Machination Log

Guidelines for amateur creation - Mailbag pilot 22.10.2016 ↓

Reader/watcher/person e-mail response!

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - MCR028 22.10.2016 ↓

The Cast - Nicole Paddock, Ryan Rilea, David Paddock NOW we're cooking with 70's children.

Forza Horizon 3 + Dirt Rally - Game Convention 002 15.10.2016 ↓

The Cast - Jacob Paddock (Forza), David Paddock (Dirt) The zip-zappinest simulation racing experiences of the '16.

Young Frankenstein - MCR027 12.10.2016 ↓

The Cast - Nicole Paddock, Ryan Rilea, David Paddock We kick off our October spooptacular the way Ryan knows how.

Bags and Chips v2 - SysProc, chapter 3 09.10.2016 ↓

The Cast - Alysha, David Paddock Moving forward with Bags and Chips. Also: secret forums, machine learning, and checkboxes!

The Farseer Trilogy - On writing, chapter 2 04.10.2016 ↓

The Cast - Lori Reeves, Ben Watts, Andy Chilton, David Paddock Lori Reeves joins us for the first time to weave a thread through fiction as a thing one might enjoy.

October purge - ML16.10.01 01.10.2016 ↓

Solo cast about getting reset for the month of October. Asymptomatic depression, fasting, American Top Team, calendars and other things!

Booktober - Sage wondering with Matt 005 29.09.2016 ↓

September sleep brings October steeped...in books? Close enough. We've got the nextest installment of Matt's accidentally revolutionary FB calendar scheme.

Bags and Chips v1 - SysProc, chapter 2 26.09.2016 ↓

Alysha and I table the Day Grid Balancer and move to a homebrew chronological to-do list jobby. Also: year-long vacations and losing your mind (the usual).

Helvetica - Movie Crew Review 026 22.09.2016 ↓

Fonts is all round you. Learn yourself. The Movie Crew will show you how.

Game Convention, pilot 19.09.2016 ↓

The Cast - Nick LoCastro (The Division), Alberto Remy (DOOM), Mitchell Londergan (World of Warcraft: Legion), David Paddock (Picross 3D 2, Stardew Valley) We talk about games! For a long time! Also Fiasco!

The Joy of Painting with Alex Jones - ML16.09.17 17.09.2016 ↓

With only a few months before MFF, I need to learn how to paint. Armed with a lot on-sale art supplies, Dill and I investigate the pastime of pastimes as well as UFOs.

Friday - The Introverse, chapter 6 15.09.2016 ↓

Embracing the cold, calculating machinery of inhuman interaction. For fun!

Day Grid Balancer - SysProc trial 1 12.09.2016 ↓

The Cast - Alysha, David Paddock The inaugural episode of the Procession of Systems as well as Alysha's debut on the Mach Log.

Baroness at The Social - Cultural outreach, chapter 3 09.09.2016 ↓

A bit of light chatter over pizza about loud music in small spaces.

Nile Ethiopian Restaurant - Cultural outreach, chapter 2 08.09.2016 ↓

A highly unannotated travelogue into the fooding experience of Ethiopian food in Orlando.

Lapse Recovery Procedure v0.1 07.09.2016 ↓

Labor Day weekend got accidentally extended. Time to reel it in.

MCR025 - Weekend 02.09.2016 ↓

This week we explore Godard's relationship to film--a showcase of hatred toward the people who create it, wrapped in a contempt for the people who watch it, soaked in a frustration with the people who fight it.

ML16.09.01 - Everyone might be dead 01.09.2016 ↓

With or without humanity, the log must go on!

Murder Hobo Fantasies, chapter 4 - Fiasco 01.09.2016 ↓

The Cast - Mitchell Londergan, Dill George, David Paddock In the rubble of a three-player Fiasco game, we try to explain the magic of collective movie direction.

ML16.08.30 - Learn from yourself 31.08.2016 ↓

The Cast - David Paddock You already tried it before. Just do it.

ML16.09.-02 - Sage wondering with Matt, chapter 4 30.08.2016 ↓

The Cast - Matt Szmaida, David Paddock Sleep initiatives. Doing more. Friend counts. Tiny scripts. Join us.

The week ahead 29.08.2016 ↓

Watch Weekend! Read Assassin's Apprentice! Run!

The Thing 27.08.2016 ↓

Conflict resolution.

Offworld Trading Company Review 26.08.2016 ↓

To boldly profit where no one has profited before.