Null By Design

A first session and meandering discourse about narrative in gaming with personal examples of narrative, semi-narrative, and non-narrative games and their place in my life and heart.  Light discussion, but no spoilers for: Mouthwashing, Baldur's Gate, Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper, Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, Tiny Glade, and Dystopika.  Take an increasingly less structured wander through a calm valley in my otherwise sometimes troubled mind. Reach out to Null

Book Club Episode 2 - Covers There is No Antimemetics Division Chapters Part 2 (Chapter 1-4 of this section) - Spoiler warning for these chapters.  We dive deeper into lost memories and their meaning as Marie Quinn explores the entity which must be fought.  With it's relationship to the loss of memories I again discuss Alzheimer's and it's meaning in my own life.  Other media discussed includes Everywhere at the End of Time by The Caretaker, Severance, and some notes on negative space in Dune.  Next time, a lighter jaunt into my special interest in semi-narrative and non-narrative gaming. Reach out to Null

Layoffs loom large and real just about everywhere, most often blamed is AI, some of that is real, some may just be air cover to squeeze the margins... but it came for people I was close with at my own workplace.  Some thoughts and feelings about artificial intelligence, it's place in our world, our place in the world.  Next time: Back to Book Club and the oddly happier space of There is No Antimemetics Division. Reach out to Null

Book Club Episode 1 - Covers There is No Antimemetics Division Chapters 1-3 (Part 1) - Spoiler warning for these chapters.  Also discusses it's relationship to the SCP Foundation, Control, X-Files, Warehouse 13, and No Man's Sky.  Some light philosophy and discussion of Alzheimer's disease and how fragile our life and memory can be. Reach out to Null

A bit more about why this podcast exists and reflections on the passing of a friend. Giving myself the same space and grace that friends and partners have and that you can extend to yourself.  Next time, Part 1 (chapters 1-3) of There Is No Antimemetics Division and related media. Reach out to Null

The inaugural episode of Null by Design - a short consideration of why making space for own thoughts is important, the possibility of a book club with the first work to come in later episodes being There Is No Antimemetics Division.  I hope you enjoy and that I find you here next time in this space between the platforms. Reach out to Null