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Te Papa museum’s Cipiyak Project highlights shared Ainu-Māori histories
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Te Papa museum’s Cipiyak Project highlights shared Ainu-Māori histories

Te Papa Tongarewa museum in Wellington is undertaking a new curatorial project with the aim of highlighting Ainu artifacts in the museum’s collection, telling stories of Japanese migration to New Zealand, and exploring the shared histories of colonisation between indigenous people of Aotearoa and Japan. The Cipiyak project—named after the …

Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is an invaluable game design reference
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Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is an invaluable game design reference

Dim Bulb Games’ Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking is a fascinating concept. Before we even get to the curiosity inherent in something like lockpicking, the very idea of a “museum of mechanics” is a brilliant one—not a “game” in the typical sense, but an interactive library, a point of reference, and …