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  • i hope it’s not the end of the world 3: good things come in…

    Links https://youtu.be/MPANooz_b9Q?si=Rx2n00YYCtBijVQc This week’s music link is a mixtape that has a title which is changed every day through a script. The progression into the fifth song (which I do not want to spoil) of the mix is what makes it notable for me. This particular channel, mai, uses puzzles, indecipherable paratext and cryptography as…

    akisperspectives

    23rd Aug 2026
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    games, media, newsletter, ttrpg
  • i hope it’s not the end of the world 2: the sophomore album is the interesting one

    Sakura in Saitama, Spring 2026 Links How Markdown Took Over the World An essay about how the text formatting language became so ubiquitous but also about how tech is developed and the cultural attitudes that fuel that process. There is a particular part that I want to highlight: …but at the time this was a…

    akisperspectives

    2nd Apr 2026
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    games, newsletter, ttrpg
  • i hope it’s not the end of the world: the first christmas issue

    The format of this newsletter will change between issues but you can expect: I am entirely aware that these newsletters are usually either 1. by people with an existing audience who want to hear what they are thinking about or 2. more united around a strong theme, but I want to create a space for…

    akisperspectives

    25th Dec 2025
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    games, gaming, i hope it’s not the end of the world, newsletter, rpg, tcg, ttrpg, video-games
  • Rising Action

    Available here on itch! Rising Action is a roleplaying game for two players where you play a pair of rivals having an ever-escalating battle where their past and passions collide. Inspired by action anime and JRPG cutscenes, it is designed to produce dramatic encounters that can be played in 1-2 hours from character creation to…

    akisperspectives

    15th Nov 2025
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    games, my games, rpg, trpg, ttrpg
  • The Retrieval Process

    “If you are reading this document you are currently in possession of an archive containing The Open Internet, a database of all human knowledge that has been corrupted by massive amounts of AI generated noise. This document details procedures for successful human-centric extraction of genuine and meaningful data from this archive.” The Retrieval Process is…

    akisperspectives

    17th Aug 2025
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    games, my games, rpg, ttrpg
  • A Look at Dethroners

    In which we discuss Dethroners, a game ostensibly about narrative control, and consider the relationship between mechanics and narrative within Dethroners is a game that involves the players tearing pages out of its rulebook to signify narrative control being wrested from the GM. The GM plays the Divinity, who is attempting to solidify their rule…

    akisperspectives

    28th Apr 2025
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    Dethroners, games, gaming, GM, narrative control, rpg, ttrpg
  • Character Asymmetry in The Wolf King’s Son

    In which I talk about how the differences between how each character in The Wolf King’s Son is designed and the plays they have access to frame what the game is about as well as the kinds of stories and character arcs that are set up to be explored during play At the heart of…

    akisperspectives

    7th Aug 2024
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    PBTA, rpg, The Wolf King’s Son, ttrpg
  • Final Fantasy 7: Remake – a written commentary

    An Introduction This work is in my eyes 95% complete, but that is as far as it’s going to get. The two glaring faults are the lack of a summary-type conclusion and the fact that chapter 3 remains as it was from my first draft of this essay. I made the mistake that everyone warns…

    akisperspectives

    31st May 2022
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