Review: Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji

Oyebanji’s Braking Day is a refreshing take on the generation starship story that avoids many of the tropes of the genre. The novel follows trainee engineer Ravi MacLeod as he discovers that the truth about the 132 year journey to Tau Ceti is not what he has been told. Although the book has a few flaws, Oyebanji’s writing is enjoyable and makes for a quick read.

Steve, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 5th: “Steve, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse”.

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Welcome to Blaugust 2022: 31 game ideas from AI

So for this Blaugust, I’m going to do something different. I’m not going to write most of the posts. I’m not going to take screenshots. I’m not going to do much at all. I’m just going to sit back and watch what happens as Artificial Intelligence takes over Chasing Dings!

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