Tweets from 2011/05
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			@nickgwood I am, I am! I assume I'll see you there?
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			@srules NEED BEARD!
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			@srules both? To be real Compscis...
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			#yes2av to save all the fucking around with tactical voting every election
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			Chell <3 Gordon
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			Also, Gordon <3 Chell
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			Long night of explaining exactly why Portal 2 was brilliant BUT! I want more brokenness.
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			@nickgwood I can't really argue they should have done it differently. But I've an itch they did not scratch.
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			O flip, #londonindies tonight.
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			@nickgwood also downloading on this end. And I watched a tutorial video on the Hammer editor. Wheeee, level design!
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			http://ifthiswasonfacebookiwouldlikeit.com/ is alive again! Visit for electronic musics.
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			@asponge You're a terrible person and I hate you.
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			@asponge And here I was, feeling vaguely satisfied to have learnt about culling and blending settings for shaders...
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			@robinlacey He says he probably won't be able to do it... And he's in Turkey for the next week, and lacks an iPhone... :<
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			Photo: Not quite what I was aiming for… http://tumblr.com/xui2dsa76w
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			@asponge And there's new Comedy Vehicle on this evening! Truly these are good times to live in.
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			@S0phieH That reminds me! Would you be interested in making a fishing minigame for money?
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			Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/hall.html
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			"I have seen a great number of poorly Photoshopped images in my time as a photographer and I can tell by the pixels that it is a fake"in CNN
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			@Sirihoho http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/browse_thread/thread/454d7221f02f2364/16a15bddabcc0861
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			@hubmum was the funding the same? Thought the No campaign had bank, the Yes campaign had a published list of donors...
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			@vetraskr yep yep! Now to get that arcade machine working...
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			@sixtimesnothing Was looking at http://bit.ly/iznK3d - the download link seems broken. Any chance of a link?
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			@npupp @radiodario monkeytail! Go for it! I am 100% behind this plan!
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			@npupp o wow.
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			ha! http://www.reddit.com/r/firstworldproblems/
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			White or black Pokemon ah I don't know which should I get I can't decide tell me which one.
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			Thanks everyone I got white.
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			Sixteen candles has too many comedy sound effects.
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			@kitrichardsonuk "@AudreyTTBI: @daytrotter + @whyanticon = daytrotter.com/dt/why-concert/20031129-3738264.html (La vie est belle ! #inlove)"
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			Photo: Jennie taking the shorts off a sex doll with her face attached… http://tumblr.com/xui2exl1k7
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			Arg! You were working, and now you're not working, and I know that implies that I changed something, but WHAT DID I CHANGE? I can't find it.
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			Turns out, it never should have worked in the first place.
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			@awesommelier I have a drinking problem. Far too often, I forget that you need to tip the glass after it reaches your mouth not before...
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			@awesommelier Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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			The little tool I made today: http://imgur.com/A67P5?full #screenshotsaturday
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			That guy is wearing body armour. I'm sitting in the pub and that guy is wearing body armour.
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			Quoth @kitrichardsonuk "I like big scary vaginas."
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			@BinaryTweedDeej just a normal black dude, sitting in a pub in Elephant and Castle, protected against what gunfire may erupt.
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			Here's your dose of laser for the day: http://nottheinternet.com/files/lasers-firework-tattoos.pdf
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			RT @andybeta: Man, these two day weekends are fucking brutal.
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			Game making dudes! I'm planning a jam for the weekend fo the 11th and 12th June, again at the Hackspace. Who's up for that?
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			@KommanderKlobb Topic is gonna be "games to put on the arcade machine"...
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			There's a page for the gamejam, by the way - can sign up at http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/Gamejam
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			Flipping heck, the world is a weird place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophyophore
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			RT @jimrossignol: Making games: Initially complicated, but then soon complicated by complex complication. A problem, inside an enigma, ...
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			RT @mightyohm: Best hackerspace rule ever (London Hackspace): Rule 0) Don't be on fire.
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			RT @zunguzungu: The 10-40 belt of resistance [to Christianity]: http://www.joshuaproject.net/10-40-window.php via @rchops
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			@mikeBithell @imrejele yes.
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			@S0phieH No, "Anonymous" is more specific to that. You have to claim to be a member - and then you are. Once, they were all just /b/tards.
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			No better feeling than deleting large swathes of code you've just made obsolete.
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			@asponge I don't understand. The more I look the less I understand. I don't want context. It would only ruin it.
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			@reallyfancy let us know if they really do smell of bubblegum.
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			@Slaktus also, your arms get tired. that's the worst of it.
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			@thomasapage http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00grlyl
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			RT @grumpygiant: I'm sure there's a very good reason for this file existing - http://graphics.pixar.com/library/WaveletNoise/RapLyrics.txt
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			You hungry? How about after watching http://vimeo.com/23367218 ?
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			@musebloom Sometimes the world is a wonderful place, and sometimes it's a terrible place. Thank goodness for people who love us. *hug*
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			@Slaktus film is a construct of linguistic synthesis?
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			@Slaktus uh, to the extent that i understand that phrase :P
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			@Doomlaser it's okay, it only takes 8 seconds to boot...
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			@docky I want a twitter client that lets me do this. offline, so i can read me tweets on the tube, and read the articles later.
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			http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-324000-669000/page/7 The Domesday Project is really sweet.
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			@Slaktus Films were first silent. Slapstick is funny, no words involved. The simulation played in games is more often artifice than genuine.
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			@Slaktus games always have narrative. You can't escape narrative. slideshare.net/MaryHamilton1/zombie-larp-a-story-machine the same applies to films just the same.
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			@Slaktus "may require" but "aren't reliant"? Anyway,they necessarily generate them.Else, where would be the meaning,what would be the point?
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			@Slaktus how does any of this distinguish film from games? Is it really so different to always generate a narrative or to contain it?
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			@robyngallagher that thought always freaks me out a little.
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			@radiodario what will you use to seed the underlying points?
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			@robyngallagher Ah, Twitter fail. But: "All the random people on the street, they're all someone's friend."
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			@Slaktus I am. Tempted to offer to have this argument in front of other people.
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			@radiodario perlin noise is cool, but why not seed it with... 42, or 7629172 ('tits' in ascii). Or, or... Jam in as much meaning as you can.
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			@radiodario @iamtef http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html ?
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			@nachimir @gamecamp Woop woop!
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			@me_backwards surely the text before that one answered this one?
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			@me_backwards what's more craft and more digital than sequencing yeast and modifying it to make it glow?
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			@JamesWallis @gamecamp I'm for it if I can think of a good enough heckle.
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			@tigershungry what! Where's the jousting? We're going to be playing thigh-slapping at 3.
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			@tigershungry upstairs in room 4xx. It's on the board, anyhow.
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			@KommanderKlobb @tigershungry we were going to! It was my fail we didn't!
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			#gc4 was awesome. Lots of good talks I saw, seemingly more I missed. But lots of fun games. Many slaps! (and I will lemon-joust again.)
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			@asponge like that bit when you went litetally catatonic for 10 minutes when someone asked what gamification was?
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			The word of #gc4 was 'focaccia'.
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			@mink_ette did you ever find your earbuds?
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			@clq I SET MY WATCH WRONG ON PURPOSE.
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			@clq @marksutherland I do... I've just encoded that buffer on my wrist... (if I want accuracy, I can use my phone...)
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			Hey, you know what's really impressive? Youtube comments are now sometimes worthwhile. Who predicted that happening?
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			@Gillespionage I had a dream I wore a hole in the bottom of my shoe. You win.
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			@tigershungry but @jtsgames are running away from the party! do they hate fun?
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			Sebastian you're in a mess / You had a dream, they called you king / Of all the hipsters, is it true? / Or are you still the queen?
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			@radiodario oh boy, you should see my business cards! Personal: laser cut & engraved | Business: charcoal, letterpressed.
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			@iamtef yes, he is fantastic. You're seen @SecureTips ?
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			@tigershungry @jtsgames o sorry, i now see you are correct. woo, badge party!
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			@iamtef o, & for actual amazing game ideas, try @KBsGameTOILET
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			Video: “Mmmm, like Boards of Canada blended with old school house music.” http://tumblr.com/xui2jn3sts
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			@iamtef the work ones get sent to the printer today. twitpic.com/4ye7q5
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			@iamtef think twitpic takes a minute or two to finish uploading. wfm, now?
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			@radiodario made 'em on the hackspace laser cutter. black mountboard + laser + http://nottheinternet.com/files/card.dxf
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			@awesommelier if you're central, I'd be up for a spot of lunch.
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			Who's free on Friday? Coney are running a scratch night of A Small Town Anywhere, and it looked so good and I didn't see it, and now I can.
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			Here is the link, you should come, it will be so good. (I am excited) http://www.bac.org.uk/whats-on/coney-scratch-2011/
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			@awesommelier I meant Wednesday!
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			@JamesWallis Did this spark from "are games astronomy?"
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			@awesommelier ah. lrn2read etc. though I am about the evening.
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			@drayshak Sad to hear! I want Grooveshark to get better so I can ditch Spotify...
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			RT @AidanJohnMoffat: Thanks to a Quietus tweet, I stole the Tyler The Creator album out of curiosity. It's offensive AND boring. @theQui ...
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			@brendy_c "Real men don't use backups, they post their stuff on a public ftp server and let the rest of the world make copies."
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			@bendmob o? what was it?
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			@bendmob heh. Was it r/gonewild then?
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			@radiodario @iamtef I'm living with C#. It's slightly newer and shinier, but "bureaucracy" is still the watchword. *sigh*
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			@iamtef generally I like C#. But it's tedious to have to fill out the forms in triplicate before you get to play with the dangerous things.
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			@SiriHoho some day i'll be able to come :<
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			@SiriHoho yeah, I'm running around in Bristol then. Jam: http://londonjam2.eventbrite.com/
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			@S0phieH on the PC, they teach you mouselook. This is a game that wants everyone to be able to play it. I like that.
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			@glassarmy wait, when did you stop?
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			ANNOUNCING: Gamejam 2 : Electric Boogaloo. You should come! Deets at londonjam2.eventbrite.com/ but : 11th & 12th June, at the London Hackspace :D
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			RT @thishenryjames: Having an interest in antiques doesn't make you gay, but it might make you buy curios.
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			Watching people tour the International Space Station http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/nasa-hd-tv
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			@Slaktus ooooooooh! If you do, let me know, and I'll write a riposte.
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			@edclef how slutty people are is psych. Here's evidence that people are a bit slutty.
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			@fridgehead you're obsessed by teledildonics, admit it.
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			@new_nomad ... this may be what my dinner is, now.
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			@jonty If you must, give trophies, not prizes?
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			Blog: Unity sometimes makes me a little bit sad. http://post.ly/23n84
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			RT @rcolvile: Blogpost: Why are the unions so weak? Amazing stat buried in ONS data - strikes at lowest level for 80 yrs http://is.gd/TwDOXa
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			@edclef yeah, there's a lot of infalsifiable shit along those lines. Mainly I like it because it brings such a new perspective on old issues
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			@edclef "how do people behave?" is my favorite question - ev psy says "other species will provide a lot of context for this question"
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			@Slaktus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw
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			Having trouble distinguishing the static in this Cex track from the static in the video feed from the International Space Station.
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			So apparently "biome" has entered the game design lexicon?
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			@Slaktus "area of terrain which is a different type of terrain. ie desert bit, tundra bit, forest bit, sea bit. Esp. in procedural games"
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			Somehow I ended up on this page: http://www.campaniles.co.uk/maw/callchanges.html Who knew an "Exploding Hagdyke" was a real thing?
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			@awesommelier so far, so free of consumers.
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			@edclef yeah, this is all about a varied environment. But it's not proceedural, so it comes down to my gentle hand on the terrain brushes.
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			Such graphporn: http://treevis.net/
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			@rclarke o shush, the article was both funny and informative. (and the statement is probably about 95% accurate.)
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			@srules @oh_cripes did you guys buy a board game? Was talking with @HilariousCow about http://www.sirlin.net/yomi last night...
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			@srules @oh_cripes is much better with 3 people?
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			@richlitt don't say that, you'll disappoint all 5 of your communities.
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			@richlitt but serioudly: be honest and straightforward with 'em. well done for knowing what you can and can't do.
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			@richlitt oh, and if someone wants to take over, ace. give people the chance. foist it on them if necessary. but succession can be messy.
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			@radiodario The show's sold out. :< Details were: http://www.bac.org.uk/whats-on/coney-scratch-2011/ .
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			@awesommelier "extrude"?
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			@KommanderKlobb ... you've not been following my plans to build one, then?
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			@KommanderKlobb or coming to the jam to put games on it?
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			@KommanderKlobb <3 Withered Hand so much. Haven't seen them in too long.
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			@therussmorris I am torn: play the IF I was just talking about, play Bayonetta some, actually test this bloody Unity extension, write email,
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			@therussmorris or just go for a pub lunch?
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			@edclef @bentosmile Yeah, that's some lovely art. And the game is amusing, too.
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			@SongbyToad because twitter have blocked it.
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			About to do the Miglia Quadrato. I feel like an old man. @awesommelier , you'd love it.
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			@awesommelier ridiculous cars going round London at the middle of the night, trying to look at inscriptions and plaques on the walls.
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			@therussmorris don't you see? That's the point!
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			@HilariousCow thinking about it... all competitive games involve intuiting another's state of mind. Lizard vs lizard, forebrain vs forebrain
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			@HilariousCow hm. That was written a few days ago, but hadn't sent. I think I now disagree. Also just pure performance - ie puzzle bobble.
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			@charltonbrooker you'd just select for prettier arseholes.
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			@HilariousCow but puzzle bobble has the rain mechanic - but rain is always bad news. Randomness replaces yomi, I guess.
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			@asponge did you say you had a spare PC yearning to become an arcade machine?
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			@oh_cripes are we seriously calling it that?
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			Why is getting the night bus home so much worse than the tube? It doesn't even take any longer...
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			@asponge ace - someone else has also offered, but I like being both a beggar and a chooser - what's the specs?
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			@nikkipugh craft is anything that forces me to focus really intently upon one small detail at a time.
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			@nikkipugh when i was a kid, i would carve rubbers, and i loved how my entire attention would be on a cubic millimetre of rubber.
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			@iamtef and then trigger made a face
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			Hey! The interface board for the arcade machine has arrived! (attn @oh_cripes)
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			@fridgehead the board that turns button pushes into USB keyboard inputs. And, yes, once I have this installed and shove a PC in there.
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			@fridgehead you coming to the jam? londonjam2.eventbrite.com etc etc
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			@fridgehead it's the 11th/12th June.
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			@oh_cripes I like that name. But yes, an official name is needed.
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			The flip? @ThreeUK are now going to charge for Delivery Reports. Never in my life so far... Anyone else cheapish with generous data plans?
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			Tumblr: Armando Iannucci talks about the opera http://tumblr.com/xui2ncexlv
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			RT @zunguzungu: ""It has been a really tough weekend," said Harold Camping."
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			RE http://bit.ly/lHNhh7 : is there value in purposefully ephemeral chat? 4chan wouldn't be the same is everything was archived...
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			@KommanderKlobb does that imply that the expectation FB sets is eternal preservation? Jason Scott is allowed to be angry, he's an archivist.
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			@KommanderKlobb (having said that, I dread the day I end up having to develop against a facebook API)
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			@KommanderKlobb I guess consistently doing a thing is a kind of promise that you'll do it forever.
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			@musebloom BUT IM ALREADY CYNICAL
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			@mikeBithell gimme your username when you get it, i'll give you a game.
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			@doougle that beat is wrong. excellent stuff.
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			@doougle Did I show you the blog me and some friends post to? http://ifthiswasonfacebookiwouldlikeit.com/ Half the stuff I post, you linked.
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			@mikeBithell i wouldn't worry too much about that - i haven't played in many months (and wasn't very good then)
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			@doougle that's @kitrichardsonuk 's doing. And if you want to contribute, lemme know and I'll add you.
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			@musebloom I never trust him, he's too good at telling stories. (I tried to watch it last night, but fell asleep. I also got jam on my bed.)
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			Heading home, having successfully pursuaded an arcade cabinet to emit USB keyboard signals.
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			@asponge on which topic - when is best to steal the PC from you?
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			@nickgwood you don't know the half of it.
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			@brandonnn would you need to coordinate so you weren't looking at something awful when you die? "Hold up, Imma just close the scat porn"
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			@asponge I'm at igfest the weekend, so Thursday. Can come meet you beforehand, gimme a time and place. (cc @oh_cripes)
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			@asponge not sure about case, so "yes" to be on the safe side? (cc @oh_cripes)
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			@Slaktus @rclarke @oh_cripes can't be Babbage, Lovelace or Flowers, those are already machines at the space...
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			RT @witheredhand: Free folk 'jams' are killing live music.
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			@awesommelier is fucking Imogen What's-her-face and getting blackmailed for it a wrongdoing? Think he was more sinned against than sinning.
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			@awesommelier But hers and the Sun's even more so. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2011/1232.html
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			So apparently there is such a profession as "Space Archaeologist" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957
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			@asponge @oh_cripes if you want to open your box up and give people on the tube something to look at, feel free.
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			@doougle I love that dialogue. In most games it chafes, but in Kaizo it's the best.Can you think of any non-masocore games that do the same?
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			RT @amendlocke: Elderly physicist looking at a list of particles: 'When I were a lad, this were all fields.'
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			Dear tree. I hate you. Why do you insist on remaining unlit?
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			Ah flip. Nightbus home again. But I have fitted some speakers in a cabinet.
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			@Gillespionage I smell a tournament.
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			@glassarmy seeing them Sunday, seeing them Sunday, happy happy happy, they're supporting Belle and Sebastian, happy happy happy
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			@Slaktus @asponge @oh_cripes Thanks! I'm away in Bristol this weekend, but @oh_cripes might be there. Or @vetraskr , come to think of it.
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			@reallyfancy Whoop!
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			@SiriHoho shit, is it that few now?
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			@ishisoft oh, SWEET! Fuck, man, that's awesome.
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			The sound of Frozen Synapse: "Fuck it, that'll do!"
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			RT @edgeonline: Let's play Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure, a delightful adventure game made by a five year old: http://bit.ly/mPxp0t
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			http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Wodehouse_Miscellany#My_Battle_With_Drink
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			@glassarmy all the MPs at the bottom just look like bits of their head have swelled up...
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			@nikkipugh nah, i have huge fuckoff ones. but i take them to and from work, so they're usually on my ears or in my bag.
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			Oh hey, Frozen Synapse playing people - challenge me to a game/add me. I'm v21 there too.
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			ALL I WANNA DO IS RIDE BIKES WITH YOU. And stay up late. And watch cartoons.
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			@ishisoft @KommanderKlobb yeah! Neither of you are signed up for londonjam2.eventbrite.com, and there's like 3 tix left. Coooooome...
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			Hello Bristol! You're looking lovely! Who else will be running around you tomorrow?
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			@glassarmy fuck yeeeeeeah!
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			Heading home. Knackered. But it was an excellent weekend! Thanks all @ #igfest and #2point8 for making it so.
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			Best Person Slightly Slower Than Me At Running From Zombies, Or Maybe They Just Wanted His Brains More: @gwynmorfey
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			Favorite game: Mustang vs Mosaic by @agencyofconey for the tailing and the strolling and the heartwarming messages left.(such neat design!)
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			Most Seemingly Endless Supply Of Pep: Tinned Fingers. (Aka Team Unbeatable) #igfest
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			@asponge good news! Although reduced in effectiveness, placebos can still work when you know they are placebos!
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			@asponge yeah, and "chaos magickians" have a point. Retarded world we live in.
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			@asponge did you not just buy the beta? Should have an email with the key in.
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			RT @edclef: Londoners: I've a games industry friend about to be homeless unless he can lodge somewhere. He is nice. DSS will pay rent. P ...
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			@KommanderKlobb play me: v21. You might not get a response til tomorrow, though. (But when you do it shall be efficient and deadly!)
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			@KommanderKlobb I'm not brilliant, but I played for a few days about a year ago, so I'm alright. Main key is patience.
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			@doougle <3 Maria Abramovic. But don't think I get why she's so dialogic. Looking forward to the article, anyhow.
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			@doougle maybe I don't see enough 'reveals' in her work. But you no doubt have fresher, and more comprehensive memories of her work.
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			@radiodario I assume you've seen http://jtnimoy.net/workviewer.php?q=178 ? If not, I think you'll like it.
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			@FollowEllie and the same to you, in a slightly surly fashion! It was really good, but I was too excited, so actually faintly unsatisfying.
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			@FollowEllie Aidan Moffat was ace, though. How did the second run through go?
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			RT @zacmartin: Life's too short to safely eject USB sticks.
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			arg! http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Components/class-WindZone.html - utterly useless! you can't talk to it from scripts! #unity3d
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			@nicholaslovell minus ... about 8 years? at least? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3307471.stm