Cool links are a collection of interesting things I find around the web. They can range from fun dumb websites to deep thought-provoking essays, or more commonly something in between. The feed here updates frequently, and I compile everything into a blog post on the last day of each month.
3 links tagged "games"
This is so good! Overworld is a gaming news aggregator that is actually usable. It groups together all news for a single topic under a single headline, and also curates gaming-related stuff (thatās not necessarily news) in a āworth your timeā section. And it looks great too!
The Truth About Lying (and why we do it) (video)
Excuse me, Iām in a Lies of P obsession right now. This video (which contains some light spoilers) talks about the Truth/Lie choices in the game, which are an incredible narrative device, and how that relates to what makes us human.
Itās not surprising that a game based on the story of Pinocchio would have Lies and ābecoming humanā as parts of its theme, but I really like how they made it all make sense organically and not just like something they tacked in there because they had to.
The perils of doors in gamedev
This Mastodon thread is an amazing tale about game development, physics and time-traveling bugs.