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I want to like this but also keep running into dead ends at certain points (not game over, just an absence of text prompts to keep going).
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 11:11 AM on December 2, 2023

MBMBAM: "What is your favorite wizard swear?"
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 11:35 PM on July 18, 2022

I thought I done hacked it, but unfortunately it doesn't count penguins you bump into the water using other penguins. 😞
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 1:30 PM on June 10, 2022

Update: Found a better online host for the PDF that actually gets the spreads right -- and even has page turn animations! Enjoy.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 8:07 PM on May 31, 2022

Thanks!

There's some boilerplate at the end, but tl;dr it's both a non-commercial work and extremely transformative (reworked text, heavily edited images, significant creative re-interpretation, completely different medium, etc.), so I do believe it's fair use in this case.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 10:02 PM on June 1, 2022

Neat! Though I wish Apple wouldn't limit functionality like this to Safari.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 11:58 PM on May 1, 2022

As promised: AI Jukebox music quiz #2! Or you can just watch the YouTube video if you don't want to bother with the Sporcle part (AI image clues start at 10:00, answers at 20:00).
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 11:35 PM on April 11, 2022

This is so my shit.

Is there any more in the pipeline? If you're planning on doing an Active Worlds episode, MeMail me and I can forward you some intriguing threads.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 6:20 PM on June 8, 2021

If only YouTube's double-speed setting were pitch-shifted, too...
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 1:00 AM on March 4, 2021

Do Subservient Chicken next!

(Also, if you haven't looked into it already, the Flashpoint project would be another great place to archive the original files.)
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 3:21 PM on February 28, 2021

Tried playing but it just loads forever?
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 4:22 PM on March 19, 2020

Working now -- thanks!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 7:41 PM on March 19, 2020

"Product is no longer available"?
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 2:34 AM on July 10, 2019

Very neat! I think I actually got more fun out of just one session than from Spore's entire space stage.

Just two suggestions if there's ever a future version:

- I loved the crew selection mechanic, but it was a little hard keeping track of the various classes and experience levels in that long list. Maybe include some kind of "crew matrix" listing the various job slots and showing how well-staffed they are as you go?… [more]
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 12:38 AM on October 14, 2017

This post about the infamous WIPP design document was one of the first really fascinating articles that drew me into reading MeFi on the regular, and this is a brilliant and haunting interpretation of that grim thought experiment. Excellent work!

(One tiny nitpick: the "type IRL to advance text on the screen" mechanic is a fun 30-second gimmick, but not as the only way to progress through a game. Maybe tweak it so that holding down a key does the same thing?)
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 10:16 PM on November 17, 2016

Topic suggestion: The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 10:49 PM on August 3, 2016

You mean relaunch? I could have sworn I'd seen it before, and there are links to it here as far back as May.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 12:30 AM on November 8, 2011

Me-Ta (in the tune of SE-GA)
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 3:17 PM on September 29, 2011

A critique: As mentioned in that thread, I think this would be more effective if addressed to Congress. Obama clearly wants to close the base, having campaigned on it and signed an executive order to that effect on his first day in office. But it's the House and Senate (both parties!) that have voted overwhelmingly to block these efforts, by denying funding for transfer of detainees to the US and prohibiting deportation to their home countries.

I'd follow the model of… [more]
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 4:03 PM on April 25, 2011

Wow, that Mefi script is pretty stunning! Nice job.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 11:06 AM on March 13, 2011

Posted to MetaTalk. They love it!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 3:54 PM on March 16, 2011

I had no idea this was a Mefi's Own™ project! Neat.

For an illustrated guide to all of the major changes such a rise would wreak and what it might mean culturally, check out "the world of Dubia."

(Also, a couple of bugs: The flood overlay stops loading north of a horizontal line running through St. Petersburg, Russia and the southern coast of mainland Alaska. And this might be a Google Chrome issue, but the map tiles along the bottom of… [more]
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 7:48 PM on February 28, 2011

You might want to add a way to pause the auto-refresh. I can imagine someone visiting, seeing a lot of wares that catch their eye, and then having the map reload before they get a chance to check out everything they wanted to.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 10:42 PM on January 18, 2011

Congrats, JoeGoblin, on getting this holiest of days front-paged on Wonkette, which is now encouraging DC locals to overwhelm the Tax Day Teabaggers swarming their city with totally sweet high fives.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 12:38 PM on April 15, 2010

I like the quirky style, but the gameplay is exasperating. The first two "challenges" are usually straightforward, but after that it seems like what you say has no bearing on the reaction. For example, I told a "mezzo-soprano" that I adored singing, and she was skeptical. What?

And often you'll get combinations of responses that will either piss the character off, or really piss them off. Like, the subjects will be things they… [more]
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 2:38 PM on February 4, 2010

Thanks for the extra info, Rob. I did get over the "hump" after a few more games, and actually won after about the 20th go with a few lucky combinations to help. Love the dialogue!
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 4:46 PM on February 5, 2010

shaun uh, when they react like that you have to punch them back before they grab you -- just click the icon in the center.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 10:29 PM on February 8, 2010

When I first starting reading this, it seemed like it was just some indie short film. It took me more than a moment to realize that this was the same major motion picture I'd just seen the trailer for a few days ago. Who knew that Mefi had Hollywood glitz in its roster? :P

Congrats on the film, kcalder, it looks great.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 6:46 PM on April 26, 2009

The A.V. Club likes it, too.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 2:51 PM on April 30, 2009

But parmanparman! Once we've finished, we can read it again.

I liked it, very sweet.
posted to MetaFilter Projects by Rhaomi at 7:56 PM on March 3, 2009