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@HilariousCow @smestorp PLUS it meant they could have a really overblown title sequence.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Yeah, it definitely does. You want a little bit of ceremony.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bentosmile why would anyone need a whole case of groin lotion?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've been looking forward to this game for a while now! Tiny Football Manager Stories by @Oujevipo. oujevipo.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=832:tiny-soccer-manager-stories&catid=38:30-minutes-&Itemid=57Permalink Look on archive.org
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@squidlarkin @smestorp Not quite the same genre, but I really liked being able to happily play Crusader Kings II while ignoring most of it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The advantage of playing the PC build of Super Hexagon is that it reduces the frequency of cat-between-screen. But not to zero.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, I no longer have an iOS device, so there's that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But I did find this, which is is giving me lots of new thoughts and things to read geocities.ws/mystery_zone/bog.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro I did not! I also haven't played Goblet Grotto. I know, I know!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@StuHorvath @Carachan1 Love that: "Unusual, unusual, sincere and disarming combination."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @severalbees Probably me? I ended up talking about penises with @jennatar for like 5 hours.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thegamedesigner but videogames are a terrible way to make a living, and life is large and full of interesting things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Don't drop out of school to make games! Because videogames are an awful way to make a living! You may wish to have ~other options~!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh @PerrinAshcroft @psychicteeth @randomnine Yeah, I'll be there (mebbe a little late, as I have a dentist's appointment)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Jenn, every time I read any of your writing I feel I have to tell you, I am sorry. (I just read your postmortem. It was great.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers I am! I will see you there!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Tomorrow! London Indies! See you all there! (The Crown, Angel, Islington)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @anguaji And I was going back through your tweets to find your Xmas playlist after making mine and wondering exactly that!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Today is my first day working with @gutefabrik !!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @gutefabrik never!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe We still need to make that happen!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @MetzoPaino maybe try ringing them while in a PC World, let them argue it out between themselves.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge We have biscuits?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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So I'm not going to be getting my wisdom tooth out tomorrow, then! A few weeks, then next year for the other one...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Jenn is amazing, and that article makes my face a mess every time I read it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @thacher Pull the emergency bunting to activate teashop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Before I go to the hassle of actually looking on gumtree - has anyone got a cheap/shit bike they want to sell me?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers @Poxican on my way also.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom I have also been considering this. Probably worse for me than for you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino I'm happy enough paying, I just want something I don't need to stress about getting nicked.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A Food Party themed food party where we eat Food Party food and have a party and watch Food Party.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeCavers @Poxican we are both here, at the front of the pub.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress In HTML, it's "★" without the quotes. ☆ for a hollow one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress Oh shit, so it does. I don't know if I was expecting that. I wonder whether it escapes that internally at all...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@banjoses That looks great! I'd be glad to take you up on that offer. Can I come pick it up some time this week or next?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Got another offer, so I'll try that first. But thank you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh @KommanderKlobb oh yes, that DOES look great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@philthe25th @LineHollis seems half the appeal of a dating sim...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catburton hey! I just remembered to remind you to find out what the deal is with Union for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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My professional world and Jedward seem to be intersecting with an odd regularity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite scrap what you've got; submit a tweet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So imagine... zarat.us/olc/pc and blingee.com/ had a baby...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@IanHardingham @Demruth For me, the normal difficulty is without quicksave. Abusing quicksave feels like cheating. Which can be fun, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP It makes multiplayer games a lot more possible to make (as an indie, especially).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mode7games @KommanderKlobb @Demruth @IanHardingham I never had save-anxiety playing Dishonoured. Sometimes QSed, often relied on autosaves.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samjermy87 fwiw, I also think you should cool it with tweeting at people at your jam. Glad it's happening, mind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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REMINDER: A game is some combination of the following indivisable elements: - skeleton - red key - score thing - magic doorPermalink Look on archive.org
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If you see something that looks like a videogame but isn't, you should notify the Police.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hear shouting from the other room. @asponge runs through, hijacks my computer, and shows me this facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=487336257973915&set=a.149218318452379.18773.118201141554097&type=1 I'm hungry.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @D_Nye_Griffiths That they're people, not publications.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr I saw HM as more of a mood piece than a philosophical statement...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees We could all be partying right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So, life update. I work from home and I just found out I have a pair of slipper-socks. The ones with the weird plastic dots on the bottom.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@timoncheese ugh! reminds me of my cousin's stories about working on cruise ships.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wrote about making game creation tools for normal people. nottheinternet.com/blog/creation-tools/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @smestorp Yeah, I also thought that while I was thinking about this. Not a natural fit for the JS direction I ended up at, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TessStenson Ah, I've also got long-johns, so I'm only cold from waist up. Gotta be serious about these things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @D_Nye_Griffiths @Ungapants Right, so it's interesting that they managed to redesign the rules to make it at all playable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @HilariousCow @Ungapants In fact, looking at it, there's no consistent rules I can find, except those kept from Wizard versPermalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @HilariousCow @Ungapants Which is great! Lots of people making their own rules to fix it, in different ways.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @garethbriggs @HilariousCow @Ungapants Also it's great there's a non-playing player. Who can leave the pitch!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@realnoyb @KommanderKlobb I love that game so much. So much.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I just want to be in the world, fuck the puzzles."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ah bugger. For a second there I thought there was another game like Memory Of A Broken Dimension. polygon.com/2012/12/6/3735040/the-fuzzy-noisy-disorienting-game-inspired-by-data-and-moon-landings (But! new footage!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar my pleasure!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge @onelifeleft Ooooh, aaaah, actually I am now tempted. I wasn't before (for Santacon, anyway).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite for real though theamericanscholar.org/soul-food/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite (to be clear, I'm not agreeing with the article, just pointing out that it's a real argument)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Like, Jonathan Jones and everything guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2007/may/17/foodcanbeartisticbutitcaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I think it's amazing how well that show prepared me for adult life.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn Yeah, GMail ignores periods entirely. Weird, huh? (I've been trying to migrate to non-periods)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jwaaaap maaaaan, i never finished Kemonozume, I should watch that again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote ah, of course. thanks, fixed now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am pretty sure I could justify this as a business expense kigu.co.uk/frog.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang Oh! Glad to hear someone else is as far behind as me. I'm just going to check that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh hey, I missed this video of the weekender. Great to see so many friends and so many awesome games vimeo.com/51589823Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am feeling pretty good about this stuffing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy Yeah... I also had the genius idea of using a Mac keyboard on Windows at home.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered @reallyfancy Ah, luckily I stopped using those when I left Linux.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg @guardian It's still "tech".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo whaaaa?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo it is! I did not realize. I am excited for this fact. I just pointed it out to people, but they only cared for German vocabulary.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Flipping out about this Pokemon Yellow hack aurellem.org/vba-clojure/html/total-control.html (thanks @martinhollis)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @rockpapershot remember - keep one hand in your pocket, and the current might avoid your heart.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 SATA is for hard drives.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 plug them in, too. Then slot them in, screw them down.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tassosstevens: Game-changing art tends to emerge from groups of artists, cultures, and scenes rather than individuals anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @garethbriggs Hackspace tomorrow?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I keep checking Sportsfriends. kickstarter.com/projects/gutefabrik/sportsfriends-featuring-johann-sebastian-joust Not quite there yet. But it's close.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Back Sportsfriends, okay? kickstarter.com/projects/gutefabrik/sportsfriends-featuring-johann-sebastian-joustPermalink Look on archive.org
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Also! @mareodomo drew me! mareodomo.tumblr.com/post/37418881983/i-drew-a-bunch-of-my-friends-into-thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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And it turns out @nachimir can write pretty well pastebin.com/rkj8aWeDPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef me too! There's more stuff on the mobygames page... but exactly what the gameplay is remains unclear.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef (Which I think I'm maybe fine with...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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This chicken soup is so good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I forgot how much I enjoyed cooking meat. Guess maybe I'll start buying it again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jwaaaap I know, right? Saw it the other week, I just wanted to stay inside it for longer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo The smell? The fat? The richness? That it comes as a thing which has many parts?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote can you be free of culture, though? Yr own terms isn't free of culture, it just means you're discriminating about which bits.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh Think that's a minigame in the upcoming Frobisher Says DLC.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh I am still mad that PSM doesn't let you do anything with back-touch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh Playstation Mobile. It's their platform for making games for Vita & Sony Android devices.Permalink Look on archive.org
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*whew* Sportsfriends is there. Thank god.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RamiroCorbetta: We're making Sportsfriends!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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That sudden scramble to find some clothes when a Skype call becomes a Google Hangout because the sound quality is bad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty brought to you by the organization that recently had $8.8 billion wiped off it's value due to accounting irregularities.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @Slaktus Some day.... some day I will look at it, and do like a cool data-visualization or something. Maybe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @c_hedborg I find appealing : metadata, the Semantic Web, the Quantified Self, personal analytics, external memory, sousveillance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @c_hedborg I see the fundamental problem with the current erosion of privacy the change in power, not the absolute loss of privacy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @c_hedborg I deleted it so i could add "sousveillance".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @c_hedborg Also we should get together to work this week. My place or yours? What day?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth That's okay, I'm sure Labour will slide all the way over to fill the gap in the right they vacated.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Alright! I'll come over tomorrow. Aim to be about for 10. Remind me your address?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I also love this game blog.radiator.debacle.us/2012/12/tiny-soccer-manager-stories-by-pierre.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft I have a bag of cheaper ones already... but that looks good if not.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom ha, my card doesn't even say what I do... I've stopped bothering to tell anyone my qualifications entirely...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus yup, just slow.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo Understandable! I also like that it usually undergoes more dramatic transformations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 hahahaha, I was just about to quote that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I'm so glad I missed this. I should not be on Twitter in the mornings more often.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN The type = Jean Seberg?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Have you heard/read "From our own correspondent"? It's the Beeb's dedicated feature doing exactly this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth Thursday!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think ReSharper is making me write fancier code. And by fancier I mean less comprehensible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jvdgoot @jennatar Whatever, I still will. 15, watching Secretary with a (girl) friend, when my Dad comes home and starts pootling about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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THIS... THIS is a fucking essay! nightmaremode.net/2012/12/if-gamers-are-the-educated-elite-then-24290/Permalink Look on archive.org
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If gamers are the “educated elite,” then… nightmaremode.net/2012/12/if-gamers-are-the-educated-elite-then-24290/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @smestorp It's kind of a rude thing to ask -- but why chase clicks? It surely isn't your route to fame and fortune as a jounoPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I suck at reading poetry. That said, I'll lend you Real People With Real Lives Don't Need Landscapes, which I love, if you wantPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @smestorp Yeah, that's fair. And that's a proven way to do it. I don't know if Tim Rogers falls into that category.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I mean, I don't try much. But my reading is wrong for poetry unless I trust it before I read it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I read like a skipping stone, is what I'm saying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @smestorp I don't know how much traffic, ie, freeindiegam.es sends about, too, as another model.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @smestorp I've been worrying lately about how insular this little bubble is... big change in thoughts from a few months ago.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @smestorp Thinking about theatre, which is _constantly_ having this argument without itself. How to reach new audiences?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @ElectronDance @smestorp one hopeful part is... at our best, this scene diffuses out into illustration, music, performance...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami why've you blocked spiders from crawling your site? Was trying to find your "Tetris of movies" post, and had a devil of a time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg I think "What's the fucking Tetris of movies, then?" (which thought is a corrupted form of ramiismail.com/2012/11/the-kane-obsession/ )Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @tigershungry "Inside the book there is a QR code"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Can you provide a suitably UK or EEA backstory / concept / voiceover for CUBES?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Paul McCartney to replace Kurt Cobain in Nirvana reunion"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher You heard me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Irritating thing that seems to be new in Unity 4 : You can't create an empty GameObject as the child of an existing one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal I mean, you can. You just press the shortcut, and it's created down the hierarchy, then you move it and reset the transforms.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I hate iTween, have been meaning to check out HOTween. But mainly I just do shit by hand.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adurdin And I have wasted like ... at least an hour, because I didn;t realize I'd forgotten to set the layer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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A Eulogy for Occupy wired.com/opinion/2012/12/a-eulogy-for-occupy/all/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes That's exactly what you want! Just point the mic at them, give them a topic, and let them go (it was a pleasure).Permalink Look on archive.org
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How much would it cost to make a mod for Skyrim, where all the vocals are redone by Brian Blessed?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 oh bugger, I need to go to the post office soon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote I've spent the last 4 years moving from having a job that required a degree to one that doesn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote First job was mostly young Oxbridge grads, I had to dress smart. Now I work from home, with friends, on indie games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe They won't say it's back, they'll just quietly promote a project. (I give it a week between the two)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I tried to buy some boots online, but then I had second thoughts. Now I find I forgot to pay. Now unsure again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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MAN, paying for things online is really evil vs evil vs evil. Really, who is least evil - Amazon, PayPal or Google? None pay tax.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(Answer quick, I wanna play Fotonica)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BinaryTweedDeej Humble Store! Only 3 options!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon okay, done. If they turn out to be the most evil, I blame you entirely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @terrycavanagh: Oh god I just came across someone cool on a dating site who listed VVVVVV in their interests, what do I doPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I don't approve either. But EU law makes that law illegal. But the French already tested the cultural test.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb cultural test is only there to head off a potential EU challenge, not because anyone wants it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I went the longer way in VESPER.5. It was a double-guess, but anyway -- I'll be here for a good while. No point in rushing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"work work" vs "work" vs "just fucking around" vs "chilling"Permalink Look on archive.org
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... going dancing!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal hard enough to tell the differencePermalink Look on archive.org
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Shit! I forgot to gel my hair into curtains!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef It was good for us. Poor old technological elites, what can we do against this tide of real people not giving a shit?Permalink Look on archive.org
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This project was started by someone with more RAM in their computer than me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Christmas is over! (if you want it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I really admire Silver Dollar games. How many games have you made? How many have they made? Exactly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe ha, there's plenty of people slowly going broke out there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Apparently my talk went well? I told games students they should do a bunch of shit. They should! Lots of fun stuff they could be doing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also I mentioned @auntiepixelante and Rise of the Videogame Zinesters and everyone groaned. It's on the reading list, apparently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno Hey, what happened to the transport museum?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress generalized (reasonably enough) via Trivers on Parental Investment, socially accepted because it fits "common sense".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I've been leaving more and more tweets untweeted recently. I don't think it's good for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I don't know. It's as much failing to confess weaknesses as holding back on attacks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want fried chicken, but it seems like 2 nights in a row would be too many...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Starseed Pilgrim is really interesting. I fear I'll never find out what the things that take 3 keys do, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @R_Mark_Faulkner The trick is, if you plagiarize obscure enough things, and enough things at once...Permalink Look on archive.org
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a comic that is about what a lot of people feel this time of year beatonna.tumblr.com/post/38123295638/i-made-a-comic-that-is-about-what-a-lot-of-peoplePermalink Look on archive.org
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Mozilla is the coolest organization. blog.mozilla.org/gameon/2012/12/12/its-december-make-hackable-games/Permalink Look on archive.org
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(although I strongly disagree with lots of webmaker.org/en-US/events/guides/game-jam/#overview those are cultural differences, and I love the motivations that caused it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamdanw That schedule leaves me enthusiastic and devoid of cynicism. Seriously, it sounds great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am ... going to stay in all of the first weekend of next year and watch old children's TV. Who wants to join me? forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=62976407&postcount=73Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage awww, poor you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef pastebin.com/wn9d6WFu doesn't do what you want, but hides other crap.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef yeah, just find their unique class, and add a display:none !important (then tell me, so I can block 'em)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ADAMATOMIC: your annual reminder that you're doing your platformer gravity/jump code wrong niksula.hut.fi/~hkankaan/Homepages/gravity.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Holla! (I've not been in years)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyone have much advice on JS game engines? Looking for something with an entity-component system, not too magical, commonly used.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Apparently I bought "Transformers : Dark Side Of The Moon" on YouTube in October. I didn't even know you could buy things on YouTube?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 nope!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage Though I couldn't find any money disappearing from my bank account, so...?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 Actually, tell a lie, I did attach one to my account. Mystery explained!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @WonderlandBlog I wonder where we will go when Twitter finishes killing itself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft Think it's a US/UK cultural thing, above all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @jennatar @docky @WonderlandBlog No, but I would, seriously, enjoy hanging out on IRC again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I spent some time last week destroying all of the timeScale stuff in this codebase, and managing it all myself instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I also never quite get on with co-routines for game logic (only really using them for cheap-and-nasty-and-fake threading).Permalink Look on archive.org
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Let's see if Get On Top (foddy.net/GetOnTop.html) does for @tigershungry's moaning what Super Hexagon did for @jennatar's monotone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I want to make a plankton game!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth I love the usual line : "was aimed at helping workers and businesses."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef seems like the magic line is " .promptbird-below-black-bar {display:none !important}"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow oh, also fuck iTween.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth who's "us", Mr Small Business Owner?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign @SimoRoth I was just teasing, I don't think Simon's gone evil.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign @SimoRoth But it's easy to have your views slip across as your circumstances and perspective changes. Without even noticing!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just spent 15 minutes resisting the temptation to tear it apart, and glue it back together again. Time well spent!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @quirksilver: Any rad game companies in London/South East need a contract Flash developer to help them make rad games? I can make rad ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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The anesthetic is wearing off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KBsGameTOILET Did you see sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/12/17/sesames-best-practices-guide-for-childrens-app-development/ ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @chessmartinez: DLA fraud costs £65 mil a year. DLA 'reform' costs £710 mil. And Govt are paying Atos £100bn to help them save a £5 b ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's @smestorp's new game. mightyvision.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/corrypt.html All his other games are great, but this one is a bastard.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Aw! This interface has suddenly come together! But my mouth hurts when I smile.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge this is the problem with not getting excited for things in advance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge also : I like : Luftrausers, Samurai Gunn, all of Sportsfriends (including Tennnes), Kentucky Route Zero (so lush).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @D_Nye_Griffiths "she's all grown up!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @D_Nye_Griffiths Websites counting down the days until <x> is legal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @infovore WHOA!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes oooh, that sounds like a dangerous road to tread. Do your website hits lead to validity?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes I mean, I also have a lot of distaste for "REAL indie developer" talk from anyone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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#whatdoesagamedesignerlooklike nottheinternet.com/files/maddie.png #alsoacatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @idlethumbs Cart Life is a great game. A seriously great game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 "Yep, all I want for RPS in 2013 is that they hire Cara full-time" :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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'He said anyone without a job after [letting the government track their Internet usage] would be lacking "imagination"' telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9757895/Government-to-spy-on-computers-of-the-jobless.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh are you sure those aren't TOO fluffy?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@wellinformatted yes! I see code, I see a mishmash of interacting bools, I make an enum and switch between states.Permalink Look on archive.org
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In ... about 6 minutes... the days start getting longer. I am looking forward to it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Friend of a friend is making this game InFlux. Looks lovely, like a 3D NightSky. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92911221Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH Roll on the Humble store opening up for everyone to use.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH Yeah, I know what you mean. But practically, it's the simplest way to get a good experience for users.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH (er, assuming you're uncomfortable with having a single page for all users. Which is an understandable discomfort)Permalink Look on archive.org
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This song has a sample which sounds like someone in rubber shoes squeaking as they run around an indoor gym. I keep turning round.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH ahhh, I hadn't heard that. The single page thing was talking about the solution you proposed to get around BMTMicro's awfulness.Permalink Look on archive.org
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:D @smestorp 's Corrypt got on RPS rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/20/michael-brough-is-corrypting-us-all/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hahaha... at the very end of a call discussing a promising new UI : "Guys, I just got the build open! How do I <accomplish the task>?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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What's going to be least unpleasant: going to the shops now, or going tomorrow morning?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Goddamn! After That Day I Discovered How This Madness Works, it turns out there was documentation!?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro (But yeah, the trick is that alpha channels are ignored unless the flattened image is entirely opaque)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@raiganburns @number108 I keep seeing four-dotted ellipses. I Don't Get It.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I have been inspired. To dress like a twat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Dancing was great. The best bit was @severalbees standing incredulously, mouthing "what is this shit" through all of Fairytale of New York.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also lovely : the toilets were labelled "toilets" and "toilets with urinals". (It was a queer night, yes)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: I LOVE YOU.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: GOOD LUCK.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: ALWAYS LOVED YOU. WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: GOODBYE:Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: REMEMBER TO BREATHE.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: YOU ARE ONLY BEING BORN.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @BARBELITH: PREPARE FOR DOWNLOAD.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Our sentence is up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @ammonite I told you guys about the Artemis caravan/bridge Tom at Hackspace was building, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @ammonite And built in smoke machines and alert lights and everything. (We should have it for <secret thing>)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bhmwong What time were you dim-summing? I've got a birthday party to go to...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bhmwong well that's just typicalPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin which is weird, because geek culture is, as the name suggests, culture.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow would be interested in your opinions on this v21.tumblr.com/post/38552224808/masterpieces-of-interaction-designPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I'm happy for you. Please ignore me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @HilariousCow I honestly do think of videogames as primarily interaction design. Uh, but the thing about the controllers is stupid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @HilariousCow That's reasonable, but I think there's still good things to be said of the interface.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @HilariousCow The description lines, the depth of detail exposed, the range of verbs available...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @HilariousCow but with vidyagames, there's no clear line between interaction layer and world layer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @HilariousCow I've never actually played a videogame, I just talk about them on the internet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've never actually played a videogame, I just talk about them on the internet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish Unity's WWW class was less crude.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @nachimir My bone was the idea that the physical interfaces to the games were not crucial to the games themselves.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @nachimir @edclef Excellent points! I do dig the attempt to put the games in a deliberate weird museum context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @nachimir @edclef And it's not that games ignore the art world... those that come from it, engage. But on equal terms, now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've just about got time for another game of Clairvoyance before I go out. Challenge me if you play, I'm v21.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic Let's go! (Good game! You really turned the tables there)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic still don't have a good counter to nade-on-head. But that worked out okay anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic that was hilarious! we both should have had the sense to avoid dying that last turn, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Minkette @edclef @HilariousCow It would totally look cool. I keep thinking of the chunky, colourful GameCube controller.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Minkette @edclef @HilariousCow and yeah, but that's more functional than the original (for keyboard games).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @nachimir @Minkette @edclef @HilariousCow Does Babycastles suit that subversion more than the more "professional" WR events?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Minkette @edclef @doougle More boringly: They talk about interaction design, but what would happen to uk.guides.ign.com/guides/17012/page_3.html ..Permalink Look on archive.org
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Karaoke was a good idea.Permalink Look on archive.org
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My only regret is that there won't be fried chicken at the end of this bus journey. But that's a very minor regret.Permalink Look on archive.org
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If you karaoke & there's only 3 of you, you can be fearless when you pick songs. This is how I learned "Help The Aged" is great for karaoke.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@leighalexander doesn't everyone? ... though, thinking that through - do they?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Demruth See, I initially found IGTM frustrating because it didn't show process. Then I relaxed and enjoyed it for the film it was.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Demruth (Not seen the Minecraft of DF stuff, so won't comment on that) I saw IGTM as about the emotional journey, rather.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Who should I be following on tumblr that I'm not?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek @smestorp that doesn't explain why you found out about my dodgy shader code months before anyone else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jmickle_ way ahead of youPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @Slaktus Modulation by Dots?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge no it's notPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway it all went wrong for me. (but yes, good game!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RudolfKremers Of course we do. All these years, all this work -- we're all here to craft The Ultimate Game, then we'll destroy our workingsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth @edclef @compositeredfox I got quoted 3 thousand dollars for v21.com, and it's tempting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky but on the other hand, I've developed a real distaste for *stuff*. (But you're right)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe never too early!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @docky or you could download them and put them on a USB key... (might be twice the price, so you can also send an unredeemed code)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario oh, nicePermalink Look on archive.org
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I've actually played 4 out of 5 of these! They're sublime. freeindiegam.es/2012/12/best-of-2012-edutainment/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to talk art someone about my mouth for a while. I have questions about my teeth.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ZOMGitsBC my teeth are a mess. No-one would call them art.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ragzouken it was a typo! I'm just rolling with it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ragzouken I started today reading Yahoo Answers about my mouth. I don't want to start tomorrow that way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Literally just had family friend tell me about how big the prawns were when she was abroad. All I could hear was "quality of life, Stu".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami I'm going to claim my choice there was entirely skill. Rematch?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Clairvoyance: I rarely bother taking initiative. And feel like healing is usually too laborious & predictable to be worth it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Feels like the most important thing is just facing the right direction.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just got back from a long walk, eating some soup and reading an email from a friendly, trustworthy tech guy. So amazingly relaxing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Sounds like they're hiding loading periods rather than anything else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP what else would you do, if the loading took longer than expected?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I mean, I agree with you here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP It's not just graphics, though. Often you could optimize loading times, but at the cost of more bugs and slower interation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I usually fall onto the side of interesting and broken than polished and safe. Which this isn't, quite.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @number108 I liked your novel/autobiography, but I once met you in real life and you were a dick.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 @Carachan1 Both of these things were probably true! Also we only spoke for like, a minute.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 @Carachan1 Also, I recognized you based on your descriptions of yourself, which impressed me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 @Carachan1 GDC last year, at ... some kind of somewhat corporate party/mixer/thing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 @Carachan1 I think it was the one where getting in was an elaborate problem-solving exercise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 @Carachan1 I think it was the bits of real gold in your glasses that tipped me off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @number108 @jennatar hm, good point, I felt like that after I finished binging on those, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Clairvoyant should be free-to-play. But you gotta pay to have more than one game running at a time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic Also it should run in a web-browser. And you should be able to send people a link to the game + invite. Also, we get grandfatheredPermalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic yeah, also, the alerting of new moves (ie in another game) needs more. Also, yeah, I wanna chat without tying to moves.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic speaking of which... "I'm waiting, Gordon... in the testing chamber"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robrotic oh damn, that feeling of "I could go this way or that way. Which we he think?" and being wrong. Why'd you think that way?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 but the main guy is pretty cute, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow but unit testing will tell you when you break it later. But this'll silently break when you add the interconnectivity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow which is fine, I'm very skeptical of the value of unit testing in games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg Oh, it is awful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm imagining doing a thing at NYU Game Center and getting a @rachelelm poster made up as a result. That would be amazing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Sounds good to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I read this just to disagree with it: mode7games.com/blog/2012/12/27/dont-design-around-a-payment-model/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @ADAMATOMIC dude, I failed that challenge like a week ago ("v21")Permalink Look on archive.org
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Last night I won a small candy pig by finding a almond in my rice pudding. But then I forgot the pig.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This difficulty spike and accompanying grinding may be thematically meaningful, but it's still an arse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I will fight you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I will go, and I will wear a tux.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @iamdrdee: Worst Christmas Present ever... a Bonnie Tyler sat nav. It keeps telling us to turn around and every now and then it falls ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mcclure111: There's a thing I feel like I keep noticing but not seeing commented on where trans people are way, way more likely to b ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mcclure111: Heh I make that last tweet and two separate people immediately @ me about CyberqueenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad to carry everywhere, or for taking photos at particular times and places? Why not just a phone?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I should write a post applying David Graeber's Debt to Mother 3. The introduction of money as loss of innocence... the myth of barter...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Arndreth well, I should learn to count to three... (great game - a real rollercoaster of emotion...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Goddaaamn, I want to play Cosmic Encounter now. Damn you, @Carachan1.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh well, guess I'll just play Mother 3 in bed instead. ~such a hard life~Permalink Look on archive.org
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Want to play Clairvoyance, but I already have 8 games going...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef I just submitted some back for you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hoorah! Moaning on Twitter solved my problem! Now I only have 7 matches going! (Rematch, @edclef?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @edclef @Poxican I'd want to make a game with just the AO pass rendered. Shame it still needs a fucktonne of art time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @edclef @Poxican What, assets and placement and everything? But yeah, lowpoly stuff can work too -- realtime David O'Reilly style.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GIFmodel: gems behind every link! catsbyfrancy.com/TheParents.html RT@despens "LAFAYETTE, LA OFFICER WITH HIS KITTEN" catsbyfrancy.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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"My central belief is that the key to aesthetics is coherence" files.davidoreilly.com/downloads/BasicAnimationAesthetics.pdf (I agree, I agree, I agree)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe That got me started nicely, yeah. Learn the details of rules of crate-throwing, lasers, etc. Lose some matches.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe Took me a while to internalize movement, realize quite how far you could travel, advantages of higher ground, etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 How on Earth would she have heard of those?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 It's a problem I've been thinking about generally. My stepmum talked about loving Machinarium, so I got her Botanicula & Proteus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 ... and besides: If I was her kids I'd still wanna kill things in vidyagames. I mean, your Gaming Made me was Tomb Raider.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Well done everyone for trying to communicate honestly about the things they like while having an open mind to others' pleasures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 She seems like she's making an honest attempt to navigate across a unfamiliar and uncertain landscape.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 She has specific concerns which she is specifically trying to mitigate. But is unsure of the broader picture, and aware of that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 To which end, she spends a week engaging with them and attempting to understand more (also playing with her sons)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 This is an active and nuanced argument for people that talk about games all bloody day, so I have a lot of sympathy for her.Permalink Look on archive.org
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If any form of media fucked me up as a kid, it was reading old sci-fi books.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I Was Unpopular As A Child And The Resulting Need For Inclusion Has Fueled Many Of My Later Professional Successes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @Carachan1 (children's friends, rather, which is somehow less awful)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @Carachan1 I forgive the reckoning, because if I don't know, why should she? And the moralizing, because it's a columnist.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: A real-world Katamari rolled from a LEGO block core by @severalbees and @v21. They ran out of tape after rolling George htt ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @jwaaaap @aliendovecote for real, though bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12202880 bordeaux-undiscovered.co.uk/blog/2012/03/mystery-wine-from-the-titanic/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow nice, that took me a fair bit of hassle when I got that working before.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @doougle @smestorp I think it's important that "installation games" is it's own category. You might be able to port them, but...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @doougle @smestorp ...inherently, physical and temporal proximity is needed to play them. System requirements, on the box.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @doougle @smestorp And yeah, there should be more events, everywhere. But that's not the root of the problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Goddamn, @Carachan1, goddamn! unwinnable.com/2012/12/31/my-games-of-the-year/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wonder what proportion of three letter acronyms I find semantically meaningful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered I think we could estimate it reasonably accurately with a random sampling, to be fair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Laughing like a mad thing at @kierongillen's take on Diablo 3 in his end-of-year RPS thing rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/31/the-player-who-is-gillen-of-games-2012/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway If it has line of sight, you could do infrared -- hack apart a remote control keyfob (about $20) and learn.adafruit.com/ir-sensor ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway there's actually a cheaper remote on that page, depends on size/shape. And MacBooks usually have IR receivers built in.Permalink Look on archive.org
