Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Still on the Dusty Road
Three hundred seventy days ago, I began a long drive on a dusty road. That road led away from consistency, from stability, from comfort. It was also the way out of stagnation, of placidity, of normalcy. And it was the road — at least, one road — leading to the Promised Land: a place of satisfaction, of gratification, of enlightenment. The road — unpaved as…
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The Final Stretch
I’m close to my ideal schedule for August — approaching a playable build of the first half of the first plot as the month ends. I’ve spent nearly one and a half months of work on that part of the game, and I’ll probably need another week before a player can go from start to…
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A Local Flavour
I’ve mentioned that Bali’s a tropical island. You’d be forgiven for not picturing Ubud. Where other towns ring the coast, Ubud is firmly in the centre. Replace tropical beaches with monkeys, white sand with temples, bamboo bars with bamboo forests. Keep the tourists, though. Well, keep them in the city centre. Drive five minutes out…
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A Short Update
This week only needs a short update — a simple “and then” post so mom doesn’t get scared that I haven’t written anything. I haven’t done much except work hard on the first half of the first plot in The Ben Wander Murder Collection. That might be strange phrasing, but it’s my next milestone. Okay,…
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