لیندا گوستەر بەشداربووە لە کۆمپانیای DualShockers و ڕۆژنامەنووسێکی یاریکردنە و بنکەکەی لە بەریتانیادایە و پسپۆڕە لە یارییە ڤیدیۆییەکان، وەرزشی ئەلیکترۆنی، شیکاری پیشەسازی، تایبەتمەندی، لیست، پێداچوونەوە، چاوپێکەوتن و هەواڵ. لە ساڵی ٢٠٢٠ەوە بە شێوەیەکی پیشەیی نووسینی کردووە و لە ساڵی ٢٠٢٥ دەستی بە ڕووماڵکردنی یارییە ڤیدیۆییەکان و وەرزشی ئەلیکترۆنی کردووە و خولیای تەواوی ژیانی کردووە بە فۆکۆسی پیشەیی خۆی.
پێش ئەوەی پەیوەندی بە کۆمپانیای DualShockers بکات، لیندا وەک سەرۆکی ناوەڕۆک بۆ Esports Insider DACH و The Escapist Magazine Germany کاری کردووە. پێشتر لە ئەندازیاری نەرمەکاڵا و میدیای دیجیتاڵیدا کاری کردووە، ئەمەش پێشینەیەکی تەکنیکی بەهێزی پێبەخشیوە و توانای ڕوونکردنەوەی سیستەمی ئاڵۆزی بە ڕوونی پێداوە. لە سەرانسەری ژیانی پیشەیی خۆیدا، هەزاران پارچە هەواڵی نووسیوە و کلتوری یاریکردن، وەرزشی ئەلیکترۆنی، تەکنەلۆژیا و پێشکەوتنە بەرفراوانەکانی پیشەسازی ڕووماڵ کردووە.
I have a confession to make. I was absolutely obsessed with ASCII art as a kid. We're talking early 2000s chatrooms and MSN Messenger, where I would spend an unreasonable amount of time tracking down the perfect ASCII rose or cat to paste into conversations.
Entire evenings went into finding the perfect one and arranging them into conversations that ended up looking more like abstract art galleries than actual communication. I loved it unreservedly, and I maintain to this day that it was a legitimately creative medium.
That is part of why Third Bloc caught my eye immediately. Developed and published by ASCII Interactions, this text-based political management sandbox is set in the Cold War and renders everything – including its space launches, weapons tests, and nuclear cinematics – in detailed animated ASCII.
It lands on Steam on January 18th, 2027 – but before that, we can exclusively confirm today that a demo will drop on October 4th. If Third Bloc sounds like your kind of thing, you won't have to wait long to find out.
It's 1945. Your republic has little industry, few trained specialists, and no international recognition. The United States and Soviet Union are the two superpowers dictating the very fabric of the world, and you are somewhere in the middle – a small country that has to figure out very quickly which way to lean, how much independence you can afford, and what you're willing to trade for the help you desperately need.
Third Bloc gives you 90 turns to navigate 45 years of the Cold War, from 1945 to 1990. You manage an economy built around 42 facilities covering everything from basic infrastructure to the foundations of a space program. You set laws, shape your regime, recruit named agents with individual stats and post them abroad to find scientists, steal technology, and cultivate relationships that may bear fruit several turns later. You respond to telegrams from 312 named correspondents across 936 decision letters, each reply potentially affecting who contacts you next and under what circumstances.
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.dualshockers.com/third-bloc-indie-game-cold-war-nuclear-apocalypse-ascii/
