Glitchet: Glitchet 1.21: Virtual Murder

Virtual Murder

The ethics of virtual reality murder, a bizarre death from the past, firethrowing drones, beautiful art, and more.

Murder in virtual reality should be illegal

This is an interesting one. On the one hand, I don't think I'm any more a cold-blooded killer from shooting up robots or zombies in VR, nor would I particularly care if it were human representations (multiple military-themed VR shooters do this). But what the author is arguing is really for simulated murder with a much higher fidelity of virtual reality, where you could actually enact the horribly vivid experience of murdering someone, hypothetically feeling their body with your hands. Yeah, I'd agree with that - overly vivid representations get way too close to actual military training, which is not something I want exposed to the populace.

[discovermagazine.com]

Analysis of a Toxic Death

"A year ago two dozen emergency room staff were mysteriously felled by fumes emanating from a dying young woman. Investigations turned up nothing--until a team of chemists from a nuclear weapons lab got involved." I know, geez, an article from 1995 with no flashy cover image. But this is worth a read if you're into the morbid and bizarre. The blood of a woman's dying body somehow turned into a nerve gas, and nobody could figure out why.

[theverge.com]

Fire-spewing drones are one way to get trash off your power line

I see no problems with this.

[ajroach42.github.io]

10 Essential Interactive Fiction Games for Beginners

I don't know if interactive fiction is your jam or not, but it's seriously my jam, and I recommend you trying to investigate it as a potential jam or even a jelly. Interactive fiction is essentially "get candle from table" and "you cannot get candle from table" except taken to the next level and generally much better-designed than the old school ones. I HIGHLY recommend trying Galatea, as it is incredibly replayable, fascinating, and almost convincing.