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31 Oct 2025
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Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When exploring, you want to feel in reality as quickly as possible what the result of your choices is. — tap to centre the map on it When exploring, you want to feel in reality as quickly as possible what the result of your choices is. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Mar 2026
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Josh Puckett — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Synthetic experience can only rehearse what a system already knows; information about the world has to be injected from outside. — tap to centre the map on it Synthetic experience can only rehearse what a system already knows; information about the world has to be injected from outside. Last stated a year ago
12 Sept 2025
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Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good open-world spy game may not be possible, because a spy story has to run against the clock and an open world needs the player free to wander. — tap to centre the map on it A good open-world spy game may not be possible, because a spy story has to run against the clock and an open world needs the player free to wander. Last stated 12 months ago
31 Oct 2025
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Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate. — tap to centre the map on it After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate. Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Running agents in YOLO mode lulls people into a false sense of security; everything an agent does should be gated. — tap to centre the map on it Running agents in YOLO mode lulls people into a false sense of security; everything an agent does should be gated. Last stated 4 months ago
8 Jun 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-06-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. Last stated 10 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects. — tap to centre the map on it Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects. Last stated 4 years ago
25 May 2022
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John Collison — holds since 2022-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A game is a machine built around uncertainty. — tap to centre the map on it A game is a machine built around uncertainty. Last stated 12 months ago
3 Nov 2025
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Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from. — tap to centre the map on it A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from. Last stated 12 months ago
31 Oct 2025
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Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A puzzle that invites guessing and then punishes wrong guesses stops the player learning the very method it could have taught. — tap to centre the map on it A puzzle that invites guessing and then punishes wrong guesses stops the player learning the very method it could have taught. Last stated 3 years ago
2 Sept 2023
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Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Balancing a system elegantly is not the same as giving people what they actually came for, which is emotion. — tap to centre the map on it Balancing a system elegantly is not the same as giving people what they actually came for, which is emotion. Last stated 12 years ago
10 Mar 2015
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Tynan Sylvester — holds since 2015-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Business software should be built the way games are built, because products made like games are the ones people fall in love with and tell their friends about. — tap to centre the map on it Business software should be built the way games are built, because products made like games are the ones people fall in love with and tell their friends about. Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best games are constructed out of toys, so a feature should be fun to play with before it is ever attached to a goal. — tap to centre the map on it The best games are constructed out of toys, so a feature should be fun to play with before it is ever attached to a goal. Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago
1 Mar 1999
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Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
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What makes an open world captivating is the illusion that it was already running before you arrived and would carry on if you did nothing.
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When exploring, you want to feel in reality as quickly as possible what the result of your choices is.
Holds
Synthetic experience can only rehearse what a system already knows; information about the world has to be injected from outside.
Holds
A good open-world spy game may not be possible, because a spy story has to run against the clock and an open world needs the player free to wander.
Holds
After text, photos and video, immersive presence is clearly the next frontier of how people communicate.
Holds
Running agents in YOLO mode lulls people into a false sense of security; everything an agent does should be gated.
Holds
A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch.
Holds
Everything around us exists because someone pushed it through with tenacity: the world is a museum of passion projects.
Holds
A game is a machine built around uncertainty.
Holds
A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from.
Holds
A puzzle that invites guessing and then punishes wrong guesses stops the player learning the very method it could have taught.
Holds
Balancing a system elegantly is not the same as giving people what they actually came for, which is emotion.
Holds
Business software should be built the way games are built, because products made like games are the ones people fall in love with and tell their friends about.
Holds
The best games are constructed out of toys, so a feature should be fun to play with before it is ever attached to a goal.
Holds
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Holds
A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically.
Holds
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Holds