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this is a *fascinating* read, both for meditations on history and war and for meditations on game design

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· Aug 23, 2021

I hadn't thought of the thesis at acoup.blog/2021/08/20/col in quite such explicit terms before, though feels obvious in retrospect:

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Aug 24, 2021

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this whole blog is a treasure wow. there's a set of 3 posts about the historicity of game of thrones and you better believe i am going to read it

acoup.blog

New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part I

This series is now available in an audio format; the entire playlist can be listened to here. The following post is the first part of a three part series where we look at the question “how me…

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Aug 25, 2021

starting to understand what it feels like to be fascinated by military history. am i finally Becoming A Man now

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Aug 25, 2021

also this post on Oaths is so good, i did not onow i needed this

acoup.blog

Collections: Oaths! How do they Work?

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there's a recurring argument I've heard that modernism ended with the atomic bomb. before that, even as warfare became more deadly, it took considerable effort, but what notions of beauty or truth in work and achievement can persevere in a world where all can be gone like that

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Yeah, Acoup is wonderful Happy to have helped you find it <3

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Aug 25, 2021

yeah thank you this is really a gem! glad i bookmarked it to come back to 😁

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