Tweets from 2012/09
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@benthorizon a fire in the house of lambda!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@emfcamp can I buy a ticket at the gate?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@emfcamp are there still camping tickets?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I've lived life on the streets, George" *tosses Stilton from hand to hand* "it's tough out there. I've seen things" *goes back to couscous*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry yesterday I lost a run because I forgot what colours meant.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp often not being risky is more risky. often that's not the case.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp uh, specifically, been playing super hexagon and think how much i like games with few referents in reality.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp but ultimately these games are hard to describe, and so are harder to sell.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp a lot of fertile space is held back, because it's fundamentally easier to explain things as x-with-a-twist.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @HilariousCow I dunno. Mainly the problem is that you have to explain everything, including why people should care.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp yeah. I don't know whether it's depressing or just sensible to run every idea past the elevator-pitch test first.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Would you buy : a modern Elite with really tight tactical combat and a Bauhaus aesthetic?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@scarybones think there have been cases of people obviously held back by their guides.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vetraskr btw, kicking myself for not coming...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@squidlarkin LUFTRAUSERS!! #notpaxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 2 tweets later came one by a woman I followed because I saw her as a bassist and she was really hot and rocked out.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 It was Amy Klein from Titus Andronicus and she just looked like she was having the most fun being on stage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The plan was to go out, but I am now too drunk, and also it's too late.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I kind of suck. That said, I'm going to go make myself another Pink Lady.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Based on that, the singer is not cooler.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I normally play VESPER 5 seriously, with some ceremony, in the morning. Not today!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think the worst part of being drunk is that it doesn't make me better at Super Hexagon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Every time I hear youtube.com/watch?v=q2Vf56jN_Kg I think of Proteus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Wish I was in Milton Keynes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I know people who are making a hypertext thing from 253 these days.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Also, @Carachan1 had told me half this story, and told us to give you internet hugs. I hadn't, but I should've. Are you OK?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar (And the usual, post you releasing a decent sized chunk of writing message of gushing over how well you write, how raw & honest)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Colours and shapes in motion vimeo.com/48670295Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy you mean you can do multiple key lookups? Or non-unique? You're a much better AS3 dev than me, but this sounds like a bad sign.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy Can you just add it twice, under different keys?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bonzrat: Visiting Brick Lane. It's basically Camden for people with more money now, innit?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@blue_ninj0r @S0phieH I'm a fan of sleepsort myself dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1295544154Permalink Look on archive.org
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I actually sent off invoices! And made a spreadsheet for them! Unfortunately, it's telling me my income is negative 22 pounds. Hm.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 go where?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro why are you packing in JavaScript?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro I'm not sure either. It might be? I wanna talk HTML5 frameworks with you some time!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LineHollis Seeing wordpress errors on that page.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @LineHollis I like to think of this in terms of moving your arm. Each joint is an axis or three, but some places are unreachablePermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @mikeBithell heard discussion for paralympic runners with a single amputation. You're more efficient if your legs match.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @mikeBithell Not sure anyone has -- but I'm sure they've considered it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @mikeBithell Let's not talk about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_integrity_identity_disorderPermalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh I am, Ed was talking about it, Ricky & Dick are away... Don't know about anyone else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh Hey, I still use a Nexus One. It feels fine, though I don't actually buy games on it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @terrycavanagh ooooh!Permalink Look on archive.org
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London Indies: it's happening tonight. You could come? You should come! The Crown, Angel, as always.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AlanZucconi @AMGitsKriss @KommanderKlobb Yeah, @oh_cripes has buggered up the website. But the pub remains.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom we we have loud, obnoxious, not-at-all-directed-at-you fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom though it has been too long since I've seen your cheeky face!Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is a video of @doougle playing @bfod's CLOP with Move controllers. It's called RoboCLOP. youtube.com/watch?v=ytvWbelzc1gPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef 3m55 would be even better...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @doougle HAHA, YES. Also, 1v1 Joust. A Move controller on each limb. Start losing, you're freer to move.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe Please write a thing about this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @edclef @taleoftales IF has trodden all of this ground thoroughly. See bagfullofwrong.co.uk/Other/Calories.html for a effective lack of choice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Greenlight is Steam's way of doing the Google trick of decoupling scale from number of employees necessary to support them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Wild Rumpus Tickets are now out : twr3.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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If it is at all possible for you to be in London on the 27th September, you should come to our party.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WildRumpus: Bringing you... MEGAGIRP by @bfod & remixed by @doougle , SWORDFIGHT by @kurt_bieg & @aladameh , UPROK by @oh_cr ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WildRumpus: ... BARABARIBALL by @getdizzzy and KOMPENDIUM by @smestorp . With more to be added to the line up ssOOOOooonnnNNNN!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes We should play CLOP with your footpedals some time. (cc @bfod)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Has anyone emulated canvas in WebGL? There might be performance rewards...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry shouldn't take long, in that case.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Tempted to stop by home and pick up the controllers & a laptop now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/18-players-one-empty-room-and-a-new-game-type-joust-comes-to-pax I like that Colin Northway is credited only as "the guy with the epic beard"Permalink Look on archive.org
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Woke up to 55 Spanish comments on my RoboCLOP video. Also, this comment: "Clop? I'd clop anyday to this."Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's been a good day so far, is what I'm saying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ragzouken I think it's a brony thing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ragzouken: @v21 From googling the best meaning of "Ejercito Parjero Duxa Presente" I could find is "The army of masturbating doucheb ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees That talk page "I read this sentence as this entirely other sentence" is great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Poxican shiiit, sexy. Good luck damping the resonance of those ear canals!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @heftyseamstress yeah, if two people submit it'll work for both. But on reloading, only one will appear, consistently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @Carachan1 uh ohPermalink Look on archive.org
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Started reading RPS on Quadrilateral Cowboy. Immediately regretted it. Damnit, I want to play this fresh!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: Damn this looks awesome and intriguing: new horror game from the Beat Sneak Bandit guys(!) youtube.com/watch?v=hsjQjvMXd-YPermalink Look on archive.org
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@bonzrat ah, I think the deadline for the Indie Expo was actually last Friday...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's @bfod's game Get On Top. Which is played on a trampoline. And has sex noises. youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-AUO-Y7tkPermalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN put it on a landing or a balcony?Permalink Look on archive.org
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My fledgling video editing skills have ended up on Kotaku... kotaku.com/5940066/hardest-video-controls-ever Think I need to cut away more next time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Although that headline is terrible. Literally factually inaccurate. I said in the description, and it was said in the video - they're easierPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 ah, it's pretty much entirely positive. I got on Kotaku with my holiday video!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp maaaan! D&D is all about there being an interactive, virtual, world to explore!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp all depends on your GM, innit?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp that shit bores me these days, yeah. But that's a big part of gaming heritage, visible even now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp so what didn't use table top gaming, or something that used table top gaming, or something that used something ..?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bentosmile oh thank fuck for that. Hopefully some good can come out of all documentation he's been subjecting you to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bentosmile I am but an Internet Stranger, but I'm wishing only the best for you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp ah, just... being part of the heritage means it shapes most everything. Not really escapable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp but you can still see the tendrils of that approach left in gaming. Fucking wizards and orcs, like you said.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp levelling up, STR DEX INT stats, an obsession with cave systems, mebbe even controlling whole "parties"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp Loom & The Dig, designed by Brian Moriaty, who previously worked on Wishbringer and Beyond Zork?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus this is very easy to say, but ... fuckin' nerds. fuckin' vidyagame nerds.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp fair enough, but what seems good (not played, to my sahme) is that they took tired formula which had a ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp ...clear lineage to that cod-Tolkien style, and then did something interesting, made it fresh. Which is differentPermalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp ... from no influence. And to the extent they can be separated, only addresses the content, not the form.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft @smestorp personally I can't be fucked with the generic fantasy content, but I think the tabletop format form is valuable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus ah, no. to be fair, what they're challenging is way worse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus no, the vidyagame nerds with the same fucked up attitudes to gender and race and class that the rest of society has.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @retroremakes did you see they just won gold on Dream Build Play? Took it as an opportunity to share their joy at work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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However worthy, I don't like Child's Play being the uncontroversial gaming charity. It's part of an empire.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The Greenlight $100 thing seems gross in both senses of the word.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@arkitus "value"? I dunno I think that way. But some good tweeters are @arealliveghost @mareodomo @Horse_ebooks etc etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@arkitus but, like, really it's tweets like "i'm going to the pub, does anyone want to come?", or a photo of a friend's model guinea pigs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@arkitus plus, y'know, I get to have exciting conversations about the latest crises & cataclysms affecting indie games. pretty much daily.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AkTitus but i started out using twitter as a place to say things i wanted to say, but didn't want to subject anyone to in person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thinking of people who've sold videogames they made while not being able to afford to pay their own rent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@arkitus yah, I can get that. Still, internet friends count, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Man, I really have been terrible at putting my games up on my website. And rather than just fixing that, I've decided to redesign it...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy @Slaktus I'm also moving hosting, all at the same time. To be fair, the redesign is pretty much done already...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 "entitlement" feels like a word with a lot of unpack in it. But: Valve are allowed to do this, I'll still hope to be on Steam & ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 ... buy things from Steam. But I can be unhappy about changes they've made. I don't even know if I think it was a bad call.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 well, in several cases, clearly yes (they got on Steam before). Mebbe it's still a good thing from Steam's perspective, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 Peer review before public submission? Needing 100 favs before it's publicly listed? Just waiting?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 unless you're large publisher or have a pre-existing relationship, yeah.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Poxican aw, I thought I'd removed the yellows! Thanks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Poxican Nah, I just saw one too. found the bug, though, it's fixed now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @bonzrat yeah, but now you need to stop working on your game, run an indiegogo campaign, get attention to that...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @bonzrat ...then run a greenlight campaign, and get attention to that. But I can just plonk down the money instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @bonzrat how much time did you spend running yours and publicising it? How long did it take you to learn the platform?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @bonzrat also some people don't like begging for money just because they're poor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @botherer Knowing their typical rev-split, and the scale of sales indies have made on Steam -- they can afford it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Man! Look at the effortless grace of this funding: kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: This article explains it fairly well I think: randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/how-succeed-journalism-when-you-cant-afford-internshipPermalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy yeah, it's hsl random hue (minus yellows). Will fiddle with the values a bit more. But cheers!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @botherer I'm okay with hustling and being undignified. But let me complain when things change so I must hustle even more.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin opt-in and paid for, usually. Don't know why I don't mind with WHOIS.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I never thought I'd hear you telling people to suck it up, because "it's the way of things".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I'm not angry here. Despite all my arguing, this might have been a good call on Valve's part.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus But I think it will have a bad impact on the indie community and ecosystem, and I'm sad about that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Well, it also closed off the old way of submitting to Steam, so I don't really see it as a new opportunity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bonzrat or a Dota 2...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @LewieP Plenty of shit on iOS. Plenty of factors at play in this argument -- but I don't want to go there now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs my "needing 100 favs before you get publicly listed" idea would have been easier...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs feels like that's actually why this discussion is a few notches less futile than most.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Yep! Only works if you take a particular stance on the Greenlight and discoverability, mind. But it's simpler, technically.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Neither does this, it just reduces the volume to something manageable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I did not know it cost $99 a year to submit to XBLIG!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus ah, that was mainly genuine surprise. Also, XBLIG is a wasteland, also has $99 fee & community filtering.Permalink Look on archive.org
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In other news... I recorded @edclef talking about why he loves Pandemic. gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/30926628279/ed-key-on-pandemic . Go listen!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Days like today I'm glad I do Games We Have Known And Loved. Because games are great. Uh, and the industry bullshit often isn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse @S0phieH ha, no. The $100 is to be listed on Greenlight. If you then get through Greenlight you get published, then you get 70%.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse @S0phieH uh, probably 70%. That part is open secret, think it can vary.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hidingseeking: Pick up some pro custard-punching tips by studying this video courtesy of @v21 youtube.com/watch?v=YMuXOW7xwJI&feature=g-uplPermalink Look on archive.org
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@arkitus have often thought that way. But he was a bit self-selecting in asking only philosophers about it -- others have chosen otherwise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 nononono! read the first comment!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle "We hit our Twitter API limit"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC always be hustlin'!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC I mean, if you miss this one, there might not be another one along for a whole 'nother week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: For a solipsist, all crimes are thoughtcrimesPermalink Look on archive.org
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Goddamn, Treasure Maze looks great. hideandseek.net/2012/09/04/weekender-game-treasure-maze/ Gonna have to come on Friday so I get a chance to play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN because everyone is here!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN (unfortunately, that also the answer to "God damn it why is London so expensive")Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rclarke: This isn't a press release, it's a SUCCESS releasePermalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth have you emailed journalists? did it include information about what your game is, and why they should cover it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle it's possible to dislike them both, you know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 but no voice...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle that's because it didn't massively change the way it operated a week ago?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle y'already know my opinion on thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef similar idea : rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/06/27/src/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @ElectronDance @richardhofmeier to elevate either one means you miss out on the way they interact, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle i had the same shift. "interesting systems" to "meaningful experiences"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle uh, I'm still way better at the first, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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If I was in SF, I'd be going to this arseelektronika2012.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Is it worth me switching nameservers from 123-reg to Linode (which I'm currently migrating hosting to)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@auntiepixelante @cunthorse if you want it to be exactly 50%,you're probably going to have to make an absolute, z-ordered div & set bg on itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Infinite Lives post pages seem to be wedged? ie infinitelives.net/2012/06/03/linksplosion-t-shirts-hefty-seamstress-and-more/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @g5_Ken: @KiLLiND33ZH0EZ Come holla at ya boy @V21 shot bar and grill 5317 Washington Ave. FOOTBALL FOOD DRINKS FUN!Permalink Look on archive.org
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You can give @ColinNorthway money for Incredipede right now! incredipede.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak yeah, the latest one is a bit fucked up at the end. I cut it short because of a cough, but the encoding means that ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak ... the last syllable doesn't come through. Was trying to fix it this morning, but computers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kirkhamilton @bfod @doougle I did too, but that's more just trampolining for a week straight, I think.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs What's the constraints?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs something like ebay.co.uk/itm/Buzzer-3-12Vdc-85dB-Piezo-3-3Khz-CPM202B2-PCB-x-1-pc-/230841377591?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D200781361205%26ps%3D54 seems suitable? not sure how loud it is...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo If he no longer believes in it, why wouldn't you say so?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo I think basically what I'm disagreeing with here is the idea of giving Jeremy Hunt the benefit of the doubt. Because I hate him.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @terrycavanagh: Good morning everyone! Super Hexagon is now available worldwide: superhexagon.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Did you see that? Super Hexagon is now live. It's brilliant. I've been swallowing praise for a week now, waiting til it was out.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The first time I completed Hexagon was an amazing, ecstatic, out-of-body experience. Like, the opposite of choking.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benedictfritz @jennatar is it "Excellent" or "Hexellent"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've died because I've forgotten what colours mean, I've discovered being drunk and/or stoned is no particular obstacle to doing well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's pretty good, is basically what I'm saying: itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?ls=1&mt=8Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jmickle_ @heftyseamstress "The Big Quack"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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What direction is 0 degrees? North or west?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @SimoRoth nah, you want lots of power so you can splash about in it and not care about optimisations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Another holiday video -- here is @florian_berger's karaoke-for-trampolines youtube.com/watch?v=VvUI5mZfkWkPermalink Look on archive.org
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I'm pretty proud of the idea of putting in the fake Sunfly titles.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Finally signed into real Gamecenter. I'm 5th in the world at Hexagoner! And @tigershungry is killing at Hexagon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Arndreth I'd got something properly respectable before. But then I had to reset my data, because @terrycavanagh had a go.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Mangling a Python script so it runs on 2.4, from within a PHP page. Joy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef 2.4 didn't even have with: in it's __future__. And it's hard to install libraries without a shell... But I found JSON support anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp crossing my fingers for file recovery software.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I like how my two current games fit together: "A Bastard, Punch The Custard"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving oh, they can create! but only rich people can afford to make money from it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: New Proteus beta is live: visitproteus.com/beta-2-is-here-for-mac-and-pc/ Squirrels! Postcards! Macintoshes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"No one complains about the iOS dev cost or IGF submission costs, which are both roughly $100."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Just thought you'd like to know how much I'm vicariously enjoying your adventures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns I don't know how sexy or "indie" it is, but: appynation.com/about/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns would you filter by game, not dev? And in any case, this addresses most needs of a dev.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I like it when both @jennatar and @mareodomo fav the same tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar it can be both!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I had the complete surprise earlier this year of reading something interesting & powerfully written about experiences in SL.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Like, who thought that was possible? Nowadays? (I'd link you to it, but it's only on dead trees : shop.killscreendaily.com/products/issue-3-intimacy)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin You don't have to justify yourself if you're looking at virtual worlds and you look at SL. Dunno if that's just cuz non-game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin You'd have to write that section yourself if you did Journey. You can assemble it from the thousands of other papers for SL.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richlitt you should add a proper license -- lots of places you can't public domain something. Maybe the sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules oh, hey, I can give blood again. I should do that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danintheshed Yep! Unless you have a preexisting relationship with Steam.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Right - from now on, I'm going to try to stop making projects that are difficult to describe to people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp Well, not necessarily. Punch the Custard is fairly self-descriptive, for example. But there is a strong correlation, yes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp But yeah, basically, all about the benjamins.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp it's valid if we both understand it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Bodged some numbers, and now it seems to work. Let's hope not understanding which way I bodged them never comes back to bit me on the arse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @smestorp @docky I really like the unenforcable cargo-cultishness of it. Gamers like points and chievos, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Hm. Similar. But has more of a man-in-a-shed-with-a-hammer feel.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @bfod I was going to reply for the points, but restrained myself. Then promptly forgot and replied for other reasons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe Really can't decide if I want to get it changed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs @S0phieH My best experience was "Excellent" -- then managing another 20 seconds. Such a rush. Think that's how I beat Hexagon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @S0phieH it amazes me how slow Hexagon moves now. Which I'm aware would crazy talk to me a week ago.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm doing an "artist showcase" at the Hide and Seek Weekender weekender.hideandseek.net/conference/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I put "artist showcase" in scare quotes because I'm slightly freaked out that I'm an artist with things to showcase.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef Maybe you should do a demo where it's in black&white and all the sounds have the bass removed?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere I wish we had a fridge.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere You're an inspiration, Ste.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp that looks awesome, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway given what you're making, that's a great typo.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris @HilariousCow you better!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @flantz: best thing about indie minimalist e-sports scene: how it smashes false dichotomies, points AND performance, serious play AND ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Occurs to me the biggest distinctions between indie-dev communities are those of class. And genre, too. But also class.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro Some parts do. But there's more diversity than is immediately obvious. IF, Babycastles, pervasive, even Kill Screen don't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro Yeah, they are. But there are a lot of outliers. And IF and pervasive gaming don't really want to be part of mainstream vidyagamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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That stage in an electronics project when you get that single LED to turn on and off...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 heh, and I'm just reminiscing here...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NiallEM @jonbro @radiatoryang @nyarluu @terrycavanagh @whatisian @elibrody @patrickashe @smestorp @pippinbarr @doougle flip, I forgot ydayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow And there's a single-pixel hitbox.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This looks sexy as hell, if you like customized Editor GUIs in Unity blogs.unity3d.com/2012/09/07/property-drawers-in-unity-4/ If not... it's not very sexy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow man, I'm just repeating what @terrycavanagh said at Lindies. But I'd guess done as a point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Man, that ScaledCurve!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I feel good, because I got the game a week early and had a chance to practice. Hm.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro oh, shit, I got more in me than that. Just playing Hexagon as a break form trying to complete Hexagonest.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @docky Why would leaderboards exist, if that was the case? And what's extrinsic about beating someone at a game?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @docky The discouragement part is why GameCenter shows scores for each day and week, as well as all-time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"keep in mind that people who pirate your game don’t live in your fridge"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Are you cruisin' for a blockin'? I know how proud you are of your collection.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Waiting for fried chicken. I went home first even. Drinking in Parks, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy yeah, pretty much. Wish I could stop picking at it/fights.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef Yeah, doing it now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar The sky is solid blue from where I'm sitting. Park later!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Yeah, there's loads. Was Drinking in One yesterday. The DiP people rotate through parks, don't think they repeat within a year.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus That's pretty overwrought. So I'd make it more so. Make that shit spin and animate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So apparently if I apply a Chrome theme, the Windows taskbar will stop getting hidden. What's the tackiest I can find? chrome.google.com/webstore/category/themes?hl=enPermalink Look on archive.org
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Oh, yeah, and I got my new website up! nottheinternet.com It's less obnoxious than the old one!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AlanZucconi started using it when I was a kid -- can't even recall why.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN 3D in HTML5 is still tech-demo territory. 2D is just emerging from tech-demo stunts.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN been doing a lot of HTML5 stuff at work recently- it couldn't be described as mature, but it's usable if you don't do too muchPermalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Errr... wrote a framework ourselves. Which I'm not recommending. But we needed to optionally wedge inside other middleware.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@andrewbrophy The thing is, I have no idea what colour you're referring to. Try visiting it again...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN squaddies.tumblr.com/ , a simple adver-game, and some little puzzle prototypes. The framework is not too far off FlashPunk.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus post-process shaders are easy and fun in Unity (pro only, though). Did a talk on it the other week...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Also, your "similar to" is Jeff Minter and SUDA51. Man!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox Man, but you know I'm still impressed by that fuzzy effect you did without, right? But yeah, not fair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox But on the other hand... mrdoob.github.com/three.js/examples/webgl_postprocessing_dof.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Synthetic woman? That's a hurtful thing to say about @jennatar.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @jennatar is the voice of [Super] Hexagon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Who are you on Gamecenter? I want to show off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Yep. I mean, for one, Super Hexagon has that compulsion loop down tight. Just intrinsic rather than extrinsic progression.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Actually, clever inversion : the start of Super Crate Box. The game gets harder as you acquire more stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Hm. Fair. Because it works on me, unlike most hardcore games, is probably the honest answer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky The sheer shortness of the games, and the speed of restarting matter a great deal too. You feel improvement over the scale of minutesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Trying to beat my score in hexagon past 70 secs is frustrating. Takes so long to get to the section I'm trying to learn!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Which can be directly compared to, ie, the decrease in compulsion between Burrito Bison 1 and 2 because of the extra screen.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Super Hexagon is so good, it made RPS post about an iOS game. rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/10/war-on-geometry-super-hexagon/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves v twenty-one or vtwentyone@gmail.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Well. It's using one particular version of randomly. Patterns could be shuffled, or have an adaptive weighting and still be random.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @docky This interview with @whitingjp seems relevant : gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/17875208397/jonathan-whiting-on-nethackPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry You're in Hookshot. hookshotinc.com/exposing-super-hexagon-creators-lies-investigative-journalism-special/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just bought 4 copies of Dancing Stage Universe 2. What has my life become?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @qwghlm: Well, we're fucked now. Anonymous releases all the world's credit card pins bit.ly/QyVpAi (via @jearle)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @heftyseamstress: nanotechnological: Never allow naughty old Terry ever coming here, naming our letters; our game is calamitously acq ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Proteus frog mod youtube.com/watch?v=JXXcjCIop5c You're a frog in Proteus. You're on a trampoline.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Bounce, little froggy, bounce.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @edclef I've been thinking about this a lot. And I've come to the conclusion that you would throw up and die, in that order.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @edclef So No. 1: you're on a trampoline and cannot see. No. 2: you're bouncing out of sync and scale with what you're seeing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @edclef Also, you have cables you cannot see attached to you while bouncing on a trampoline. And you're wearing headphones.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @edclef But don't get me wrong -- it's a terrible idea, but I'll still try it if I get the chance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @Slaktus Shit! Windtunnel! That's perfect! (Gonna make a game about flying for the Oculus Rift)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Who's going to the @Aiannucci thing this evening?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PluralGames @doougle my goodness, that's fantastic.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@somebodyweknow Yeah, but I'm trying to practice not freaking out when the transition happens.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge I read that as Don't Give A Fuck.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Swift Stitch feels like it should count, but it probably doesn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh shit! venuspatrol.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @lefishy: Writing even the most barebones gui is DESTROYING MY VERY SOUL and please kill me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LineHollis "Being lost"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I am! @LewieP is! Probably some other people!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lexaloffle Steam is useful because I won't forget my login exists and everything is already on there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lexaloffle which isn't to say that this is impossible, but it's a hard problem. The Humble Store are the only ones close to cracking it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lexaloffle Having said which... making all of those things smooth is good thing to do anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving Now I'm sad @jennatar didn't write that article. Jenn! Write that article!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway @jonbro oh, that's really neat. I might use that for my print-looking project I might actually get to work on some day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke @terrycavanagh Whatever, he got an Edge 9.Permalink Look on archive.org
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King Of Dragon Pass is now on iOS itunes.apple.com/gb/app/king-of-dragon-pass/id335545504?mt=8 I played this like a year ago. Really atmospheric. Now not a PITA to play!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo "Sounds great! Here's my consultation rate for the pitch. But I'll waive it if I get the gig."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh! And you can buy KoDP on GoG now, too. gog.com/en/gamecard/king_of_dragon_pass Seriously, it blends narrative and simulation in way I've not seen elsewhere.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @DeadYetLiving "How to survive Super Hexagon, only Super Hexagon is actually a metaphor for life"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle I don't use anything, because they're painful and expensive and I've had bad experiences and am lazy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle But I'd use Google Analytics if I knew I'd be doing below 10 million hits a month (which I would)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle There's Playtomic, who are having a tumultuous ride as a company. Otherwise... no?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle Fwiw, Google have an API for apps, and are what Unity uses inside the editor. If you want anything super custom, build yer own.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott I still call them T-Morange, when I remember.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott what, held together with string?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Alright! Time to overengineer this neat feature that no player will see!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom I love SH & Terry, but also being famous, being an adaptation of a already loved game helps.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom SH is a sensation, and they feed off themselves. And Terry's fame meant it started with momentum.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's some more stuff about KoDP from Failbetter, explaining the unique tack it takes: about.failbettergames.com/2011/10/04/echo-bazaar-inspirations-king-of-dragon-pass/ about.failbettergames.com/2011/10/04/the-problem-with-branching/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyway, I'll shut up about it now. But it is different. You can imagine an alternate world where it spawned armies of clones.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Yesterday having bug bites under jeans made me feel like I'd just came back from holiday. Today it's just itchy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp You should submit it for a BAFTA -- only £500!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse Here's a completely out of date one, with no personal statement nottheinternet.com/archive/CV.pdfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp Actually, apparently if you write to them and say you don't have the money they might waive the fee?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse That was really cobbled together from scraps of experience. It basically amounts to : I've got a degree and I work support.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse A bunch of those work experience bits were literally a single day's work. CUBES was basically a gamejam game at that point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @glassarmy: 14 year old ailsa's diary. LEGIT. Think I might burn it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Alright - badly thought through idea: An album of excellent, unappreciated iOS titles. But they're all reskinned like playpeep.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamdanw oh, shut up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Wow, it's like an evil @edclef ownedcore.com/forums/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-general/375573-looking-inside-your-screenshots.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dampgnat To be fair to your three year old, Charlie and Lola is the shit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DavidStekarn @edclef we played it all the way to the end (despite dying a bunch fo times and going back to the start).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DavidStekarn @edclef we did alternate players, though. Mind, my back was pretty sore, but that was 'cuz we were on the trampoline all week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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How to vocalize the music in play wombflashforest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/soundtracks-2-methods_11.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @jonbro had that in mind when i was thinking of the idea. But it just feels bitter, maybe?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Oh god yes. Why didn't I think of that? It's not specifically mother/son, more just family.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @HilariousCow I only just noticed that estate agent is actually part of my office complex.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ugh, putting builds on testflight is the worst thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp goddamn it, I saw that earlier, but thought I'd caught it. Hm.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I found a stupid bug when resetting - Can you try the endgame now?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp ugh, never mind. Still there. Consistent when installing from testflight, not at all in editor/installed locally. Grah.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 better than "Hitler"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @Brendy_C You should come play Alice's game instead. Also, there's a giant cardboard maze.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I can reproduce the bug! Hurrah! It also crashes Unity! Boo!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: After years of ragging on "video games culture," I realise the things I flipping love are games culture, just not Mario/chi ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Readme files! Mods! Custom rules! Multiplayer interaction! All games culture. I feel daft for believing dickheads' definiti ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I don't understand how a directory tree can drink a cup of tea.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"And the public gets what the public wants." First-person, Source, Zombie, Horror games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN I don't know, but I know a man who does: @SavyGamerPermalink Look on archive.org
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Ugh! Lousy badly queued Tumblr post not going off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyway! Andrew Sheerin from @TerrorBullGames talking about lying to people in Junta! gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/31400412740/andrew-sheerin-on-juntaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@andybudd @D_Nye_Griffiths that inevitably made me think of this web.archive.org/web/20100202024752/http://www.nikart.ca/writing/toast.html (uh, NFSW, maybe)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sweden What's your take on @Falkvinge 's recent posts on CP, falkvinge.net/2012/09/11/child-porn-laws-arent-as-bad-as-you-think-theyre-much-much-worse/ and falkvinge.net/2012/09/07/three-reasons-child-porn-must-be-re-legalized-in-the-coming-decade/ ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus He is! Ames write an article confirming it (also at NSFW) a few days back.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Yeah, just managed to dig it out, despite their best efforts nsfwcorp.co/9uteo1Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg you just have to force yourself, I think. Or else give up entirely and go for a walk, cook, take a shower, whatever.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@v21 Advice I Can't Take Myself : I think remaining in that state just makes it more of a habit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pozorvlak to make that point clear? Because they can, and hey, look at this ad impression they've got from me right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @radiatoryang hey, I did a real degree. Though I cunningly managed to skip all the math modules.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @radiatoryang well, by real degree I mean I learned the parts of the human brain and made robots out of Lego. But still...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs fuck yeah! I am hyped for this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Spike dislike is really ugly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi But there is a standard, and it's pretty much only Apple that don't use it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Mini_and_Micro_connectorsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi i mean, yeah, i recall those days. But not convinced Apple ended it, rather than all those industry bodies mentioned.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Alright. I looked at the new iPhone. My opinion : aw crap, another resolution to support? Booo!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Though thinking about it, both my released iOS game and the one I'm working on now can cope with messed up resolutions fine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is because I *hate* *UI* *coding*.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@squidlarkin ha, snap. except now is the morning for me, so I've taken my turn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP From the 2nd comment on engadget.com/2010/12/29/european-standardization-bodies-formalize-micro-usb-cellphone-ch/ apparently it's legal. Fuck the £15 charge, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Finding GitLab really hilarious. And great. And also hilarious.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cuddleslag Optimism!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered yeah. Well, no. It's a host your own web-interface to a git server, that looks pretty much identical to GitHub.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered with all of GitHub's features -- Issues, Wiki, Teams, etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered It's also developed on Github, of course. The install instructions use Github as a host.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe did not know @andytfield did In Spirit! Heard great things about that from Alice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered Presumably! But the only sane response is to be amused and flattered, I guess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I just remembered musicforprogramming.net/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario oh god! you have!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario is it good? would you recommend it? I'm doing a lot of JS recently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario hm. It does seems nice. I think I'll pick up some rudiments of Ruby first, though. Couldn't use it at work anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario I did some stuff with node, it was suspiciously fun. But for that shit, I'd retreat back to Python and Django.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario which is actually a right pain to deploy, so maybe I shouldn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario uh oh, this software seems to have opinions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @lucky_frame that is a Helpful and Informative blogpost. Whatdya use to track rankings & sales?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Imagine all the games that didn't get made because people were making ports and sequels instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef was doing websocket-ey stuff, and it just worked, pinging stuff back and forth between browser and console.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef Not shipped anything written in it, mind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy Because I'm greedy. Because I feel like friends have gotten stuck. Because I'm afraid I might do the same.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef think I saw it when you posted it before. But I don't really understand.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef sounds great! (sometimes I feel like there's too many tools)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Huh. Frog costumes are surprisingly affordable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 just be indecent otherwise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cuddleslag @rubzo it's okay, that's not the context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cuddleslag @rubzo but I'll hopefully announce the context at a later date. It's pretty good context, to be fair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Binaural audio! In HTML5! Like, natively, not hackily! <3 chromium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/audio/simple.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tinysubversions I tried that out for a presentation I'm supposed to be writing right now. It was pretty good/accurate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tinysubversions For one slide, it gave me a picture of my own fist punching a bowl of custard in my own kitchen. Which was surprising.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LeehSl @benthorizon I love this shit. I was lucky enough that there's multiple groups for this in London, but if I can help remotely...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Come play I Demand Satisfaction! at the Southbank Centre tonight and witness my descent into hypoxic madness as a tight wig ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FireHazardGames vidyagames -- freeindiegam.es/2012/09/triple-threat-rylgh/ ? (not actually played vs someone)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FireHazardGames and it's a bit messy, but I can sort you out Punch The Custard. Stupid fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @LewieP @Quinns108 surreal experience, walking back from LIndies past a Sainsburys open til past midnight for CoD launch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson @octopress ha, I did mine last week in raw Jekyll.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh @figames @bfod hahahahaha, that was a predictable first post. (which I should probably actually play, huh?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod Which reminds me : can I record you for Games We Have Known And Loved on Monday?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson yeah, I was expanding from 1 page to 5, so I wanted a generator for that primarily. Then also, a blog.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson Worked out fine, though. Except it would be nice to have tags without hacking round it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson fer reference: nottheinternet.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson (worst part was fixing all of Posterous's crap markup)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WildRumpus: I've done some mathematics after last nights executive #wildrumpus3 meeting & can report we will be bringing you 60% ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @jonbro but imagine competitive pressing buttons scattered across the screen while navigating a maze! wouldn't that be something?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @smestorp but there is something in moving tokens about on screen, while controlling the tanks to drive over them and pick them up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: @v21 @jonbro yeah, A Bastard but where the buttons aren't player-specific, they just move the tank of whoever pressed them ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @jonbro I'm still liking this squabbling and flicking being done to control machines, displayed underneath this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @tigershungry I seem to be making a videogame sauna right now, so this is appropriate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp not tried with mobile version, but web -- less frantic/more comprehensible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp wrote a post up on this, a while back nottheinternet.com/blog/i-don-t-know-where-to-look/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke oh, sorry, forgot. She's in the Helvetica T-shirt here: now-here-this.timeout.com/2012/09/14/its-all-fun-and-games-at-the-southbank-centre-this-weekend/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino @DGoodayle Think of it in terms of burn rate (which'll be living costs, for you) and capital outlay.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle @MetzoPaino a year, or twice as long as you think it'd take to make the thing you'll be selling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino @DGoodayle well, if you're only borrowing money you've been promised, that seems lower risk.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino @DGoodayle but on the other hand, if you couldn't cover it without loans, that's a pretty high-risk position to be in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke If I stop being goal focused, and merely enjoy the sights & sounds & kinaesthetics of a game, does it stop begin a game?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke Because, you know, I made a mod for Proteus where you could (incidentally) die, and it was still Proteus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke Not sure exactly where I stand, but you can't separate out the political. But: I was making a smaller point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke Well, also you were a frog, and played it on a trampoline. But there's already an ending/goal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke Our backs hurt from bouncing on the trampoline, but we wanted to see the end. By Autumn, we were damn careful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke But we still chased frogs and stopped to see the sights. It never stopped being wonderful. Once we hopped over an owl.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke It's entirely possible that I don't really care about game design but interaction design (using these definitions).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger @rclarke Or, at the very least, see it only as a possible tool to create experiences.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cunthorse Yep. 25 and 30. LCM is 150, product is 750.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe sweet, you coming to the party?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe yeah :< it's like £15. weekender.hideandseek.net/games/hideseek-weekender-party/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@alexjprice Why? Wouldn't they both be going off the same data? IE the GTFS feed. sf.streetsblog.org/2010/01/05/how-google-and-portlands-trimet-set-the-standard-for-open-transit-data/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke _today's_ modern games biz.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe don't feel obliged! but yeah, it looks fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Man! @S0phieH just spotted the rules to the Adventure Time jam : adventuretimegamejam.com/rules Really gross.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So if I made a game, I couldn't put it on my website, or ever sell it. Fuck that shit!Permalink Look on archive.org
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(I mean, I'm gonna be punching custard instead, but still)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 No, no, it's pretty literal. weekender.hideandseek.net/games/punch-the-custard/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom I mean, I do understand why & how these rules got put in place. But it's still gross.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom And the site will die within 5 years, and all the games will be lost. Which might be a minor tragedy, but also a pointless one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benmilsom Yeah, that's fair. But right now the rules seem to be iffy on debranding the game and selling it excised of their IP.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mwegner what's the distinction between them and fastspring, besides that fastspring don't care about videogames?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP 25, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I've been passed by three full 25s in a night, standing the second stop along the route.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am so amazingly full of snot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp not played o two player, but I am now really quite excited to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This looks lovely: kickstarter.com/projects/1338986832/sealark-an-oceanic-adventure-game (I wish he was asking for more money! But what a perfect pitch video!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Custard is mixed already, so I just have time to do a spot of programming.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Home, exhausted. The weekender has been great. Thanks everyone who punched my custard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The record was 316. 316 custard punches in 45 seconds. That's quite a lot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin no, you have to keep one hand on the tinfoil. Someone got 315, too. But the best was the kid who kept trying til he got 291.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey, look, it's me with my mum, showing people how to punch custard in super fast motion! vimeo.com/49544640Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky it really impressed me by looking great 2x upscaled on an iPad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @squidlarkin: Imagine if faster processors had ever been allowed to translate to more responsive interfaces instead of flashier features.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I was going to post a lmgtfy link, but then I thought that might be rude. Here, let me be rude by hand, at length.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy yup, ditto.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod the tech is yet another step on for both of these : but : a game about flying, or porn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod For the one people can put together in their garages right now if they care enough: a horror chase game. Maybe with guns, maybe not.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle "This looks like some kind of ancient curse or fragment of religious scripture. It's probably not worth caring about."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh no. I'm doing it. For the first time since this morning, I'm checking my email.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke but, like, I generally suck at games, and I'm pretty good at Super HexagonPermalink Look on archive.org
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Oh, yeah. It's the Brooklyn Lager that's making me suddenly drunk, an hour after I arrived home.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees your tweet arrived next to one linking to this 25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mab74pMwAK1rzhg3ko1_500.pngPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef my laptop screen died -- I discovered this morning when going to take my turn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Hypothesis: Mortal Kombat is hip hop's most referenced fighting game series. Please add rhymes to this for science: https:/ ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: No nerdcore, please, for several obvious reasons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef yeah, pretty sure I can. gonna call 'em up and get someone round to fix it, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @nyarluu @jonbro what if they were ghosts, summoned by being circled. the explosion effect comes in backwards as they appear.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier hang on, I'm doing the math.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns i don't know if that's consistently the case... besides, if you played SupHex in B&W it'd probably be easier. Worse, but easierPermalink Look on archive.org
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Here's how to make games in Twine! auntiepixelante.com/twine/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb aw, man, fuck you. I had things to be doing this evening!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Editing down @bfod for Games We Have Known And Loved is hard. It turns into such a complete, stirring manifesto.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A sense of victory to the first person to guess which game he starts off by talking about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @bfod You're telling me to ignore arbitrary constraints I've promised myself I would work within?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg THURSDAY: wegottickets.com/event/175289 (sold out, but there's 20 tickets on the door?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @tigershungry @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg FRIDAY:??? SATURDAY: Probably Drinking in a Park ( facebook.com/events/329268953835501/ )Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod It's not for years, not at all. But I find I need to be open, make a list, just work through it - then pop up for air and reassess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod It feels like I'm not a good enough dev to make good software while being playful. This is also the effect stimulants seem to have.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod I've more projects in my past that could have benefitted from being played with more than being worked on more. This is true.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen fastspring is a bit of a pain in the arse, but, like, unless you can get on humble, not sure there's much you can do.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen same difference! The point is - its a pain in the arse to give you my address if I'm then going to use PayPal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen and then I get an email saying it won't ship til the payment clears? How pointless. (but also kind of expected from e commerce)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen ugh! How useless. But yeah, not sure how much time this is worth you spending on. Though humble is super easy to use, if you can...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen ...get on there, and then get them to respond to your emails. as a consumer and a dev. Probably not worth taking payments yourself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This entirely serious and practical email conversation has led to me revealing I've a fair bit of knowledge about bondage tape.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs augh! Reply/all failPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge the many, many friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino whoooop!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge man, I wasn't even mocking you for that, this time. I was BEING A FRIEND and BEING ENCOURAGING.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge I can't even remember what Xanga is -- is it like Ning?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge that's good -- you could do with more friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus wait, what. I mean, I agree with the general sentiment, but "Probably not literally real". "Probably not"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus "Probably not"?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Call it "Cardboard Game Jam" and I'm in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth man, screw that! People who don't play games make really interesting games. And fuck spending my life constrained to gamer culturePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @anna_debenham: OH @leisa "OR we could have a FUN treasure hunt, without QR codes."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Women of Science / People of Edinburgh! logicgrrrl.wordpress.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elibrody oh! That's beautiful! Thank you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elibrody and... I don't know if you'd like to do a GWHKAL yourself over Skype one of these days?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg you up for Double R tomorrow?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg doors at 8pm. Let me ask round, there just might be a spare ticket.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @GriddleOctopus I heard one of you might have a spare Double R ticket?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg Sorry, no, no spare ticket, you'll have to rely upon the tickets at the door. See you this evening!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GriddleOctopus @Carachan1 Ah, no worries. Was asking for @c_hedborg , but there's a few on the door any way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So I need to think of a better name for A Bastard, stat. Anyone got any suggestions? @bfod? @smestorp?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Related searches : pictures of hedgehogsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp The might be distinguishable, thinking on it. Intellectual pursuits benefit from reflection away from them, but addiction doesn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @bfod Go wide! I am totally not attached to the concept of bastardry, it's just an aggravating game to play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@narfyyy Well, mainly that's it's not hugely descriptive and slightly pointlessly offensive. Haven't even thought of the Apple angle.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Currently thinking of "Shot by a scoundrel" or "Meet me at the shooting range" (though that might just be because I love the song)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Might be something along the lines of "Another Person's Hand"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle great song, by ballboy, one of my favorite bands: youtube.com/watch?v=eYg8l9EBAlU (next line is: "because one of us is not coming back again")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elibrody So's mine! * Do it anyway! (*not technically true)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'VE BEEN PRETENDING TO BE DEPRESSED FOR PROFIT AND I'M SORRY kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children/posts/311890Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy I organize gaming events in bars and for some reason this turns me off. Don't know why. Might just be snobbishness.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge "So far, today is looking pretty bridgy."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH can try deleting the Library folder?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@shadow_shifters man! Way to not win people onto your side.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elibrody It hasn't, but it doesn't matter if it had been. I'd be amazed if I heard the same story twice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@duncangeere @Carachan1 @kierongillen @Tom_OBedlam @D_Nye_Griffiths @asponge Wish I could be in SF for this : monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@eurogamer_expo Why is Hotline Miami not in the over 18 zone?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @eurogamer_expo: @v21 We've been told it won't be rated 18.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Laptop screen is fucked... Do I send it to the depot to get fixed, or do I hang onto it til after things stop keep happening?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@NicholasFolsom It works via an external monitor & I could do with it to show a game on at Wild Rumpus next week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Lazy web : how can I vary the strength of a normal map in a shader? Ideally incredibly cheaply, because this shader is Too Much already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Cancel that lazy web request : it's "o.Normal = UnpackNormal (((tex2D (_BumpMap, IN.uv_BumpMap) - .5) * _Bumpiness) + .5);"Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PluralGames: I want to see the day when there are as much games with "artist code" as there are with "programmer art".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn we have a couch. and a cat!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vetraskr @reallyfancy maybe it's the general distate I feel for gamer culture?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy @vetraskr And I organize gaming events in part to attempt to create an alternative to gamer culture.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg ah, no worries.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg yeah totally. Friday/Saturday?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Draknek: Sokobond sokobond.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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This Cart Life video is inspiring me to make better and more confident videogames. m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Mgcti9WUEu8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMgcti9WUEu8&gl=GBPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario ha. You're. Or the only one to have used that hashtag.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario You're not, rather. Also, come to DIP tomorrow!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario Drinking In Parks. facebook.com/events/329268953835501/330065080422555/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_mall_activityPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BRKeogh: Ppl feeling like they must caveat talks w/ "I'm not a big gamer" is wot happens when we all introduce w/ "I'm a lifelong ga ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Followup to that I FAKED DEPRESSION FOR MONEY link yesterday picturesforsadchildren.com/post/31927077621Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Man, I don't know any more than you! But I'm enjoying it immensely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs "I got more and more exhausted with acting unhappy and withdrew from the majority of my friends. ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs ... I spent a great deal of time alone and extremely happy" : how is that not great?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Yeah. I can understand that. I like funny/weird internet culture where context dissolves and things are uneasily fake/real.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs So naturally I think it's great. But this coming from a place where I'm personally unaffected by the issues.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Yeah -- I've only seen any of that side after posting the update this morning and going to seek it out. & it is awful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Yeah, I never even considered that he would have asked. But I was lacking the whole Internet Shitstorm context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Mind you, asking would have made them complicit, which would be weird too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore I remember saying that ... 4 or 5 years ago? Still use Audacity pretty much weekly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore Congratulations & good luck on entering the exciting world of Not Working For A Company, by the way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rclarke: Fuck sake twitter. gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/twitter-just-outlawed-animated-gif-avatars/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @docky: If there were a legal limit of $200 of DLC/IAP per game put in place, I wonder who would complain.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths and with a ... slightly beveled ... edge.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky if this rule was in place, how many FTP games would still be viable?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @D_Nye_Griffiths have to get a little creative, but : ---.. --.. --.. --.. --.. -..Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger by Trey Stone and Matt Parker.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris I dislike when my life gets worse because large corporations are being strategic with another. Like, I really dislike it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris I dunno. My life has demonstrably changed since I changed phone chargers to a USB cable & plug from a separate integrated onePermalink Look on archive.org
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Still trying to rename this game. What's best: Here To Help, Their Finger, The Other Person's Finger.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@leonardr It's 2 player local competitive, where you're encouraged to fuck the other person by pressing their buttons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Who thinks they're good at Super Hexagon? Wild Rumpus includes a tournament with a hexagonal prize. twr3.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also jumping on people's heads and making rainbows happen. (that's @FarbsMcFarbs game, Cumulo Nimblers)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also RECURSE (madparker.com/recurse/) , which has actual jumping about. Come along! There will be too many games and just enough booze.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @CultureRamp: "The only thing I can really be an adult about is games. I can be a grown-up about this." @jennatar on game criticism: ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey guess what! I'm presenting a game at Eurogamer Expo! eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-21-eurogamer-expo-indie-games-arcade-line-up-announcedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek @WildRumpus No Joust at this Rumpus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb i Just called that time. But I don't have a convention. Seems useful to have one, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @Draknek @elibrody @KommanderKlobb That's great! Hey, we even have those spare footpedals...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Dick_Hogg: ..I have been busy sourcing hexagonal prizes today...Permalink Look on archive.org
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If anyone here is of a journalistic persuasion & going to Eurogamer Expo, I would love to fight you in A Bastard. Also if you're not.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino who confesses to being anything other than middle class?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DGoodayle kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children/posts/311890 , and then picturesforsadchildren.com/post/31927077621Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry @Dick_Hogg I'll be about in about an hour and a half. Gimme a place!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @PerrinAshcroft ! I'll finally get to meet you?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Coming to terms with my laptop being fucked. It's okay, I'll get it fixed. But for now I am useless, reduced to pecking on an iPad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I need to go fix this A Bastard build! But yes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg it's a lovely day, so park is go. Ravenscourt Park, 3 or 4pm. Will let you know when I'm heading.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke what impossible pattern?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg off to the park now if you wanna join.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg good going. yeah, I will do. Or for a quicker response, I'm at 07962403825.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @docky for a while, I gloried specifically in how empty, boring and endless summer holidays could be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sometimes when I drink awful cornershop wine I think what @awesommelier would think of me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SiriHoho @vetraskr you still about - at ravenscourt, might head your wayPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Dymaxion: Is your country fascist? A 14 point checklist from 2003 looking at Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, &c: bit.ly/3aosswPermalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris oh god, that's terrible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I'm so sorry.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @c_hedborg @tigershungry I could eat food, but I've only just seen this, so will be like 20 mins late.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow was tempted to do something similar with WALL-E. Cut to silent credits after he loses his memory.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @oh_cripes: So I've been working on this for almost a year and a half now. Finally seeing the light of day: autographer.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs seen imagination.is/ ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @TeamUnwinnable @StuHorvath What!? You guys suck. Space is brilliant. ballboy.bandcamp.com/track/a-day-in-spacePermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @garethbriggs Urbex? The bits of Barcelona that Gaudi designed? Burning Man?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I might just do that in Game I'm Not Allowed To Work On Yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @therussmorris This is the value of ambiguous feedback.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @LadyShotgunGame hurrah! I forget if you're about early enough for Wild Rumpus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nyarluu @jonbro It's not that difficult to find -- my mum would make it for us as kids (she lived in Thailand)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nyarluu @jonbro Um. Maybe I'm not helping.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier In the bath again?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth Coloured printing is still rare and expensive. Think Shapeways leads the way on this stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ugh. Just discovered that one of my email addresses had silently stopped forwarding. CONVENIENT!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin If only you could make a thesis out of links to cat pictures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I have to fax this form? On headed paper? What?Permalink Look on archive.org
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No, wait, it's worse than that. I have to fax this form in order to get the other form that I have to fax.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@timoncheese and "sacked" rarely!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KeithOlbermann: Mitt Romney doesn't know why airplane windows don't roll down. Seriously. Deep in this @latimes piece: http://t.co/4 ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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today's a day when supposedly simple things turn out to be an extraordinary amount of effort.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign the process involves faxing them twice! I just want to give them money in exchange for a service - they have no leverage herePermalink Look on archive.org
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Just went down through indiecade.com/2012/games/ and copied half the entrants into one spreadsheet or another.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is how I appreciate videogames.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, that's a great lineup. Both the games I'd heard of and the ones I hadn't. Wish I'd submitted Punch The Custard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 The film makes a whole other world of sense if you read the book first. The book : sincerely fascist. The film : taking the piss.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg that IS good news. But, bad news: your interview audio came out bad! Wanna Skype a version when you're home?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethjenkins left 4 dead did this to great effect in the hospital level.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 I like to be charitable and assume they never knew how.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sarahthehammer @Gillespionage Yeah, but I'm not going to be there, as I'm not. (be there on the weekend, though)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @HilariousCow You guys suck at this. First, you take a popular, possibly old game. Then you reskin it and add a tutorial. Job donePermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp But seriously : yeah, that part is really hard. Especially since the best way seems to be to layer on details.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @smestorp That is the nice thing about being able to make a fun game that you have to explain a lot of.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Videogames are great recently telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-news/9564168/GameCity-Prize-2012-longlist-announced.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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Next game I make isn't going to be a hard-to-sell game that works well at shows. It'll be a hard to sell game that doesn't work at shows.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I, being heartless, cynical and commerical say forget the iPad 1. Also I have an iPad 2.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rclarke: It's free to submit games (one per company) for BAFTA consideration this year. So the nominees should be more varied this year!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ahhh, the creepiness of microphone loopback when you have headphones on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Click click click click. Your own breathing. Someone else's leaking headphones from a long distance away. Echoes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The effect is cooler now I've put Boards of Canada on as well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe There's clearly a particular aspirational bent to the judges picked there, of which he fits in fine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This feels really weirdly metatextual.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I made a playlist of non-pop Karaoke covers ages back open.spotify.com/user/v21/playlist/6mdoMgBy3PwVvvK9OKQDIxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Yeah, it's good if you can minimize that. But it's also kind of in some ways more important than your actual game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Like, I wish their website had more details. I want to find out things like "can I export my purchaser details?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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Gamecity is there to celebrate "cultural confidence"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft I hate most videogame culture, and the better version I do like doesn't need support from wider culture to be worthwhile.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hate most videogame culture, and the better version I do like doesn't need support from wider culture to be worthwhile.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Which isn't to say the good fight can't be fought from multiple angles or for varying reasons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @PerrinAshcroft Yeah, I was trying to invent some subgenres for "indie" games earlier. 'Cuz christ knows we need them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes @PerrinAshcroft @HilariousCow Oh, yeah, totally true. I'm objecting in principle, not in practice. & I loved GC last year.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @retroremakes @PerrinAshcroft @HilariousCow For this it doesn't matter the precise definition, just marketing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @retroremakes @PerrinAshcroft @HilariousCow Yeah, it's getting that way. But it's still very much useful. ie it shifts units.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @Slaktus @retroremakes @PerrinAshcroft @HilariousCow Feel like Kohl in Phonogram, refusing to redefine himself as his identity dies.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @Slaktus @retroremakes @PerrinAshcroft @HilariousCow With the distinction that I'm fine with it -- just want somewhere to go to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp Yeah, that's actually misstated, I think. I want wider support, but I don't see that it comes from co-opting existing authorityPermalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp Needing TV people and authors to tell people videogames are grown up now just means they're not, yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I definitely prefer the latter. As long as the difficult curve is broken in interesting ways. Ridiculous not inconsistent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage @sarahthehammer nice wedging yourself in there, Iain.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I'll take any opportunity to link people to this: whitenoisemp3s.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RomerosSoldier @CultureRamp These things are things I was thinking of when I talked about the good fight.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier We do. The best part is that the most radical games can be the most welcoming.Because they assume you know lessPermalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier I always think of @edclef realising that Proteus didn't need WASD to work, and that his mum could now play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier Yeah, happy not to discuss that question. A lot of it comes down to approach and positioning, not aims, I thinkPermalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier My perspective is someone who makes games (at work and outside), but is still able to ignore most mainstream.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier ...games. I reckon if you can create a viable, interesting culture of games being made, a lot follows naturallyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@CultureRamp @RomerosSoldier but maybe I'm being ungenerous, and counting on things like GameCity to be a natural phenomenon?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang DOES anyone have a checklist of all the game mechanics?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"videogames fundamental characteristic isn’t the game part, but the interaction" - @kierongillenPermalink Look on archive.org
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Minimum : Pixel-art capable graphics card Recommended: Pixel-art-with-filters capable graphics card store.steampowered.com/app/220860/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@flantz @KommanderKlobb Not quite entirely sure where I stand on this, but I ripped that quote from gamesthatexist.com/2012/06/15/buffalo-rat-lion/#comment-282Permalink Look on archive.org
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@flantz @KommanderKlobb which also has "forms names don’t always bear any relation to what the fundamental characteristic of the form are"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami I can't tell if that's a great deadpan or not.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami Which I guess means it really is a great deadpan.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami Anyway, yeah, come to Wild Rumpus, Eurogamer Expo, eventbrite.co.uk/event/4276300530 etc etc etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami London Indies if you're still here/alive on Monday...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethjenkins I wouldn't do that, it's not recommended.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Chris_Jeffery what? UX is user experience.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bentosmile: Kinda lame how dentistry works... You can pay £90 now, or wait 4 weeks and potentially lose the tooth :(Permalink Look on archive.org
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Seems the most authoritative source for todays Game We have Known And Loved is WikiHow. I like this fact.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Of course, the problem with linking to other people's descriptions of folk games is that they always get the rules wrong.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves it's just all the AO, lightmaps, light probes... Anyway, at least there's Proun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@miguelsicart pretty sure some of @increpare's games could be called theorems. Trying to think of who makes vaccines.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@miguelsicart @increpare Appreciatively enough! I don't have the patience or the temperament to play theorems, but I sure am glad they existPermalink Look on archive.org
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@miguelsicart More interesting question is what games could be called vaccines. I've heard Spec Ops maybe tried to be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This shakycam footage of a Withered Hand live gig is the best thing that's happened to me today. youtube.com/watch?v=0G4-DOP1Pd8Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth No, they absolutely do. Combine pure cost, money and time needed to access them and prep time, and they absolutely do.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth One thing that rubs me up the wrong way is blaming large-scale trends on individuals' failings. It's not useful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth Okay, so kids are fat because their parents are bad parents. Why are there more bad parents these days? How can we fix that?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Testflight can resign ipas... But you're still stuck on the hard 100 device per developer account limit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Ooooh, useful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth ... reasonable solution, if expensive as hell. I'll admit to being more interested in the other question, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's a hexagon. twitter.yfrog.com/es261sjjPermalink Look on archive.org
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Operation : Apply Sticky Back Plastic is nearing completion.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pozorvlak: Watching The Room. It's... an uncompromising artistic vision.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Cursing @severalbees for that post about all the details mattering. I mean, she's right. Which is why I'm cursing her.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @edclef I would like to register my interest in food and your birthday.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen not always. Easier to appreciate expensive things... plus I wanna give you more money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn If you can do it once, you can do it again. The power is within you, now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe like... BUTTON?Permalink Look on archive.org
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A story about the best game of Ninja gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/32329539537/fernando-ramallo-on-ninja 2AM, down by the railway track. From @compositeredfoxPermalink Look on archive.org
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Get a phone call, and hence am a couple of seconds slow adding Craig David to this spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At7mag0_WELmdDB0NUM2Nm5PQ09ZM181bDBwQ3RHbXc#gid=0Permalink Look on archive.org
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RE: previous tweet. The worst part is that I have Craig David in my head for nothing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Feeling baller because I changed the default Unity C# script template to include System.Collections.GenericPermalink Look on archive.org
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I like developing for Android (in Unity) because I can safely tab away when it's building. And when I type, it never appears in XCode.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb it's a heavy fucker, isn't it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @SimoRoth huh? It's not sold out -- twr3.eventbrite.com/ (any road, there'll be a few tickets ont he door)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @SimoRoth ah, yeah. There's overflow drinks for that with Midnight Resistance @LewieP was talking about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I'd said by card, but they haven't actually taken any money off me yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@github Really?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Come along, there'll be some tickets on the doorPermalink Look on archive.org
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Ha, just tweeted that DM. Thought only politicians did that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Wild Rumpus is coming. It's soon. It's so soon. I wonder if my co-conspirators have finished setting it up yet?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Eurogamer's guide to this year's Indie Games Arcade (which I am in, hurrah!) eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-28-eurogamers-guide-to-this-years-indie-games-arcadePermalink Look on archive.org
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Well, that went well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Casual shirt, no tie. Not khakis or slacks. Corduroys are nice?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wrote a game idea down, but it turns out lots of people have made lots of awesome looking games with the same idea. Which is OK!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths no idea! But I'll be about this afternoon if you'd like to see A Bastard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh man! Amazing thing that happened last night! @Draknek completed MegaGIRP. Could you credit that such a thing was even possible?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @Draknek I don't think the attempt was filmed. Think @tha_rami captured the moment of victory, though. It took half an hour!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Turns out there's video of @Draknek completing megaGIRP youtube.com/watch?v=p8D8XGQBt3A (And here's what MegaGIRP is vimeo.com/30618991 )Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @StevieB64: @v21 A Bastard is a bastardPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke no.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Eurogamer has been good so far. Met 3 people I've been really looking forward to meeting : @ElectronDance @haikus_by_KN and @arcanekidsPermalink Look on archive.org
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Home drunk. And there's still a mattresses on our living room floor. What's better, Father Ted or Spaced?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp It wasn't a complaint! I tweeted that while rolling about on the floor, stroking Maddie and watching Father Ted.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Demruth @tha_rami @BenKuchera Tech in general has this trend, but new stuff almost always never completely displaces old stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH That's just because cloning is such a huge, unavoidable thing in fashion.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Guess my laptop isn't repaired after all!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sitting crosslegged on the expo floor to make some quick code changes and The Final Countdown comes on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Normally hate this song.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: blog post - groupthink mightyvision.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/groupthink.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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I'm still up! I'm waiting for a bus. Venetian Snares was incredible. I think I'm supposed to be doing things tomorrow morning.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's past 4 am and I have a terrible history of falling asleep on buses.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But I can spam Twitter all I want because no-one is awake.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Will be heading to Eurogamer after I finish this cup of tea.Permalink Look on archive.org
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When I play other people's games I am the worst kind of visitor. Sit down, plunk plunk fail, wander off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Pleasingly, the build I'm leaving the expo with is a fair bit stronger than the one I came with.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ha. A Bastard and Sokobond (which are next to each other) both use the same font. How embarrassing!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs did you see my guess-the-font game which uses the fonts installed on your computer for it's database?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Fuck yeah, I love The Illogical Journey of the Zambonis! rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/30/live-free-play-hard-this-weeks-finest-free-indie-games/ (and by extension @realnoyb and @aliendovecote)Permalink Look on archive.org
