Month: January 2024

For anyone who hasn’t heard of it, Cards Against Humanity is a grown-up party game that’s super easy to learn but pretty much guaranteed to make you crack up. Basically you fill in the blanks to unfinished sentences using funny, and kinda offensive, phrases.

I gotta say, after playing Cards Against Humanity in my 30s, I never went back to Apples to Apples. It’s just way more hilarious with the no-limits humor. Me and my friends were crying laughing all night long playing it over the weekend.

Just a FYI, if you are easily offend, this game isn’t for you. But if you like boundary-pushing jokes with friends, I’d definitely check it out. It’s a total party and the $25 starter set is an affordable way to get the fun going.

Just a heads up – I also recommend getting the expansions for 10 bucks if you see it when you’re out. Those extra cards will keep you laughing game after game.

Overall rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Good stuff:

• Crazy funny card content
• Simple rules
• Gets conversations going

Bad stuff:

• Humor goes too far for some people’s taste
• Gets repetitive after lots of replays
• Need to keep buying expansions to keep it fresh

Let me know if you end up playing Cards Against Humanity! I’d love to hear what you think. It’s been my go-to adult party game for years and it always delivers laughs, even with a few flaws.

I chose to generate images of fly-fishing for rainbow trout in Montana using Ideogram. While there were some interesting results, none precisely matched what I had envisioned.

I see AI image generation as still being in early stages – it can spark ideas and provide inspiration, but lacks the nuance and intentionality of human creation. As the technology continues advancing rapidly, I’m eager to see it become more versatile.

This experiment highlighted both the current capabilities and limitations of systems like ideogram. It seems better suited for sparking creative ideas rather than final polished work. As designers, we retain an irreplaceable role in bringing thoughtful direction and purpose to visual media. Overall though, I’m intrigued by these AI tools as complements to human creativity rather than replacements.