And now, Writing Game Histories (2026) with cover art (courtesy of @murthynikhil.bsky.social’s Syphilisation)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
December 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
And now, Writing Game Histories (2026) with cover art (courtesy of @murthynikhil.bsky.social’s Syphilisation)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
whoa I had never heard of Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation... a "postcolonial 4X game" about students doing a group project about Churchill and Gandhi (!!)... some clever high concept experimental game design here www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a ferociously in-depth, empathic reworking of Civilization and other 4X games
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a "postcolonial 4X game", which might sound like a contradiction in terms. While appro…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 8, 2024 at 7:45 AM
whoa I had never heard of Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation... a "postcolonial 4X game" about students doing a group project about Churchill and Gandhi (!!)... some clever high concept experimental game design here www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
Nikhil Murthy’s Syphilisation (2024)
April 29, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Nikhil Murthy’s Syphilisation (2024)
Tout au long de sa vie, Edward Abbey a célébré la beauté de la nature éternelle, qu’il voyait menacée de "syphilisation", un terme qu’il utilisait pour décrire l’invasion constante de l’espèce humaine et la voracité du capitalisme.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Ng7
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Ng7
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Tout au long de sa vie, Edward Abbey a célébré la beauté de la nature éternelle, qu’il voyait menacée de "syphilisation", un terme qu’il utilisait pour décrire l’invasion constante de l’espèce humaine et la voracité du capitalisme.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Ng7
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Ng7
Tout au long de sa vie, Edward Abbey a célébré la beauté de la nature éternelle, qu’il voyait menacée de "syphilisation", un terme qu’il utilisait pour décrire l’invasion constante de l’espèce humaine et la voracité du capitalisme.
🎁 émission de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social
➡️ l.franceculture.fr/Wxx
🎁 émission de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social
➡️ l.franceculture.fr/Wxx
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tout au long de sa vie, Edward Abbey a célébré la beauté de la nature éternelle, qu’il voyait menacée de "syphilisation", un terme qu’il utilisait pour décrire l’invasion constante de l’espèce humaine et la voracité du capitalisme.
🎁 émission de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social
➡️ l.franceculture.fr/Wxx
🎁 émission de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social
➡️ l.franceculture.fr/Wxx
”Zivilisation, das klingt deutschen Ohren wie syphilisation.”
August 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
”Zivilisation, das klingt deutschen Ohren wie syphilisation.”
I put lots of excerpts from books in Syphilisation.
May 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
I put lots of excerpts from books in Syphilisation.
And ICYMI, I talked with Murthy about Syphilisation, their postcolonial 4X game.
"[M]urthy seeks a procedural rhetoric of collaborating nations and history from the perspective of those below."
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social talks to Nikhil Murthy about his game Syphilisation, a postcolonial take on 4X games like Civilization: unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social talks to Nikhil Murthy about his game Syphilisation, a postcolonial take on 4X games like Civilization: unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
Advancing Together | Unwinnable
unwinnable.com
September 6, 2024 at 3:15 PM
And ICYMI, I talked with Murthy about Syphilisation, their postcolonial 4X game.
Recommended reading on the challenges of designing thoughtful and interesting grand strategy games. My good friends Jon Shafer and Ryan Sumo have a lot to say, and I guess I need to play Syphilisation.
Can you make an anti-imperial empire game?
The 4Xperts behind Civilization, Syphilisation and Victoria 3 discuss eXperimental 4X design.
t.co
July 29, 2023 at 1:51 PM
Recommended reading on the challenges of designing thoughtful and interesting grand strategy games. My good friends Jon Shafer and Ryan Sumo have a lot to say, and I guess I need to play Syphilisation.
Here's @edwinet.bsky.social on Civ end games, including how Syphilisation highlights the limitations of winner-take-all.
www.rockpapershotgun.com/most-civiliz...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/most-civiliz...
Most Civilization players don't finish a single game, going by Civ 6 data, and perhaps that's the best way to play
If your time with foundational PC strategy 4X game series Sid Meier's Civilization consists of exactly one save file th…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here's @edwinet.bsky.social on Civ end games, including how Syphilisation highlights the limitations of winner-take-all.
www.rockpapershotgun.com/most-civiliz...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/most-civiliz...
CN Nationalsozialismus
Der Begriff "Siff" wie bei bspw. "Siff-Twitter" ist übrigens gar nicht so eine glückliche Wortwahl.
"Die „Syphilisation“ oder „Syphilisierung“ wurde zum antisemitischen Code einer angenommenen „Vergiftung“ des „Volkskörpers“."
Der Begriff "Siff" wie bei bspw. "Siff-Twitter" ist übrigens gar nicht so eine glückliche Wortwahl.
"Die „Syphilisation“ oder „Syphilisierung“ wurde zum antisemitischen Code einer angenommenen „Vergiftung“ des „Volkskörpers“."
Syphilis – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org
August 22, 2023 at 1:53 PM
CN Nationalsozialismus
Der Begriff "Siff" wie bei bspw. "Siff-Twitter" ist übrigens gar nicht so eine glückliche Wortwahl.
"Die „Syphilisation“ oder „Syphilisierung“ wurde zum antisemitischen Code einer angenommenen „Vergiftung“ des „Volkskörpers“."
Der Begriff "Siff" wie bei bspw. "Siff-Twitter" ist übrigens gar nicht so eine glückliche Wortwahl.
"Die „Syphilisation“ oder „Syphilisierung“ wurde zum antisemitischen Code einer angenommenen „Vergiftung“ des „Volkskörpers“."
Here’s @phoenixsimms.bsky.social doing one of my favorite things; putting Syphilisation in conversation with literature.
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
Advancing Together - Unwinnable
Nikhil Murthy’s Syphilisation emerged as a way to address some enduring colonial-imperialist assumptions in the 4X classic series Civilization.
unwinnable.com
September 7, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Here’s @phoenixsimms.bsky.social doing one of my favorite things; putting Syphilisation in conversation with literature.
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
Some of the games/demos we're playing:
- Trackmania 2020
- MUTAGEN
- Jenny the Witch
- Syphilisation
- Aerial_Knight's DropShot
- picross (v excited about this)
- Titan Chaser
- Sleep Awake
- Ourlands
- Artis Impact
- Big Walk
- Marathon???
- SOME SORT OF FINAL FANTASY????
- THE ACE COMBAT 7 DLC????
- Trackmania 2020
- MUTAGEN
- Jenny the Witch
- Syphilisation
- Aerial_Knight's DropShot
- picross (v excited about this)
- Titan Chaser
- Sleep Awake
- Ourlands
- Artis Impact
- Big Walk
- Marathon???
- SOME SORT OF FINAL FANTASY????
- THE ACE COMBAT 7 DLC????
August 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Some of the games/demos we're playing:
- Trackmania 2020
- MUTAGEN
- Jenny the Witch
- Syphilisation
- Aerial_Knight's DropShot
- picross (v excited about this)
- Titan Chaser
- Sleep Awake
- Ourlands
- Artis Impact
- Big Walk
- Marathon???
- SOME SORT OF FINAL FANTASY????
- THE ACE COMBAT 7 DLC????
- Trackmania 2020
- MUTAGEN
- Jenny the Witch
- Syphilisation
- Aerial_Knight's DropShot
- picross (v excited about this)
- Titan Chaser
- Sleep Awake
- Ourlands
- Artis Impact
- Big Walk
- Marathon???
- SOME SORT OF FINAL FANTASY????
- THE ACE COMBAT 7 DLC????
'In fact, it is said that civilization and syphilisation advance together!'
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
'In fact, it is said that civilization and syphilisation advance together!'
8. Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
An incredibly interesting take on the 4X genre, like an anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist take on Civilization
whynotgames.itch.io/nikhil-murth...
An incredibly interesting take on the 4X genre, like an anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist take on Civilization
whynotgames.itch.io/nikhil-murth...
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation by whynotgames
A postcolonial 4X game.
whynotgames.itch.io
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
8. Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
An incredibly interesting take on the 4X genre, like an anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist take on Civilization
whynotgames.itch.io/nikhil-murth...
An incredibly interesting take on the 4X genre, like an anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist take on Civilization
whynotgames.itch.io/nikhil-murth...
@murthynikhil.bsky.social was amazing to discuss with about both this project and its philosophy! 4X games like Syphilisation need more press. We need more postcolonial game designers that genuinely believe in that philosophy. Not to mention deindustrialisation!
Here’s @phoenixsimms.bsky.social doing one of my favorite things; putting Syphilisation in conversation with literature.
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
Advancing Together - Unwinnable
Nikhil Murthy’s Syphilisation emerged as a way to address some enduring colonial-imperialist assumptions in the 4X classic series Civilization.
unwinnable.com
September 7, 2024 at 2:41 PM
@murthynikhil.bsky.social was amazing to discuss with about both this project and its philosophy! 4X games like Syphilisation need more press. We need more postcolonial game designers that genuinely believe in that philosophy. Not to mention deindustrialisation!
Some of the postcolonialism missing from Syphilisation.
whynotgames.in/2024/09/05/m...
whynotgames.in/2024/09/05/m...
Postcolonialism Missing From Syphilisation
Syphilisation is now fully released, but there are some postcolonial principles that I never got to implement in the game.
whynotgames.in
September 5, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Some of the postcolonialism missing from Syphilisation.
whynotgames.in/2024/09/05/m...
whynotgames.in/2024/09/05/m...
ICYMI #2: I discussed Postcolonial game design with @murthynikhil.bsky.social. I also put their 4X project Syphilisation into conversation with pop and literary media attempting to represent the nuances of Postcolonialism.
@murthynikhil.bsky.social was amazing to discuss with about both this project and its philosophy! 4X games like Syphilisation need more press. We need more postcolonial game designers that genuinely believe in that philosophy. Not to mention deindustrialisation!
Here’s @phoenixsimms.bsky.social doing one of my favorite things; putting Syphilisation in conversation with literature.
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
unwinnable.com/2024/09/05/a...
September 10, 2024 at 1:08 PM
ICYMI #2: I discussed Postcolonial game design with @murthynikhil.bsky.social. I also put their 4X project Syphilisation into conversation with pop and literary media attempting to represent the nuances of Postcolonialism.
Thanks for hosting!
Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj.
store.steampowered.com/app/1712530/...
Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj.
store.steampowered.com/app/1712530/...
November 2, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Thanks for hosting!
Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj.
store.steampowered.com/app/1712530/...
Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game in which you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj.
store.steampowered.com/app/1712530/...
“Civilisation and syphilisation have advanced together.”
Ladies and gentlemen, the main event of the evening; Anthony Hopkins as Abraham van Helsing!
Ladies and gentlemen, the main event of the evening; Anthony Hopkins as Abraham van Helsing!
October 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Civilisation and syphilisation have advanced together.”
Ladies and gentlemen, the main event of the evening; Anthony Hopkins as Abraham van Helsing!
Ladies and gentlemen, the main event of the evening; Anthony Hopkins as Abraham van Helsing!
Syphilisation is now out, as brilliantly described by @edwinet.bsky.social on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a ferociously in-depth, empathic reworking of Civilization and other 4X games
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a "postcolonial 4X game", which might sound like a contradiction in terms. While appro…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Syphilisation is now out, as brilliantly described by @edwinet.bsky.social on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/nikhil-murth...
The US under Trump is syphilisation
March 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The US under Trump is syphilisation