Game Mechanics vs Gameplay: Why One Is the Rules and the Other Is What Emerges
I went looking for a quick answer to what I thought was a dumb question, and it turned into a proper rabbit hole. Because …
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Game Mechanics List: 40+ Mechanics, Sub-Types, and the Games That Defined Them
Every mechanics list on the internet claims to be complete, which is funny, because the field itself can't agree on what counts as a …
Game Mechanics Examples: How the Nemesis System Actually Works (and Why Nobody E…
Game mechanics examples from popular video games read like a punch list of things you've done a thousand times: lock-on targeting came from Ocarina …
What Is Geek Culture? Psychology Confirms It’s Not Social Dysfunction
I was recently conducting lifestyle and career placement interviews for a technical role. One of the candidates leaned back and stated with complete confidence …
What Does Outsourcing Thinking Mean for Learning and Education? The 48%-Correct,…
I went down a rabbit hole the other night and came out somewhere strange. Picture a student, any student, anywhere. They hit a math …
You Can Outsource Your Thinking — But You Can’t Outsource Your Understan…
You can outsource your thinking, but you can't outsource your understanding. Andrej Karpathy's line keeps getting quoted online, and every time I see it, …
How to Use AI Without Losing Your Own Thinking Skills: What a 1,000-Student Stud…
I went digging through the research on AI and thinking skills expecting to write a think piece, and instead found something better: a bunch …
Are We Outsourcing Our Thinking to AI? What the Research Actually Shows
I've been using an AI assistant for everything for two years now, and at some point I noticed a small, unsettling thing: when the …
Andrej Karpathy: You Can Outsource Your Thinking — But Not Your Understanding
I kept seeing this line pasted everywhere: [you can outsource your thinking, but you can't outsource your understanding](#planned-you-can-outsource-your-thinking-but-you-cannot-outsource-your-understanding), the full quote, broken down, is …
