The Standup with ThePrimeagen We used to be gamers
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Feb 14, 2026 Trash (Trash Dev), a former pro shooter player and esports raconteur, and Beacon (Began), a speedrunning and modding obsessive, trade nostalgic gaming tales. They riff on Terraria builds and mods, Slay the Spire addiction, Pokémon Go raids, StarCraft war stories, LAN-party nostalgia, and the perils of trying to get back into old obsessions.
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Making Real Computers Inside Terraria
- Beacon describes obsessively building complex machines in Terraria, including a 32-bit computer he wants to one-up to 33 bits.
- He uses ChatGPT to design Terraria circuit schematics and says the first designs worked immediately.
Short Sessions, Deep Strategy
- ThePrimeagen values Slay the Spire because it fits short play sessions and is highly strategic despite being on mobile.
- Mobile accessibility plus deep mechanics can make a game both addictive and intellectually engaging.
Infinite Loops In Card Games
- Beacon describes designing infinite loops in Magic: The Gathering to create massive token doublings and chain effects.
- His wife quit playing with him because turns could take 45 minutes while he executed exponential loops.