Secrets
Sometimes we work on projects that aren’t Ithaka. Because Verena’s fingers need time away from crayons. Because I like variety. And because it’s awesome.
Author: Jonas
The Bogeymen of the Indie Scene
Human beings have always been susceptible to bogeymen. It’s a lot easier to get angry at people instead of getting angry at systems. We are persons, so we seek to personify the world. Thunderbolts come from Zeus, pestilence comes from Yahweh and your indie game problems come from Jonathan Blow. …
Ithaka Update #2
The time we spent in Greece was great for Ithaka of the Clouds. Verena did a lot of drawing every day and, after some stylistic experiments, finished most of the images for the first part of the game. Yes, the game is divided into parts… but I really don’t want …
Statement on Snowden
My statement on Edward Snowden has been added to the WSWS.org’s list: Once upon a time, before he was president, Barack Obama lauded the importance of whistle-blowers to a democratic society, promising that his administration would be the most transparent in history. Though it sounds like parody now, Mr. Obama …
The Internet Will Eat Your Babies
Ah, the internet! It’s democratized the arts, destroyed those evil gatekeepers, and finally made it possible for everyone to be heard! It has allowed people to form communities, to find new friends, to find audiences that they might never have had. Thanks to the internet, all that stands between you …
Shellshock
What a lot of American liberals (and I include identitarians in this group) don’t seem to be aware of is that their obsession with changing language instead of material conditions is just another version of this. And that the rest of the world, especially what is sometimes called the Global …
Interviews With Silly People
Hi. I’m still on holiday, but you might want to read these. PC Master published an interview with me online which was previously featured rather splendidly in their print magazine. It’s in Greek. If you don’t read Greek, well, just go look at this hilarious photo of us and the …
Away Message
If all goes well, Verena and I will be in Greece for the next month. I won’t be able to respond quickly to emails (I’m still way behind), but we will be working on Ithaka and our novels and stuff, and there will be occasional posts. Take care.
Live ERT feed (Greek)
The Greek government is trying very hard to silence these journalists, who have finally stopped doing what they’re told and are showing us what real television should be like. I’ve put the player behind a more tag because it autostarts.
Is this the EU you were looking for?
The authoritarian capitalist regime that rules Greece has begun an unconstitutional and profoundly antidemocratic attack on Greek public broadcasting, yesterday announcing that all public radio and television stations were to be shut down by midnight. To understand what this means, imagine David Cameron sending riot police to shut down the …