weekly reel May 22, 2022

Hello, nerdlordz. Damnit, this week was chock full of excellent new electro, with fresh stuff from Moderat, M.O.O.N., Wilma Vritra, Four Tet.

MORE D4TA by Moderat (bandcamp.com)

Come! See!! by M.O.O.N. (bandcamp.com)

Grotto by Wilma Vritra (bandcamp.com)

Only Human by KH (bandcamp.com)

News

[fr] GaĆ«l Giraud @ Sismique podcast, excellent comme dā€™habitude.

These photos of the Davis-Monthan Air Force base in Tucson reminded me of Koyaanisqatsi.

Tech

People Make Games: Making sense of VRChat, the ā€œmetaverseā€ people actually like. Wow; Iā€™m generally skeptical about the whole thing, but this looks fun and goofy. Great documentary too.

... which made me discover other videos from People Make Games, who produce videogames commentary / documentary that resonates with me. In particular, on the topic of receiving and listening ā€“or notā€“ to player feedback in games: Why Subnautica owes its success to this button and Why the sound of a gun had to be nerfed in Wolf: ET.

Shitty tech ā„¹ļø

Nicholas Weaver: All cryptocurrency should die in a fire.

Comments and feedback welcome by email.