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This game is refreshingly simple, and dangerously addictive once you play it a few times. I’m a sucker for pixel art, so I really appreciate the graphics.
The real mystery about the game is its subtext. What is the protagonist running from, anyway? How does he manage to run so fast and jump so high? My personal theory is that he stole a pair of performance-enhancing shoes.
Muse’s latest album, The Resistance, is a brilliant, moving masterpiece. Get it on iTunes.
A Stirling engine in motion. Mesmerizing.
Beautiful stirling engines from Heteluchtmachines.
From the Wikipedia article:
A Stirling engine is a heat engine that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy. The engine is like a steam engine in that all of the engine’s heat flows directly through the engine wall.
World of Escher has prints of M.C. Escher’s incredibly detailed, mind-bending artwork. I love this stuff.
(Artwork from Hark, a vagrant!)
