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Introduction I wonder what Werner Herzog would have to say about this project, visiting the abandoned site of a human-created base on a synthetic world, recording the locations and […]
In its second year, the TriBeCa Games Festival—tacked on to the end of the TriBeCa Film Festival—featured a night of panel discussions with digital storytellers, which featured Shadow of the […]
Introduction The capital planet of No Man’s Sky’s old Galactic Hub, Drogradur NO425, hosts dozens of communication stations from players who attended the farewell “portal party” of August 20, 2017, […]
Lapidibus memoriae is Latin for “stones of memory.” This is how I describe the communications stations left behind by players in No Man’s Sky. While most of NMS is the product of […]
Archaeological reconnaissance of Drogradur (Lennon) in No Man’s Sky commenced on March 28, 2018. This post documents the planet’s location, size, ecology, climate, and basic archaeology in preparation for a full […]
It is not uncommon for PhD students to become ill. Diet, stress, problems sleeping, too much work. These all contribute to poor health. I’ve finally gotten sick, too, and […]
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