An Early Symptom of Schizophrenia

Real talk: APOPHENIA. Alexis and Lottie discuss subliminal pattern-seeking from its coinage by a Nazi psychologist to its use by modern indie game developers to cover up the fact we don't have any budget. Wait! We meant to make clever, co-operative immersive experiences. All via werewives, apophanies and Zhou Enlai.

Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:

- Cultist Simulator, by us
- Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco
- Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
- Ulysses, by James Joyce
- A Dark Room, by Doublespeak Games
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Steven Donaldson
- Return of the Obra Dinn, by Lucas Pope
- Against Worldbuilding, by Alexis Kennedy

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