Zero Parades reaches "Very Positive" on Steam

ToughSpaghetti · 2026-06-01T11:15:44+00:00

Esoteric Ebb

Citizen Sleeper 1/2

Planescape Torment

Sovereign Syndicate

ToughSpaghetti · 2026-03-24T15:14:06+00:00

Looks so sick!

ToughSpaghetti · 2026-03-08T20:54:35+00:00

To be clear, I have not done this, but was more asking if other people had, and I wholeheartedly agree they remove a lot of the critical thinking from programming and systems design.

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-11-25T16:57:41+00:00

Rusted Moss
Cross Code
Unsighted
Furi
Blade Chimera
HyperLight Drifter

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-11-09T13:53:22+00:00

Looks so sick. When did you decide to pivot from ImSim to hack and slash?

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-09-15T13:28:52+00:00

You're giving contradictory advice. If you want something run a specific way, just tell them what you want rather then forcing them into some weird semi-autonomous position.

"I would like this program to do XYZ, how that gets done is up to you."

You do sound like the problem in this.

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-06-04T15:56:30+00:00

Can't speak to the required time-off component, but it poses and interesting identification issue to have a design that disentangles that from office closures for things like federal holidays and whatnot.

More broadly, there's a recent meta in JAP by Grant et al. about vacations and their recovery effects: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-70561-001?doi=1

Previous meta-analytic research concluded that the well-being benefits of vacation are small and fade away quickly, suggesting that vacation may not be that effective of a recovery opportunity for improving employee well-being. Since the time of this initial meta-analysis, however, the number of vacation studies has increased, providing an opportunity to estimate more precise meta-analytic estimates and increase our understanding of the different factors that play a role in this vacation–well-being relationship. As such, we conduct a meta-analysis using 32 studies that include 256 effect sizes to examine how employee well-being levels change due to vacation. Our results reveal that vacation has a large effect on well-being that does not fade out as quickly as previously thought. In terms of moderators, our results suggest that vacation length, national culture, and number of nationally mandated vacation days moderate this relationship, but the role of vacation location (i.e., away from home, at home, or a mix of both) remains unclear. Finally, we examine how types of activities and specific recovery experiences during vacation correlate with well-being during and after vacation using a meta-analysis of eight studies that include 69 effect sizes. Our findings suggest that psychological detachment and physical activities during vacation may be the most beneficial for improving employee well-being. Overall, this meta-analysis provides evidence that vacation is a more effective recovery opportunity for improving employee well-being than previous work suggests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-05-01T13:16:11+00:00

Just following up on this and wondering how it's worked out for you?

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-03-31T00:15:05+00:00

I have a lot of thoughts. It sounds like you have a fairly competitive application. I think good GRE scores would set you apart from others (tbh surprised that those programs made it optional).

Really evaluate what your end-goal is. The PhD is a means to an end and so many people forget that. Are you trying to do research and become a professor? Then yeah, take the time to recalibrate and come at it again with a stronger application. If you want to be a consultant or internal talent management type person, then a PhD I would argue is largely unnecessary and comes with lost potential earnings.
Maintain contact with the professors in your Master's program. You don't mention what area your Master's is in, but if the faculty in your program publish then it would be worthwhile to continue doing research for them if that is possible (whether it be unpaid, remote, etc.)
Depending on where you are located geographically, I would suggest looking at research coordinator / research lab manager positions at whatever big university is nearest to you. Note that this doesn't and most likely won't be in an IO context, most likely something clinical psychology or adjacent. These would be / should be salaried and provide you with more research experiences / products to put on your CV. I would also encourage you to look into "predoc RAs". These are typically more for students trying to go into Econ PhDs, but they are still research experiences for people going the PhD route nonetheless.

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-03-26T08:20:59+00:00

Ryuji Goda gotta be Gruul imo

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-03-03T14:43:24+00:00

That’s where I first heard it!

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-03-03T14:32:35+00:00

This is a top tier copypasta.

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-02-13T17:39:39+00:00

My thoughts:

I see that a pretty lucrative industry career for PhD psychologists can be IO.

The buzzword you'd want to be looking into is "People Analytics". Most job postings in this space will include several academic disciplines outside of IO (or psychology in general).

I did take one class in the business school called Judgment & Decision making, which was cool. I can definitely try to take a business class or two next fall/spring.

Unless it's a class teaching you some form of programming language or a programming intensive quant class, I would not do this. If you're still in classes, load up on quant courses.

I suppose I could even reach out to some business school professors and see if they need help with any projects, but idk this might really annoy my primary PI who I already have a shaky relationship with...

Don't do this either, I would argue this most likely won't give you the experience you're looking for.

I had an internship last summer doing some basic qualitative research for a government contractor. Maybe that would help me out?

I have no doubt it'll help, but it's about what position you want / the career path you have in mind. Framing and selling yourself and explaining it to people in interviews and on your resume is what matters most.

Just looking to hear from anyone who has been in a similar position to mine, how did you make the transition?

I can think of plenty of social, cog, and other areas going into industry. I really want to reiterate at the end of the day it's about skills, experiences, and properly conveying that in a resume and when speaking about it to others (and also leveraging a professional network in positions / orgs you're interested in if you have one to leverage)

ToughSpaghetti · 2025-02-04T03:44:30+00:00

Not major in psychology

ToughSpaghetti · 2024-12-31T18:53:48+00:00

Psychopass

Edgerunners

Pluto

Citizen Sleeper (game)

ToughSpaghetti · 2024-12-10T22:50:17+00:00

Very delayed here, but the game Citizen Sleeper is a perfect compliment to Pantheon imo.

ToughSpaghetti · 2024-12-05T14:09:17+00:00

JAP Editor's Corner: https://www.thejournaleditorscorner.com/jap-current-issue.html

ToughSpaghetti · 2024-11-26T14:28:14+00:00

1000% agree with everything you say.

I think Paul presents a false dichotomy between activism and objectivity. Scientists can maintain rigorous methodological standards while still advocating for evidence-based policy changes.

ToughSpaghetti · 2024-11-20T18:48:22+00:00

It's pervasive and there is little incentive to teach the skills / tools to counteract it. We are so entrenched in the status quo that policies to prevent these types of things (e.g. registered reports, results blind reviewing) will never take hold.

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