Safety

The obituaries are generated by a language model under a tight set of instructions. Every obituary is screened, twice, by a safety classifier before it is published. We refuse obituaries that name real people, that depict gore or bodily harm, that contain slurs or sexual content, or that drift outside the McSweeney's-bordered tonality we want.

If an obituary slips through that you find inappropriate, please email safety@galaga.0p.studio with the URL. We will remove it within twenty-four hours and adjust the classifier.

If you are a player and you are struggling with grief or thoughts of self-harm: this game cannot help, but a real person can. In the United States, dial or text 988. Elsewhere, find a list of crisis lines at findahelpline.com.