Making me happy for the last few weeks: The whimsical computer game/sandbox-toy ''Everything'',[1] which I think is a cross between the video ''Powers of Ten'',[2] and the game ''Katamari Damacy''.[3] It's a whimsical walking simulator, in which you change size-scales (photon to galaxy), collect and transform between hundreds of entity types, and listen to occasional speech excerpts from Alan Watts and a pleasant long instrumental soundtrack.
Relevance: It has an "autoplay" mode, which essentially transforms it into a wonderful screensaver. That autoplay mode includes a "documentary-mode" feature, which adds text descriptions. Many of those descriptions come from (English & Simple) Wikipedia! See screenshots: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/77615505116448444 7/28E97E8E84B87B493DFC030BB7EC24941153555E/ https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/77615505116152794 0/37B6D43A1ED2AA3B1BBD4FAC03A8715E8C005510/ https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/77615594777931600 8/25065E3A5E124FAD31C6AC715691B27A95C807F7/ 1. http://www.everything-game.com/ (Linux/Mac/Win/PS4, available on GOG/Itch/Steam/Humble) 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Ten_(film) <javascript:void(0)> 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_Damacy _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
