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Video game design and culture notes by Robert Yang

Friday, December 12, 2025

new game: Rainbows Are Carnivores, a gay fishing / aquaculture romance

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Rainbows Are Carnivores is a gay fishing / aquaculture romance video game about using your pole to catch some high quality hogs. "Hog”...
Friday, November 7, 2025

The bleak and poignant open world sidequest design of Dread Delusion

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talking to the "Inquisitor" at the beginning of the game Dread Delusion (2024) by Lovely Hellplace is a retro-style indie first ...
Friday, August 8, 2025

Postcards from TikTokland (month 1) + comparing TikTok to Bluesky

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So I've now been playing the weird MMO known as TikTok for more than a month, and I thought I should reflect on my time there.  In contr...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

I'm keynoting Freeplay Angles 2025 in Melbourne, July 31 - August 2... + support the Australian indie game hub Sabby!

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In about 2 weeks, I'll be giving a keynote at Freeplay Angles 2025 , an indie video game festival in Melbourne, Australia, running from ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

new web game: Don't Rank Cuomo

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Don't Rank Cuomo is a free short web game about not voting for / not "ranking" Andrew Cuomo, a corrupt disgraced neoliberal N...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Postcards from TikTokland: week 1

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A week ago I threatened to make some TikToks . I set a personal goal to make one TikTok a day, just simple basic daily vlog stuff of whateve...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

A foray into TikTok / notes on social media aesthetics

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So I've finally done it. I've made a TikTok account (@radiatoryang) . Forgive me. I still prefer text over video, and I certainly do...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

"After School" - from LAN Party (2024)

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photo of a random 2000s era US cybercafe (This personal essay was written for LAN Party, a nice photo book about LAN gaming culture  curated...
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