Tweets from 2012/07
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@teknopants @moshboy @netgrind ah ah, but my projects aren't dead, they're just resting. Thinking on it, I should finish some...
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If I still lived here, I'd be home by now.
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Kind of... a little bit... tempted to drink some more. Cc @SiriHoho @asponge
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Did have a nap during that last, interminable game of Fluxx, though. And then I won, through no fault of my own.
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There's totally a LRB diary column in how bus drivers use little buttons to tell people to move these days, rather than yelling.
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Family games is.gd/JhvXjh
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@LewieP @SiriHoho yeah, they do lovely pizzas.
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The story of Silt v21.posterous.com/138496721
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Better, I think. Though of course, it depends upon the article. But articles aren't addressed to particular people.
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@Gillespionage that's lovely. so great. worth not getting my diver for.
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@Carachan1 It wouldn't be as irritating if it didn't have some kernel of truth in it. Which is that it's what misogynists call mansplaining.
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@Carachan1 Which isn't to say it's productive, or often valid, of course.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Thinking of an article that started with the words "Dear Felicia Day, Do you even contribute ..." etc
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@D_Nye_Griffiths versus a calm 1000 words with the same sentiment in the middle.
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@rclarke what others?
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I spend more time on game culture than I do playing or making games.
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(Er, excluding time spent at work, which maybe I shouldn't)
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@reallyfancy also spend about as much time creating game culture as I do games, which I feel okay about.
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How has it taken 2 hours to fail to get to Peckham?
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@ElectronDance ah, no, this time it's just TfL.
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@ElectronDance the wormhole took most of the time until I left the house.
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@ElectronDance man, forget light speed, this is below walking speed transportation.
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@new_nomad yeah! Think BERG did some good stuff on going with the grain.
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@Dick_Hogg @KommanderKlobb I prefer a 4-slice to allow tall slices to be laid sideways in the toaster, while allowing access to teacakes.
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That fried chicken definitely satisfied the part of me that wanted some fried chicken.
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@tha_rami Yes, yes, more of everything! But where it gets ugly is always the intersection of art and money.
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@JohnPolson makes me distantly terrified...
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@xra I am excited about this.
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RT @infectedarea: I'm soo not a gamer and I don't have the computer for this but the guys at work are playing it and is seems amazing ht ...
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@Gillespionage how's america treating you? jennfrank.tumblr.com/post/26301979772
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This is a beautiful story about tanks rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/02/there-were-tanks-at-tankfest-a-report/
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Excellent! The project I'm trying to do a build of isn't in it's own repo, it's in another repo, in a folder called "testunityproject".
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Give it 15 minutes, and Unity will have finished importing a different version and I can try opening it.
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RE tank article : "I would have thought sending someone with even the faintest interest in tanks or armour battles would be an easy choice…"
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@DGoodayle the crown, angel, from 6
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London Indies tonight is gonna be great. The Crown, Angel, from 6pm.
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Pretty maths! paulbourke.net/texture_colour/randomtile/
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@ELLIOTTCABLE @edclef That's CS, not maths! (Okay okay, at this level they're the same thing)
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Been reminded of this worrydream.com/AlligatorEggs/ , which is interesting as I have metaphorizing abstract systems on my mind.
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@docky @pippinbarr lots of great stuff happening without the parser. But none of it surpasses the parser in all regards.
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@docky @pippinbarr Frinstance, Fallen London. Or, self-contained, wholehearted rec for @emshort's Bee varytale.com/books/book/short-bee/
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@HilariousCow two nights I a row I don't see you! Alas.
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@doougle I'm at the pub playing Mini Mix Mayhem. Have you played it? I think you'll enjoy it.
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In fact, I think everyone would enjoy it. Everyone! Play Mini Mix Mayhem! It's really great!
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The KLF of the games industry.
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@Carachan1 oooh, ooh, so: braintwisty thing only IF could do, there's The Gostak.
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@radiatoryang I did it in Silt! Auto-rolled to keep your head up, but you could do loop-de-loops.
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@radiatoryang sure thing : nottheinternet.com/games/silt/
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According to my research it'll actually be more like "Punching the Oobleck". "oobleck" is a funny word.
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@MetzoPaino it's a mess, but shared.
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RT @edclef: Have some super-old Proteus pics: i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/tigshrimp/tianxia_3d.png i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/tigshrimp/nodelandprogress3.png i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/tigshrimp/nodelandprogress2.png i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/tigshrimp/nodelandprogress8.png http:/ ...
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This is a fantastic story about lying to a child. unwinnable.com/2012/07/03/the-kid-v-plants-vs-zombies-2/
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Did I mention publicly? I'm at Rezzed on Saturday, making a game on stage.
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It's a bit intimidating, but if all else fails I can just wrap a box in a jumper and call it a baby.
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@zoewi That's a terrible story about lying to children. (Are you up to the Burgh this summer, though?)
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@zoewi I was referring to your link being wrong. And asking if you were up to Edinburgh.
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@rubzo Fuckin' ride it!
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@Draknek an hour!
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RT @heftyseamstress: succinct: succinct user created content is never created twice
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@edclef (that's what you should have done)
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@mink_ette I'd not be surprised if an Ocean's Away game (or several) ends up getting made.
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Best phrase to hear floating across the office: "persistent incurable necrosis"
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@LewieP "a game about waiting for people to open doors for you" is going on my List.
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@LewieP Yeah! Perfect. "I absolutely insist you go first"
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This is big news: Europeans can now own software they've bought. rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/03/crikey-eu-rules-you-can-resell-downloaded-games/
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@Carachan1 you still struggling with images? feel free to poke me if you need a hand.
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@Slaktus no, you possess the right to do so. You own it, which brings with it the right of resale. (is how I read it)
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@Slaktus and no longer ban you for it. Or ban you, removing access to your games full stop.
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@Carachan1 Check yr email.
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Oh, fucks sake. Tumblr have broken the thing that lets me embed the audio player into my blog.
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@simonv3 augh, it seems to be worse than that. Strips JS entirely, strips id attributes off p tags? Arg arg arg.
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@tumblr My blog's custom formatting in posts is being stripped, like the Dashboard. Is this a bug, or a change? (tis gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/ )
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Early exploratory testing of Punching The Custard confirms : punching custard is pretty funny. Also weird-feeling.
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@KommanderKlobb I can do better than that. Want me to bring some custard tomorrow?
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I even took some video footage v21.tumblr.com/post/26440349952/preliminary-tests-for-punching-the-custard (cc @KommanderKlobb )
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@KommanderKlobb the sensor solution is a problem for another day. Sunday, to be precise. Failing that, someone with a clicky counter thing.
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@KommanderKlobb and yeah, the plan is to make one of those Kickstarter thingies. They claim it's not too hard to make a bad one?
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This talk touches on a terrific number of my interests: codingconduct.cc/Paideia-as-Paidia
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@Carachan1 @terrycavanagh Space Travel For Assholes is a great name for a game.
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You should see that talk if you have interests in ... games, play, philosophy. Pretty much any of those things.
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@docky maybe not so much dedicated websites, but fandom is still making hella stuff.
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@pozorvlak tl;dr the grim meathook future is already here, just not evenly distributed.
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@bonzrat I feel conflicted about audio editing interviewees in the same way. Should I?
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@Minkette @tigershungry I know, and think I've used Zugzwang before.
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@bhmwong I'm having a meeting to arrange our rival event!
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@cunthorse "We went looking for a Higgs, and there's almost certainly something where we expected the Higgs to be."
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Oh yeah! This went up! It's @RudolfKremers talking about loving Quake. gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/26482891882/rudolf-kremers-on-quake
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Irritatedly waiting for an email. Got poked to respond to an email. I am part of the problem.
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RT @severalbees: Sandpit on Sunday 15 July, by the way! hideandseek.net/2012/05/03/july-sandpit-2012-movement-and-spectacle/ (blog) or facebook.com/events/380301938702702/ (Facebook). Walking, hiding, ...
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@bhmwong Hopefully! I may need to be punching custard, given hideandseek.net/2012/05/03/july-sandpit-2012-movement-and-spectacle/
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@RudolfKremers You sound fine! Enthusiastic, at worst.
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RT @S0phieH: So SWIFT ☆ STITCH is totally on the app store now if you want it on your iThingy :) itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-stitch/id527773750 free to try!
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Today in my account I find money from Apple! And then pay all of it (plus 34 pence more) to @oh_cripes for flat bills.
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@pozorvlak Think of the alternative as taking ages to get to the next actually hard problem.
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"Army to learn of ..." : weird headline. Pretty sure they've learnt ... from this headline.
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I guess better would be "Army just learning of" . Still hella meta for a headline.
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It's time to accept that my job is actually one that requires I have a word processor installed.
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@radiodario Editing other people's briefs before they go to clients is not the right reason to use Latex.
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@radiodario (but I still love having my CV in Latex. It's a subtle signal, but will totally get me hired somewhere one day.)
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@LewieP I am, yes.
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I was playing TENNNES last night, and it renewed my jealous hate for @jwaaaap's skill at game design.
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@severalbees My definite favorite is "Elizabeth's Beauty and Hair Planet"
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RT @severalbees: Places in London with Names that Could Be Astronomical Objects in a Science Fiction TV Show: A Work In Progress. http:/ ...
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@severalbees "The Law Portal" and "The Debt Advice Portal" - terrifying.
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@severalbees ooh, ooh, and "The Star of Bethnal Green"
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"I went back, like an hour and a half later, and the same zombie and ogre were still fighting" gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/26482891882/rudolf-kremers-on-quake
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RT @verylemonade: wait, how the fuck are you supposed to be a geek if you're poor
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@docky @infinite_ammo I hate the term. And (as an amorphous group) people who identify as "gamers". Games are pretty cool, though.
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@LadySuccubus @docky @infinite_ammo if only that was all it meant! So much more about culture than activities.
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@Carachan1 @housetoastonish which reminds me I still haven't interviewed you for MY podcast.
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Tonight I didn't see lasers, but I did see tits.
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@KommanderKlobb I wouldn't object if you started dressing entirely in onesies.
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@patrickashe People who aren't doing twitter right are the people who keep @ING me when talking about their bloody church.
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@haikus_by_KN @LadyShotgunGame Yes you should! I'd love to meet you. Come for GameCity?
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RT @haikus_by_KN: Be awesome if they gamified experimental particle physics. 1 badge per elementary particle. Oh wait, that's the #nobel ...
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe I've been on a site, found an RSS of it's content, and looked if the same is available as a Twitter account.
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@hannahnicklin @jakeyoh fwiw, I can see this tweet.
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@tigershungry @reallyfancy careful! I might recruit you as revenge.
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@hannahnicklin reminded again of "a show starts when you first hear about it, and ends when you stop thinking about it"
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Ahhh, devices that don't support SDHC get on my tits.
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@patrickashe awwwww man, enjoy it! Would be there if I wasn't at Rezzed.
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Must say I'm feeling better about not being able to make it to Bloc tomorrow.
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@tigershungry I missed it (fucking Boris bikes). About to get on the 11:12.
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@Slaktus oh yeah, you've never left London, have you? Don't stress, it's like going to Guildford, but you're glad when you arrive.
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@mikeBithell cheaters!
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I never thought this day would come. Someone is using a Playbook on this train, and they didn't get it free for being a dev.
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I mean, maybe they are, I didn't ask. But they're with their family, and everyone knows developers don't have families.
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@therussmorris it's in other sales, too. Also, you at Rezzed today? On the train down now.
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@smestorp oh yeah, half the reason I like definition debates is my mind goes to breaking cases. And they're usually neat things to make.
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@Carachan1 I am already at the pub! Sorry.
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I need to stop falling asleep while travelling on things. That train took me right by my house and on to Bromley-by-Bow.
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@jennatar is that like a thing you usually do on the phone, or did she only figure it was okay once you did it?
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@Slaktus not well over twitter. Spend counters and cards to attack. One dude can revive after death - others' aim is to kill him twice.
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RT @xra: Memory of a Broken Dimension - sector0x00000F datatragedy.com/wip/transmission1.jpg #screenshotsaturday
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Off to Wimbledon!
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@mirosurabu ah, only got tickets to No. 1 court, not centre court.
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@mirosurabu just saw Boys final. Next, women's doubles invitational.
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Poor Paes & Vesvina. Really looked like they'd managed to turn that match around.
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And I'm still thinking about that sex dream I had involving a platonic friend this morning. Was disturbingly nice.
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Maybe I shouldn't tweet about that stuff, given my Dad follows me on twitter (& actually reads it, sometimes)
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But if you are reading, thank you again Dad, today was lovely.
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@reallyfancy shins?
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RT @retroremakes: The Ultimate Visual Guide To Making Videogames: Everything you will ever need to make a game in one post - http://t.co ...
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@Carachan1 man, why did I not wait my turn and get to play it yesterday. It looks like the best thing.
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@Carachan1 I wish it was multiplayer so I could try blagging a copy for Wild Rumpus.
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RT @terrycavanagh: Super Hexagon works on iPhone. Pretty well too. Bloody hell.
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@terrycavanagh I retweeted that in a significant way.
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You should play @reallyfancy 's amazing one-hour game: reallyfancy.com/games/awake/
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@Radstronomical you'd get hungry
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I really enjoy that workfare coexists with not being able to do more than 12 hours a week voluntary work while on the dole.
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Enjoy might be the wrong word, there.
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@KommanderKlobb @rclarke @danpinchbeck Hopefully drinking at the drinking thing on Wednesday -- not sure yet, though.
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Juice is only an option; it's not mandatory for an interesting experience. Know why you're adding it. #gamedevpreaching
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@mirosurabu It can be good in itself, it can communicate the game, it can give objects in the game more reality & heft. It's super useful!
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Bad news: A game controller's USB plug took out part of my laptops USB port. Good news: I get to use my fabulous warranty.
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Maybe if I actually just make a clone of Puzzle Bobble I'll stop trying to make it with every game I make.
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I do really enjoy Puzzle Bobble, though.
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@jennatar jenn you seem to be freaking out about hardware.
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@jennatar I just invoked my Amazing Warranty. A man is coming to my office to fix a small bit of plastic yanked out of my laptop.
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@jennatar small bit of plastic was yanked from a USB hole by a USB plug. I feel really good about this.
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RT @Kickstarter: People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter starting this autumn! More info soon! <3 <3 <3
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Do you want to Punch Some Custard (and play other stuff too?) Are you free this Sunday? You could do these things. hideandseek.net/2012/05/03/july-sandpit-2012-movement-and-spectacle/
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I had forgotten that Halfords smell.
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Well, Steam Greenlight is exciting.
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Really curious to see what the Indies On Steam picture will look like from now on.
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@simonv3 have fun! (I want to myself)
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@robertpeacock22 I was not! But I did know it was a thing that existed, and had heard bitching about the guest list.
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The Rezzed jam games (including mine) got written up by @D_Nye_Griffiths forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/07/09/rezzed-one-hour-game-jam/
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@LewieP ayah "PC". Also I suspect I fail more from a lack of effort/time than of clue, so praps you'd be wasted on me.
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@LewieP though separately, any advice on promoting Games We Have... would be most welcome. Don't know what to do there.
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Yeah, I also had those sad thoughts about Greenlight. But it's okay, maybe. Unpopular good stuff only got on Steam by accident before.
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@smestorp give it a year or two... It rewards reputation even more than before.
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@smestorp I thought just the same.
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@patrickashe ooooooh, the bit with the old man is hilarious!
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@LewieP of course, of course. Your insight is still pretty valuable, but I suspect it would be things I already know I should be doing.
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@LewieP I've not been actively enough. Though I did change the day in part to not come out at the same time as them.
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@patrickashe I really wanna watch Burn After Reading again now. There's one bit which was really funny, but you seem real sick to laugh at.
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@LewieP hey, thanks! Was hoping I'd win, just for the jokes of reviewing a 69p iOS title on RPS. I think I'd give it a score, if I had, too.
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@patrickashe Then my spoiler-free allusions were not in vain!
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Anyone wanna come see @patrickashe next week? theyardtheatre.co.uk/show/an-oasis-in-5-parts/ London Indies, assemble!
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RT @john_brindle: it's like Percy Shelley's politics, THE GAME. everyone reacts to an abusive past by abusing the future in a perpetual ...
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@john_brindle yes, that is IT
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That RT was about a game I made some time ago.
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@cYnborg Hello! Which you did you not realize I was? I like how everyone has multiple names these days.
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@floatstarpxlol @kierongillen Yes, likewise! Doubly strange because you weren't actually at Rezzed, too.
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@samuelthomson Uhh, not with any accuracy. Was I talking about Wild Rumpus? hideandseek.net/2012/05/03/july-sandpit-2012-movement-and-spectacle/ ? Zombie LARP? Igfest?
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@BRKeogh was just playing The Act, which is worth it's hype. Mini Mix Mayhem is great, but best multiplayer, in a pub.
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@BRKeogh feels like we're just starting to pay more attention to their shit/not take it for granted.
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@haikus_by_KN once it's on the App Store and approved, but before you've set it on sale, you can send promocodes. I found out the hard way.
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@asponge @Dick_Hogg @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry Want to go see this next week? theyardtheatre.co.uk/show/an-oasis-in-5-parts/
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@docky @FionaSarah @Sosowski I worry about this stratifying the community and entrenching successful devs even further.
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If your game isn't populist enough to succeed at Greenlight, how many copies will it shift if it's listed on Steam?
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“It will be fun to be a fan. People will want to be a fan.”
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17 million people in the UK don't have enough income to reach the level the public think is required for an acceptable living standard.
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@edclef @garethbriggs I would be audibly surprised if an Indie Fund game had trouble getting on Steam.
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@mattwebb85 that fits with single person/families split, I think. And, no.
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Hurrah! I now I have the faintest idea what Dota actually is eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-10-the-dota-2-experience-part-one (Note: I make video games for a living)
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@haikus_by_KN @LineHollis @edclef I think making games and writing about them are important, and I like it when people get paid to do so.
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@reallyfancy I literally just wrote an excuse for why I don't want to start learning Dota. But. Maybe? Au-augh.
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@London_Unity3D yeah! I could do an intro to creating your own post-processing effects?
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@London_Unity3D bit more time? I feel like I want to have time to do some coding in between everything else.
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@London_Unity3D hm! Might be going to Croatia, really need to decide already. Will get back to you.
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@robertpeacock22 @rubzo fuck me, just noticed its at 39% already. But yeah, might be worth a quick port of an already existing game, but...
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Reading bit.ly/NjkJYT & jonas-kyratzes.net/2012/07/06/designing-for-grace/, and feeling weird about creative a craft coding is.
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I mean, even the raw nuts and bolts of it. Finding the right problem, clarifying an underlying structure, ...
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... just bloody naming things to make it obvious what it does - this seems as creative as drawing a thing to me.
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@HilariousCow for ports of mobile games, alas!
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@awesommelier have a bath?
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@iamtef fwiw, I watched your talk & really liked it. Satisfying conceptually, and looks pretty useful, too.
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@iamtef hm.. Not sure. Few enough non-realtime causes for this - mainly leaderboards, where main issue is the inherent dishonesty of clients
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@iamtef would be curious to see how the duck-typyness of this approach works with the bureaucracy of C#, though.
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@HilariousCow Oh, yeah, I agree with that. Just not sure it'll have interest enough to sustain games made primarily for it.
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@iamtef Doesn't seem to work for Unity, presumably due to using an old Mono version. In any case, manually casting all the time is painful.
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@iamtef A Proper Solution would likely involve ream upon ream of dark reflection magics.
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@HilariousCow I estimate there's a first wave availability of about, what $1 million in game purchases to go around. What's average payout?
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@HilariousCow Is that worth making a game for? It might well be worth porting a previously-existing game for. From Android, most likely.
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@Minkette @D_Nye_Griffiths I had a similar thought -- but we're neglecting the spaces.
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Whyyy did I record a 2 hour long interview when I need to cut it down to 5 minutes?
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Can I just just ... cut chunks out of it at random and call it done?
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@Minkette but where are the highlights!?
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@simonv3 this is why I loved radio! No fucking editing! You just talk, and if it sounds gash, too late! It's broadcast!
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this is much easier if me and the interviewee are both drunk and have better things to be doing than recording ourselves talking.
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@Minkette guess you'll have to find out when i post this...
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@Minkette PS I'd love to interview you some time.
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@Minkette for gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/ -- I actually have no idea what you'd pick to talk about, but I bet it'd be a good story.
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@guided1 a HTML Cannon Fodder-ey thing, and some different bits of client work.
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@LewieP Fortune of War! Fortune of War! *heavy metal solo*
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Downside of Amazing Business Warranty on my laptop: apparently IBM expects business people to be at work from 9am, not 10am.
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@3en I'd kinda like one,though I don't know I deserve it forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/07/09/rezzed-one-hour-game-jam/ kotaku.com/5914284/cubes-is-the-latest-game-i-want-to-hate-but-cant-stop-playing hookshotinc.com/cubes-that-was-falling-with-cubes/ destructoid.com/hell-is-other-people-will-make-you-loathe-humanity-152371.phtml
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@Fortress_Inman @KBsGameTOILET FINAL!?
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@LewieP @WonderlandBlog Every other one seems cancelled at traintimes.org.uk/london+bridge/brighton/11:00/today
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@vorrintal I missed the first delivery of the spare part, which you collected for me.
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@asponge Errrr... if it's any consolation the second book is mainly about pirates?
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@Dick_Hogg @tigershungry @Minkette @oh_cripes @asponge @KommanderKlobb per-ticket booking fee, so I guess buy separately. Let's do this.
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@guided1 pretty much client-based work, though we've got some money to make squaddies.tumblr.com/ as well.
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@zoewi @tigershungry or that fucking thing where it loads the page but won't let you scroll.
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// As long as all calls to this class are made from the same thread this class is thread safe.
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how beautiful are the images on here: igetyourfail.blogspot.co.uk/
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@rockpapershot @bonzrat I wrote up my card game just now, if you want to include it: v21.posterous.com/
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I wrote up my Rezzed jam game! v21.posterous.com/panlids-resurrection
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And I interviewed @dkanaga about a game about quitting playing games. gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/26976613721/david-kanaga-on-the-bell-game
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I feel suddenly strange about posting an interview which references the Well Played Game so much when @BernieDeKoven follows me.
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@HapZep Ah, well spotted. Thank you!
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Going to the Olympics is like taking an international flight, apparently. Not sure I want to go any more.
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@simonv3 I'd love to, but I can't afford it.
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@simonv3 though I do know some lovely Portland indies who'd probably be keen?
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Finally going to Brighton. Would have went earlier, but I figured I ought to do work instead.
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@patrickashe sure thing
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@HilariousCow @checker actual buttons are expensive and break. Fake buttons still aren't widely seen as the cheap option, so...
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@TomNullpointer I cut them myself on the London Hackspace laser cutter. They've got nerd cred, too.
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@asponge I know you hate me giving you ideas, but what if you had a mask with arms attached, dangling beneath? Hold the arms to waggle 'em.
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Oh man, I love the introductory level progression of Catrap!
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There's been No. 1 singles about playing Dota, and chart-topping books which are Twilight fanfic. This is okay!
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RT @cyriakharris: Considering how people rave about the film Metropolis this contemporary review by HG Wells is hilariously scathing htt ...
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I really like that there were indie games at EVO this year.
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Maybe there are too many games events already, and I should stop trying to organize more?
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@patrickashe let's have a playtest evening soon. I wanna try my ideas for this So Long Sucker theming out.
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@KommanderKlobb Doesn't it? (I was the first to get to the spreadsheet)
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RT @KommanderKlobb: @v21 there is no kudos in spreadsheets George.
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@severalbees Holly! I'm making the bit of Punch The Custard that involves exposed electronics tomorrow! Dya also want to discuss the game?
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@KommanderKlobb I wanna buy it, but I don't think I'll end up playing it. Should I buy it?
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@GunpointGame I don't, but I'd like to interview you for gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com some time.
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Yeah, I understand Bub (or is it Bob?)'s expression. Who the hell is this joker? Where is the good music? yfrog.com/gy381efj
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@HilariousCow if I'm done custard-punching, I am for sure up for Things.
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@rclarke Ah! well, have a hurried "hello" now, then.
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@schonstal I have! It's okay.
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"Digg has nowhere to go but up from here!" digg.com/newsbar/topnews/today_marks_the_next_stage_in_digg_s_future
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@benmilsom am I in there?
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@benmilsom d'awww!
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I Was A Teenage Sexist by Jenn Frank unwinnable.com/2012/07/13/i-was-a-teenage-sexist/
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@KommanderKlobb oh, you've dived in, then?
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Reading unwinnable.com/author/jenn-frank/, I can easily chart how my respect and awe for @jennatar increased in discrete intervals.
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@KommanderKlobb I just really enjoy the idea of a strategy/diplomacy game where messy family stuff matters.
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@HilariousCow @docky @Slaktus I often start a jam by scanning my file of game ideas. But they're not usually fleshed out beyond that idea.
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I am also yelling at the sentence "we didn't want to take features from the player to make the game not suck" youtube.com/watch?v=UyKtNERXtdU&feature=youtu.be&t=11m45
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@HilariousCow if it's gonna be like that Imma show you TENNNES & BariBariBall.
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@garethbriggs @KommanderKlobb nooo, I haven't even heard it. But interesting...
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Ah ah ah ah it's difficult to watch myself on film youtube.com/watch?v=7dzvRU0kCR8
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Python thing I doubt I'll ever remember : is it "with open() as file:" or "with file as open():"
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@guided1 thanks, man! It's coming along really excitingly.
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Oh, I forgot all the stupidity involved in getting a USB serial port working on this laptop.
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I can count custard punches! Now I just have a day to work out if I need to debounce it, make it prettier & maybe hide exposed wires.
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@patrickashe man, there is no way we'd be allowed to play this at the pub.
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@GamesWriting I am apprehensive and gratified.
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@patrickashe I was thinking as much of the towels, footpumps, exposed breadboards and squelches.
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I wonder if @LewieP thinks I should get Binding Of Isaac.
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@HilariousCow @Slaktus TENNNES!
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@JamesMackerness ooh yes. try it in a scottish accent!
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@reallyfancy yeah... it's a shame I've never actually not bought a pint to make up for the videogames I've bought.
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This Anticon mix is awesome: soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/i-dj-anticon
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@oh_cripes @KommanderKlobb @LawrieARussell ignore Joe. Sublime Text 2 is great.
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@raiganburns No, the name refers to the fact the fortress is small.
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RT @haikus_by_KN: have to say, the ability to live with parents (and not pay full board/rent) as young adult is middle class luxury that ...
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@jimrossignol Can I suggest my interview with @dkanaga for the Sunday Papers? gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/26976613721/david-kanaga-on-the-bell-game (or some of the older interviews)
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Today has been the best sort of programming -- simple programming to achieve a small task.
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Which calls for a reminder! if you're in London tomorrow, and not otherwise engaged, you should come play games! hideandseek.net/2012/05/03/july-sandpit-2012-movement-and-spectacle/
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@patrickashe "PUNCH!" "DON'T PUNCH!"
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@patrickashe maybe I should make the text blink?
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@john_brindle it's fine so long as you don't get crumbs in the good punching custard.
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@iamtef imagine my surprise & delight & knowledge I shouldn't trust this fact when a Yahoo API worked without the key it said it needed.
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@iamtef this is just another bit of friction that can be boiled down to Money Makes Things Complicated.
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@iamtef the reminder is good because services can be taken away at any time. Because they cost money to keep online.
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@iamtef ah yeah, missed that distinction. I think services and protocols are on different layers, though.
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Keep trying to play Crusader Kings 2 on my laptop, and it keeps burning up my GPU. And then thermal shutdown. :<
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The game is pretty much all UI, so this is especially frustrating.
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@Gillespionage you are most certainly not the only one.
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@robertpeacock22 I'm dabbling in the dark arts of 3rd party fan control software right now...
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@cunthorse imagine if WALL-E ended after he lost his memory.
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"Since our ducal title allows free investiture, we have the capability to appoint successors to our bishopric holdings." yes yes videogames
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This game requires far too many supposedly unrelated items.
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Games We Have Known And Loved in the Sunday Papers! rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/15/the-sunday-papers-225/
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Nothing gives me anxiety like having a little time free before a thing.
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This park is posh as HELL.
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@ElectronDance don't knock it! they'd all be from people whose opinions I'd respect, I'm sure.
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@ElectronDance for real, you're one of my favorite game critics. Not sure what it says that I have a mental list of favorite game critics.
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@zoequinnzel ha. I'm jealous of 2-person which split business/design. Not sure which I'd come under, mind.
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RT @asponge: I ran in circles in the park then a man let me punch his custard and then I ran away from a mean deer and then a nice lady ...
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RT @xra: #screenshotsaturday datatragedy.com/wip/transmission2.jpg
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@ElectronDance @xra isn't it just great?! Other weekend I spent inspired, tryna make a noisy postprocess effect. Nowhere near this standard.
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Punch the Custard was a success!
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@hannahnicklin it's a comic by Grant Morrison.
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@S0phieH The government passed special laws.
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oh shit, @Carachan1 has actually put out her IF interview rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/16/absent-heroes-choose-your-own-interview-ii/#more-116291
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@LewieP I also got that email! I am also sad I am not there.
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For some damn fool reason, she took my advice and did three interviewees as three interviewers.
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Oh wait! She didn't! She just did 3 interviews for the price of 1, and also made a game. Good for you, @Carachan1, that was terrible advice.
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@doougle It was a big success! Multiple people told me that it was the best game ever invented! Some kids got messy & learned some science!
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@doougle Also I took pictures and video, so I'll post them up at some point in the future.
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@reallyfancy "fun"
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@lefishy domain name was taken?
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@reallyfancy Analogue is really good, and I had fun with dtipb. Digital had the best world/feel so far. & maybe I had less expectations.
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@BernieDeKoven @doougle Also special - @mink_ette (who is implicated in the creation of Lemon Joust) played it versus Doug.
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RT @WildRumpus: Time to get your filofax out, we have a date. The Wild Rumpus #3 will return to the streets of London Thursday 27th Sept ...
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@patrickashe @WildRumpus In a surprising move for me, I've not been self-aggrandising enough to add it to the spread sheet.
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"In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1) ..." webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/
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@mugathur @WildRumpus We've no submission process because curation is hard enough already.
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@mugathur @WildRumpus But I'm adding Ring Fling to the Games To Be Considered For Future Wild Rumpuses list.
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@asponge shame it's not at the science museum, so you could borrow their cockroach suits.
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@EdibleToaster people were talking about this last year! Never did it, mind. Best part - you get longer if you don't use 3D or go online.
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RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: (That said, the amount one would need to be paid to become CEO of Yahoo is matched only by the amount Yahoo seems w ...
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Uh. Just seen these. Uh. dinostories.wordpress.com/
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"I can see how it’s difficult to maintain a relationship with a dinosaur whilst being a member of the cabinet."
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@jennatar that's gonna be one fucked up baby.
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RT @SimoRoth: Welcome to the future: Hate crimes against Cyborgs by a megacorporation. eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdonalds-for.html
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RT @FinalBullet: Someone recently asked me to write about Making Things Fast for a thing. Here's a version of what I wrote: http://t.co/ ...
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Beautiful looking game by some lovely people is tryna kickstart itself. kickstarter.com/projects/sfbgames/detective-grimoire-mystery-adventure-game-for-ios
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@radiodario oooh oooh ooooooh, have fun!
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all day:i like boys with strong convictions/and convicts with perfect diction/underdogs with good intentions/amputees with stamp collections
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@asponge hey, I was the one who told you not to do it the way with all the wood-carving and sanding...
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@Brendy_C ha. I pirated it before - but the impression of an X went through the card and I accidentally cheated.
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@Brendy_C also the balance was a bit off. But someone posted a picture containing the numbers to BGG if you actually want to pirate it.
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@pfft_ sure thing dude, though I have basically only a week's experience with networked stuff.
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RT @iamtef: “Writing's the exact opposite of jerking off- hurts while you're doing it, but afterwards you're proud of the little mess yo ...
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@LewieP man, I think pretty much everyone has given up on pretending to know what "indie" means by this point. Whatever, it doesn't matter.
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@LewieP I really admire your insistence that corporations should feel shame.
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More Olympics bullshit! This one involves arresting people for 15 year old offenses in order to stop them travelling! thelondonvandal.com/2012/07/graffiti-raids-across-london-as-police-sanitise-city-ready-for-olympics/
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@Gillespionage she's a brute! a bruiser!
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"How come you're such a hit with the boys, Jane?" grooveshark.com/s/How+Come+You+re+Such+A+Hit+With+The+Boys+Jane/2MyFTr?src=5
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@BRKeogh I heard from a trailer that it adds a new mechanic per level through the entire game. Not played it, mind.
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@Dick_Hogg okay, that's pretty amazing.
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Really enjoying Greenpeace taking the gloves off and fighting Shell dirtily.
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Do you ever think about how much it hinders left-wing causes that they feel restrained by being fair & honest?
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@hannahnicklin That tweet was serious, but I'm uncertain about how much I want them to play dirty.
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@Carachan1 @JuliaScheele no idea about WooCommerce, but that sounds like the CSS width/height property doesn't match the image's w/h.
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"For the right wing, lying has no consequences." exiledonline.com/elite-versus-elitny/
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@Flexi23 looks fine on this Android phone.
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@Flexi23 no worries!
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@Gillespionage I realized I haven't asked -- you are amazingly excited for Hotline Miami, right?
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@Gillespionage because if not: listen to soundcloud.com/moon_music/hydrogen & read rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/18/hotline-miami-preview/ & watch this hotlinemiami.com/ and you will be
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nope. can't be fucked to edit this video.
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in fact, can I be fucked to do anything other than sit on this sofa and drink wine and play more Crusader Kings 2?
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In Crusader Kings 2, can I view the war conditions for a war I'm not involved in... Got plans to inherit Orkney, but she's fighting Norway.
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Uh. Failing to think about succession rules properly means this is a longer term plan than I imagined. Oh well. Mainland Scotland is mine!
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@eddiecameron yeah, I managed to view full conditions by going to the diplomacy where it lets you offer to join the war.
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@edclef @docky @onebitbeyond It was a surprise when I found the website stuff I was doing for you in the same folder as Proteus screenshots.
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@edclef @docky @onebitbeyond nah, I'd just saved it to Documents/Proteus, then realised only later that's where the game saves screenshots.
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@BRKeogh 1% of people affected -- who can afford to test on 100+ consoles & setups to the endgame?
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@BRKeogh turns out, not Polytron or Microsoft cert team.
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@asponge @tigershungry Pat Ashe doing his play-thing.
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Do people who get annoyed by "ATM machine" also get annoyed by "RSVP please"?
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@cuddleslag yeah, I'm pretty much the same as you, a pedant amused by RAS syndrome.
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@cuddleslag @robertpeacock22 if it consoles you any, my tweet about being a pedant nearly misspelt "pedant"
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Reading a boring document that is exciting to be reading.
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@alexjprice sell it yourself. Seriously. most things can't go on the MAS, so it's by far from the only game in town.
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@alexjprice are you likely to sell other applications in the future? If so, these are "learning costs".
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@alexjprice as for the market... maybe? Maybe it's worth overcharging, because the barrier to purchase is already high.
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@alexjprice There's also bundles etc to consider.
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@cunthorse currently viewing this tweet on a a shiny black monitor with a round stand. and useless rounding to the screen bevel, too.
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@increpare @edclef always seems pretty chipper.
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@tigershungry yeah, but which is cooler?
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@LewieP at least spread it out over a few days, and use human words...
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@doougle @ElectronDance that's an utterly charming modification.
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@doougle @ElectronDance I started playing, but it was immediately hard/confusing. I know, I know. I plan to.
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Do you ever get the feeling that, what with the internet existing, any entirely interior thought is wasteful?
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RT @leonardr: I really liked this article on 1930s mystery novels full of feelies: filfre.net/2012/07/the-dennis-wheatley-crime-dossiers/
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@pozorvlak The Deep Range? Yeah, that irked me when I re-read it recently.
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@pozorvlak I don't know if it makes it better or worse that she still wants to go back and do research again...
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@Minkette @KommanderKlobb I started off uncertain, but when that ended, I found myself actually angry.
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It's difficult to make games that riff of established tropes & existing pop culture while not importing problematic aspects of that.
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@SiriHoho depends on context. Bellend for a person, causal-like. Bell end for a person, with emphasis. Bell-end for head of a penis.
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Not going to Bobhack -- hoping to spend some time developing a videogame this weekend.
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But I am getting excited for making some games with dice at Tigjam in a few weeks time.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths No, but at the Old Truman Brewery if you're still about.
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Entity. Could you path to the endpoint, please, not to a distance away from the endpoint. Thank you, George.
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@Dick_Hogg I want a new twitter icon! I want my face, screaming obscenities.
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RT @TADFilmFest: Toronto After Dark announces 1st Ever Call For INDIE VIDEO GAME Entries! Be part of THE DARKCADE: bit.ly/tad12-call-for-games
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@vorrintal turns out the secret to programming is asking nicely on Twitter!
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RT @99coins: Ep 8 is up! @v21 joined us in the studio to discuss the various tools available for budding developers - 99coins.tumblr.com
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@LewieP ha, and I'm thinking I need an eye test and thinking of going to contacts.
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@rclarke @tiedtiger Yeah, I thought the same thing. Take an appealing concept, then build the best, truest, game off that.
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@mugathur looks good! ship it!
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Today I'm porting nottheinternet.com/games/abastard to mobile.
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@rclarke I enjoy that I'm involved to a greater or less extent in half of those. But none are really "organizations for indie devs".
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@rclarke which isn't to say I think one needs to exist. Or that I'd be particularly involved if one existed. What do people want it for?
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@patrickashe I got a proper smile when the Fez track came on yesterday
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@jennatar the answer is a silent judgement on whether it's worth playing today if there was no historical context?
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@retroremakes they were all on sale last time, too!
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@brandonnn you're coming over for Joue Le Jou?! When?
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@tomscott they got even you infected with the joyous Olympic Spirit!
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@rclarke necessary side effect of games coming into themselves as a cultural event, I think.
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@bfod Have you heard of Constellation Games (constellation.crummy.com/)? It's about porting alien computer games, among other things.
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@bfod it's really great! I've been reading it in serialization, the last chapter gets released Tuesday.
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@CandlemarkGleam Minor complaint: I have to fill in my address details when I'm buying the Constellation Games online-only package.
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@Carachan1 @jennatar @LewieP I'm not like @jennatar, favoriting tweets with abandon, but I'm favving this one.
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@jennatar @Carachan1 @LewieP not at all! I genuinely love the affection you give with your favving, and feel like I should emulate it.
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@jennatar @Carachan1 @LewieP I should stop using favs to mark music recs from @doougle I'll listen to later and articles I'll never read.
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@LewieP @Carachan1 having a real hard time not tweeting endless B&S lyrics and songs at you both right now.
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@Carachan1 @LewieP I remember! I once tried to explain what that might mean to you. Without being mean to you or Kieron. It was tricky.
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@LewieP They're just four boys in their corduroys. They're not terrific but they're competent.
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@Carachan1 @LewieP it was okay, I failed, obviously! It's not even actually really a negative thing, just --- arg.
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@jennatar @Carachan1 @LewieP that just sounds like my dad. He also liked to call me and my brothers a "daft haypeth".
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@Carachan1 @LewieP (see!?)
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@Carachan1 @LewieP also if either of you are free tomorrow afternoon, we're having a barbeque, you're welcome. Or I wouldn't be telling you.
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@jennatar man, I don't know I just made the same search as you did. We only got decimal currency in like 1970 so it makes sense, I guess.
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@jennatar Okay, further research has lead me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Maundy I think you'll enjoy this.
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Sometimes I forget about all the rich, fucked up heritage we have in this country en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Maundy
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@smestorp and in any case it's an entirely separate currency these days...
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@smestorp just think what an idiot you'd be if you could make one of the ten, but made a game that happened to occur to you before then.
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@smestorp uh. Which isn't to say those aren't still worthwhile. But I've been considering what I should be making more these days.
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@smestorp better maybe to collect ideas and rank them than to have an absolute bar.
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@smestorp no, I've made nothing timeless... I don't think so anyway. This shit is incredibly subjective and situational.
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on rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/22/cardboard-children-some-games/#more-117028 : Some Games aren't The Best Games. They're the games you happen to have. They're boring, endless summer holidays.
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@jimrossignol @smestorp Those aren't even the best, they're more of a vocabulary.
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@jimrossignol @smestorp yeah, after posting that I realised "the best" is a bit of a damn fool notion.
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@jimrossignol @smestorp but I do enjoy/find curious I can refer to the canon usefully, even when I haven't ever played that actual game.
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Got that while loop to terminate, got a beer, barbequing in the sun and people laughing playing the game I just compiled. Excellent.
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If anyone wants a build of the game to test it, let me know. Android/iOS, very early alpha. 2player craziness. Unnamed as yet.
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@nickoutprintln @misc send me an email and I'll add you to testflight (@misc - android or iOS ?)
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@nickoutprintln @misc oh yeah, it's vtwentyone@gmail.com
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@Minkette I read, below a flying ant on my iPad.
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@Slaktus ha, was just explaining why I'm happy being inconsistent. Knowing that is great for your tolerance, too.
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@RobMeyer7 yeah! Try here: tflig.ht/z7FOB6
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@LewieP Proteus!
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@mikeBithell @LewieP I'm sure you can -- maybe not The National, though...
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"From everyday electronics to exotic cars, it is increasingly difficult for many to tell the difference between manufactured and modeled."
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(that was from the TurboSquid newsletter)
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@psychicteeth sounds like a mod for @edclef's next game.
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A while ago, I decided never to feel guilty for getting behind on series, having unread books, having a large Steam library.
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I think I should also spend more time looking forward to things. Seems to make life much more enjoyable.
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@psychicteeth @edclef maybe I should start a fake readme.txt blog where I post fictional mod readmes. (cc @asponge)
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@MetzoPaino man, you gotta get properly set up on Google Alerts & Promoter.
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Lunarcade is showing @xra's Memory Of A Broken Dimension! serialspace.org/events/event/lunarcade-spatial-narrative-independent-experimental-games-circus/ That means it exists enough to show! I am now excited!
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Right, we need to get on this Mild Rumpus stuff quick-sharp, so I have a pretext for getting to play it.
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Also, it's blowing my mind that "a collection of works that experiment with the exploration of game worlds, with minimalist, ...
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... goal-less experiences and avant garde landscapes" isn't including Proteus. Though I guess it was at the last one. Hm.
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You may or may not be able to detect some research occurring within that ellipsis.
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Feels like the rest of this project is just going to be wrestling with resolution-independence.
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RT @smestorp: @v21 @psychicteeth @edclef @asponge please do. fictional games are so much better than actual games; proliferation of them ...
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@smestorp I dunno, I've been really been enjoying either clicking on menus or staring glumly at Scotland in Crusader Kings 2 this last week.
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@TurboSquid To be completely honest, I unsubscribed. I don't impulse purchase models, I wait til I need some, then look.
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This feels mythical -- just took an Android project to iOS, and the only thing wrong is that there are a couple of texture artefacts.
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That was a lie! This machine doesn't have Maya installed, so the main characters meshes didn't import. Knew it was too good to be true.
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@Dan_Tsukasa I was using a .mb file, which Unity can't handle. But it will silently ask Maya to convert into a fbx. Which it silently didn't
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@robertpeacock22 @nklsrh Yeah, Unity. As the followup tweet shows, it was a mirage. Also helps I made it resolution-independent last night.
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@Dan_Tsukasa I didn't know it did this until just now! Also I did export as an fbx as well. So I just changed the mesh to use that instead.
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Why should kids get to have all the fun? youtube.com/watch?v=MIz6VY1Dvks&feature=youtu.be
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@S0phieH wrote up how she captured inputs in Unity faster than the framerate sophiehoulden.com/super-fast-input-in-unity/
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I just unsubscribed from Spotify, and I feel pretty good about it.
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blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/23/how-should-we-talk-to-men-about-sexism/ this is a good discussion on men and feminism (via @Carachan1)
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The best part is @PennyRed being surprised at @mjrobbins changing route to avoid following women down an alley.
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@garethbriggs it's been failing a bit for me for the past while (802 errors). Plus, I felt evil.
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@Carachan1 conversations where people are surprised by every day parts of other people's experiences are pretty helpful!
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@garethbriggs I generally agree! But hey, when Spotify failed, I just opened up Grooveshark and listened to Kimya Dawson instead.
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@Carachan1 I do it too! I've also accidentally followed someone at night (by coincidence), and had them noticeably quicken their steps.
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@Carachan1 That's shitty all round.
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@CandlemarkGleam It's okay, I get the complexities. More importantly, thanks for publishing Constellation Games -- it's really great.
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@doougle @getdizzzy goddamn, it's a pleasure to people play so well.
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@SimoRoth Seems likely enough that's a misleading/incomplete version of events. Which isn't to say Phil Fish's account isn't.
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Wishing I had BBC Redux access.
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@resiak Nothing important -- was just wanting to listen to some old Ivor Cutler. Might not even be on there.
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@resiak Also, and this might be the main reason, it's really cool.
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@cuddleslag BBC R&D's internal iPlayer-thing. Which stores & streams & allows downloads of everything the BBC has broadcast since 2007.
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@edclef looks like interlacing issues? I'd try just uploading in various export settings.
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Goddamn! Look at this article on fried chicken shop signage! creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/march/meet-mr-chicken (mostly made by one dude!) (thanks @garethbriggs)
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@SimoRoth I still prefer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Man_(Lemon_Jelly_song)
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I think en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Man_(Lemon_Jelly_song) is my favorite Wikipedia page. The best part is that the talk page suggests it's riddled with errors.
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@edclef Or something else entirely! But that's the first thing I'd fiddle with. Video encoding is a pain in the arse.
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Wish I knew how to record a Skype conversation on a Mac without hearing my own voice, slightly delayed. It makes me slur my words.
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@resiak Syncing and mixing sounds like a nightmare. I just tried a random shareware thing I found... let's hope it works.
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Right, people who volunteered to test Working Title A Bastard, on iOS, you should have a build wending your way now.
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People who were on my Testflight who hadn't volunteered to test A Bastard -- I may have just spammed you. If so, sorry! Feel free to play it
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@KommanderKlobb I've got you on testflight, but there's no devices on there. Add one, or via tflig.ht/z7FOB6
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to channel @rclarke : Game goes F2P, manages to get great gobs of publicity guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/jul/23/dead-trigger-android-free-piracy More shocking stories after the break!
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@mink_ette I'm amused by minkette.weebly.com/about-mink.html having your legal name, but only as a photo credit.
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Yeah, sure, Oscar Pistorius is pretty cool, but George Eyser won 3 gold medals in a single day, and he only had a wooden leg.
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@garethbriggs naw, a gymnast. Gold in vaulting, even. The comparison is wildly unfair in lots of ways, mind.
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Doom, Madlib & Jehst, playing in London. Sold out! Brief excitement, quickly transmuted to disappointment.
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@bentosmile London Calling is a shorthand for this stuff, despite how stupid that is.
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RT @mareodomo: How DARE your lives be unextraordinary! How dare you share small victories with the people you love! You should be ashame ...
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@asponge my pleasure!
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@asponge ACTUALLY. Turns out it's not sold out on Ticketmaster, which wasn't linked from the event page. £35, though. ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F00487EED3ABFAC?camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT
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@srules Not the nicest UI, and there's an approval step from you, but a Tumblr with a prominent submissions box?
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@SimoRoth I wish gmail let you schedule emails to be sent at a more civilized time of day.
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RT @hidingseeking: Date for your diaries - we're curating a conference day on the future of playing in public on 17 September (the day a ...
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@Carachan1 I am jealous of you being in Edinburgh this Saturday! I'm not going be able to go up this summer at all. Whaaaaa!
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"kissing him is like having a little bat trapped in your mouth." (thanks @tigershungry)
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@srules looks like feznotes.tumblr.com/submit
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@srules you gotta approve everything before it goes live. but if it's a set group of people, you can just make them authors of the blog.
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@srules OK! am mildly curious.
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@DGoodayle now can you do... 1000 of those?
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I have found the Mosque Kitchen and it is Mama Thai.
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@patrickashe that @hannahnicklin's? I made that the other week, it was lovely.
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@HilariousCow well. You could always inject some js into the page to detect it, then listen to events from that.
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@HilariousCow don't even need anything external, due to existence of ExternalEval
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@cuddleslag I know this one weird trick! (change your location to Kyoto, it's great)
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"But things changed when David Kanaga came on board. The music became an important component of the project linked the gameplay itself."
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WHAT A SURPRISE.
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Does someone want to come drink cider with me in the sun? Is anyone drinking in a park elsewhere? This feels necessary.
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@jennatar um. No-one noticed. That I noticed.
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So glad I moved the router so we can get wifi on the grass at the front.
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@doougle have you played Samurai Gunn? I am excited to play Samurai Gunn!
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Ended up watching... it'll probably be the entire 2nd season of Big Train. Anyway, here's one on sexism youtube.com/watch?v=JPB_EQly1jI
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it's too hot, also i'm drunk, also i didn't do the things i was supposed to do this evening.
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@RobMeyer7 Yeah, you pretty much nailed the inspirations there. Anxious to hear how it plays 2-player!
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New Games We Have Known And Loved! @Pentadact talks about giving people the boot in Dark Messiah!
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@asponge @oh_cripes good god yes.
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iml.univ-mrs.fr/~girard/mustard/page1.html "The paper introduces the concept of mustard watch, a common generalisation of the concepts of watch and mustard pot."
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RT @terrycavanagh: However, TIGJAM UK IS JUST ONE WEEK AWAY ARE YOU READY?
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@SiriHoho Man, if I hadn't seen that tweet while making dinner...
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@SimoRoth Yes. If it's real time, it's a roguelike-like.
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@SimoRoth Everyone* uses Windows... (*you know what I mean)
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@patrickashe I considered making that same soup, but I couldn't be bothered to buy the courgettes. Had some tomato and carrot soup instead.
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@SiriHoho both of those sound gorgeous. Tuesday or Wednesday?
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@theolismith @psychicteeth why should a business want to do that? The reward is the respect of your peers and not having made a shit game.
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We're going to be looking for some Unity3D coders at work! Email me at george@plastudios.com if you're interested.
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@Carachan1 Your DOTA article is great.
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@Carachan1 to be fair, you are obnoxious.
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@theolismith @psychicteeth Tipping is a pretty gross practice too - it should be baked into the price of eating out.
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@theolismith But I've got good service from places where hardly anyone tips, like pubs, shops, hospitals, everywhere.
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@theolismith besides, weird analogy -- this would be more like restaurant owners giving staff bonuses for the place's Yelp rating.
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@Dover8 Contract to start, very possibly becoming permanent. Based in London.
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@Dover8 Experience : if you can put together a polished game without needing hand-holding, then you're sweet.
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this music is great, but these headphones are really hot
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@docky although I am the proud creator of a game called CUBES, I do see your logic.
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@robertpeacock22 these are over ear padded earphones. it just soaks into the leather at the bottom.
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@SiriHoho yeah! Let's do it. Also -- yeah! Just a weenie stick one, mind. (oh, also, cc @asponge & @oh_cripes )
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@SiriHoho @asponge @oh_cripes Gas, like god intended.
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This game has a lot of pieces en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi
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@HilariousCow wanna come round to my friend Sarah's with me and Joe and see the Olympic Opening?
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@SiriHoho @vetraskr @LynnKraken i've got a birthday dinner to be at in the evening, but i might be tempted by some earlier boardgames.
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I as going to live tweet and be sarcastic and disbelieving at the opening ceremony, but I think I'm defeated already.
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@JamesMackerness what about when they kids sang "Danny Boyle"
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Yeah, we're not doing "drink for a metaphor"
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@garethbriggs what about that bit in the matrix?
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@LewieP Tayyabs the best regarded I know of.
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"Wants to make Rwanda known for more than just genocide. Of course, 6 of his brothers died in the ..." these commentators
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@JamesWallis every fucking time they spoke, drink.
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One thing I am unbigously pro-Olympics about is getting the tube him past 12 at night.
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@HilariousCow was running like clockwork
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I am drinking in a park. Wait. I am Drinking in a Park. It's finally happened.
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@xMattieBrice games belonging to the emperor, games seen from very far away, games drawn with a fine camel hair brush
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Is it a faux pas to be drunk when you arrive for an evening of drinking? Asking for a friend.
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@robertpeacock22 @patrickashe I'm on an even keel so far, so I think I'm grand. Plus, food first.
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@naclbbr just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying Tone Sphere! It's great, I hope it's doing well for you. Love Le Petit Prince.
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@asponge I thought you'd get the hint from me calling it "Ramona hair"
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@cunthorse Javascript. The task will be easier if you use the jquery library.
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@edclef @HilariousCow those are the old dates. it's the 3rd to the 5th now!
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@mugathur think the BBC carries feeds of all the sports online.
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@docky interesting to compare with Fez, which only tips it's hat to starting anew, back in the village again.
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"The trouble with CSS is it's just a bit shit." -- @oh_cripes
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@smestorp i hope you're sending out press releases for that update-with-content.
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@doougle if you find yourself able to leave the country come the end of September, there's residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?391128 2 days after Wild Rumpus.
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@Carachan1 @auntiepixelante fwiw, Beautiful Escape : Dungeoneer was very self-aware, very abhorrent, and also... I want to say good.
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@Carachan1 @auntiepixelante It was literally a kidnapping / torture / murder / rape sim. With a love story.
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@LewieP @Carachan1 @auntiepixelante Yeah, most definitely not recommending it as a thing that is in any way fun. Or possibly worthwhile.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths but it's fine for us Brits because we don't care about Rio's seat allocations.
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@garethbriggs I got a great idea for a fencing game earlier.
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I like hearing the commentators bitch about not getting any control over what shots are broadcast.
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Also, delayed bitch from yesterday. If you're watching the epee, notice that the crowd is lit. Those lights come from right above the piste.
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Also that announcer guy is fucking embarrassing. Christ.
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But the fencing itself is great.
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@garethbriggs so did I! S'gotta be first person.
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@edclef @KommanderKlobb They aren't allowed to shoot their own footage. Everything's filmed by the official olympic bods.
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@edclef @KommanderKlobb aren't even allowed to choose cuts. Stupid stupid.
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Poor Shin! I really hope she fights the Bronze.
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@tigershungry already got my ticket!
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@tigershungry always welcome round ours
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@garethbriggs I think the footwork abstracts itself well enough -- don't need to deal in feet, just tradeoffs between positioning and time.
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@garethbriggs hm, I was thinking of the 360 pad -- twirling the thumbstick would feel great as a circle.
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@HilariousCow you can install in parallel...
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RT @jonbro: listening to wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/wtf_flashback_-_episode_200 I realize that I am very far from talking about things that are important to me.
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RT @jonbro: Also, I wouldn't even know how to say them.
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@Slaktus @HilariousCow sometimes all you need is a good shader effect. I'm hugely excited for this.
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Just saw the new Squaddies visuals on @vorrintal's screen and got excited.
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I'm disgusted by the despicable actions of those ten year old children.
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@haikus_by_KN ha. Been there. Then we made the problem worse, and wrote some stuff ourselves. Maybe we'll release it some day.
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@haikus_by_KN that won't help you, of course. But fwiw, none of them do necessary magic. Most importantly they give scaffolding to your code
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post modern Rorschach test -- what would you say twitter says on a topic?
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@docky i installed the 2. something version. Ui is much more svelte, and I've not noticed any features missing.
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RT @SFBTom: The Detective Grimoire Kickstarter just crossed the goal line! Yaaaaaaay! kickstarter.com/projects/sfbgames/detective-grimoire-mystery-adventure-game-for-ios
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RT @gamasutra: That answers that question...