In space, no one can hear you have an existential crisis

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When Edwin talked about Moon Sweepers yesterday he focused on the artisanal approach to space rock cleaning. Like the puritan he is, he wants to wipe away all the dust on the moon using a toothbrush. He says you should take pride in your work, stick one spacesuit-clad middle finger up to the machines and say 'Fuck off, robots. Let me show you my art!" as you get down on all fours and brush away moon dust.

I've taken a different approach.

I mean, sure, when I first created a new game in Moon Sweepers, I painted with my toothbrush:

Image credit: DragDrop Games / RPS

But then I got down to the serious business of trying to clean up the dusty moon, section by section and all thoughts of art left my head.

When you first begin Moon Sweepers, you're faced with an entire planetoid broken down into hexagonal tiles, each deep with dust and needing a brushing. The first sectors you'll clean take an age to clear.…