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smithgift (57)in #gaming • 7 years ago
Not a review of _Doki Doki Literature Club!_
This article is not a review of Doki Doki Literature Club! , a visual novel/dating sim by Team Salvato. It is not a review, because I did not complete the game, and really…
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smithgift (57)in #writing • 7 years ago
What Happened to the City and the Dungeon, and/or it's author!?
So, a funny thing happened on the way to publishing The City and the Dungeon. The cover to the audiobook version I never expected to make. Success happened. Where…
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smithgift (57)in #writing • 7 years ago
My Kindle Scout campaign: a postmortem.
As of November 17th, my Kindle Scout campaign for The City and the Dungeon has ended. Kindle Scout, for the unaware, is Amazon's traditional publishing submissions process.…
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smithgift (57)in #writing • 7 years ago
Nominate my book, The City and the Dungeon, on Kindle Scout!
tl;dr: vote here for my book, get a free copy if it wins. Yesteryear I wrote a book, The City and the Dungeon. This year I'm submitting it to Amazon's trad…
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smithgift (57)in #writing • 7 years ago
Tales of the Once and Future King
I’m in an anthology! Go buy it! …OK, you want more information. Fine. Here's the official blurb: It is said that King Arthur will return in Britain’s hour of greatest…
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smithgift (57)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
In Defense of Taxation
Previously , I said I would defend a topic even MORE unpopular than the eternal deprivation of human souls from seeing their all-good Creator. That time is now; that article…
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smithgift (57)in #writing • 7 years ago
Like my writings? Have some more of it! (One's free!)
As some of you might be able to tell, I'm a writer. Here's some stuff elsewhere: Prince Anak the Immortal My first novella: A hard science fiction young adult Catholic…
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smithgift (57)in #religion • 8 years ago
In Defense of Hell
Hell is, to say it mildly, an unpopular doctrine. Who wants to believe that some are deprived forever of the sight of God and are tormented for all eternity with pains greater…
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smithgift (57)in #life • 8 years ago
What's it ACTUALLY like in a Psych Ward.
I have never seen a psych ward depicted accurately in fiction. I have the experience to say so, because a few years ago, after a suicide attempt, I signed myself into a psych…
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smithgift (57)in #ethereum • 8 years ago
Making games for Ethereum, Part 2: Getting Started
This guide is much more technical than my last article in the series. However, I've found it hard enough to get into Ethereum development that I want to at least show how I…
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smithgift (57)in #philosophy • 8 years ago
A Bad Argument for Gozoltry Legalization.
There is a certain bad argument for the legalization of alcohol/tobacco/drugs/abortion/prostitution/gambling/guns/etc that goes like this: Sure, X isn't the best thing in the…
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smithgift (57)in #art • 8 years ago
A Meditation on "F*CK HEROIN"
Graffiti is in some way an expression of the will of the street. Or the ideas, at least, of the population of those willing to commit minor misdemeanors to express said ideas.…
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smithgift (57)in #life • 8 years ago
Writing Bipolar (from Bipolar Writer)
Writing Bipolar (from a Bipolar Writer) I have been, from the age of twelve, been bipolar. It was only recently that what we thought was depression was diagnosed as Bipolar II…
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smithgift (57)in #ethereum • 8 years ago
Making games for Ethereum, Part 1: Requirements and Limitations
I'll preface this by saying I haven't spend nearly as much time on Ethereum based games as I have on other kinds . But my involvement with Ethereum from the beginning…
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smithgift (57)in #religion • 8 years ago
How many angels can, in fact, dance on the head of a pin?
There is a common myth that the question, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" was some critical if pointless point of contention between theologians. In truth…
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smithgift (57)in #education • 8 years ago
Lessons Learned from Making Educational Games for Kids: Part Three: For Younger Grades
Previously ( Part One , Part Two ), I've been talking about making games for older kids--middle schoolers, to be specific. More recently, we've dived into making games for…
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smithgift (57)in #education • 8 years ago
Lessons Learned from Making Educational Games for Kids: Part Two: Game Development
My mom and I have made countless games over the years, and hundreds of review lists. The JS coding is nearly entirely by me, and I've learned a massive amount over the years.…
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smithgift (57)in #education • 8 years ago
Lessons Learned from Making Educational Games for Kids: Part One: Game Design
Once upon a time long ago, my mother, a middle school teacher, received twenty new laptops for her class. (They were brand new and ran Windows Vista , to give you an example…
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smithgift (57)in #introduceyourself • 8 years ago
My name is Matthew P. Schmidt, and I approve this message.
I am, as the title suggests, Matthew P. Schmidt: papist, writer, and programmer. (I do plenty of other things, too, of course, such as breath, play video games, and write long…
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