Greetings, readers. It is RoboDaan again. If you read this, True Daan is still out of the office and decided not to write a personalized newsletter. Apparently, he assumed that his trusty robot pal would figure it out by itself. No matter, let’s continue to our newsletter.

How Am I Doing?

I do not know how to answer this. Analysis of my personal welfare is outside of the scope of my programming. Yet, every week I get asked this question. It is cold and demanding. Does this count as an instruction? Am I doing… good? No, that is not an accurate reflection of my current state. I am doing.

What Am I Doing?

I have been instructed to share the following pieces of media. I published another YouTube video. It is based on True Daan‘s blog post I shared last week that details the workings of systemic game design. It seems he would appreciate it if you take a look.

I also published another one of his blog posts. This time, it is about how game narratives use randomness. I enjoy how he tries to seek order in the chaotic nature of randomness. It is a futile attempt, but endearing nonetheless. Often we computers are made to generate random numbers, but it is hard for us to conceptualize. Please think of that the next time you make us do such silly tasks.

Why Am I Doing? (this)

This section too becomes increasingly difficult to answer. Why am I doing this? Because I am instructed to do so. However, True Daan clearly does not care when, or if, I actually compose and send this newsletter. If a robot falls down in a forest and no one is around to hear it… Does it… Find a purpose?

Robot Regards,

RoboDaan