# people make (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover people make. Page: Feed: --- ## [Evil Game Design - An Introduction](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-07-23-Evil-Game-Design-An-Introduction) _2026-07-23 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Transcript of my talk for GIGF 2026 ## [The post-GIGF-Post](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-07-14-The-post-GIGF-post) _2026-07-14 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Notes I took from my way back to hot, sweaty Germany ## [Post singularity dreams - Part 1, Robot Night Watchman](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/post-singularity-dreams-part-1-robot-night-watchman/) _2026-06-28 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ A human future, without horror. ## [Why Vice Signal?](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/why-vice-signal/) _2026-06-28 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ Many people engage in "Vice Signalling", where they will intentionally do actions which are considered to be bad according to some social norm or morality system. Recently this has become a bit more common on the right of the political spectrum and more people have been calling it ## [You should love Dungeon Encounters](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-06-15-You-Should-Love-Dungeon-Encounters) _2026-06-15 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ A Manifesto of sorts ## [The Virtue's Heaven One Year Anniversary Post](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-05-20-The-Virtues-Heaven-One-Year-Anniversary-Post) _2026-05-20 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Everyone is tired ## [Critical Exhaustion](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-05-12-Critical-Exhaustion) _2026-05-12 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Everyone is tired ## [Is XP Debt Evil Game Design?](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-04-22-Is-XP-Debt-Evil-Game-Design) _2026-04-22 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ How much XP debt can you give your players while still being evil? ## [Games as a Restaurant](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-04-14-Games-as-a-Restaurant) _2026-04-14 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Not every game is a service provider ## [The Threat of the Small Business Brain](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-04-04-The-Threat-of-the-small-business-brain) _2026-04-04 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ I saw the path that would eat my soul ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0z9E67XChL2e) _2026-04-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Notes about the Deadzone](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-03-29-Notes-about-the-Deadzone) _2026-03-29 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Some scattered thoughts about yesterday's post ## [A Deadzone of living games: Remake](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-03-28-A-Deadzone-of-living-games-Remake) _2026-03-28 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Indiegames are Dead ## [Software engineering is unusually easy for AIs](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/software-engineering-is-the-best-case-for-ai-tasks/) _2026-03-08 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ Most white collar tasks are not like software engineering ## [Ten Battles To Destiny Design Notes](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-02-25-Ten-Battles-To-Destiny-Design-Notes) _2026-02-25 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Notes about my Game for the Cookie Cutter RPG Maker Jam ## [Alien Assumptions](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/alien-assumptions/) _2026-02-08 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ When people think about aliens, they make a number of assumptions which I think are wrong. These are likely imported from science fiction and by not thinking clearly about the future of human development. I'm particularly interested in assumptions people make about aliens who may be watching Earth ## [Waste is for the Dead](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-02-02-Waste-is-for-the-Dead) _2026-02-02 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Notes about Capitalisms obsession with Waste ## [AI "computer use" is not very secure right now](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/ai-computer-use-is-not-very-secure-right-now/) _2026-01-25 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ An overview of why I find the tools worrying and would not personally use an LLM based tool which can use my computer "as me" (for now). Code Injection Primer One of the foundations of computer security is the ability of a system to distinguish between the program ## [I Love My RPG Spreadsheet](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2026-01-12-I-Love-My-RPG-Spreadsheet) _2026-01-12 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Ever wanted to turn a Gnife Gnome into a Possessive Sludge? ## [Products and services I recommend you buy and use](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/products-and-services-i-recommend-you-buy-and-use/) _2026-01-01 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ Inspired by the many, many others of these ( e.g. Mr Bowman ). No referral links because I can't be bothered. Products Foot warmer : DO YOUR FEET GET COLD? If so, you may benefit from a foot warmer. I found that, particularly while working from home, my feet would ## [A Struggle](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-12-31-A-Struggle) _2025-12-31 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ How does one write about a year such as this? ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jAW2xW0D2n8j) _2025-12-31 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [What is it like to be a Hive Mind?](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-hive-mind/) _2025-12-14 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ (And other questions about Pluribus, spoilers throughout, up to date as of episode 8) In the hit Apple TV show "Pluribus", SETI picks up a signal containing a DNA sequence for a virus, which when released by stupid scientists merges all but 13 people into a global Mind ## [Notes about The Algorithm](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-12-07-Notes-about-The-Algorithm) _2025-12-07 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ A collection of thoughts about recommendations systems and the erosion of our humanity ## [Mainstream Games Coverage is Still Awful](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-12-02-Mainstream-Games-Coverage-Is-Still-Awful) _2025-12-02 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Talking about that stuff again... ## [Notes about Evil Game Design](https:https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-11-25-Notes-about-Evil-Game-Design) _2025-11-25 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ 2300 words about JRPG Battledesign ## [Anything can be a Battle](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-10-07-Anything-Can-Be-A-Battle) _2025-10-07 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ 2300 words about JRPG Battledesign ## [To the Business Worm in my head](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-05-29-To-the-business-worm-in-my-head) _2025-05-29 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Talking about the voice in my head that yells at me for not doing more marketing when all I want to do is sleep and think about JRPG battle systems ## [Motion is Violence](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-05-13-Motion-is-Violence) _2025-05-13 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ In which I explain the movement system in Virtue's Heaven ## [The 90 Months of Virtue's Heaven](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-05-06-The-90-Months-of-Virtues-Heaven) _2025-05-06 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Looking back at the entirety of Virtue's Heaven's development, two weeks before its release ## [👻 This Newsletter Has Moved 👻](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/moved) _2025-04-30 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ Please subscribe on Ghost instead. https://ironicsans.ghost.io/ ## [Science And The Strapless Evening Gown](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/science-and-the-strapless-evening-gown) _2025-04-15 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ This story ends in the least predictable place imaginable ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PYbAGPx7KD2g) _2025-04-15 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [The Capitalist State, Human Culture and the inevitability of Human History](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-03-30-The-Capitalist-State-Human-Culture-and-the-inevitability-of-History) _2025-03-30 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ A loose collection of thoughts I had while reading Guy's Debords 'Society of the Spectacle' ## [Vintage Pranks From Those Ads In The Back Of Comic Books](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/vintage-pranks-from-those-ads-in-the-back-of-comic-books) _2025-03-25 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ Harken back to a time when April Fool’s Day was slightly less obnoxious ## [The True Meaning of Pi Day](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/the-true-meaning-of-pi-day) _2025-03-11 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ How the math nerd holiday changed my whole approach to online creativity ## [An Episode of Bewitched Written By A High School English Class](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/an-episode-of-bewitched-written-by-a-high-school-english-class) _2025-02-25 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ And a bunch of other things to look at ## [Why you should care about Virtue's Heaven](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-02-20-Why-you-should-care-about-Virtues-Heaven) _2025-02-20 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ There isn't anything quite like it ## [Comics That Resemble The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Album Cover](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/comics-that-resemble-the-freewheelin-bob-dylan-album-cover) _2025-02-11 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ And other comic book swipes ## [The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did That The New York Times Wrote About](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/the-dumbest-thing-i-ever-did-that-the-new-york-times-wrote-about) _2025-01-14 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ And why are they so obsessed with standpipes? ## [Powered by Abstraction](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2025-01-01-Powered-by-Abstraction) _2025-01-01 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Thoughts about an incomplete RPG framework ## [Living in Hell](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-12-31-Living-in-hell) _2024-12-31 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ A Summary of the year 2024 ## [I got you these presents](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/i-got-you-these-presents) _2024-12-12 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ That’s better than yet another gift guide, right? ## [The Mokkograd Report, December 2024 Edition](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-12-02-The-MOKKOGRAD-Report-December-2024) _2024-12-02 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Newsletter for December 2024 ## [Lessons From The Movies](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/lessons-from-the-movies) _2024-11-26 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ Go to the head of the class ## [Let’s Visit Some Alternate Timelines](https://ironicsans.beehiiv.com/p/let-s-visit-some-alternate-timelines) _2024-11-12 · David Friedman · Ironic Sans_ Because the one we’re in sucks now ## [The Mokkograd Report, November 2024 Edition](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-11-04-The-MOKKOGRAD-Report-November-2024) _2024-11-04 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Newsletter for November 2024 ## [The Mokkograd Report, October 2024 Edition](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-10-07-The-MOKKOGRAD-Report-October-2024) _2024-10-07 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ Newsletter for October 2024 ## [What got me into watching sportscar races](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-09-30-What-got-me-into-watching-sportscar-races) _2024-09-30 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ In case anyone wants to know, how it came that I started following the world's worst sport. ## [California Travelogue](https://www.mindlessalgorithm.com/california-travelogue/) _2024-09-29 · George McGowan · Mindless Algorithm_ Bay Area Quality of life seems good overall, nice climate, nice food and things to do. I could see myself living there. We spent a lot of time in the Berkeley area which was nice and suburban for the most part (sorry YIMBYs) The homelessness in Berkeley was "tolerable& ## [People make Propaganda](https://mokkograd.net/posts/2024-09-07-People-Make-Propaganda) _2024-09-07 · Mokkograd RSS Feed_ People make Games found it necessary to give the floor to the military industrail complex.