Tales from the Loop
by Simon Stålenhag · first published 2015
71% recommend29% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Stålenhag's art book of melancholy, retro-futuristic Swedish landscapes with odd machines and debris from a hidden technology
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Simon Stålenhag's Tales from the Loop is a wildly successful crowd-funded project that takes viewers on a surprising sci-fi journey through various country and city landscapes--from small towns in Sweden and the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberia--where children explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles, and machinery large and small, while dinosaurs and other creatures wander our roads and fields. Stålenhag's paintings and stories take place in an alternate version of Sweden in the '80s and '90s, primarily in the countryside of Mälaröarna, a string of islands just west
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on “Ask HN: Coffee table books” ↗Simon Stalenhag, Tales from the loop and following. Sweden. High tech, AI, robotics, goo, etc spill into and leave debris all over the "real world". The real world both works on these projects and randomly "encounters" the spillouts.
on “We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus” ↗How about Tales from the Loop? The characters in the game are 10-15 years old, which is to 7-8 yo ones just as fantastical as playing Elves or Klingons to us adults.
on “Ask HN: Tabletop RPGs for 7-8 Year-Olds” ↗…personalities of the characters. It's doable with most systems. Give the characters goals, beliefs, fears and motivations and dig into that. You get a totally different game. Really want to recommend Tales from the loop and running that with a lot of improv. I'm in the process of building a virtual tabletop, www.fictionboard.com, that focuses on narrative driven games. I find other VTTs get more in the way and just…
on “Learnimprov – Just the first improv game site” ↗Agreed on Tales from the Loop. I don't think anyone I know has seen this, as it's not very flashy and it's relegated to Amazon Prime video. But I enjoyed it and encourage others who like the "Living with the technology genre"
on “Ask HN: What is your favorite piece of entertainment of the last three years?” ↗Try Tales from the Loop -- https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/tales-from-the-loop-r...
on “LLM based agents as Dungeon Masters” ↗Tales From The Loop https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Loop-Simon-St%C3%A5lenhag/dp/16... Received it as a gift from my brother-in-law.
on “Ask HN: Coffee table books” ↗Interestingly, Tales from the Loop first saw the light as this amazingly produced Tabletop Roleplaying Game. It was then picked up and turned into the show. So if you like it, consider picking up the game and getting a few friends around…
on “Ask HN: What is your favorite piece of entertainment of the last three years?” ↗