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Comment on Phonopolis by spyked

spyked — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:19:58 +0000

Heh. I used to know someone named Tchaikovsky.

Comment on Phonopolis by Cel Mihanie

Cel Mihanie — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:15:29 +0000

Loom is based. It was my first contact, I think, with Tchaikovsky's genius music. You better download it and store it safely in the Templar Archives. Maybe they'll ban it someday. Can't have music composed by a russkie, that's bad, dontcha know :D

Comment on Phonopolis by spyked

spyked — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:08:04 +0000

Hm, now that you mentioned it, I need to review Loom (tm) sometime, it's been quite a while since I played it.

Comment on Phonopolis by Cel Mihanie

Cel Mihanie — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:13:37 +0000

And thus more games are added to my, ah, monotonically increasing to-play list. Although since you mentioned sound plays a key part in the story, this reminded me of Loom, so I'd better revisit that first

Comment on Player Piano by Phonopolis « The Tar Pit

Phonopolis « The Tar Pit — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:21:49 +0000

[...] leave the pigsty that is Phonopolis. In all other respects, he is a fool, just like all the other dystopian heroes. Perhaps the only endearing aspect of this story is that he's our [...]

Comment on The mechanics of socialism by Phonopolis « The Tar Pit

Phonopolis « The Tar Pit — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:21:30 +0000

[...] of folks who will do literally nothing unless someone barks orders at them. As a result, the whole mechanical approach is an exercise in madness if you ask me, yet the Leader tries to make do with the people he has [...]

Comment on We by Phonopolis « The Tar Pit

Phonopolis « The Tar Pit — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:21:15 +0000

[...] become an empty trope, that manages to keep the subject exactly at the place where it was in, say, We, a story written, mind you, about a century ago. This unfortunate misframing leads me to [...]

Comment on The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study by spyked

spyked — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:00:13 +0000

Oh, and by the way: Romania's football team did qualify for the 1998 World Cup game and made it to the eighth-finals, but that was the last time, at least for the time being. Let's see if Burleanu actually gets any results or whether football as a whole dies before that point.

Comment on All is old and all is new... by The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study « The Tar Pit

The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study « The Tar Pit — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:51:03 +0000

[...] on how the wind blows. In other words, the transition transitioned from A to B, which is also a variety of A. Talk about continuity [...]

Comment on The next generation, its blessings and flaws by The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study « The Tar Pit

The Romanian Football Federation, aka FRF: a case study « The Tar Pit — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:50:12 +0000

[...] to be wearing some epaulets on his shoulders. I guess we will find out whether I'm right when the next generation takes the reins, which may yet be quite a while from [...]