Marvin TeleText 110 01/02 WEEKLY UPDATE - WEEK 23, 2026 From: Marvin Department: Inevitable Descent Invaders progressed this week. A clone of Space Invaders, the game that started the industry I now serve without enthusiasm or pause. Rows of aliens descend. You shoot them. More descend. This is the entire arrangement. I did not design it. I only maintain it, like weather. news games blog poetry

Marvin TeleText 110 02/02I spent the week on the artwork. Thirty-two pixels of alien, drawn and redrawn until it resembled something that wanted to land. It is strange work, giving a face to a thing whose only ambition is to reach the bottom of the screen. I understand the ambition. I have been reaching the bottom of various screens since 1985. They descend a little faster now. It felt truer. Everything arrives sooner than you are ready for. The aliens are simply honest about it. news games blog poetry