September 11, 2021
Talking Improv and Trust With Dr Alex Fradera | World Running

World Running 🌐

I spoke to Alex Fradera about World Running. We talk: Improv Theatre, Clowning, Rule Breaking, RPGs, Drama, ‘Unfolding’ vs ‘Change’ and more.
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August 3, 2021
Synthespian Escalation

Dimensino 👾

Due to converging technology & software, 2020 was a breakout year for the VTuber. What can we learn about the future of entertainment?
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December 2, 2020
Millions of Amygdalas

Social Media 💉, Weeknotes 🗓️

There must be millions of amygdalas burnt out around the world. What a week for people addicted to infotainment and social media this must have been?
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November 7, 2020
October Surprise

Weeknotes 🗓️

If I was going to start a newsletter with friends, it would be a weekly round of up the UK/US news cycle. Written in the purposely irreverent style of a TV entertainment section.
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October 3, 2020
Proposed Supertask

Solarpunk 🌅, Weeknotes 🗓️

We certainly do need better futures right now. Thats the supertask.
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September 26, 2020

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