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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Procedural Generation of Dinosaurs in Inform 7
On the latest episode of Clash of the Type-Ins, we played my game The Island of Doctor Wooby. The game deals with an island populated by teensy felt dinosaurs, which are a passion of mine.
A Cool Thing in the Breath of the Wild Soundtrack
Here’s the Reddit thread where this started. The short version is: /u/Takfloyd pointed out that, when you first enter a Divine Beast (and up until you activate one of its terminals), for example Vah Medoh, the music includes Morse code, beeping an SOS.
Then /u/TonesBalones and /u/Dragonaichu point out that, while there’s definitely an SOS in the left channel, the right channel plays different Morse: . . – . – – . .
So what does that mean?
Eating Cake Slowly: A Koan
Four monks sat together at a stone table. One monk had a cake, which he was eating very slowly.
“Why do you eat so slowly?” asked the second monk.
“I want to enjoy my cake,” the first monk replied, “but when it is all eaten, I can enjoy it no longer. By eating it slowly, I enjoy it more.”
The third monk reached over and grabbed the cake. “Now this cake is mine to enjoy,” he laughed. “Your reasoning was actually short-sighted.”
The fourth monk, in turn, took the cake from the third. “We aren’t supposed to have cake,” he said. He tossed the cake over the fence.
The fifth monk, who was waiting on the other side of the fence, grabbed the cake out of the air.
“Finally!” he whispered.
The fifth monk popped the whole half-eaten cake into his mouth, causing his cheeks to bulge out.
Just then, a sparrow alighted at the fifth monk’s feet. The fifth monk was struck by the bird’s pitiable aspect and gaunt figure.
He spat out part of the cake onto the ground, and the sparrow started pecking it up with its tiny beak.
“I hope nobody sees this,” thought the fifth monk. But I saw all of it, and I wrote it all down.