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Europe's now-drowned 'lost world' and the 25m-high tsunami that finished it off(everythingisamazing.substack.com)
316 points by bandibus 5y ago|162 comments
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The roots of videogame slime: snottites, star jelly and 'living mazes' (2018)(videogamesoftheoppressed.wordpress.com)
62 points by bandibus 5y ago|0 comments
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by bandibus 5y ago
I remember there was lots of buzz about a resurgence of the genre when Double Fine's Broken Age did the crowdfunding thing and raised $millions. A lot of excited people. And then that seemed to go away again when the critical reception
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by bandibus 5y ago
This is fantastic news. If Ron Gilbert hadn't been on board - but yeah, he is. (I guess Orson Scott Card won't be providing any of the duelling banter this time round, considering his...somewhat-altered credibility these days.) Co
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by bandibus 5y ago
Thank you!
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by bandibus 5y ago
Ah, apologies. Got it. Thank you! Yes, I agree with you there about some science journalism, and in particular the tabloid variety. When you read quality writing like you'd find at Nature, Aeon/Psyche etc, which values the ideas f
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by bandibus 5y ago
Not true in this case! I'm the author, and I believe the exact opposite about science - that there's astonishing value in learning about the work being done right now, that it's easy to miss so much of it simply because of th
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by bandibus 5y ago
Sorry to hear - but thanks for reading it anyway!
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by bandibus 5y ago
Yes! Still one of the best things on the internet, just incredible. It also inspired the Saga of the Exiles book series by Julian May. (It's presented as an act of terrorism by time travellers, to repel alien invaders.)
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by bandibus 5y ago
It did. I know this, because I'm the author of that Twitter thread. :) And yes, I'm not a science writer (ex-archaeologist turned travel writer). But the enthusiasm, which is real, is what seemed to make it go viral on Twitter. I
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by bandibus 5y ago
Agreed - but I think some of that is just people being people. I know very settled & traditionally rooted folk who have absolutely retreated from the world. I don't think being in one place automatically makes you more sociable a
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by bandibus 5y ago
I've found cities fascinating all my life - and I've also found them incredibly stressful to spend a long amount of time in. I've also never lived in one fulltime, which may be a factor, and I grew up in a rural, economically
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The flood that filled the Mediterranean Sea - in one year(everythingisamazing.substack.com)
209 points by bandibus 5y ago|59 comments