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Tweets from 2011/11

  1. People who put slides in their talks showing themselves giving the same talk elsewhere.
  2. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir @asponge There's a load at Hackspace (inevitably). Or flush it out with mineral oil (I'm not sure if this is a serious suggestion)
  3. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @nachimir Most of 'em were extracted from HDDs, so not THAT strong. And the power law helps here.
  4. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Yeah, course. I'll let you know next time I'm heading over. Won't be for a bit, mind.
  5. @asponge @oh_cripes speaking of which, I can't recall if I said - you about tomorrow, my mate is coming round for Hot Boardgaming Action.
  6. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @oh_cripes no, no, the implication was that you were welcome to get in on the action.
  7. Might poach an egg this weekend. After all, I do work in the games industry.
  8. …in reply to @undefined
    @emmalsegal @SongbyToad Hey, cool. I know one or two people there from the games side of things.
  9. …in reply to @docky
    @docky feels like the person is a terrible person. and indie is all about that personal connection with the developer.
  10. …in reply to @docky
    @docky but that is always a weird thing - for the dev, it's their livelihood, not a gift. The "Girlfriend Experience" of games purchasing.
  11. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus @robinlacey Didn't you lend me that? Was a good book, but a bit too painstaking at times. Not the worst flaw.
  12. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Why not just get a breadmaker?
  13. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @asponge I mean, I don't disagree. But you must admit they solve the "I am in bed, and I must bread!" problem.
  14. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth I am happy to repost this stuff, but just because I am honestly humanly excited by it.
  15. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus @psychicteeth @asponge I think you're missing the "not getting out of bed" part of this.
  16. …in reply to @Slaktus
  17. …in reply to @undefined
    @JohnCoxon @psychicteeth @terrycavanagh Really? But that was the perfect opportunity to plug @SpiltMilkGames! Available now on the App Store
  18. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb you gotta reach 'em. Most of the puzzles seem to be about gettin yrself places.
  19. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb Also, the game should have way more puzzles and less shooting. Guess that's what the level editor's for.
  20. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb it's beautiful... if only there was some voxelly beautiful game focused on exploring the world and solving puzzles.
  21. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir @KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes ah, after gamecity, I was describing Fez.
  22. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes @KommanderKlobb I didn't mind the controls. They were obstinate, but honest. Like a Vlambeer game, almost.
  23. RE last tweet: suck it, I'm promoting our game. LA LA LA PLAY SPRINGBREAK HERO. springbreakhero.com #springbreakhero #kidsloveit
  24. …in reply to @tigershungry
  25. …in reply to @mikeBithell
  26. …in reply to @pippinbarr
    @pippinbarr now I'm trying to think of ways to make that lack of meaning happen on purpose...
  27. "Kirby... It's like a ball... with face and feet" "what, like a haggis?"
  28. …in reply to @undefined
    @mrcraigl @terrycavanagh and I still have the umbrella
  29. …in reply to @pippinbarr
    @pippinbarr oh, man, they'd never do that. Not many games would stand to be raw mechanics, no fiction (and that's okay)
  30. Blog: Mr Bubble Amidst GameCity post.ly/3mH4X
  31. "Gmail is getting a new look" --- funny, that looks pretty much the same as the look I said I'd try out weeks ago.
  32. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb and not just because I go on about ideas you had in it...
  33. …in reply to @undefined
    @Fortress_Inman I just tether off my phone, while we wait. Which reminds me... I should ring people about our phone line.
  34. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes Where your cache again?
  35. …in reply to @benmilsom
    @benmilsom @oh_cripes I started collecting them at one point. After a while, youe eyes just start to melt a little. I like that.
  36. …in reply to @benmilsom
    @benmilsom @oh_cripes "The Tumblr Vernacular"
  37. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes yeah, sorry, that was a bit @Slaktus of me.
  38. …in reply to @agAitcheson
    @agAitcheson yeah, I was surprised by how much feedback I'd absorbed, actually.
  39. RT @paisleyboxers: I don't always read fiction, but when I do it's a spreadsheet with timelines in a developer meeting.
  40. …in reply to @scaol_
    @RubZo now you made me sad I didn't get it when I bought the game...
  41. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge That's the worst copywriting I have seen in some time.
  42. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @asponge you got corporate goodie bags? :<
  43. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb It's still not installed on here. I'm glad.
  44. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @KommanderKlobb I still miss Foobar2k. Which is odd, because I use Windows again now. But I cba possessing music these days.
  45. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb It was lovely cruising on the coast road, the sunset making it impossible to see, in San Andreas.
  46. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth It's got advantages, but none of the GUI clients I've used do everything and are good.
  47. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell @HilariousCow @psychicteeth Concur. I use git, but I wouldn't recommend switching less'n you need it's specialness.
  48. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @KommanderKlobb It does branch easily! I wish I worked in a team where we didn't have most of our work in binary blobs.
  49. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth bitbucket have a decent rep, despite being Atlassian bitbucket.org/plans
  50. @steishere you were going to talk to me about the hackspace!
  51. …in reply to @infectedarea
  52. …in reply to @edclef
  53. …in reply to @thomasapage
    @thomasapage won't happen til you can write native apps. All you can do on WinPhones is through XNA/WP-whatever managed C# stuff.
  54. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow The splurt of laughter that tweet caused me woke me up. :<
  55. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @psychicteeth Apparently misspelt Vietnamese for "where on the line"... now you know.
  56. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @HilariousCow @psychicteeth ah, now i want vietnamese now. maybe i'll treat myself this lunch.
  57. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod @KommanderKlobb no talk as illuminating as one you violently disagree with for reasons you haven't quite fleshed out yet.
  58. …in reply to @oh_cripes
  59. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin Hang on, wasn't that On The Hour?
  60. THE SCRATCHWARE MANIFESTO(200). auntiepixelante.com/?p=433 Amazing to see a manifesto from a cause that has largely succeeded.
  61. Oh man, I feel like I've had all my energy siphoned off, and my mouth tastes like cough medicine. #whining #nothadcoughmedicine
  62. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @xbelanch colour me interested.
  63. …in reply to @timburke55
    @timburke55 Dancing at the disco... bumper to bumper... youtube.com/watch?v=jxmZZBJQAKM
  64. fucking smartquotes
  65. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes hey, I like the idea of Unity. I miss using Linux on the desktop.
  66. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes Yeah, but it's a good idea. I like their concepts. I'm sure it'll all be transmuted to hate and resentment once I use it.
  67. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes let designers loose on the Ubuntu desktop environment, and clear away all the cruft that's been building up for decades.
  68. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes well, the font is lovely, at least.
  69. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @severalbees This is the reason to keep your kitchen floor clean.
  70. @tigershungry were you to the Vibe tonight, then? Will sod off home otherwise.
  71. Time to go home and wish we had Internet yet.
  72. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry Nae bother.
  73. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry I just tried like 5 newsagents... no dice! Aaaaah!
  74. RT @Dick_Hogg: PUSHING THROUGH THE THRONG INTO THE CENTRE IT WAS CLEAR SOMETHING PECULIAR WAS GOING ON. RT @WildRumpus @tigershungry htt ...
  75. Cock. My laptop won't boot. Guess I'd better work out how to use that super expensive warranty I paid for...
  76. @oh_cripes just read your letter in Edge. It's incredibly soppy. I just thought you should know.
  77. @therussmorris @Gillespionage @thomasapage @robinlacey RT@Horse_ebooks You need to be fully prepared for anything when you drive a speedboat
  78. …in reply to @undefined
    @therussmorris grrrrrr...
  79. …in reply to @undefined
    @therussmorris yeah, it ran out of charge as I was playing The Binding of Isaac earlier, and now refuses to start.
  80. …in reply to @undefined
    @therussmorris this does mean I get to experience my fantastic warranty... Come Monday/Tuesday. Always a silver lining.
  81. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth my first thought, seeing the site was: how can I give you money?
  82. Carcassonne is genius.
  83. (It doesn't hurt that we won.)
  84. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus I could do with that, all my games come from failures to make shmups.
  85. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry take it it went down well, then?
  86. …in reply to @undefined
    @auntiepixelante ah, I've totally abused that too. But it's so easy!
  87. …in reply to @undefined
    @bhmwong was thinking of heading sainswards for breakfast fixins. You want?
  88. …in reply to @undefined
    @bhmwong yup!
  89. …in reply to @undefined
    @Rachelbug1 that's incredibly tragic. And reminds me I'm way behind on season 3.
  90. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus yeah, Mr Bubble started as "ooh, pretty bullet patterns". Haven't actually had time to play with OMG yet.Internet comes on Tuesday!
  91. …in reply to @guided1
    @guided1 do they freely intermingle? it sounds disgusting, in any case.
  92. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I'm sure they'll take it in the manner in which it was intended.
  93. Yay, being at work! Internet again! (One sleep til the luxury of Internet at home.)
  94. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef That is ... entirely understandable. Get some sleep!
  95. …in reply to @zoewi
    @zoewi @gamecity Oh my goodness, that looks like the best thing ever.
  96. @KommanderKlobb you need a stripey top.
  97. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge oh my goodness, that's given me the biggest smile
  98. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth GTAIV was all about taking away player's fun, and making them pay attention to the story instead.
  99. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth I mean, I don't really mind, it's a good story and I'm glad they tried out a new direction. But yeah.
  100. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth surely the converse is pissing around doing jumps and running people over in GTA?
  101. …in reply to @guided1
    @guided1 ... yeah, I imagine you do.
  102. @ammonite Me and @oh_cripes converted The Beast, but I've no great knowledge of the different machines out there.
  103. RT @iamtef: facebook aims to be the central point of failure for the web
  104. Everyone everyone everyone. foddy.net/PoleRiders.html is amazing. Play it.
  105. "Congratulations! You successfully completed all of the stages! “Enduro” is a symbolic journey through..." tmblr.co/Zo3lZyBffLjK
  106. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 no, i never did. by the time i came round to it, it was too old for me to persist with.
  107. …in reply to @closecosmos
    @paperCaves @kennethfejer oooooooooh, yes, that looks beautiful.
  108. Photo: Not what I meant to achieve. tmblr.co/Zo3lZyBfr5iW
  109. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge I'm going home to bask in our Internet. But I remember liking Ace Bushy Striptease before.
  110. …in reply to @dinosaurrparty
    @dinosaurrparty that may become my go-to example of cyber bullying.
  111. …in reply to @guided1
    @guided1 @amazon often, actually changing the URL works.
  112. Photo: I was actually aiming for this. tmblr.co/Zo3lZyBfxGFT
  113. …in reply to @edjeff
  114. "IS YOUR COMPANY TRAINING TODAY'S CUTTING-EDGE LEARNERS WITH YESTERDAY'S METHODS?"
  115. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfyyy AIR is nearly a good platform for native games on mobile.
  116. …in reply to @edclef
  117. …in reply to @asponge
  118. @99coins you should also have a mp3 link, for podcast illiterates like myself.
  119. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow haha, well, it's all slapped over Sky Tank.
  120. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow i've got an incipient idea for Most Generic Unity Game game. Total in-joke.
  121. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom of course not. delete the title.
  122. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom if that doesn't fix it, delete your name.
  123. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @reallyfancy No, that's Joe. Joe The Pro.
  124. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell Whatcha talking about. (That was about the length of my last post reflecting on feedback for Mr Bubble.)
  125. …in reply to @benmilsom
    @benmilsom @tigershungry @oh_cripes Oh man. I just remembered those exist. I am both anticipatory and terrified of their public release.
  126. Indie games are like YouTube.
  127. …in reply to @VoxelBoy
    @VoxelBoy it keeps all of them. that's why it's distributed, everyone has the whole revision history.
  128. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle @KommanderKlobb Hello! No immediate plans for another jam, but I imagine there'll be one early next year.
  129. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle @KommanderKlobb I should really get a mailing list or something.
  130. '[Brendan McNamara] said the new project is going to be “one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century”.'
  131. …in reply to @mxSophieH
    @S0phieH @christinelove "Paki" has for sure a tinge of racism over it.
  132. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus maybe the scale-up in Katamari is a good example of this "fake drop".
  133. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus You read @dkanaga's posts on this? Good reading on music as metaphor for games : wombflashforest.blogspot.com/
  134. RT @OhLookBirdies: Stupid Americans. Tomorrow is 11/11/11, not 11/11/11.
  135. …in reply to @docky
    @docky 4 spaces, and a text editor that treats them as tabs (because Python). No new line before {
  136. I'd held off until there was a good source. But here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=7FyIqdwR8Eo a dude being arrested for having a pen.
  137. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes This was a stop and search on a bus carrying protestors into London yesterday. Yeah, it's contentious.
  138. …in reply to @nicholaslovell
    @nicholaslovell yeah, Steam. Some refuse to buy games less'n they're on Steam, and it's fundamentally DRM.
  139. Today I learned some people use "yo" as a pronoun. grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-yo-pronoun.aspx
  140. CDs are gonna be abandoned next year. I'm calling it : there'll be a wave of nostalgia for them in about a year and a half's time.
  141. …in reply to @mattwebb85
  142. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef "UK" suggests "United Kingdom". I am a fan.
  143. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 pretty much. i mean, that's why they're dead, of course.
  144. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Am I cool, because I know what you're quoting?
  145. …in reply to @undefined
    @brendy_c It's fer the TV license people, I'd assume. Might be a legal requirement, even.
  146. I've been getting far too into dithering algorithms, recently.
  147. I have an idea for implementing something that looks like Floyd-Steinberg dithering on the graphics card.
  148. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @benmilsom @terrycavanagh I would so totally be up for that.
  149. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin No, and yes, respectively. Singleplayer, huge fantasy world, open for exploration RPG.
  150. "Success in the globalized food trade has come to mean planting crops far away from where they evolved, in a climate as similar as possible"
  151. "...and then sitting back and collecting the profits until the pests show up." grist.org/food/2011-11-11-slouching-toward-a-bananapocolypse
  152. …in reply to @undefined
    @jedbuckenham I saw that episode, I loved it. What a hilarious term! Have you tried practicing your smizing?
  153. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg but... where shall it be!?
  154. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
  155. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow sad times is there are some hard physical limits on how low we can take latency.
  156. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow how much can it guess movements before they're completed? Interesting to compare against human latencies.
  157. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow and if need be, trigger the discrete event it was looking for once it's safe. but give feedback earlier.
  158. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow That is indeed nice.
  159. …in reply to @undefined
    @Fortress_Inman I just bought some gammon. I think I shall have to try that.
  160. RT @marksteward: Interesting to contrast #occupy's social structure with the effect of homesteading on neolithic social groups. Is this ...
  161. "Sometimes when I get drunk I get racist, but I don't really mean it"
  162. …in reply to @jimrossignol
    @jimrossignol Sorry, self-promotion, but! I wrote an essay on what I learned from feedback on my game at GameCity. v21.posterous.com/mr-bubble-amidst-gamecity
  163. I am BOILING A HAM. in COLA.
  164. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb it is actually just for sandwiches. although cauliflower cheese does seem lush.
  165. …in reply to @PachinkoPix
    @PachinkoPix one should try to make the best one can.but the joy can be in the making, not the results.
  166. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I saw that show up in Edinburgh, it was lovely. Although I think I'm busy most of this week, so no. :<
  167. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @Slaktus also, it's not finished.
  168. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow It's even less under our control. But: yes. See also, ergonomics.
  169. @HilariousCow See: CUBES on iPad. Would be lovely to hold it above yr head, have the cubes literally fall on you. But that physically hurts.
  170. The most important thing to do, as a game designer, is be generous.
  171. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I put it in! The controls flip if it's upside down. If you have an iOS device, I'll send a build your way.
  172. damn, that's depressing. f.lux is telling me it is now officially Dark. It's only 4!
  173. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb if you want, i'd be interested in splitting an order. wildmeat.co.uk/squirrel_meat.htm?ac=HXN5N-U
  174. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb for a grim second, i thought you meant a jam made from squirrel meat.
  175. …in reply to @xbelanch
    @xbelanch @edclef what of the architecture behind the paper-thin walls. the glitch as ruin.
  176. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @Dick_Hogg The chapter on his mother is the best chapter.
  177. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow i guess it's a race between you getting yr iPad and me adding in the cool changing post effects...
  178. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I should. But the game chugs pretty badly on an iPad anyway. Just ... too many cubes, I guess. They won't batch!
  179. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I'm doing the post effects with 'em. but I think it's the amount of movement that's causing < 50% batching.
  180. @asponge is delighting in the way she can spill spaghetti sauce on her polyester tie, and not worry. "It's machine washable!"
  181. …in reply to @ishisoft
    @ishisoft I think it was me! :D
  182. The problem with having a TV is that chatline adverts come on and remind you you should have gone to bed.
  183. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle and don't forget nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx (warning, asx file), which is the ISS feed live. You can watch astronauts, or the sunrise.
  184. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge were you trying to cut it longer?
  185. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow i think we have it. but static batching doesn't matter anyhow - they're all in motion.
  186. …in reply to @RaveofRavendale
    @RaveofRavendale @ashleygwinnell does this mean i have to stop wearing my pair?
  187. Do MMOs have bounties on gamebreaking gold-farming bugs? A way for whitehats to profit from finding them, like security holes.
  188. on a positive note about new gmail: it changes size as you make the window smaller. :)
  189. …in reply to @scaol_
    @RubZo Too slow!
  190. This has been a good week for me and the press: The Hackspace gamejams get a mention on R4 Click On: bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/clickon
  191. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb All I've ever wanted is to sell out.
  192. This mess of cube rotations would probably be easier to reason about if I could do Rubix cubes.
  193. @KommanderKlobb also, I've been loving Blossom Dearie, since your Playlist Club list.
  194. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @bfod It should get better. Until Canvas matures... And every cross-platform tool is now suddenly for HTML5.
  195. @HilariousCow Some people have spectrophilia. It's a thing.
  196. …in reply to @closecosmos
    @paperCaves Bought it. Seemingly all I use my iPad for is buying things. Congrats Apple, I guess.
  197. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @Slaktus I'm hungry now.
  198. When I grow up I want to be an Idea Engineer. youtube.com/watch?v=jozWAskPoYg
  199. Been keeping an eye on #OWS all day. I don't see how they're going to be prevented from retaking the park, unless they give up.
  200. …in reply to @mxSophieH
    @S0phieH that's a sign you're getting close to being done. now focus your hatred on wanting to be done with it!
  201. RT @exiledonline: Oakland Mayor Admits: Cities Coordinated Mass Crackdown On #Occupy Protests wp.me/phI6d-b4g
  202. Let's all gather around the soothing sounds of the PS Move pairing utility.
  203. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette I don't know if that's better or worse than being a mega-church in an unidentified part of the the states. People keep going to me
  204. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonv3 @pumpkinspiced so much a low christmas
  205. …in reply to @Minkette
  206. I don't like how twitter is making names more important at the expense of usernames. I wanna be v21 on here, not George.
  207. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb Well, frinstance, the activity sidebar says "Gashface McSaggybaps favorited a Tweet", not "Cunthorse favorited a tweet"
  208. @KommanderKlobb I will admit that I chose that example because I enjoy @cunthorse 's name.
  209. this is puerile, but: alias updick='/usr/bin/uptime | perl -ne "/(\d+) d/;print 8,q(=)x\$1,\"D\n\""'
  210. it's times like these that I remember why I did it the lazy shitty way in the first place. *sigh*
  211. …in reply to @tiedtiger
    @tiedtiger The context a lot of people miss is that this is the Office team, not MS as a whole. Makes the conservatism more understandable.
  212. …in reply to @tiedtiger
    @tiedtiger And, have you seen Bret Victor's long post saying the same thing? worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/
  213. …in reply to @tiedtiger
    @tiedtiger ah, sorry, my fail...
  214. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt I care about metadata. I have a soft spot for RDF, and dream of the day I'll use it for something constructive.
  215. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt well, I acquired my love for it while in academia... but yeah. I got angry a month back at Facebook's butchering of it, and all.
  216. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt they want everyone to mark their pages up like so : developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph . Note how it overlaps with, but isn't, Dublin Core etc.
  217. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt my ire was increased by a slide deck where they were all 'we coulda, but we didn't really care about other people's uses'
  218. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt and yeah, hit me up on gtalk at some point.
  219. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt they duplicate a lot of fields, like title etc. & I think there are some which alarm almost semantically the same.
  220. …in reply to @richlitt
    @richlitt & categories are super-FB centric, and it's classic crumbs-from-the-Gods open source. Etc etc. long rant.
  221. …in reply to @dbkr
    @dbkr i'm shortly to be close to that category. sorry. relatedly, want to help beta test a game some time next week?
  222. Seemingly every year I look at these pictures and want to make a game that looks like them. olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/2011/index.html
  223. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow USB boot? Network boot? Mind, DVD drives can't be expensive nowadays.
  224. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow It's totally a thing. Never actually done it, but I've seen it in BIOS settings before. Built for "enterprise", I assume.
  225. RT @SuchLarks: Kids (5-6 years old) instinctively touch the player character to control it and will ignore actual onscreen controls. #ki ...
  226. …in reply to @undefined
    @Gillespionage @therussmorris we should run a sweepstakes on @robinlacey 's phone battery.
  227. …in reply to @undefined
    @therussmorris @robinlacey undercutting you - 31%
  228. @doougle actually, seems you might enjoy that link especially : guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/london-exhibition-road-cultural
  229. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I got a tiny onehanded joystick thing free once. Thing is retarded.
  230. Hey fuck, Amon Tobin next week!
  231. Video: I’m sure a few of you have heard this before… tmblr.co/Zo3lZyC4oFvF
  232. in the future there will be more varieties of mayonnaise
  233. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge i don't want to be too reckless
  234. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge now i am sad because i know more of direct optic nerve stimulation than new ideas in sauce. iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/2/1/004
  235. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @oh_cripes ah-ha ah-ha ah-ha
  236. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @oh_cripes sorry, that's The Count.
  237. Fucking tastecard fuckers autorenewed my card. I didn't get a warning. Refuse to refund. Anyone want to buy a tastecard membership for a yr?
  238. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir "You press the A button rhythmically, to control your breath, keep it even." has echoed around my head ever since I read it.
  239. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle pteh! to this economy. The indie scene is taking off like nobodies business. And congrats, and I can wait to see what you make!
  240. asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=50 "soon we're going to have to ask ourselves where we can go next in our search for realism." (reminded of by @nachimir)
  241. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @psychicteeth @bfod same. an area i know is important, yet am filled with ignorance about.
  242. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @reallyfancy hey, i like drinking gin. And if you're about all the better.
  243. …in reply to @mxSophieH
    @S0phieH yeah, I'd love to learn more on that, I can't model and it cripples me.
  244. Quite tempted to change my dusty OkCupid profile to qwantz.com/
  245. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef Infrared stuff is cool - not seen it in pink before. Not too difficult to take, either...
  246. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef I actually hacked a webcam to do it, when I was doing experiments on crickets for my dissertation (long story).
  247. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef Cheap ones have a removable filter, SLRs it's integrated. You'll need a visible-light filter to notice much, though.
  248. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef Haha - this looks like what you need: hoagieshouse.com/IR/
  249. …in reply to @zeynep
    @techsoc @zunguzungu The more depressing thing is that they might be wiser to stand and take photos than to intervene. Who'd support them?
  250. …in reply to @octete
    @octete the impressive part is when you think about where that picture is taken from.
  251. @JeffMattas Cheers for writing about Mr Bubble! Hopefully should get a proper site up with info about it soon.
  252. …in reply to @oh_cripes
  253. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef okay i did it what next
  254. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef i changed it to panel 2. it'll get yanked, what with not being a real pic, but for now it's funny.
  255. …in reply to @tef
  256. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef I like the 10:1 ratio of "guys who think this is funny" to "girls who think this is funny"
  257. …in reply to @undefined
  258. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef forget source, and it's not reliable, but think that happened recently too. Will dig when at computer...
  259. @iamtef sorry, no, that was case law on use of pepper spray. But this happened bicyclebarricade.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/open-letter-to-chancellor-linda-p-b-katehi/
  260. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I was proud never to have installed it on my work mac. But then learned that's the way to wipe contacts on iOS. Teh fuck?
  261. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef ah, missed it between everyone else linking it. Btw, never sent a message, but she sent me one.
  262. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh nice one
  263. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes this is the kind of thing indie games developers do
  264. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell nonsense! (Don't fall asleep at a bus stop you stopped to rest at)
  265. This might, weirdly enough, be my first night bus to the new place. I don't like change. Or the night bus.
  266. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell nae bother. I did that (busstop thing) once. Police picked me up and called my parents.
  267. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell terribly embarrassing, especially since I was coming home from a work pissup. glad yr home safe.
  268. And here's a Fibonacci number generator I made in the thing I made bit.ly/v0B4ka
  269. RT @smithsam: #TfL suppress report that looks at why lorries kill more women cyclists than men, and what can be done about it: http://t. ...
  270. …in reply to @undefined
    @Cunthorse as short as possible. no-one wants to read cover letters anyway.
  271. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes i've made similar before... that was a surface shader, not post, though. will have to try adapting it
  272. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry that is... a good idea. alos, a dentist. :<
  273. …in reply to @fridgehead
    @fridgehead i had only to look at that to hear it
  274. …in reply to @iamdanw
    @iamdanw If it consoles you any, I've read the same thing, and can't find it either.
  275. This video is amazing and everyone should see it vimeo.com/30798517 (nsfw, if you care)
  276. Kinda .. want to go to this shop, now. qype.co.uk/place/94795-Decorexi-London
  277. …in reply to @scaol_
  278. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow CUBES 4 LYF, BRO
  279. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin But sadly, they've got strong government-enforced barriers to entry, in the form of licensing laws.
  280. Today is a day when things that previously worked now don't work mysteriously.
  281. …in reply to @guided1
    @guided1 oh it's much better than that. this work is supposed to be finished by the end of today.
  282. trying to wean myself off spotify and onto grooveshark.
  283. EzGUI is such a bag of shit.
  284. …in reply to @christinelove
    @christinelove Yeah, me too. So I gave them a dollar to play with the Subversion tech demo.
  285. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang that was really good. I'll be sad to see the end of this series. You really should interview yrself, though...
  286. …in reply to @srules
    @srules @arkitus me too. and yeah, the cold can feel lovely.
  287. …in reply to @undefined
    @Cunthorse I think shininess is more about the divergence of the reflections from nearby areas than the quantity of reflections.
  288. …in reply to @undefined
    @Cunthorse Thus, why smooth things are shinier.
  289. RE todays Google doodle: You should all read The Cyberiad, it's brilliant.
  290. Good work me! RT @therussmorris "I think is 100% complete" I say, proudly… "let me try and break it" offers @v21… 4 seconds later, broken.
  291. You know how in the end stages of a game, you just want to get x points so you can stop playing? Currently, I'm like that with Hacker News.
  292. …in reply to @fridgehead
    @fridgehead no, no, i'm nearly there... one big post is enough to push me over. Only 69 points til I can downvote people!
  293. RT @achewood: Achewood's hiatus ends -- special link for Twitter followers: bit.ly/va29WW #achewood -- pass it around.
  294. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfyyy @Foursquare :< at the vet being that common.
  295. …in reply to @mikeBithell
    @mikeBithell suspended! But there are rumours he'll return.
  296. …in reply to @undefined
    @edibletoaster @doougle @RamiroCorbetta YES. And it would be the perfect excuse for an official UK JS Joust Selection and Training Event.
  297. RT @textfiles: just watched t.co go to owl.li to owl.ly to final url. this is stable and forward thinking and will last for generations.
  298. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @edclef oh, yes, i should buy that, huh?
  299. How did I manage to concurrently look forward to two events happening at the same time for a whole week?
  300. So: woo, Amon Tobin tonight! Boo, missing LUUG.
  301. Apparently, it's suspicious when you set up a new gmail account and immediately try to send one word emails over SMTP from an EC2 instance.
  302. @Dick_Hogg I like to imagine you falling onto the profiles of those below you.
  303. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I'm not going. Does that ruin the surprise?
  304. …in reply to @JonesyVision
    @JonesyVision that does look lovely! shame it's made for the Platform Which Never Lived.
  305. RT @pippinbarr: Just had the delightful experience of my virtual MoMA being closed for Thanksgiving when I was trying to get a screenshot.
  306. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus you know your wilful contrariness is neurological in origin, too?
  307. …in reply to @JonesyVision
    @JonesyVision I mean, the Surface. Been a fun tech toy for so many years, but no-one's ever figured out how to let real people have one.
  308. …in reply to @JonesyVision
    @JonesyVision (& yeah, if you do official Surface dev, you'll be stuck with WPF or XNA)
  309. RT @asponge: Oh, THAT'S what a penis is for: swinging around to hit beach balls. youtube.com/watch?v=YTXcwNHTY10 This Android game looks highly edu ...
  310. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus i think it's more like : 2d platformers are our 12bar blues or ragtime.
  311. …in reply to @JonesyVision
    @JonesyVision yeah, the iPad is a wonderful place for new and new-old ideas. Would love to see this ported.
  312. …in reply to @JonesyVision
    @JonesyVision mainly I'm sad that a cool prototype got made for a device no-one cares about.
  313. RT @MartinMcAndrew: An SEO walks into a bar, pub, publichouse, public house, cheap pub, cheap bar, bar in london, pub in london, public ...
  314. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry yep! (tonight). But my friends failed to get tickets, so I'm on my tod.
  315. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry I am! And I would. I'm skulking by the merch stall.
  316. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle tease
  317. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry ace - I got here early due to scary email saying to queue for a ticket from 4:30. But it was fine...
  318. @tigershungry no idea. Haven't seen one mentioned anywhere. Maybe there isn't?
  319. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus super contextual info. Visible metadata. Intuitive UI. I mean, it's still a bit retarded, but it's in pursuit of noble aims.
  320. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry front section, left hand side, not far from the steps.
  321. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry heh. Ironically, it's not pticly rammed down here. Hopefully catch ya after.
  322. …in reply to @undefined
  323. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus I know what you mean; it's like constipation.
  324. …in reply to @undefined
    @jedbuckenham yeah, there's lots to it. But you can choose what to do, is the point. It only gets complex when you make it that way.
  325. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow ahahaha. we come to refine ourselves in your fire.
  326. …in reply to @undefined
    @auntiepixelante they got annoyed everyone said Apple were prettier, and decided to go for that over the useful stuff they did before.
  327. …in reply to @radiodario
    @radiodario :( glad you're not hurt (I assume you weren't hurt)
  328. tiny john goodman in a mousetrap
  329. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @Dick_Hogg I can see you smizing.
  330. War on Terror and English Country Tune released today! TOO MANY GOOD GAMES
  331. Ah, ah, I forgot the other cool game out recently: draknek.org/games/hearts/ TOO MANY GAMES
  332. RT @notch: @danthat Proteus has had a big impact on me, probably affecting my future game design decisions.
  333. …in reply to @tiedtiger
    @tiedtiger it's actually painful just to fetch the numbers, clientside.
  334. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge it's a love story
  335. I got dislodged from sitting in the stairs of this nightbus. Now I want to know where I am. The windows are foggy, so I'll use GPS.
  336. That tweet was boring because I'm drunk. Now the bus has stopped, in a worrying way. Now it is going again.
  337. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @rclarke big rage moment for me: Clare Balding's Q, he summarizes his challenges as "the deficit, the debt, the problems"
  338. …in reply to @doougle
    @edclef @doougle yep! Hokra, PoleRiders, Nidhogg, *cough* Mr Bubble...
  339. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus revolution isn't so very far away, and corporations can die of natural causes, even if not old age.
  340. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry you could come to the pub. We're at The Blue Posts.
  341. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @rclarke You... you passed that thing on? I never thought I'd see the day!
  342. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @edclef My approach is to binge on it for a weekend, and then ignore it for a few months. Books, not relationships. Um.
  343. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @SiriHoho "poping back and forth ... forever"
  344. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @rclarke But it's the opposite being proposed. Not keeping what we have, but opening more.
  345. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @radiatoryang or at least landmine warning signs.
  346. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge always next year.
  347. …in reply to @undefined
    @Cunthorse that was awful, thank you
  348. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow worth bearing in mind that the "feeling of freedom" isn't the same as number of perceived affordances.
  349. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow A significant proportion of the joy I derive from ECT is from the idea that the gravity is "camouflage" gravity.
  350. …in reply to @tomscott
    @tomscott You've moved up to the next, less-convenient level: railcard.co.uk/network
  351. …in reply to @nicholaslovell
    @nicholaslovell so that it learns the correct answer for when other people need to type it
  352. …in reply to @undefined
    @SiriHoho so, water biscuits, then? I've got half a pack left.
  353. …in reply to @undefined
    @SiriHoho they're good with Stilton...
  354. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @resiak and aggravating. Yes. Fuck you, linen pattern.
  355. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @resiak hahahahahahahaha, that's perfect.
  356. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @resiak no, it's the result of piping in a non video file to mplayer (I think, it was a while ago).
  357. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow yeah, I heard they took you off tinkering and onto a "real" thing. Good luck, have fun, tell me about it when you can etc.
  358. RT @asponge: This beer-pouring robot is AMAZING: flickr.com/photos/squeakywheel/2421024309/ "...thanks"
  359. …in reply to @docky
    @docky a game about falling down a hole.
  360. @asponge For some reason I think you'd like this i.imgur.com/sjMD8.jpg
  361. Who would have guessed a game writer would be good at writing about games? pentadact.com/2011-11-20-gunpoint-is-delayed-level-design-is-hard-choice-is-weird/
  362. @GunpointGame I would love to test Gunpoint. Though I imagine you've no shortage of testers.
  363. @IGN Peter Molydeux #PersonsOfTheYear.#freepetermolydeux
  364. RT @andyburnhammp: £3,442,341,000 - the grand total that Lansley has ordered the NHS to set aside in 11/12 & 12/13 to pay for his reorga ...
  365. …in reply to @edclef
  366. Hm. So Santacon and the IndieVisibility awards are on the same day. Do I turn up to IndieVisibility drunk and in a santa suit?
  367. …in reply to @iamdanw
    @iamdanw @debcha that's the one I remember reading. Still excellent reading. Thanks!
  368. So @iamdanw managed to find this again : Excellent stuff on clients and design and how hand-waving is real work. confectious.net/thinking/archives/2011/07/hand-waving-and.html
  369. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @whitingjp @docky Yeah, it's a crueller version fo this : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_test which is worth doing.
  370. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @whitingjp @docky in fact, I was thinking of writing a thing for this on Unity, and putting it on the Unity Asset Store. Tempting?
  371. Yeah, okay, this thing is pretty cool : bergcloud.com/littleprinter/
  372. I'm flaking out of going to music hack day this weekend. Seems too much like work... :/
  373. RT @jonty: "Why is Hitler printing my foursquare checkins?" - @dsingleton
  374. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge "oh, i just can't waaaaaaaaaaaaait - to see popes!"
  375. …in reply to @nicholaslovell
    @nicholaslovell It's just the lastest progression of the "paperless office" backlash people are hieing along. Specific devices for things.
  376. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge I finish at 6 and am half an hour away. :<
  377. …in reply to @Dick_Hogg
    @Dick_Hogg I want a phone that plugs into a XLR socket. I don't have an XLR socket, but I still want one.
  378. RT @WildRumpus: Let it be known. The Wild Rumpus #2 has a date. It is in early 2012. We will tell you what it is soon. Its a tour de for ...
  379. …in reply to @botherer
    @botherer @Mattb90 it's also messed up on the BBC...
  380. @mode7games I'm so glad to hear your priority is making new IP, not just remaking Frozen Synapse for the next few years. <3
  381. So. I'm going to GDC, and I'm gonna spend a week in San Francisco as well. Do I do it the week before or after?
  382. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir suggestion noted!
  383. Can't wait for January, the month when nobody does anything.
  384. I made a site for Mr Bubble! mrbubbleamidstthefireworks.com/
  385. …in reply to @undefined
    @jedbuckenham March! But it's true, birthdays excepted. Everyone goes mad for Christmas, and then huddles away after.
  386. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge is it? Damn. Thanks for noticing.
  387. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge hell yes I just fixed that link on my phone on the bus!
  388. …in reply to @undefined
    @jedbuckenham 7th! I'll be in San Fransisco!
  389. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef I live a limited boring life and technology is just too damn versatile for me!
  390. …in reply to @zoewi
    @zoewi ooh, lovely!
  391. @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg @nachimir was it one of you that showed me that sickeningly sweet picture of me playing Mr Bubble with a kid?
  392. …in reply to @Dick_Hogg
    @Dick_Hogg @KommanderKlobb @nachimir is it online anywhere? It really was perfectly saccharine.
  393. Unexpectedly currently seeing u-ziq. (& just saw ital tek ). Life is excellent.
  394. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle now Chrissy Murderbot, next Machinedrum. And only when I'm dancing. (About 50% of why I tweeted was to make you jealous)
  395. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle cuz the two scenes we disjoint. I'd be more upset if they weren't both so damn alive.
  396. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle and it's scene, clique, community that define these genres, way more than anything else. Again, actually not upsetting.
  397. …in reply to @vetraskr
  398. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @edclef @radiatoryang yes, yes, the public demands it.
  399. …in reply to @undefined
    @JoeCavers @RubZo everyone! games!
  400. RT @katybeale: "don't be defeatist dear, it's so middle class" -- best quote of today
  401. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir @oh_cripes navigating a dungeon, slaying monsters and heading towards the ethereal singing coming from deeper inside...
  402. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @radiatoryang @increpare honestly, I don't think the parser is much harder to learn from scratch than, say, WASD and mouselook.
  403. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang @doougle Yeah, I agree. But FPSs can reasonably insist, and so can IF. Which isn't to say we shouldn't be striving to improve.
  404. RT @bengoldacre: If you worry your local school's a bit shit, I suggest that you also object to a 4 year pay freeze for teachers at a ti ...
  405. @brandonnn Best Writing Yes!
  406. …in reply to @checker
    @checker time to break out the mplayer / mencoder? there's little they can't do, once you spend a week working out the switches.
  407. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 oh man, you missed out yesterday
  408. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 Since @kitrichardsonuk couldn't raise you, she invited me to go see u-ziq, machinedrum, ital tek and murderbot with her.was boss
  409. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 @kitrichardsonuk If it's any consolation, it was really good... that's probably not much consolation.
  410. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 @kitrichardsonuk (but also reasonably footwork-ey, which might be a bit more consolation)
  411. …in reply to @mattwebb85
    @mattwebb85 @kitrichardsonuk y'know, the new style of Mu stuff - like this: youtube.com/watch?v=atllhfT8Qhw&feature=related
  412. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus life is hard enough without attacking people who aren't causing anyone else harm.
  413. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus if someone does that to you, i i'll not condemn you for not supporting them.
  414. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus Yr hate is pointless and stupid and self-destructive. But I can't stop you from having it.
  415. …in reply to @Minkette
  416. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir @asponge There was a videogame! youtube.com/watch?v=YdqW9PAv5_M
  417. …in reply to @undefined
    @SiriHoho @rclarke @asponge oh god, it's gone viral
  418. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle can't think of any tips, but let me know when you're happy and i'll give you some feedback...
  419. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle You've done a bunch of good shit, it's pretty impressive. I can give detailed feedback if you want?
  420. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle :< I got mine by just moaning that I hadn't found one yet to the right people, if that's any comfort?
  421. …in reply to @DGoodayle
    @DGoodayle and will do.