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At the nexus of games, work, and techCopyright Games at Work dot Biz, 2012-2026 Politique et gouvernement
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  • e555 — One Two, One Two

    e555 — One Two, One Two
    May 25 2026
    Photo by Michael Martine: The Bean in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, June 2019 Published 25 May 2026 e555 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Ploopy’s The Bean and Lenovo’s TrackPoint, The Guild, The Movie, AI in commencement speeches, AI in podcasts, Virtual Worlds and Virtual OS museums and a whole lot more! Andy, Michael and Michael get things started with an appreciation of Andy’s work to migrate the Games at Work hosting site to a new service in uninterrupted fashion for our listeners. Next, a new piece of open source hardware that Andy’s purchased, the Ploopy The Bean. After the cohosts wax poetic on the awesome sauce that is the TrackPoint, they turn their attention to The Guild. Felicia Day and the team from The Guild are planning to launch a movie. Andy, Michael and Michael are very excited about this! Switching to AI, and all of the recent stories about how university commencement audiences have been booing speakers extolling the virtues of AI, the team considers Woz’s take on AI being “Actual Intelligence”. This reference is cheered and not booed. Continuing on the theme, the cohosts discuss a recent play by Spotify of providing an authentication for podcasts recorded by actual humans (with actual intelligence). This spurs a lively conversation on what that validation might entail, and what it means, especially given the prevalence of AI generated audio content. The team wraps up the show with a couple of virtual museums – one shared by friend of the show Ian Hughes – the Virtual Worlds Museum. The cohosts all agree that Ian would make a fantastic spokesperson for this museum. The other is a virtual OS museum. Finally, Andy shares a tremendous social networking graph that traces letters sent between 285 cities during the years from 1363 to 1412, Check it out, and give a listen to the song from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 for how the Russians would write letters in the links below. What would be a good name for AI generated podcast content? Podslop? Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know! These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot. All rights reserved. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links Shiny new things Updated GamesAtWork.biz courtesy of Andy – you rock, Andy! Ploopy, The Bean Lenovo ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II The Guild The Guild: The Movie Photo of Felicia Day by Michael Rowe, June 2011 Games at Work e415: Pushing our Buttons (for The Guild) Games at Work e96: The Professional Line Sitter (for the Guild’s Zaboo’s seat saving network idea) AI Fast Company article: This sentence about AI got Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak applause—not boos—for his commencement speech Variety article: Spotify Officially Bans AI-Generated Podcasts That Impersonate Someone Else, Adds Verification Badges for Podcasts Playlist Push blog post: How Spotify’s New Verification System Works for Artists TechCrunch article: Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’ Variety article: Spotify Says Disco-Ball Icon, Which Prompted Massive User Backlash, Will Go Away Next Week as Planned The Verge article: Amazon Alexa Plus can now create AI-generated podcasts Google’s NotebookLM TechDirt article: Amazon Gets Into The AI Podcast Slop Business Sixcolors post: New Apple accessibility updates focus on Apple Intelligence The Atlantic article: Everything You Do Is Being Recorded Virtual Worlds Kickstarter project: Virtual Worlds Museum™ The Virtual OS Museum Real World Datini Letters Geospatial Explorer
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    36 min
  • e554 — SPI vs I

    e554 — SPI vs I
    May 18 2026
    Photo by Valérie Ungerer on Unsplash Published 18 May 2026 e554 with Michael and Michael – stories and discussion on LLM phone number lookups, proctors returning to Princeton, lavish LEGO, LOTR and a whole lot more! While Andy is away, Michael and Michael get things started with a discussion on the changing nature of sensitive and private information. What was once published in a phonebook is now a central identify hub. While Jenny most certainly had to change her phone number from 867-5309 and have the new one unlisted, she likely posts what would have been very personal photos on Insta, Mastodon or any number of social media services. Michael R points out that while a phone book was available for a municipality, it was not available at a country level, preserving a degree of anonymity. Continuing on the theme of social implications of technology, Michael and Michael consider the Atlantic’s article about the demise of Princeton’s honor code process. Check out the link below for some fantastic quotes from the Daily Princetonian – sadly the newspaper online archives only go back to 2001. Next up is an article from Thinking Machines’ full duplex capabilities for natural voice interaction with agents. LEGO is in focus for this episode (surprise!) with two intriguing sets. First, a super cool LEGO Ideas Tetris arcade game cabinet with a hidden room. This reminded Michael M of the set he built that also has a cool hidden room inside. Then, Michael R shares a bit on the new Minas Tirith set – which has many elements from the movies, and includes the opportunity for a GWP (gift with purchase) of the battering ram Grond if you’re one of the first to plunk down your gold pieces for this build. The fact that this is up on the Internets on 18 May is due to the hard work from Andy. He migrated our hosting over the weekend, and this is the first post on the new service. Hurrah, Andy! Do you still have a copy of your city’s phonebook? Have your bots (or agents!) 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know! These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot. All rights reserved. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links AI Gizmodo article: ChatGPT Gave Out My Address and Phone Number The Atlantic article: How AI Killed a 133-Year-Old Princeton Tradition Princeton University The Undergraduate Honor System Venture Beat article: Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new ‘interaction models’ Thought Machine Android Engadget article: Everything announced at The Android Show: I/O 2026 edition The Verge article: Android Auto is now one (screen) size fits all LEGO & LOTR Retrododo article: Playable Tetris Arcade Set With Secret Room Arrives On LEGO Ideas LEGO Arcade Machine 40805 Slashfilm article: LEGO Reveals A Massive, Expensive Lord Of The Rings Set For Minas Tirith Brickfanatics article: LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith was ‘the right choice creatively’ LEGO Icons Minas Tirith 11377 Gizmodo article: ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Is Returning in November Games at Work e382: Know it when I see it (for Rings of Power discussion and cool flying toaster screensaver)
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    31 min
  • e553 — Monks, Bots & Ghosts

    e553 — Monks, Bots & Ghosts
    May 11 2026
    Stories and discussion on a robot monk, the Dead Internet Theory, agentic autonomy, Happy Net Box, the Artemis II minifig.me crew and a whole lot more!
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    31 min
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