my 57-minute video essay about #geometrydash is out! i'd really appreciate it if you watch it / share with others that might be interested--i put a ton of work into this and am quite proud of the result
Platformer's @caseynewton talks with Nilay Patel from @theverge about starting his popular tech newsletter, his inspirations for it, the early days of Substack, leaving that platform for Ghost and the future of online journalism.
I've been picking on #CaseyNewton a lot recently over his coverage of SubStack's recent freedom of expression controversy. So it's only fair to point out that Platformer is generally a good publication, to which I still subscribe. His article on the shuttering of iconic music magazine Pitchfork, for example, is timely and insightful;
#CaseyNewton also has some valid criticisms of the generative #AI trend;
"... its rise has led to a flood of AI-generated spam that researchers say now outperforms human-written stories in Google search results. The resulting decline in advertising revenue is a key reason that the journalism industry has been devastated by layoffs over the past year."
Ironically, the argument that the subscription model is the only way to save journalism is strengthened by the biblical flood of #MOLE-generated word salad. Which platform has been the most committed to helping writers build subscription-based publications? SubStack
Alright, after mucking about forever and writing some real gross code, I've got little cutscenes working in my #tic80#platformer
Dialogue is such a core part of games for me, so even for a tiny platformer I wanted to implement this -- and how to implement cutscenes in games has eluded all my past #hobbydev endeavours, so I'm feeling pretty proud to get it working~
That was the last technical hurdle; now I need to just crank out 20-30 rooms and I should have a game!
@mvu Liking the manner of speech that character uses, so funny. 😁 Maybe a proper landing before or a tiny timer after the dialog, to make it fair/accessible?
@caseynewton writes how he came to the decision to move Platformer from Substack after three years of building its substantial readership on the online publishing service. He talks about his search for answers from Substack's co-founders, an investigation into pro-Nazi content on the platform and the importance of understanding the thoughts of Platformer's readers.
Thumbs up to @caseynewton for moving #Platformer to #Ghost because of #Substack's open-arms handling of fascist content. He did a good write-up on how they/we got there.
I think it's a big step, logistically, if your newsletter has paying customers, and your livelihood depends on that. You can't just up and leave on a whim. I think a lot of writers try to sit it out, so kudos to Casey for seeing this through.
