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gnohmon wrote on Fri, Jun 21, 2002 03:45 AM UTC:
'As for Lint to Dust Bunny to Dust Demon -- you may have found another
   great train of evolution to rival Paperclip to Coathanger to Bicycle.'

? And what about Crumb to Cookie Monster???

Sometimes I'll write a scientific exposition of all the possible variations
of multiple pieces on the same square, and other times, I'll just write a
game with many unused types of neutral pieces. It's all the same in some
abstruse way.

Did you notice that lint and dust bunnies are usually grey, perfect for a
neutral piece? This had much to do with the choice of names, although of
course, 'what else would one find in a Pajama but lint?' had more
influence.

I guess it was the greyness of lint that made me make them neutral. The
thinking behind these things happens in a flash that I can't remember
later; for example, the idea of lunch in SGL312 Chess (which I hope to get
written up in a couple of weeks; unlike Capt Spalding, it needs some
playtest).

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