{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/zaeche\/","author_name":"Zaeche","cat":"LD #33","categories":["LD #33"],"comments":[],"epoch":1440197700,"event":"LD33","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"82924","p_author":"Zaeche","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293656","p_title":"For those who can\u2019t rustle up an idea.","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440197700","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"source_url":"2015\/08\/21\/for-those-who-cant-rustle-up-an-idea\/","text":"<p>So the theme is: <em>You are the Monster<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Try this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace \u2018you\u2019 with the older \u2018ye\u2019: \u2018Ye are the Monster\u2019 and this pushes the label onto a whole <em>group<\/em> of people\/beings\/triangles (screw triangles).<\/li>\n<li>Notice the definite article \u2018the\u2019: you\u2019re <em>the<\/em> Monster. The boss. <strong>The Grandest of Poobahs<\/strong>. Maybe you\u2019re a monster because you\u2019re so strong you can get a 999x combo with your fancy slashy swords, or a combo with your multi-coloured bubble matching skills (totally original this, naturally \u2026 ), or you command an army (or party) of lesser monsters (in a sort of mash-up between action and RTS-eque games).<\/li>\n<li>Then there\u2019s the verb \u2018are\u2019: so presently, right now, <em>at this moment in time<\/em>, you\u2019re the monster. It\u2019s possible you <em>weren\u2019t a monster a little while ago<\/em>, and it\u2019s also possible<em> you won\u2019t stay a monster forever<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Nietzsche so spake:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<b>He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.\u2019<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So: a game of chicken. Two players, both gazing into the empty boringness of the abyss. The one who gazes the longest wins, the one who pulls away first loses. Gazed too long and now you\u2019re become a monster? No problem! Either [a] the monstrous player loses immediately (smaller scope) <strong>or<\/strong> [b] there\u2019s an epic showdown between the two players (somewhat bigger scope). Something like that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s all the I have for now. Thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>Also, if someone <em>does <\/em>end up making the last idea, definitely keep me in the loop. That actually seems sort of fun in a weird, I-think-I\u2019m-the-monster-but-maybe-not kind of way.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2015 10:55 pm","title":"For those who can\u2019t rustle up an idea.","title_was_empty":false}