procedural-rhetoric
✓Rules persuade. Structure IS argument. Design consciously.
Installation
SKILL.md
Ian Bogost coined it: "an unholy blend of Will Wright and Aristotle."
Games and simulations persuade through processes and rules, not just words or visuals. The structure of your world embodies an ideology. When The Sims allows same-sex relationships without fanfare, the rules themselves make a statement — equality is the default, not a feature.
| PROCEDURAL-RHETORIC | Ian Bogost | Rules carry ideology | | MASKING-EFFECT | Scott McCloud | Abstraction enables identification | | SIMULATOR-EFFECT | Will Wright | Imagination fills gaps |
Rules persuade. Structure IS argument. Design consciously. Source: simhacker/moollm.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/simhacker/moollm --skill procedural-rhetoric- Source
- simhacker/moollm
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- </>Dev Tools
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- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is procedural-rhetoric?
Rules persuade. Structure IS argument. Design consciously. Source: simhacker/moollm.
How do I install procedural-rhetoric?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/simhacker/moollm --skill procedural-rhetoric Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/simhacker/moollm
Details
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- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01