Tweets from 2012/05
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@Carachan1 @jennatar @patriciaxh @10rdBen if I can just interject here to express my enthusiasm at this thing existing. I am already a fan.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP <3 thank you Lewie!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @jwaaaap once a week minimum, depends how much time you wanna spent tending the fucker. keep a queue!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus growing number? councils have been cracking down recently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @Carachan1 "murder a man for his mullions" -- beautiful mental image, thanks Alice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @asponge @Carachan1 Yes. Now I need to stop reading about how all-glass mullion systems work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns I didn't want it, and haven't tried it, but it seems good to me - I've mispressed before, but I doubt I'll mis-swipe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge For some reason, I find this the most moving readme I've seen you post yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is the saddest thing I've read in a while : readmedottxt.tumblr.com/post/22194142057/chocolate-mod-minecraft-5-11-11Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @noel_llopis I have a Games folder for games I've downloaded. I don't back it up, and one day I'll lose it.Steam games I can delete.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef I'd be happy to help, if you mull that way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @pippinbarr It's been a running joke for me for a while. Maybe it's not a running joke, actually. Just something I like to say.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @pippinbarr "Of course I haven't. I don't PLAY videogames, what kind of person do you take me for?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke I was talking to someone on this, and summarised The Atlantic as "blowjobs for millionaires". How rich is Jon Blow?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @pippinbarr I'm sad about it, but it's better than the alternatives. I feel guiltier about not reading so much [not on a screen].Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @pippinbarr It's a strange and different world out there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @rclarke there's no excuse for writing "pretty much everything he said slid off my brain like raindrops off Gore-Tex."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @rclarke that reads like an entry to the Lytte Lyttons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @rclarke AND THE VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH "their words continued to bounce off my forehead like so many tennis balls."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @rclarke yeah, that's the one. There's the 2012 entries up now! adamcadre.ac/12lyttle.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I had no idea! That's pretty amazing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @asponge Your fine work will be forever enshrined in this Wikipedia redirect : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODBLOPSPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo this is why I hate writing OkCupid profiles.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge blop blop. blop blop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky even VVVVV had it's elephant.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @KommanderKlobb All of these games delivered their novel mechanics. And all gave so much more. I'm fine them getting press from partsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Doug's doing pretty well out of Joust.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Yeah, I was being a little... facetious? unhelpful? obtuse? I'd not try to sell a online MP game either. Which is a shame.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier @Carachan1 HAY GUYSPermalink Look on archive.org
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@iainlobb I am putting a game up on the app store that resembles that description!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iainlobb Luckily it's pretty! (& hopefully isn't boring. but there's no depth at all, I'm fine with that)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh excellent editing in that Telegraph story. Apparently moving him was branded "despicable"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Software Development Days (also called “Hack days” by software developers)"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 1) I have the best pyjamas. 2) All those films I either want to see, or love. Guess I should probably go, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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.@asponge has just coined the words "ladygirl" and "cisbro".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare @bfod what, GameCity? Bit of a different kind of thing, really. Come to GameCamp?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I'm drinking wine!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"What is a ladygirl? Is that some kind of games journalism thing?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@christinelove @radiatoryang Ah yeah, that is insane. Better version coming soon, hopefully!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Taking 10 minutes on Wikipedia to determine who to vote for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Depressing that it always comes down to maths about how safe a seat it is. Just once I'd like to vote purely for who I like best.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thanks for fucking that up too, Lib Dems!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I was looking at en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_East_(London_Assembly_constituency)#_ -- dunno your constituency. Figuring out if Labour were safe, mainly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp they sold their spines to get it, then lost it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp "but it's the first step towards ..." damn, now I'm in a bad mood and it's not even 10.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I was checking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_East_(London_Assembly_constituency) to check whether Labour were reasonably safe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I figured they were safe enough, and so went Green. But check your constituency. Ideally also the candidates who are running.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke and the worst fucking part is the amount of time and money spent on overhead. Crowdfunding is even worse!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Last night I read a review of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters and it was really boring. This one is better: unwinnable.com/2012/05/03/rise-of-the-videogame-zinesters/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 this is the joy of having two votes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm giving up reading for a year curiousrat.com/home/2012/5/2/im-giving-up-reading-for-a-year.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Yep! Supplementary vote. If your first vote doesn't win, your second vote is used en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplementary_vote#Supplementary_VotePermalink Look on archive.org
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@tierneylovell @musebloom no worries! just wanted to let you know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh, new interview up : @tha_rami talking about the life-changing time he first tweaked a variable. bestgamedesign.tumblr.com/post/22247847179/rami-ismali-on-gorillas-and-morePermalink Look on archive.org
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There's also a bonus section this week where we talk about... lots of things. More than fit in a tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Fez, Journey, Minecraft, Sword and Sworcery, Starcraft, Transport Tycoon, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect and bad sci-fi books." I was wrongPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mattwebb85 fuck going home, I'd compose that email right then and there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 YESPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Well, I mean, that too. But that's just sanity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Miserable from libido mismatch in your relationship? Why not try a jigsaw puzzle! They're really good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy head to the hills!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Really liking @crypticsea's music this afternoon: soundcloud.com/crypticsea/setsPermalink Look on archive.org
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A beautiful mullion-centric climax to a series: rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/03/punks-not-dead-but-this-series-is/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @tigershungry I approve of this plan.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry Romeo + JulietPermalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth made twitter bots before. that's like a client, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @Carachan1 @housetoastonish I think feminism is best placed to try to tackle the reasonable issues raised in TFA.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @Carachan1 they can call it what they like, but I think the feminists have better things to say about it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns @ColinNorthway actually usage surveys show that it's pretty much never used correctly, so I think the meaning is shifting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway @raiganburns because I love doing research : here's Language Log on the matter: languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2290Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @oh_cripes @Carachan1 not me! All I know is gleaned from blogposts and arguing in-person, same as my philosophical knowledge.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @Carachan1 where are you getting hate from? if anything this is a critique of feminism.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP they got fucked over for sure. but any studio with over 200 staff is a very fragile thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP unless you're Valve, I guess. Or grew that size self-publishing. Hm. Guess you're right.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I want one of the reward tiers to be you doing a live art piece where you read aloud all the names of people who funded you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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NaGaDeMo nagademo.com/blog/2012/05/thirty-days/ 30 day game jam.Permalink Look on archive.org
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think of a time you want to make a game, then find the jam/competition that spans that time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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In Liverpool : Polar Bear Man > Tory. In Edinburgh: Penguin Man > Lib Dem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees "Inbox (9,152)"Permalink Look on archive.org
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I don't get to read enough conspiracy theories hiphopisread.com/2012/04/secret-meeting-that-changed-rap-music.html?m=1Permalink Look on archive.org
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Try saying "for all intensive purposes" on Twitter. github.com/rubzo/ripostePermalink Look on archive.org
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Last week I interviewed @tha_rami about Videogames He Has Known And Loved bestgamedesign.tumblr.com/post/22247847179/rami-ismail-on-gorillas-and-morePermalink Look on archive.org
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Videogames We Have Known And Loved is a much better title for that tumblr. Think I might change it. Unless anyone can do better?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance reading yr Academics article, I was thinking of Rami & me's talk on holistic game experiences as the pinnacle of games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance (somewhere in the extended section...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle was going to say : "all made by men with beards" , but it turns out Dr Hipp is beardless.Permalink Look on archive.org
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17961960 holding out for some supplementary votes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Hello! Last time I saw you, you were passed out on the toilet!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @raiganburns but give it a shove! The work deserves it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @retroremakes AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS *sunglasses*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @retroremakes the last remaining British manufacturing industry is weaponry.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns @dkanaga I'm terrified of companies that blur it... always feels like they'll take advantage of my joy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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INTERNET IDEAS I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR: a drunken video review show. So what it's not original and will take years to edit?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk good luck good luck good luck!Permalink Look on archive.org
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And now I get to the bit of my twitter feed where people have seen the election result.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Fucksake, I had hope, n all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Least Jenny Jones did well. And it was close.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thacher @Dick_Hogg I'm starring this because I want to drink Negronis.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dkanaga @raiganburns I just don't want to neglect important things for a beautiful whirl of creation that belongs to someone else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg @thacher oh man, not next Friday. I'm already going to Coney's new theatre thing and dancing at the Planet Mu party.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg @thacher both of which I'm going to call Serious Wild Rumpus Research. Also GameCamp far too early the next morning.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The Buckenham brothers can do the full stack.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Another "what is indie?" post rampantgames.com/blog/?p=4307Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse it's called rotoscoping. Worked excellently there and in Waking Life - gives a perfectly unreal air to it all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow it's good for you, it must be if it tastes so nasty.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow incidentally, if you just need a private git server, bitbucket is free. But github wins for opensource.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to play with DEAUTOMATIZED possibly enough to clone it. games.parsons.edu/2012/05/thesis-2012-deautomatized/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand feznotes.tumblr.com is calling for them...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ultimately I agree with @tomscott's assessment of the situation. But what happens beyond peak hack day? What comes next? Strange times...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro me too! I spent a while last night sketching game ideas you could do with it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro I think a lot of it comes from the second-person aspect, yeah. But remote is interesting separately, especially if asymmetric.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow gamecamp : gamecamp.org.uk/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Reading an article when it suddenly segues into an email you received the other day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've ended up with a cronjob telling me no-one played my game today arriving in my inbox every midnight.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow game design challenge -- design a game that can only be appreciated by those holding the controller "quirkily"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow well, if you can, you should. and if you can't, fair enough!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk @asponge i am GO for MU.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I did Psychology and it didn't get me laid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry Welcome to Google Alert spam factor 10.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I also did Computer Science; that did. Plus, there's the whole career thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Super Crate Box shouldn't've either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke oooo burn! (but it did)Permalink Look on archive.org
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A officeblock full of young creatives waiting for the permissions to upload the file to the server.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Multi-Platform Video Game Release kickstarter.com/projects/114022296/multi-platform-video-game-releasePermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang @q0rt if so they made a parody LinkedIn account, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @KommanderKlobb @edclef @terrycavanagh @increpare wasn't planning to, though I've enjoyed Playful before. Likely join the pub after.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @edclef lotta London "digital" people... the discrepancy between theme and ticket cost is amusing, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rocketcatgames @smestorp CUBES (coming soon!) shows only "the best score a friend has achieved". not even their name. we'll see!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rocketcatgames @smestorp (tempted to change it to "score of friend who is beating you by the smallest amount")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I have a song about wanting to sleep with Lovefoxx in my head. youtube.com/watch?v=pRibdySF9ioPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk We're PLA Studios. Send an email?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leyawn: Look at that FUcking hipster chilling in a pot. that goddamn hipster turning light into energy with photosynthesis. i fuckin ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom I'm editing you right now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I interviewed @benmilsom about why he loves @physmo's Mos Speedrun so much. bestgamedesign.tumblr.com/post/22728971875/ben-milsom-on-mos-speedrunPermalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom I should have used the walnuts line as the pullquote.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Letting the snakes on a plane could have devastating consequences." bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17992053Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm sorry for that last tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP hm! #7dfps is coming up...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @tigershungry and that single player mode you keep promising*? (*you've never promised this)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I actually didn't. But I am now having fun trying to design a single player mode for Joust.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Fuck Dance Let's Art with Keanu Reeves : A single-player mode for Johann Sebastian Joust."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle I should actually write normal surface shaders some time, rather than just weird post-processing ones or that look like sunsets.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @tigershungry I want to make a Make Your Own Move Controller Game game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier what!? yes! thank goodness!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I got it fucking working, and stuck my arms above my head like that sloth being tickled.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bhmwong ? @asponge:"Roll call for The Double R Club next Thursday! ... any more for any more? wegottickets.com/event/166725 "Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky given a choice between not having cookies and cookies from which someone has tried to remove the wasps, but has possibly failed...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @asponge I appreciate you, Joe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LeehSl interesting!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 It's okay -- I'm a professional, I know what it's like when a videogame emergency strikes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mwegner: Ha, Adobe releases bulletin for some vague security vulnerability in Photoshop 5.5. The fix? Upgrade to CS6: http://t.co/ ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mwegner: Actually, I guess that's Photoshop 5.5 "and earlier". Threat vector looks like opening TIFF files. #enjoyyourdayPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ElectronDance: @edclef You may be the only dev in the world who can actually make use of all those shitty OOP base class Animal examplesPermalink Look on archive.org
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"I can't believe hipsters have gotten into videogames. It's the one thing you ought to be sincere about."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar living room, then kitchen.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar oh, then don't stress about it (maybe you shouldn't take guidance on house cleanliness from me, come to think of it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar is Filipe your bin?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @philthe25th What's your bin called?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SiriHoho aww damn, that's a shame. hope you kill those bits of disease soon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow all it really is is dealing with Retina, though, really. I'd just deal in LetsPretendScreenSpace, like Apple does.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've got like 4 sessions I have a mind to run tomorrow. That's probably too many, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Actually, let's pre-announce and see what people care about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A session where people play playground games, like Ninja and the Danish thigh slapping game, and Slap Poker & ones I don't know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A session about how easy the Beast was to make, and how straightforward jams are to organize, encouraging people to organize things, or go.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A session where people take it in turns to tell their favorite bits of games, recorded for putting on Best Game Design.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And a session about doing game design live in videogames. DMing/GMing in the digital space, I guess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @cunthorse I do that. I'm not going to listen to the CDs anyway, and vinyl has bigger artwork.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk me too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @kitrichardsonuk You should go infect the Deadly Premonitoners, at least.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @heftyseamstress: own: Only with nipplesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario Still bitter about my Nanokontrol's refusal to talk to Unity. Will fix it some day...Permalink Look on archive.org
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from @zoewi "Database of Games - Physical & Social Games" databaseofgames.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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And on the front page Foursquare, which we played at school but I've not heard tell of since. databaseofgames.com/physical-games/defense-and-attack/630/single-court-foursquarePermalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk hells yeah! well done, bossy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Waiting for Horus looks about as lovely as you'd expect from @aliceffeckt & @renaudbedard & @henkboom theverge.com/2012/5/11/3013322/waiting-for-horus-is-a-high-speed-cyberpunk-deathmatch-from-the-folksPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario days have been lost to it already! I can see it, but not recieve events from the .Net midi stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario Got to the point of writing a standalone app to forward packets on separately. Maybe an OSC intermediary?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs We called it "patball". We also played "wallball", if I'm remembering correctly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey hey, Seven Day First Person Shooter (or #7dfps) competition is now fully announced : 7dfps.org/ June 9th - 15th.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Off to Early Days of a Better Nation. And then dancing away at the Planet Mu party. Then up early tomorrow! Hurrah for plans.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP brilliant, isn't it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ElectronDance: New Electron Dance Link Drag dragging @q0rt, @dkanaga, @v21, @gamesthatexist, @jennatar, @webbedspace & others. h ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Looooooook, I'm on Electron Dance! My shitty writing next to awesome writing!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I should write more blog posts, I guess - it always seems to work out well in the end.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Haha, now Joe's got back. The plan where he agreed to move The Beast in the morning because I would be out late has went a bit askew.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just learned the term "Zugzwang" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang It means being at a disadvantage due to being forced to move.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm in the position of wishing I made notes during a talk. Strange.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson Thank you Alistair! It's at bestgamedesign.tumblr.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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I renamed Best Game Design. It's now called Games We Have Known And Loved. It's a better name.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It now sits at gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/ , but all the old URLs should redirect you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson I changed my mind! It's at gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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"a woman who is eighty today has a 9.2 per cent chance of living to be a hundred, whereas a woman of twenty has a 26.6 per cent chance."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@runonthespot That's just for the UK, you're right. Source: lrb.co.uk/v34/n07/john-lanchester/marx-at-193Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is beautiful and I wish I was making it: forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=20720.0 dev.datatragedy.com/projects/moabd/ datatragedy.com/wipmoabd/ (via @radiatoryang )Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang it's only the command prompt! but it's still lovely to play with.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang heh. I'm sure it will be all those things after there's a game behind it...Permalink Look on archive.org
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The story of Molyjam London (completely ignores the story of Jamie, the Krispy Kreme box baby) youtube.com/watch?v=VIITIZNfdjs&feature=youtu.bePermalink Look on archive.org
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but does at one point show me checking Twitter! also laughing! and gesticulating wildly! and other people!Permalink Look on archive.org
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MICACHU youtube.com/watch?v=v0TgEjNwlHY (thanks @awesommelier)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Wow. This guy writes business advice like Tim Rodgers writes about game design scottfoe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/opinion-what-fuck-n-gage.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge you up for Trippple Nippples tomorrow?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 shhhhhh!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge The listing was a lie! It was last week! Curses!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @asponge No, this is (was!) Trippple Nippples.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe hey hey hey hey exciting! welcome to being able to afford things!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh @docky given he did his Videogames We Have Known And Loved on it, that seems likely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef the Santa hat should only happen on Christmas Day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas AdamsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @mikeBithell Ah, you'll always lose savefiles.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris @mikeBithell Honest question: is it less rewarding to skip a level and have it marked incomplete than to have to go through?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris that's all you want, isn't it? To feel bad if you don't do it right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to eat my yoghurt, but the spoons are behind the policemen.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh @pdstafford Which wasn't the fez notes tumblr you linked. :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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R U A Cyberpunk? 25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4298bMW291qzmpz9o1_1280.jpg (from @radiodario)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb gnnnn... I don't want to be a person who wants to make model railways... but this tweet has made me so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb I hope it wears off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Man, I wish some people would tweet praise at me, so I could retweet it like the cool kids.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb ahhhhhhhhhhhh, just caught myself thinking "I wonder what they use to do the logic behind the switching?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb "that's a lot of trains to control, I wonder how regular the schedules are?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry oh wow : 'Those pics look like you're using the "forbidden art".'Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir hah, I know that feeling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Oh man! That praise is OUT OF DATE. I cut my hair last night.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp That's a really good blog post though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@abagames yeah, that thread was pretty much what made me give up on PSS. You should get in touch and see if you can get a real dev-kit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@UnitZeroOne @DGoodayle WHAT. ugh! So much wasted time. Fucking technology.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@UnitZeroOne no, I'm just irritated with myself for not upgrading a few days ago... very happy you've done it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle Yeah -- the complicated part was the AS3 stuff, but looks like I would have needed to have learnt that anyway. Still.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@UnitZeroOne (so I just saw, was misled by a forum thread. but yes -- cheers, downloading now)Permalink Look on archive.org
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New Unity version: forum.unity3d.com/threads/136078-Unity-3.5.2-live-with-many-fixes-for-Flash-Preview?p=923263#post923263 This promises to ease suffering for people exporting to Flash.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Aaaand you don't need to fuck around in XCode to get retina splash images on iOS any more.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@greenseaweed I saw your photo on the sworcery blog. It's lovely, and then I did a double take when I saw it was by you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cucumberoneye @smestorp Yeah, I make stuff because I want to see if it will work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cucumberoneye @smestorp me too. sometimes I'll hear about something awesome and then deliberately not find out more.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cucumberoneye @smestorp so I can copy that awesome thing, without being infected by their actual implementation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow it's okay, I know you love me already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow also, good luck with getting better. :SPermalink Look on archive.org
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@cucumberoneye @smestorp in the last stages? i usually hate the thing. interspersed with surprise that it can feel better than it did beforePermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I was about to point you at @increpare 's Microtone, but... well, go look at his website yourself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp Sounds sensible. It's important to be true to the thing you're making, not the thing that inspired it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns But actually, "begs the question" is ... oh wait, we've had this discussion already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar was it a response to gandalf?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar shiiiit... I was wearing my Gandalf-with-a-gun t-shirt yesterday.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar (it might just be a wizard with a space blaster, but that's spitting distance)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Dick_Hogg: "A group of hungry and inexplicably fashionable young ladies traverse a post-apocalyptic wilderness" @okchickadee http:// ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle Massive congratulations!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"All my life I wanted to be a programmer... but now it seems like a bad call" -- @vorrintal on integrating with FacebookPermalink Look on archive.org
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@iamdanw I think anything that is sufficiently soft and conductive will work. Thus, why rain fucks with touchscreens.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Editing up @Quinns108 for Videogames We Have Known And Loved. He's quite loud.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 which reminds me : did you get the audio of the session off the recorder, or has it been lost to Anna & Daphny?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@leighalexander @Carachan1 I'm reminded of this :v21.tumblr.com/post/15075677630/i-want-to-meet-momus-soon-but-im-afraid-hePermalink Look on archive.org
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"Finally, it is worth pointing out that the commercial has almost 600,000 views with twice as many 'likes' than 'dislikes."'Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp can be different from that in the app storePermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp As long as they're similar enough... "Play my stupid videogame" vs "Stupid game"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir Are you suggesting we don't? People are a bit more subtle about it, but goods unpurchased are exciting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Slaktus Recently on Twitter I've talked about punching a bucket of custard and model railways. Both sparked by advertisers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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New on Videogames We Have Known And Loved : @Quinns108 tells a ghost story gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/23157650708/quintin-smith-on-pathologicPermalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs @tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg yeah. that. with a bucket of custard. maybe multiple buckets of custard?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @garethbriggs @tigershungry @Dick_Hogg oh god. a air-bubble pumping system you can use to sabotage your opponent's buckets.Permalink Look on archive.org
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How to do preorders for iOS sixtostart.com/onetoread/2012/distributing-3000-copies-of-an-ios-game/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir turns out things that pay get more time spent on them than things that don't. i can think of ways to change that, but...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir it's so pervasive as to be unnoticed and unnoticeable. I mean, the fucks at MS involved in the initial story excepted.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir (the initial story which was put out as PR to promote MS's advertising play -- aka advertising advertising)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir Yes. Largely. I also read a lot of media. I spend more time doing that than pretty much anything else. I talk about it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Slaktus Me too. Largely when it's done badly, mind. Or just just too saturated, then choking choking, and no clean air anywhere.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle That sounds beautiful and fantastic, and I would love to -- depending on money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @nachimir me too. how refreshing when you find a little space which isn't inferno. it makes you want to give them money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg @paperCaves @Fortress_Inman @tigershungry I thought for a moment you were talking about @doougle's cruise idea.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Still thinking about Punching the Custard. I might actually make it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh, pitch this morning seemed to go well! Dunno if we'll get it, but we certainly gave it a good shot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Malfunctioning robot in a museum, would be really fun to work on if we did get it -- I did a video for it here: youtube.com/watch?v=pjEftOPlM2cPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge you'll find out soon enoughPermalink Look on archive.org
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@agencyofconey A game I'm inventing. About punching buckets of custard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH been using NGUI -- it's ... the least worst system I've used so far.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe stop tweeting, then.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe Well, you're reading these words now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iainlobb @KommanderKlobb I like the aimless wandering around, but then I have made fan-games for Proteus, so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb No I'm just imagining you spending your time doing nothing but leaving those signs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JonesyVision: RT anyone looking for game development experience in industry we @BeefJack are looking for Game Programmers - http://t ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell That's terrible stereotyping. I know lots of juggling nerds.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @jennatar do they have to have done it on purpose?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse Stenography is weird. You need special training to read it, for one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StenotypePermalink Look on archive.org
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Now every time I read the word "buttery" I think of wet noisy farts. Thanks, @cunthorsePermalink Look on archive.org
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"a Norwegian turbine called the Hammerfest 1000, a giant three-bladed propeller atop nearly 1000 tons of steel structure on the seabed."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @tiedtiger RESTARTING OLD ARGUMENTS : did you see mightyvision.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/definitions.html ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @mikeBithell Yeah, I get that, but the cultural / political / theoretical spheres are leaky. & you gotta be aware of that impact.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think I want to vomit. RT @jonty FFFUFUFUFUFFUUUUUUU. /Permalink Look on archive.org
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This copy reads like Love HeartsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @mikeBithell eh, those things are fine and necessary, and clear off the normal 3 paras of apologies before the meat of any post.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @haikus_by_KN: The notion that the world's problems are "design" challenges is a fucktarded technocratic fantasy that warrants firebo ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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THIS EVENING : @#!/Lucky_Chip/202815519877894146 then eroticreviewmagazine.com/sites/eroticreviewmagazine.com/files/imagecache/Original/wysiwyg_imageupload/1583/1%20-%20Louche9578_0.jpg (I am looking forward to it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mattwebb85 HEY MATT! It's been too long. What you up to this weekend? Come round for boardgames!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mattwebb85 Yeah, of course!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk @mattwebb85 I invited you on Friday night and you turned me down!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mattwebb85 @kitrichardsonuk That, and you've never played it. Due to the aforementioned balls-tripping.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Look at it from the Frobisher Says angle : more power means less fucking around getting our crap to run nice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Must be a bit galling to be Vostok Games and looking at the phenomenon that is DayZ. Or maybe it's reassuring?Permalink Look on archive.org
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No #LUUG for me this month. But if anyone there wants some Unity3D work this summer, they should poke me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP this tweet does not resolve the ambiguity about you joining us tonight.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@siobhanthomas I'm going to make a game for it (well, I'm probably going to make my own, first) called Punching The Custard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@b_gorissen @BRKeogh Pick one to be the new one, retweet the other's posts over, make everyone an admin on the new one and...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@b_gorissen @BRKeogh ...set the old one to redirect everyone who lands on it to the new one. Don't mind which becomes the new one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyone interested in an indie games campsite at Electromagnetic Fields? v21.tumblr.com/post/23284323294/emf-cfpPermalink Look on archive.org
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@siobhanthomas Only if you help clean up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@imaginary_lines I didn't retweet anyone's! I got like 30 responses. I was confused and did not know what to do.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickgwood har-de-har-harPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry where was this when I was making my "Abbey Road in covers" playlist?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry well, good job! I plan to listen to only this until I go insane.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I am grimly looking forward to it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino @siobhanthomas Like this quote in the movie "Jumanji"..."A little rain never hurt anybody but a whole lot will kill ya."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @iainsimons @gamecity (Like, for instance, "Games" being filed under "Technology" not "Culture" on the guardian website)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Also US only. :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @tigershungry Yeah, there's a link from Culture too -- but compare guardian.co.uk/culture/cultureblogs/roundup and guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblogPermalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @tigershungry (The Guardian are actually better than most of the UK papers on this -- try to find the games section on the Telegraph)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse sure: nottheinternet.com (steal whatever!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I'm interested in this, and also in my capacity as overseer of The Beast. The launcher code for which is at github.com/v21/boingerPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky (Also dislike indie branding, Super Rocket Launcher sounds great)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I have sent you an email!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge wouldn't clippers do the job? I'm not volunteering the use of mine, mind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge automation is the future. let technology into your life. these beautiful blades shear at 200 Hz.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Star Wars: TIE Fighter (I know this because I've recorded @HilariousCow talking about it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I interviewed @Quinns108 about Pathologic last weekend gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/23157650708/quintin-smith-on-pathologicPermalink Look on archive.org
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An idea for a text editor feature : tint the background colour according to the path to the file.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Me and @greenseaweed are (are going to be) making a Tamagotchi-like thing with a strange tone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Early days, so I'm afraid to lay it out too much, but yeah. Now considering worldly meta-narration for it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb oh, well in that case I guess I gotta be there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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TIGJAM UK 7 YEEEEAH! eventbrite.com/event/3579250635Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bhmwong get some finger puppets!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns @edclef @ColinNorthway depends on the level fo directness, I think. And how higher-order the motivations are.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Hello, I'm Wenlock! Don't I look smart in my police officer’s uniform?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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#dataillneversee combined nutritional value of all the items of food sold in Tesco / number of shoppers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I close my eyes and see static. Hurrah for writing noise-based postprocessing shaders all day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Got a killer idea for #7dfps, now want to start immediately.Permalink Look on archive.org
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#7dfps multiplayer underwater deathmatch. with harpoons. and bubbles rising from every player.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jwaaaap There's cover on the seabed, I guess. But also silty bits you can kick up. I don't know! But there's tons of interesting options!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lampholder go to the terrible pub.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I'm watching Twin Peaks RIGHT NOW.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh Christ -- how can you fail to get Laura's diary twice in an row? At least Coop is competent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just saw @pippinbarr's game page. Too many games. I should finish one thing before starting another.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr yeah, I do. But I hope you can look on that list with satisfaction & fond memories.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse They're ripping off Keepon youtube.com/watch?v=3g-yrjh58msPermalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse i think it's "two blobs"Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: Hmm, tempted to come to London for this.. indiegamesexpo.info/ Hey #LondonIndies, fancy a change of venue/fieldtrip?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef I did think that...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle If that's the case, what's Virtua TENNNES?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Rediscovering my long-fallow abilities at being polite in emails. Sometimes aggressively so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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♪ technical solutions to social problems ♪Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ranarama The International Drinking Game Festival at Gaijin Games' offices? Not sure there was a website... it was kinda over-subscribed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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We're games studio and we make games. We're also capable of editing XML files.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Past_the_pixels @thomasapage It's called CUBES. I'll link you to more info once I've written the more info...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ru55ianroulette blackPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes hey, that IS nattyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jwaaaap: Jesus, most videogame stories are of the same horrible quality as shit I write myself oh wait that explains a lot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danctheduck I read that without the word "company". Still works.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: @S0phieH @MituK truth; minimising ui maximises design goodness. what is most beautiful often coincides with what is least ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Twitter's policy update is making me uncomfortably aware of how many Twitter accounts I have.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I mean, you'd think I could have done something with @whatarecatsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PeopleIKnow: Eeeeeeeeee!!!! RT @OniPress: John Allison's @badmachinery Moves From Web To Print Via ONI PRESS! onipress.com/blog h ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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"If this is a multiplayer game then so is tickle chase... I guess tickle chase is one so that's a bad example, but my point is [...]"Permalink Look on archive.org
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(App Store review for the Joust knockoff. Along with ★★★★★ "Sam pepper I love you ok")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe From my extensive researches, he might have been on Big Brother once?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs @ustwo released a clone of JS Joust.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge it's okay alice, I'm here for you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge by which I mean, I have a ticket.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Who wants to come to the THE DOUBLE R CLUB'S 3RD ANNUAL MISS TWIN PEAKS PAGEANT? wegottickets.com/event/169466Permalink Look on archive.org
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And we've launched! Here's the game wot we made: macmillerofficial.com/BlueSlidePark-game/Permalink Look on archive.org
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<3 Google Realtime Analytics.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle and poop!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse click the sunglasses, that might help?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak recording each mic separately will give good quality, but will be a huge PITA to sync and edit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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New on Videogames We Have Known And Loved: @LewieP likes zooming in on things. gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/23536404463/lewie-procter-on-zooming-in-spore-r-u-s-e-and-osmosPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk No, just have a good story to tell. Why, @LewieP couldn't make a videogame if his life depended on it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk @LewieP (and it's deliberately not "Videogames We Have Known And Loved"...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk Poke me in person and I'll record you. Or send over a recording or Skype or whatever.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rupazero I recall very distinctly! I haven't even listened to that recording yet (& haven't got the hi-quality recording).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rupazero Might do a special post with the whole session... Will see. Thanks for the offer! And for the story, of course.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy make a kite?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy make a kite... game?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy no, I mean, make a kite. For real. Then make a game using the kite. To be played in windy parks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy Also, stop being afraid of technology you've not touched in a while.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @asponge and we have a drawer again! (I think?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge you're repeating yourself (on readmedottxt)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge I looked more closely, and it was me who was in error!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @oh_cripes well, so long as they know the drawer is busted...Permalink Look on archive.org
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CUBES launches tomorrow. #announcementPermalink Look on archive.org
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If anyone would like to review it, it turns out I have promo codes already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@npupp @radiodario that post is well deserved, though. Good intentions don't excuse shitty behaviour.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe Nope! It is for all iOS devices.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PeopleIKnow 1) Have a problem to solve by coding 2) Have someone else's code which does not-quite-that. 3) Change bits til it works.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PeopleIKnow Repeat until you can start from scratch. If you don't understand something, look it up, or ask a friend.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PeopleIKnow For basic concepts, stuff like Codecademy is good. Or -- this looks good : sthurlow.com/python/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @helvetica I feel like I should watch that show regularly, as a kind of immunisation. Certainly feels like medicine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey Shit. Missed that spike. Shiny. Backend is holding up fine!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Phil Fish on Sky Island: "luckily, they only managed to steal the core idea and aesthetic, not the execution."Permalink Look on archive.org
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"this plays nothing like FEZ and falls into all the same traps it took us so long to figure out how to avoid."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @BinaryTweedDeej I do! forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=13717.0 and auntiepixelante.com/?cat=5. In book form, nordiclarp.wordpress.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@teknopants sweet colours/transparency!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 yeah, but he misspelt algorithms, which ruins it slightly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry ubuntu?Permalink Look on archive.org
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This'd be a good day for my DNS provider to fall over.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle @samjermy87 that was quick!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris shiit, I'm not ready, I'm not ready.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've made a game called CUBES for iOS. You can buy it here : bit.ly/cubesgame & it's honestly really good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's good enough that I play it for fun myself sometimes. And I'm sick of it. bit.ly/cubesgame #CUBESPermalink Look on archive.org
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@SiriHoho DONEPermalink Look on archive.org
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I also made a promotional website: nottheinternet.com/cubes/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonboris So do I! I made a neat depth-dependent noise shader last weekend, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario I know, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Monkey_D_Daley This version has fucked up image effects!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Thank you! Means a lot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle @therussmorris I'd be madder if I couldn't imagine the fun Unity dudes had gettting it as seamless as it is. Key macros indeed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway yes, yes you may. (Thank you!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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my goodness, it's hot in this officePermalink Look on archive.org
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Thank you everyone for the retweets!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek all turns to lines? screenshot pls!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek shit, yeah, that's supposed to be a dithering effect. think it's the iOS version maybe. thanks for the bug report!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 It's a bit difficult because movement will trigger rotation. But I can look More Seriously into ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 ... using the starting rotation, fixed. Thanks for the feedback, though. It's going on the List.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak It's the only explanation that makes sense to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Cykelero Thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Maaaaaaaaan, it'd be nice to be at Nordic Game Indie Night.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Yeah, I saw that earlier. Go Lau!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @asponge Ho ho! I'm doing CUBES press. Yaaaaaaay for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @asponge But I think we're all glad it wasn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris That damn @Dick_Hogg !Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonboris @HilariousCow I've been, with others, least displeased with NGUI recently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef There's only one tiny link to the site, so that makes sense.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns on the other hand, you can often outcompete those with better motivations that way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So I don't have any Game Center friends, it turns out. Add me, so I can be better at my game than you are! I'm "v twenty-one".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway @helvetica @KommanderKlobb It's reading tweets like this that make everything worthwhile. <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN You move the mouse to steer. That's pretty much it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving I've only just played it on non "Sandbox" game center. Where, annoyingly enough, my high score was 94. Gimme a minute or two.Permalink Look on archive.org
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SO GLAD I put in the thing where if you connect to GameCenter it pushes out your best score, not your most recent. In yr face @DeadYetLivingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@andrewbrophy Thank you very much!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CraigGrannell Heh - I sent you an email earlier this evening!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CraigGrannell No worries! I'm also UK based, so should also really be asleep by now. email email email...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @BRKeogh On anything other than iOS, you should be fine (mebbe Facebook, too). But on iOS...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @BRKeogh ... I'd imagine you'd be okay, if you market it as non-commerical. That's different from most releases, at least.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh Speaking of which, you should write about CUBES. Want a promocode?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous all round. There's bumf at nottheinternet.com/cubes/ if you want it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @nikcub: Yahoo included their cert private key inside the Axis Chrome extension.. (means anybody can sign extension as yahoo).. http: ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP at least they're all in one place...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: WAIT OOPS. I meant the opposite of discounted. That one. mightyvision.blogspot.pt/2012/05/pricing.html #BecauseWeMayPermalink Look on archive.org
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I wish I hadn't bought Zaga-33 now, so I could buy it for more money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But you can! itunes.apple.com/app/zaga-33/id516903940?mt=8 (It's a good game, it's $7 worth of cleverness)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Guess what? Yesterday I released a game! You can buy it for like, a dollar. itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubes/id493069991?ls=1&mt=8 It's got colours in it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, if you have bought it a review/rating would be lovely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The "Like the screen auto dimming during gameplay, should be able to override that." review is irritating. You can't! I tried! Really.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle I stand entirely corrected.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hisekaldma: The chosen ones. Secret space institute. Save the world. Innovative. Original.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PaulBigPixel @rclarke Thanks. Hm. I did look, honest...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky and Zaga-33, and wiresq. Increases are a better message to send, I think.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @StuHorvath I enjoy how much you're endlessly enjoying having written that line.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cucumberoneye I get that the worst when I fulfil some deep ambition in a dream. The next day is just vague loss.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp "The Zaga-33 people have earned my respect. Well played, and a good point for anyone who enjoys quality iOS games..."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Thank you! Means a bunch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving @JAlbor If you want I can give you some slightly patronising tips?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving @JAlbor Focus on making the smallest movements in the early stage. Try to move fluidly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving @JAlbor In the end-game, you just need to get between the gaps of the cubes that collide. Be lucky.Move as little as possiblePermalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving @JAlbor It's excellent advice!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Basically agree with this latentexistence.me.uk/why-take-the-flour-back-are-wrong-and-im-leaving-the-green-party/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@me_backwards alas! Need to send out some press releases for CUBES.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@auntiepixelante not even at their request! Which is I guess even better.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jonbro: yesss! controlmagazine.net/2012/05/22/give-indies-a-couple-of-hundred-euros-message-by-rami-ismail-vlambeer/ - this is really on target.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ruthasoldastime: @DavieGreig @ballboymusic "and you know what the sun does to Edinburgh don't you?Makes her look a peach" http://t.c ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Four words: Yo-Landi Vi$$er Emma Frost fetorpse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/133.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @retroremakes: 59! is.gd/oxhSQW Must. Try. Harder.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@notch I was excited for the constraints to be on the ships, not the people. Don't want arbitrary time barriers on progression.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The way the buttons move around in this is fantastic. adventure.gamism.org/gamer_mom/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bentosmile @KommanderKlobb I do want to organize a "Finish this fucking thing" jam. For all the small, not quite finished things...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules I've never had a use for it, but I love that it exists.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths why on earth would it be a bad idea?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@metasynthie @auntiepixelante thank you for this tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish I was in The Meadows right now. burntfen.net/themeadows.png A BBQ at the top of Yoshi would be fantastic.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle Looks beautiful. Listening to @coroneddu's sounds and watching Dragon meet the ISS on a beautiful sunny afternoon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@casskhaw @steishere sad I missed it at GameCamp! I heard great things there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere o yeah -- too, I heard you were in the parallel Games We Have Known And Loved session? What happened in there?Permalink Look on archive.org
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ooooh. RT @xbelanch A little more complex WebGL demo: jsfiddle.net/theo/nUruF/ (cc @radiodario @HilariousCow)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I won, as well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I can hear @asponge playing some ace music with girls and guitars, and @oh_cripes playing ukelele.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway I blame @D_Nye_Griffiths pretty much entirely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom Man, if I ever do a big dramatic proposal, I won't film it and put it on Youtube.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is a neat tiny thing wonderfl.net/c/fmrfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse They count as one station, you just sometimes have to leave and cross the road to change trains.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse More to the point, I don't think you get charged for two journey when you change from one to another. (But yes, stupid).Permalink Look on archive.org
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A beautiful day for sitting on a train.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to slowly demolish an entire bottle of Pimms. Maybe tomorrow.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @JamesWallis: Seriously Eurovision is an amazing advert for the power of two-screen viewiWHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING IT'S SATURDAY I AM ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Getting depressed reading Twitter. I couldn't watch Eurovision, but I wish I had.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wonder if I'll get the nightbus home tomorrow, and make it 3 of 3.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is an excellent post on... not playing to win, and AA Milne : blackbeardblog.tumblr.com/post/12520684430/degamification (from the RPS Sunday Papers)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar what!? Why is this not in London!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH default character controller sucks. Make your own!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hallithbates: Games I played as a girl. bit.ly/K0fb6GPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 nice dress! You deserve your classy agent bonus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @seb_ly: “@gabrielgironda: WE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO LEARN TO PROGRAM AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED i.imgur.com/Mev10.jpg ” < danger ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dropkickpikachu: RT this if you ever downloaded "system of a down - the legend of zelda.mp3" from napsterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 me too. at least i feel less like him than I did when I was younger.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I don't want to wear clothes! I was the right temperature when I was naked!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BRKeogh: Twitchy fingers all round on the #dayz NZ1 server tonight. Killed my first bandit. Got murdered.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RE last retweet : when was the last time you hear someone say they got murdered in a game?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules I don't know the word, but that feeling means you're a decent human being.Permalink Look on archive.org
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man. naming things. it's hard!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I don't think I believe I will ever understand the "this" keyword in JS.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth full PDF at : nottheinternet.com/files/temp/flashedface.pdfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow piiiiiiiiiracy. or Uni rates. or chipping at trivial tasks while at work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino My Cobbled-Together 2D Sprite Engine in Javascript : Revelations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow It's a weird legal position to be in, "Buy when you can afford". Current position is much better for them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@annashipman It has been my constant companion the last few days. The specific example is setting a method call from addEventListener.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@annashipman (which I have working -- but I don't fully understand the mechanisms)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tametick London Hackspace has some -- not sure of their current status, but they exist, and you could use them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @Carachan1 I really enjoyed seeing these two tweets back-to-back.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @Carachan1 Ah, that's fine; they'll never get the horse up the stairs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is an amazingly informative interview about making money actually making physical things. blog.makezine.com/2012/04/30/makes-exclusive-interview-with-andrew-bunnie-huang-the-end-of-chumby-new-adventures/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @Jam_sponge That's the exact reason I considered buying a Kindle.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Leigh Alexander is really kicking arse recently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pozorvlak: US Army puts out call for knife missile development: wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-04/26/us-army-magic-bullet?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Outbrain%2BTrialPermalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse pokemon loved the skill-slot based keys. Which I'm fine with - ties the pokemons & the fighting into the world.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Radstronomical: I also dreamed I was playing @v21's Cubes and flew up out of the play area and discovered a village of cube peoplePermalink Look on archive.org
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@Radstronomical I can just imagine then flashing and bobbing and jostling each other. :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 It scares me sometimes, how stupid I am while wandering the supermarket after work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 tbf, that's better than I do. I usually struggle to get past "Vegetables.. These are vegetables. Do I ... need vegetables?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Repeat for about 6 laps of the grocery section.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle The best part is how natural it feels. A room-sized, sitting version of the effect an arcade cabinet has.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke o?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef You should just get up on stage, invite someone up, put on Proteus, put the controller in their hands, and sit back down again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry I just went to check whether I did... nearly died in there. Never again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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How @jennatar makes so much food for thought fall out of a single shopping trip amazes me infinitelives.net/2012/05/29/nerd-notes-game-shopping-with-brian-taylor/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar DID YOU KNOW : I grew up playing emulated games. I've played the entirety of Chrono Trigger on a keyboard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I was just cheap/poor. I'm still amazed by how much of everything computers can do.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @victohenry: "you can't consume an entire Vienetta straight from the box with no utensils": MYTH BUSTEDPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Ahahaha when you spend 20 minutes looking for a bug and realise there is no bug: you just haven't written the code ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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"At first, I have to deal as little damage as possible." youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MNqoLsbeuC4#t=8sPermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @docky I like it, because it's less verbose. I always throw in way more parentheses than necessary because I'm fuzzy on precedencePermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @smestorp @docky ah, i think the thing that trips me up is I read as far as "score += onFire" then have to backtrack.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I made food off a memory of a post on Food That We Make tonight. It was good! Thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @KBsGameTOILET it totally is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Test Footage youtube.com/watch?v=Ne49MFZMWpU (cat)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm having trouble choosing a sarcastic comment to accompany this link: engineering.twitter.com/2012/05/improving-performance-on-twittercom.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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Something about endlessly fixing things you broke yourself? Something hinting at the great stupid cycle of software engineering.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Something that mocks the clinical language and benchmarks used to describe common sense.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But with enough ambiguity to allow me to concede : it's probably even faster/better now, and that you should test common sense if you can.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And of course, something with some sympathy for the people caught in this pticlar stupid cycle of software engineering, for I am, in others.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyway, apparently that perfect sarcastic comment isn't in me tonight. And hashbangs are still stupid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Whole indie local multiplayer thing happening right now: TENNNES, Hokra, BariBariBall, 0space, Game Game Videogame, Pole Riders.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite And that's not even counting the physical ones, which are kinda a whole 'nother thing -- Swordfight, Joust, BUTTON, Hit Me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy Yep!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell Hitman fans seem to have been first in line.Permalink Look on archive.org
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On not taking pictures lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/a-picture-book-without-pictures/?src=tpPermalink Look on archive.org
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It's easy to forget ever-present, terrifying things. guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/may/28/oceans?CMP=twt_gu#/?picture=390786107&index=0Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey everyone, it's the last day of #BecauseWeMay , so you should buy CUBES now for just $0.99 itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubes/id493069991Permalink Look on archive.org
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(It should perhaps be noted that it's not in #BecauseWeMay or anything. It costs $0.99 normally)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Ironically, that article has done more than anything else to convince me Apple does give a shit about games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@misc I am sorry for the momentary deception! But not that sorry, because I got a sale out of it. :pPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Cykelero yeah, that's right. Or do a lunge.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Holy shit, I'm on Kotaku. m.kotaku.com/5914284/cubes-is-the-latest-game-i-want-to-hate-but-cant-stop-playingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers Thanks! Yeah, I'm still at PLA. It's good! Will be better once we have a cooler office/working aircon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers Yeah -- well, Brick Lane. Let me know when you are, we can go get lunch or something.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @ElectronDance I think I've promised some people a special build with their-face CUBES.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @ElectronDance Occurs to me you could do business out of a version with celebrity severed heads.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KatBoo I think itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubes/id493069991 is pretty good... but then I would, wouldn't I?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mugathur Hey, awesome. Will be on that like nobodies business.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is the best game about Linguistics I've ever played. jayisgames.com/games/suveh-nux/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore I haven't played or heard of that, so you may well be right! But I am now. It's possible I skewed yr perception introducing it so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(Incidentally, there's a new version of CUBES out now.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I knew who you were from your score. Welcome to the 120 club.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @jimrossignol each instance of a nonlinear game is linear too. So if you go that far, "nonlinear" stops being meaningful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe actually, i don't know the drinking game. I'm just excited for #edfringe. You going up?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamtef this is a fantastic tweet. good work!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamtef haha -- it was an excellent tweet even without context/explanation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe oh god. oh god. it takes, what, 3 hours to read the guide cover to cover. and you'd be literally drinking that whole time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe i mean, i reckon the frequency of non-cliche would be enough that you could maybe breathe. maybe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe And yeah, I would like to, and I have been the past few years. Might try to coincide with Scottish walking times.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger Rhetorical q: How many people put their hands up when asked if they were game devs?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger So could I, that's why it's rhetorical. :D Will be popping back later, hopefully see you then (we're running Joust)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Kotaku front-page sales spike for CUBES: 100 sales.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mugathur Pretty much all of it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo Well, it's actually only $69.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TerrorBullGames Well, there'll be Joust later. (I was there briefly this morning, came back to do some work for now)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek rubbish! the old version looked way better. Go even more High School Chem textbook.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek I'd focus on making the splitter/bonder more prominent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am completely unsurprised by the Hitman trailer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I love the indie scene's sense of community pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Best+of+British+news/news.asp?c=41560Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo I wasn't!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo IMMA GAME DEVELOPERPermalink Look on archive.org
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@godatplay Just randomly came across twitpic.com/8cltar . How did you do error correcting dithering as a shader?! I am impressed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Atkinson dithering post-processing effects! twitpic.com/8cltar (I never made this myself, and don't really know how it's possible)Permalink Look on archive.org
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