Let’s goooo Steve!!

Anyone telling you that complicated problems have simple solutions is selling you something. Great job, Senator!

Loved Ezra Klein’s recent podcast about this, itself not the best example of attention capture but a great discussion of how it plays out in politics: open.spotify.com/episode/3kD2...

@playperidot.bsky.social

Optimizing for a hypothetical end result. Is that something that will serve one well if they have an eventual career as a pro game dev? For sure! But, is it necessary if the only current goal is to make a single game? Absolutely not!

There’s always a trade off between accurate simulation and ease of use, but the way they create fun is not always obvious. Realistic simulation is fun, and immersive in that it closely reflects reality, but intuitive simplified interaction gives good input to outcome feedback, also immersive and fun