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Merry Christmas everyone!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh Same here - same motives and inclinations. I have been wondering if there is an element of practice involved.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh Not practice to make games-with-story, but practice to think of stories and their games, to operate in that mode.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@maradydd now it's a known thing, it works both ways...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge if you get to work naked, I get to sing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @asponge Going off the approximate time, "She's Losing It"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo @terrycavanagh Maaaaan, that's clearly not the case. So many counter-examples. Exhibit A: Jonas Kyratzes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth I think that's the point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs I have hacked electronics and have a degree in Cognitive Science. I have no concrete advice for you, but happy to talk.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: I'm frantically juggling things here (e.g. a press kit) but consider this a press release/reminder: Proteus Steam January 20 ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Doesn't OnGUI get called for every input, ie, faster than framerate if necessary? Listen there, process in FixedUpdate?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs I've not actually gotten to play myself -- but broadly yes. Single point EEG, easily confused by facial muscles. But yes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs A cheap one of those would be where I'd start. Known quality, trodden path. Don't know how easy it is to get data from 'em.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs I've seen people playing with them at the Hackspace before -- might be worth prodding the mailing list?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I should probably write this at some point, just so I can use it everywhere. Feels like another step towards functional prog..Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Am I missing something, or is that stupid?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe It feels like this should be listed as a box feature. "• 0 Steam Achievements For You To Collect!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes Sticks and face buttons are decent enough. The shape is awkward for the shoulder buttons & triggers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes Awkwardly placed laptop touchpad (but that's probably okay), D-pad as bad as you'd expect. Seems solid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes Oh yeah, I'm not a fan of the triggers either. But obviously haven't used it in anger.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen Of course you value things you worked hard to see more!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen But then there's ie Botanicula, which hands you delight after delight on a plate.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But I don't WANNA implement key repeat!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@imaginary_lines Really not sure that's a medical fact.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy Stop. Cook some food, take a shower, go for a walk or something.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 I should actually get round to playing that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 (Don't see why it doesn't make sense: I imagine it's pretty successful at evoking the work of Marguerite Duras in interactive form)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke my favorite people!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh That seems like an entirely wise call.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's hard and pointless to boycot Amazon. libcom.org/library/boycotting-amazon-boycotting-ukuncut-or-why-thin-understanding-post-fordist-capitalism-fPermalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam @hannahnicklin Yes they do. For CloudFront, for example, it's $0.00000075 for a HTTP request, and $0.120 per GB transferred.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam @hannahnicklin Unless you mean it doesn't count because it's not you that's getting charged? How much indirection makes it okay?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam @hannahnicklin Like, would that argument make it fine to boycott them, but use a reseller of their services? I honestly don't know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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In this dream I explained the structural similarities between the cast of Homestuck and players in Dota matches and drank Mint Julep.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam @hannahnicklin How effective can a (ultimately consumer) boycott of AWS be? (Amazon as a whole is, yes, different)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam @hannahnicklin I mean, Heroku couldn't boycott Amazon, as their business plan is built on them. Google is just as problematic.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also: My new plan of having Radio 4 go off as a secondary alarm to chase my dreams away seems to work!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lawnjam It's technically possible (and I did not know of Eucalyptus). But it's their business plan that's built on Amazon, just as much.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry YESPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry can I adopt your socks?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I'm sorry, but I can't take seriously anyone who puts climate change in scare quotes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Music is great, isn't it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Ah, memories of that 1500-line PHP switch statement I was once intimately familiar with... (not my fault)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb (it's fine if you do it lots in a single switch, and you fall immediately through. But some logic, then fall-though...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @docky @nickludlum Seems like an enum and a switch statement (calling single functions) would be clearer?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Hm. Do you need to query state? Seems that's a bit messier with yr delegate machinery.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @HilariousCow @nickludlum I think of programming language features as treats I occasionally allow myself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Yeah, the sanest place is in the logic for what states you can go into- s'what makes it a state machine, if you think about itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow no nicer than if (state == StateEnum.Thrusting) : and that's more familiar, to boot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Which I just discovered C# prohibits! <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Yeah, the tag system could be a lot more useful. There's extensions available, but they all seemed a bit wank last I checked.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage "Mother Rogue"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg I went to Kew yesterday. There was a tartan cactus!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Yesterday I saw a tartan cactus! flickr.com/photos/estherase/3489172842/ (not my photo, but it's the same plant)Permalink Look on archive.org
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S'called Euphorbia obesa, succulent fans! (I was wrong about the cactus part)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LineHollis It's hard especially when "release" is ill-defined. And playing earlier versions isn't the only way to get preconceptions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg No, actually... Nils gets to invent the plants, I just get to code UI. :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Yeah, totally. It's a shame we had to rush past, as the greenhouse was about to close.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is great clairehosking.tumblr.com/post/39546112838/playthings by @hoskingc on fun vs art, sex vs depth.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"It's rare to find anyone who owns a pet rabbit in Ohio and even rarer to find one who dresses theirs in handmade frocks."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe make it happen, thenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @Slaktus verrrrry nice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am completely onboard with Eric's line of thinking. Sensible, practical responses to bewildering things is my line.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish there were more adult TV shows that calmly deal with an inexplicable premise in a really ordinary way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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That guy... that guy is Rick Dagless. Man!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Megabyte, I'm scared! What's happening to me?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aIexmoyler Tomorrow People is on CITV.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon Beautiful. You should go minimal interactivity, just make that render on the fly, infinitely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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What's really remarkable about marklynas.org/2013/01/lecture-to-oxford-farming-conference-3-january-2013/ is that it was triggered by a Guardian comments thread.Permalink Look on archive.org
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stuck stuck stuck stuck**~Permalink Look on archive.org
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The fundamental problem with advertising is that I don't really want stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry User review: "We just endured our first squishy baff. Terrible. Messy. Expensive. Never again"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @christinelove Might be because floats can have positive and negative zero, so +0 is larger than -0, but (+0)-(-0) < FLT_EPSILONPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @christinelove (That's a guess, by the way)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Cut my hair, showered, shaved, brushed my teeth, cleaned my glasses, put on fresh clothes, tidied my room.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus OnTriggerEnter, & check that it's the right trigger in the body of the method, if you don't want to attach a script to the trigger.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Think that turns it off in the physics engine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus OnTriggerStay will get called on the trigger-script. Or add in OnTriggerEnter, remove on OnTriggerLeave (can go wrong).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus It gets called for every collider staying in the trigger every frame. Can't recall if before or after Update.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Never thought I'd see Barkley Shut Up And Jam used to disguise spam rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/04/slave-of-god-review/#commentsPermalink Look on archive.org
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I made a pixel font because I was supposed to be doing useful things. nottheinternet.com/blog/fiona-font/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Making fonts is really satisfying. Any advice for friendly tools for making non-pixel fonts?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Poxican thanks! Yeah, all from scratch. Really fun to tweak everything til it's just right.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Look, ma! I'm in a music video! youtube.com/watch?v=XS3xQwCQU9EPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar shut uuuuuup. Anyway, you're losing sight of the important thing, which is how cute Maddie is (Maddie is the cat).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Weirdly enough, I find Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant works really well. Might just be for me, that one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Also Titus Andronicus. And recently Turing Machine (thank @kierongillen for that).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino what's juvenile about breasts?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @HoneyTribeStu it is happening. By which I mean, I'm going.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Is it out yet? (I have played it, it's got some breathtaking moments)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Wait, scrub that, it is out. :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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Kentucky Route Zero is out! kentuckyroutezero.com/ Some real magic in this.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I will also be prepared to bet a considerable sum of money that they get nominated for an IGF award in a few hours.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher Never played the Walking Dead. The best comparison is probably a Coen brothers film...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Today? Not sure exactly...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom Once set in Covent Garden and counted. 1/3 of people walking past were interacting with their phones in some way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @aeiowu It works on me. I see a site like that, I trust the creators with bold and clear visual design in-game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes That's not true at all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen ENTIRELY DESERVEDPermalink Look on archive.org
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Man... comparing the Wild Rumpus List with igf.com/2013/01/2013_independent_games_festiva_2.html ... there's a lot of overlap!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Well done everyone! I am tempted to just go through the list of games I am excited by on there and yell about each in turn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP And Vesper.5! & Starseed Pilgrim!Permalink Look on archive.org
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CART LIFE! CART LIFE!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Told you so about Kentucky Route Zero.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Every game on the IGF finalist list (that I've played, obvs) I would recommend without hesitation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty But do you regret any of them?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I've got nothing to say, but I wanted to say I'm listening, I'm here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote @Pisscress via ~~~~~(viaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths I read this tweet. I get "Park Life" in my head for the 4th time this evening. It's just subsided when: I hit the caption.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I SAID that. And then I started a podcast, and needed iTunes installed so I could let iTunes users listen. :/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @Carachan1 I remember I used to have a Windows computer, use Foobar2000 and was happy. Wait, I have Windows again! For YEARS now?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef whatevs, like, you can barely see Europe from that shotPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef Madagascar!? BORINGPermalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs I had no idea you worked at Endemol!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef I'm going to go watch the ISS live feed now. Normally I hope it's on interiors, but I'm aching for Earthrise now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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You know that bit in Friends? When they suddenly realize they all have full-time jobs and suddenly rush out the cafe? I feel like that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tiedtiger I mean, it's not just UK indies, but that's what I'm doing this year. If it's cheaper than Indie Hostel, it's not by much, thoughPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @docky Like, shows about turning into dogs, or swallowing fish that make your penis turn into a propeller, or Roman spaceships!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @docky (those were "Woof!", an episode of Round The Twist called "Whirling Derfish" and "Aquila")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @docky I am not sure the cause is ever explained in "Woof!". It's just a thing that happens, and everyone just deals.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar what? noooo! But... Charlie and Lola!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @tigershungry whaaaaaaaaaaat! (actually I had no dim sum and little Thai food)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @tigershungry Also I am staying til like .. Wednesday? Let's all do a hang.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand Man, is this nostalgia? I mean, I guess it once was... it feels like the future to me, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think what's "current" is a simultaneously contextless jumble of stuff & "content" and heartfelt sincerity. Like reading Twitter or TumblrPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I don't think it's bad, though! I think it's actually a really successful strategy for dealing with All This Shit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno I just checked, and nope! I don't have Office installed on this computer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno Creative WriterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @whatisian I think of it as the 0th world?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BaronVonMonster @LeadHyperion Many I've been to just ask/assume people have laptops. Which they generally do. Power, seats..Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BaronVonMonster @LeadHyperion TIGJAM UK survives past it's 7th iteration in a cafe with fucked internet. Wouldn't even stress the wifi.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Article about personalities in vidyagames called "Molyneux, Notch, Anthropy: why gaming’s new cult of personality is good for the industry"Permalink Look on archive.org
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Only mention of Notch is that he has a hat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang c'mon, it's not like you want to read that shit, either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @doougle Especially that the effort I put into making games seems to have no, or negative, correlation to their popularity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty Encouragement that people are nice, will usually respond, it's worth reaching out, seriously, stop putting it off, it's okayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg aw man! Now I've read the Tigsource post on the IGF results!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SeeBeeWhitman @doougle @ellaguro @smestorp Well. Often enough it rewards those whose vision just happens to match the zeitgeist.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @doougle @ellaguro I might be wrong, but it seems more by luck than either of your designs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn @smestorp @doougle verrry good point. My stupid easy quite-successful game was Punch The Custard. Has the same thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy Yaaaaaay! Shaders are really fun! (I should learn more, make more non postprocessing effects shaders)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy They're like writing really low level code, except they never get long and all your state gets thrown away every frame.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn @smestorp @doougle Exactly Brandon! Your idea should be novel but accessible, and fit in under 140 characters!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro @doougle @smestorp I genuinely see marketing as a primarily creative act. I blame reading the KLF's The Manual young.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @smestorp @ellaguro & given it unavoidably exists you can try to design for it/with it, or you can ignore it and hope.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@d6 @mcclure111 @ellaguro @doougle @smestorp hey! my peer group is IGF types! Why can't they be a real audience? Maybe I wanna be insular!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp For sure, for sure! But there's too much noise, too much movement in the market/scene to replicate any previous approach.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@d6 @doougle @mcclure111 @ellaguro @smestorp There's also only a loose connection between critical & financial success.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Apropos of a long Twitter discussion about accessibility, here's the least accessible game I've ever made: nottheinternet.com/games/assembly/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @doougle I'm not sure that's true at all. Open to being persuaded otherwise, but really wouldn't assume so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro @doougle @smestorp The creation doesn't, no. But the context will influence players -- and you can design the context (a little).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro @doougle @smestorp Oh, totally agreed. I might be arguing against a strawman here - that you should ignore this while creating.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AbleGamers ha, I didn't even think about that sense of the word... though I was just thinking that it should've had audio...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@getdizzzy oh! thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno Yeah, I was looking forward to going to the Transport Museum recently... but then some INCONSIDERATE FRIENDS went without me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno No, it's not. It's from A Boy And His Blob, a commercial title for the Wii. Also notice that's a dialogue to delete save data.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Unity3d question! What the quickest way of making a new GameObject as a child of another GameObject (same layer, centered, scaled etc)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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ie I swear I used to just press Ctrl-Shift-N with the parent selected. But that doesn't work now. :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign @Arndreth Ah, sorry, yes, I meant in editor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Arndreth That might be nicer than setting everything manually. Still a PITA to have to clear the components by hand, though. :(Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I take issue with the line "shipping a game is way easier than realizing a game", though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths clearly I would!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @LewieP "Monopolies" were originally along those lines. "rent-seeking" is another terms that springs to mind. But no.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catburton @reallyfancy another tip! Most of the work is just getting them configured properly, passing the right parameters in etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @c_hedborg Raycast is much more expensive. Rule of thumb: maths is cheap! Interfacing with other systems is expensive!Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is the best fanfiction I've ever read ymarkov.livejournal.com/280578.html (better than HPMOR, yes)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @HilariousCow I've become more and more of a fan of flat unaliased gfx recently. Kentucky Route Zero is a recent example.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pixelplacement @runonthespot but I'm using NGUI now! Oh! There IS a shortcut! Amazing. Thank you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo you will? or you should, at least.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo but, like, it's the same with most details. The gestalt matters, so you gotta care about details though no-one else will.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo like, if I make this UI element take a frame longer to appear, no-one will care but me. But a snappy UI is important.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo I think this is one of the senses of the word "professionalism". To be thorough even when you've stopped entirely caring.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo Now I'm thinking of All-Star Superman. It's the texture of the mythologies, the humanizing detail.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Is that a new record? I got paid 6 minutes after submitting an invoice.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo I only read it recently. I grew up on Grant Morrison, but haven't followed for years now. (But he's always been a weirdo).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge why do you never do these things when you're at the flat? I could really do with a french fancy right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge we already had this discussionPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke they have a point though. And it is Not A Fresh Argument and Battle Lines Are Already Drawn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm just lowering myself into the bathtub now... imgur.com/gallery/wGUTGPermalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr you're a better man than me (first draft of this tweet read "fuck youuuuuuuuuuuu", but I thought better of it.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@marksteward @fridgehead Spacegame 3000Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steishere I waited til I had something to make with mine. Now I have two, and I haven't yet made anything with them. They're neat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @daniel_barker: I’m considering the merits of prison libraries. Pros: prose. Cons: cons.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am now about to attempt to code a circle with more than 360 degrees. I am delighted by the prospect.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @st33d @HilariousCow @terrycavanagh Thirded! I once won it as the prize for making the best robot. Proud!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow assassin game? tell me more detailsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Ah, I don't agree. Make a single page tumblr! Slap yr shit in divs, then position them absolutely (if you must).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky You go to edit it, apply a theme, then you can click to edit the HTML. You can also create static pages as well as the usual posting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Still can't download my old tweets. Guess they rushed that out before Christmas for a subset when it still wasn't scalable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky Yeah, I've edited most of the themes for the tumblrs I've put up, if only a little. v21.tumblr.com/ gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/ etc etcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky thewildrumpus.co.uk/ is a tumblr too, and is even more site-like.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I mean, I actually host my blog myself, using Jekll. But that's not a recommendation. Code seems doable: words.joshuahiggins.com/post/35679859686/getting-ugly-with-code-prettifyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow what do you mean, how you it scan? you can use the uncalibrated projector to send the calibration signal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow You don't need the same lens. You can put the camera next to it, then use the moving registration grid seen at the start.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Think of how the Kinect does it, with the IR dots and the nearby camera.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite very delicately put!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow but... surely it's still using the resistive input? So by the time you feel the button, you've already pressed it. Useless.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg haha, that's greatPermalink Look on archive.org
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The Amazing Dr Nim has an amazing instruction manual v21.tumblr.com/post/40193441416/the-amazing-dr-nimPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pozorvlak: Let's make 2013 the year of Feminism on the Desktop!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus So, either approach it like I do graphics -- I can't draw so I do as little as possible, but make it _good_. Or get someone in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@webbedspace @aliendovecote roll-neck sweater is?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules @NoJokeTooNiche yeah! That sounds great! Let's.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules already done!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @SimoRoth @iainlobb It does allow opposition. But only through "no true Scotsman". Perfect feminism is never attained. It's OK w mePermalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke How else would you get to be first?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge so, if I had shit tons of arms... I think I'd just fold 'em up. Not pluck loads of imaginary apples the whole time. & hold my thighPermalink Look on archive.org
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Thought of an idea for a twine game, but it was howling dogs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Why is it more expensive to go to the cinema than to go see stand-ups? How does this make sense?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Hm. Fair. (This was spurred by comparing wegottickets.com/event/197747 vs sacking off work and going to the Genesis this afternoon)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Yes, definitely let's leave the EU, that's not a stupid idea at all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP That does actually sound great to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge Hm. It is true that I like comfy chairs... and it's also true we don't have any at home. Also, want to come along to comedy?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar bring back the CCA!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths What about the missed opportunity for a productive conversation on --- fuck it, what's the use?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang I am imagining what this post would look like rewritten by a marketing/analyst type, with the tone flipped to positive.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Feeling uninspired. Send me pictures with lots of texture and detail and different colours in to test this postprocess effect with?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 @Pisscress thank you both!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Pretty pleased with this! v21.tumblr.com/image/40297808207 #screenshotsaturdayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg get that shit on tumblr, I wanna tumbl it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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v21.tumblr.com/image/40299557242 #screenshotsaturday this one's great, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 before it was coolPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dmnddst Finally getting an idea for a post-processing effect out of my head... no idea if it'll ever actually be part of a game...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@overwound yeah, it was the quickest place to find a complex scene I could think ofPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Unity island demo scene, with a post-process effect layered on topPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry guess i should do that too, huh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry which is best. what should i do. i am dependent on you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang This sounds like a Phillip K Dick simulator.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I've friendzoned people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo whatever, hater.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo to be honest, I saw vidyagame people saying it was melting their face in a good way and in a bad way, but I just though it was OK.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo I can basically understand all viewpoints, is what I'm saying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Watching Amores Perros after 11 years of vaguely meaning to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @booglysticks: I did a writeup of how I hacked the form of my Oyster card, and all the things I learned doing it: fictionalprojects.com/2013/01/the-life-and-death-of-lil-oyster/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FollowEllie Is that a bike-sink, or a sink-bike?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FollowEllie Pretty sure that at the time it was a sink-bike. But who knows what it is now...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar just don't have the TIME. Or the effort. Or the ... hmmPermalink Look on archive.org
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Oh man, that Julie Burchill piece. Oh man, this shit is hilarious.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I miss your pizza blogPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar That's ridiculous. Can we go to a pizza restaurant and have you act as pizza consultant & tell everyone what to get?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar "I have transcended pizza. I eat only burrito now."Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wonder if Julie Burchill knows that transmen exist?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @cYnborg The dynamics can work in the same way, but friendzoned is a word now passed into cliche for frustrated internet men.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @cYnborg yes, but it's more productive to take it as a launching off point, then look at actual behaviour without reference to it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Bloomsbury Sq is a completely ridiculous place to be living.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Watching Killer Net. Fury3, Carmageddon & Point Blank seen so far.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Flirting with William Gibson novels. "Thought you'd be here to check out the T1 line." in a bar. The character explaining what "irl" means.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I've changed the IRQ, try it now" an actual line from this film.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also there's a whole subplot about how hard it is to get participants for psychology experiments.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"She's flamed ya. Called you a wanker in all the newsgroups"Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just seen the Rollerball remake. Now onto Futuresport.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Been ten years since they did that big piece on futuresport, and now they want to do a retrospective" A retrospective on futuresport!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb if you just read my twitter you'd know. Bloomsbury Sq, watching Futuresport.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Superman saved Hawaii for America, but more importantly, he learned how to play on a team.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb you sound like Wesley Snipes (Wesley Snipes doesn't have a great Jamaican accent)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Huh. That's why it's so cold. Look out the window and see snow.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Someone is trying to take their snowed-on washing in. But it hasn't settled on the ground.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp the best thing about having an impossible list like that is that eventually you get to cross some off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite Isn't it just? Part that most surprised/delighted me was the depth of consequence.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @docky most important factor in a tool being appropriate is how well you understand it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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youtube.com/watch?v=eyIls75IhaY (thank you @TerrorBullGames)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I mean, I would probably use Unity, because my larger thing would be Unity too.. But REPLs are fucking lush. & real debuggers!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @severalbees: You are hairless on every surface, teeth as white as snow, chain-smoking e-cigarettes at three-course-meals across Lond ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace I like the power of text in games with little text. The flavour text in English Country Tune, frinstance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace like, mulling the concept of "camoflage gravity" for hours as I solved the puzzle. Or SupHex's choices, that too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace re porp & ECT: "Many of the sentences require imagining an entire alternate universe in which they could be true."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace "monolithic"! yes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace Games share with comics the ability to say a sentence, then give it space to reverberate in movement & images.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Many of the sentences require imagining an entire alternate universe in which they could be true." emshort.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/if-comp-2012-howling-dogs-porpentine/Permalink Look on archive.org
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v21's next videogame will be "Gold Humans Do Double Damage." en.shindanmaker.com/309864Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @webbedspace I like it when I give you ideas for articles. You do the work & I take the credit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I got good post v21.tumblr.com/image/40514865956Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs no, no, they're regular sized components, for a different secret thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs but I do have some smaller things I need to go play with (some very small indeed)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Let Father Ted explain youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg had mine almost finished for weeks now. ugh. and other submissions to do, too...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth I like teaching people, and I like sex. I guess I prefer to do both without expectation of a return, but this is fine too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP if you can do that every time, should take you less than half an hour to finish?Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's not there anymorePermalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle @patrickklepek Ha! I always loved the reality show Lost .. weird to find that Lost stole it's name from that show.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @vectorpoem: AAPL: "We don't allow political speech in the App Store. Oh, sorry, we mean we'll allow speech from powerful lobbies." h ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow This reminds me of Corey Lewis's work sunbakerey.tumblr.com/ Hyperkinetic, colourful. K should be more colourful. I just decidedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Oh man that sounds good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow That explains some weirdnesses I saw a while back. Are you signed in as me in Chrome?Permalink Look on archive.org
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the educated gentleperson's fighting game primer insertcredit.com/2013/01/14/the-educated-gentlepersons-fighting-game-primer/ sometimes I am sad about my lack of fighting game literacyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Who needs to defend the rest? I've watched thechineseroom apologize for the number of awards they won in a single evening.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@crypticsea Was processing power ever the limiting factor?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom google.com/imghp and click on the camera icon. Or there's TinEye.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Actual game design discussion on BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20984707Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson Personally: I hate anagrams, and consequently hate Scrabble.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Nothing makes you find all the tiny broken things like trying to get a build out for people to give feedback on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Nice guys of OKCupid at rhizome rhizome.org/editorial/2013/jan/15/nice-guys/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Going to try to stop reading about headless torsos and redo this UI element for the 3rd time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @twitgera Isn't it "affordance". Of course, that unfortunately also means a perceived affordance at the same time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry no, the one on the left is better (The one that's further down the hill). Also Lucky Chip, if burgers count. & MEAT whatever.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry (MEAT liquor, MEAT market ... MEAT whatever)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I used to have 50% of lunches in the on in the left. I reckon it's better, anyway. Luckily, you can just try both?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry Yeah, understandably. Went to meatmarket with H&S people & no queue and good food. Overhyped, but still actually pretty good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry I tried again. Still works for me. Says I'm on the UK site, now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry logged in with Firefox. Select UK - English from the landing page. Flight details... same pricesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry Netflights says 626 for Saturday out, and either Tuesday or Wednesday back.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar helloPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I am mortally offended.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I had a rule about not hating people until I had met them. But come to think of it, all the people I hate I don't know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I think if I knew the people I hate, I would probably stop hating them (not gonna do this, they seem like terrible people)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Maybe I don't hate them, though. Like, I don't wish them harm, particularly. I just want them to stop doing terrible things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Come to think of it, I guess you're right. Thanks, Jenn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes shame they stopped when they got bought outPermalink Look on archive.org
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I wish I had my good sound system up here. And that it wouldn't be antisocial to be blasting out "The Life Pursuit" at this time of day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Looking forward to Friday. And going out & drinking. & dancing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Outsource your job securityblog.verizonbusiness.com/2013/01/14/case-study-pro-active-log-review-might-be-a-good-idea/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Okay, okay, I'll get back to writing this damned blog post.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow I don't agree, actually. blingee.com/blingee/view/131695915-go-play-a-video-gamePermalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo oh wow. I see possibilities for meta-programming.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @playfulbeings: Attention all creative chums! We are looking for friends who would like to exhibit their work in a London pop up proj ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Almost got the thing I thought I had working last week working.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge whatever gets you posting again is good by me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir hello, airplane buddy!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hello! Can you send me a recording of you saying "Games We Have Known And Loved"? I am making a jingle.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs It's a badly phrased everyone... So everyone ignored it but you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs yeah!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Queledonius I was only imagining it said plain (then chopped together with various voices, maybe). But singing tone sounds good too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I got that book for Christmas too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Also Zendo is great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb that's what I always say!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Sometimes the hardest part is deciding what the method should be called and what arguments it should take. The rest ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @bokkiedog There is a problem with non-binary people being forced to conceal that to get hormones, surgery & the like.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @bokkiedog But I reeeeeeeally don't think the place to start thinking about this is a radfem blog post.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @bokkiedog newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/01/transdocfail-hashtag-showed-many-trans-people-are-afraid-their-doctors (from "I could go on for pages" is the relevant part, but the whole article is worth reading)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bramruiter It's coming, it's coming. Except it's usually flat shaded, instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: @suzanne_moore @DeborahJaneOrr @legalaware On the plus side, some real bridges have been built between 2nd-wave fem ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just as I get over my L Pierre/Aidan Moffat kick, @asponge starts blasting it out all over the flat. Good thing it's lovely, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @Carachan1 My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @Carachan1 Fuck 'em.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I think the totality of systems of (to use your word) oppression are nigh impossible to escape from. So, yes, I am.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Fighting on one front does not excuse you of complicity on others. But I'm damning no-one absolutely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I'm not sure "oppression" is a useful word, let alone "oppressor". Hate the actions & beliefs, not the person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus And I don't see why copping to being part of something that's bad means you can't say it's bad. I'd like to not be, I try to not bePermalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus perfection is unattainable, but that's okay. I thought you were the one with a hatred for hypocrisy?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus nothing I said has even alluded to how likely I am to change my mind. Not sure I'm even being pticly tribal, here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Maaybe. There's no point having opinions if you don't believe 'em. & I'm not refusing to consider arguments: you've not offered anyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus No, not at all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus So I have a considered opinion, and you're pointing out that ... there are other opinions? And I say "Hey, okay, I think this" ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus .."but make an argument for summat else and I'll consider it" But just pointing out that there are other opinions gains us nothing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus It's not reflexive, is what I'm saying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Yuss! Finally appeared for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I like this tweet twitter.com/v21/statuses/1417306447Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I just quoted song lyrics a lot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SimoRoth I use it for myself, with Die Gute Fabrik, and used it at PLA.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Slerp is better, anyway.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey @HilariousCow This is Quaternion time!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey @HilariousCow (when quaternion time comes, you just keep your head down and try to get through it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare Didn't @PerrinAshcroft find Wounds that way?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Apparently @tigershungry has a great collection.Permalink Look on archive.org
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nightmaremode.net/2013/01/would-you-kindly-24451/ well, this essay made me incredibly uncomfortablePermalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal @HilariousCow Unity, man.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @homewithwigmore: It should be possible to present a small amount of misery in a way that is light & instructive as an autumn rai ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 also tits, fire and puppets.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Beautiful! There's a Wikipedia redirect for it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @asponge: Landed Shakira to write a video game help section! "Dear Shakira Shakira," will begin each letter to her column My Tips Don ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge That's hilarious. You know, Alice, you're funnier than some professional comedians I know.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"If Weird Twitter DOES INDEED EXIST, then we can't possibly think of it as a single concrete entity at all, or even as one whole. Rather..."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand @hannahnicklin @ammonite I earlier failed to fit into a tweet the whole Galleons/Sickles/bullion arbitrage triangle HPMOR explains.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 YESPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Clapham! Are you mad?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 (aka I would, but I'll dance instead)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 videogames!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek whoa, shit! good luck, man!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 i meant that in a tone laced with cynicism. Easy position for me to take, I guess. Grass is always greener.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 I mean, shit, they're right to care, it's a much-loved part of I'm sure I couldn't guess which franchise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 maaaaaaan, fuck this industry. (say I, who knocked off at 5, work from home & am drinking a G&T right now)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Rachelbug1 yeah! workin on this : gutefabrik.com/mutazione.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Oh, gwan then! *puts on Meursault*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP dancing insteadPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP (I'd come beforehand, but Clapham)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Adventure Time features Emo Phillips and Archer starts in Bob's Burgers. Good work, cartoons!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @benthorizon @whatisian @jakevsrobots been thinking about this a bunch too. Lots of work, but maybe it's doable if properly OSS.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen you should probably sign up for mail chimp already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen on the other hand, I do love your emails as they are.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen (think I actually bought 'em off the back of a someone talking about how good your purchase confirmation email was)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg ha! My password was "hat" for the longest time for exactly the same reason.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen Should be able to send as hi@droqen.com (or at least with that as reply-to). And yeah, will deal with spam filters...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen ..and won't choke on huge numbers of email addresses like gmail.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm increasingly agreeing with @jennatar and @Pentadact about how to argue on the Internet. Never attack. Ask questions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher I'm not sure it actually requires it -- but no-one has a problem letting it be known they have an opinion.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher But as soon as you slip in a dig at the other person, it becomes a battle of status, and all hope of mind-changing is gone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher I don't even mean as a tactic! I mean honestly trying to understand their position and why they hold it. Empathizing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher I think even framing it as attack is wrong. If you attack, you invite a defence. But often the root of the disagreement is elsewherePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: Now I'm going to watch "Embarrassing Bodies" #EnglishTV #omgPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: Oops it's called "Embarrassing FAT Bodies" #omg #EnglishTVPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: OH GOD WHY THE FUCK DID I WATCH THAT HELPPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher No, there's something to this. Yes, be clear with your positions and your reasons. Don't hold back from pointing out flaws.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher but be clear on whether your aim is gaining status, or one or both of you gaining deeper insight.attack the idea, not the person etcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AOsher nod head, shake hands, etcPermalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths (immediate context: @aliendovecote/292669533162983424 )Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @benthorizon @whatisian @jakevsrobots nottheinternet.com/blog/creation-tools/ -- some early thoughts I had.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wrote some rules for making games by nottheinternet.com/blog/rules/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft I did say I hated prescriptive rules!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I agree with all of this: personal games second-truth.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/on-games-as-confessional.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg I think if you've made something good, it's wrong to not give it the best chance of getting properly appreciated.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg Hm. I'm aware that I probably think this because it's a useful thing to think, rather than because it has any backing behind it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg But I still do believe it! I also think it's the right way to frame self-promotion for people who don't like to self-promote.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: "To think… A whole circle of people whose major cultural touchstones are things their friends made… The idea just makes ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HenryHoffman I did think about the phrasing here - it's good to also make stupid throwaway, joyful stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@squidlarkin @Pisscress yeah, excellent colours therePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Which is admirable!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes which don't you? I am very curious.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Superpig I think it usually gets resolved via "be sure what problem you're solving"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sier thank you! Have you noticed the colour changing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Superpig hm -- don't import them til you have a problem they can fix, and be careful about other consequences.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lefishy @fastramdesign nah, sometimes it's needed, you just need to get shit done. A little inspiration goes a long way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @smestorp I have actually started by writing an engine before. Project is still in development, we'll see if it gets finished.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes Yeah, more just a warning that making an engine can distract you from actually making a game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Superpig oh, I don't think I agree with that. Those parts can be sublime. The elephant in VVVVVV, for instance.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Love the door ears.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Most of them argue for it! But the most important place to be careful and deliberate is when choosing what to work on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's 5:30pm and my achievements today are eating two breakfastsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @LewieP play it again and invite me! I have been itching to play it again for ages.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes I disagree! This opinion is mainly from the time spent making Mr Bubble. Well crafted, but I shoulda made something else instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes so I think the difference is: it takes ages to make a game. Takes far less time to pick the right thing to make.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I just came across a site belonging to a webring as part of my everyday browsing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @ardvarc @jennatar It was completely unnecessary too. Heroic struggle to the finish line. One fried breakfast = enough.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DamianSommer @moshboy Yr mediafire links are all messed up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey in Unity or HTML? Nothing springs to mind...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage lucky I'm visiting SF in March, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus @robinlacey @twitgera There was a great discussion on Electron Dance about this whole thing recently:here's me electrondance.com/the-author-as-content/#comment-13340Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am enjoying @gshowitt's run of "I was scared and confused and at an industry event" articles gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/136832/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus that's one of the sources of the ickiness, come to think of it. if it was merely for reputation or honour, it wouldn't feel as bad.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus it wouldn't feel bad if not for capitalism's assumption that a economic transaction happens without an emotional component.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus (btw, you should read David Graeber's Debt)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus not gonna touch that one with a bargepolePermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @asponge My evening just freed itself! Yes, noodles sound great. @Carachan1 is still in town, also, I think.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier You're my hero.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus fink ya have to explicitly name it. But I try not to care about GO names other than for my own use.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus I usually find similar code like that ends up diverging completely sooner or later. Or else handle movement & hit in diff scripts.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus no, never redo it from scratch. Refactor it in the smallest chunks you can.Permalink Look on archive.org
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PROTEUS PROTEUS PROTEUS visitproteus.com/proteus-leaving-beta-coming-to-steam-30-january-2013/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 YESPermalink Look on archive.org
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I should play Noctis.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I really like Skull & Roses. Does it count as a boardgame if you can improvise the pieces?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EltonsKuns I recently ended up using Windows Virtual PC to run Win98, in order to play Castle of the Winds. Would that not do it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Some confessions can pass beyond brave and into aggressive, even.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Which reminds me to recommend you "Pleasant Hell", by John Dolan.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rylgh hm. shit. yes. fuck, I should really put the fix up as an update. it's actually a device-dependent bug (like, random iPads fail)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rylgh The quick answer is that there's an over-aggressive optimization in there. Change "fixed"s into "float"s inside frag().Permalink Look on archive.org
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Today programme: "What's a semantic web, she asks, is it by a semantic spider? ha ha"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke You could make a good argument for it, even without half-punning off "power".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Not convinced technology will save us here. But yeah, competence fantasy might be better, but it's the same thing as power fantasy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is not a morning for dazzling flashes of insight.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I miss the Forest.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @KommanderKlobb @rclarke but, I mean, I suck at tennis, but look awesome when I play Virtua Tennis. (somewhat hypothetical example)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @KommanderKlobb @rclarke Competitive FPS playing is srs bzns, but that doesn't stop the same game being a power fantasy also.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Now I'm sad that it won't be (shouldn't be) in London.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Demruth @edclef @KommanderKlobb @rclarke Yeah, CS is mostly in the mode of real test, not in power fantasy. Halo...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @edclef @rclarke Not at all! There's particle effects and trails and shit in videogames. The aim isn't simulation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is bad code.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh jesus. If you resize a psd with an alpha channel, Unity stops seeing the transparency.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(apparently resizing introduces the tiniest smidgen of transparency into the opaque layer? Least I'm learning about Actions!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickludlam Well, I'm starting to rethink this approach, but Unity transparently converts them to <whatever> at import time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickludlam Makes more sense if you're directly editing the psd, then just letting Unity pick up the changes when you tab over.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickludlam yeah, I agree. For this stuff, where it's getting imported via me anyway, we should probably use tiff or something.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rylgh Uh, the long answer is that I'm not sure why. It's not even per-model of iOS device -- maybe some subtle graphics chipset differencesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rylgh seems like there's a GPU profile that clamps fixed within [-2,2], which is probably it. Think it's just the dithering shader, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry "[√] MARIE"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickludlam just wonderful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Like, so the idea of "windows" that applications live in... I'm not actually convinced it's a good idea. It's really fiddly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe no, no-one has money.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite @patrickashe I stand corrected! (I was going to follow up with "... but it might be possible anyway")Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Mark Zuckerberg gives out his fax number?Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is the most amazing thing: prmrytchr.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/proteus-as-a-writing-stimulus/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal shades of terriblelinuxwallpaper.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bramruiter oh, ha, not me. just observing trends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Hey, NGUI is pretty great. Been using it solidly for a month and half, and I'm only just now starting to hate it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's an article that uses the phrase "identity politics", and is also great. nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/richard-blancoPermalink Look on archive.org
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Turns out that refusing to do a thing that seems like a lot of hard work pays off! A hacky 3 line fix came to me while doing summat else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees at first I was all "yeah, yeah, whatever". Then I went to this detail page: ebay.co.uk/itm/MTG-SEXY-BANESLAYER-ANGEL-FOIL-ALTERED-ART-Magic-the-Gathering-EDH-/281050184183?pt=Trading_Card_Games_US&hash=item416fe579f7 Sexy land cards!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe soooo... how about that Hide and Seek job, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway "non inflation adjusted"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ColinNorthway Here's a chart which puts EIC & Apple in context: fool.com/investing/general/2012/08/22/a-history-of-ridiculously-big-companies.aspxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@genmon That's a sentence or two away from being a decent introduction to lockpicking.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I like games where you have to tell people that, yes, that is an in-game shot, not just an asset or a concept.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg Realism would be great if it was possible. Also if it was affordable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg If you're going to go for something, go for something you can really nail. I don't need to tell you this, mind.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LineHollis @realnoyb oh, thank goodness someone could remember.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thanks, Google Drive!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@failnaut We've been sharing test builds internally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@failnaut to be fair, it's flushed through by now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CaptainToss @Carachan1 Krispy Kreme does only last a day, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I STILL BELIEVE IN KRISPY KREME.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"What happens when you win Windows Solitaire, accompanied by an original piece by me." youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8u6_ZHkUQPermalink Look on archive.org
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I love this article ibtimes.co.uk/articles/427544/20130124/why-games-matter-indie-movie-fez-meat.htm (though I think it misses the unique ways that games can be good compared to other media)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Like, the point of Super Meat Boy isn't the art or the story, it's the friction & perfected level design.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef I'd let that slide because he does have a point there generally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef I think I mainly like the yearning for solid criticism.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Goddamn, what? Henry VIII's wine cellar is embedded in the MOD Main Building. ediblegeography.com/the-last-places/Permalink Look on archive.org
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When you've read that, read this: cromp.com/download/pdfdocs/AA%20Files%2060%20Crompton.pdf (more on the MOD main building)Permalink Look on archive.org
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"And while ACT I is solely the introductory segment of a senecan quintefoil, it already comprises ample import to be saluted for its ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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... reverent consummation of computer games as a laudable storytelling medium – one of vast, latent wherewithal." postplay.tumblr.com/post/41380729364/krzactiPermalink Look on archive.org
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Shigesato Itoi looks back on Mother: earthboundcentral.com/2013/01/itois-message-on-mother-2-revival-site/ “What sort of person do I want to die as?”Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe I liked the badly scrubbed off graffiti on the illegal adverts for Shepard Fairey's recent exhibition/shop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I love people and organizations that exist in their own little cocoon of fiction.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Crystal warriors, a space station crashed to Earth, a network of spies who are always lovely and never mean.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is a great concept. obscurevideogames.tumblr.com/post/41440994395/cupid-sennen-kazoku-indieszero-gba-2005 Reminding myself to rip it off one day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir hm. I haven't seen that, though I believe you. I considered "armour" instead of "cocoon". I don't know how fragile this fiction isPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @dingstweets: Now online: "Rules of Order: Policy-Making as Game Design?" My slides from #CPDP13 #cpdp codingconduct.cc/Rules-of-OrderPermalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH Just take the money, don't offer anything more. I felt like screaming at Sealark as they kept promising more & more.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Yes, for sure. It's hard to talk about this stuff in public without ruining stuff, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @vectorpoem: Highly regarded game busted in "not really a game" scandal... awards rescinded, fan confidence dashed. Another victory f ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 well. deforms from what? how much is that it's unfamiliar, how much is that it's bad? (I don't know the answer, really)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 I write C# all day...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I should probably try it some time when not on Kinect.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb ah! excellent stuff!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @Carachan1 What? I thought you were coming to Scared To Dance?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Aubrey Plaza isn't cold, because Aubrey Plaza doesn't live here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow you seen rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/26/supersight-gives-heartfelt-advice-through-punching/ ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @Carachan1 You guys still Girlsing? When you heading out?Permalink Look on archive.org
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bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21150721 Dung beetles use stars to navigate! I know a bunch about insect navigation because degree. Ask me about ant footsteps!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Braid tried to explore it's mechanic fully. Which led to a lot of pointless clones following after, because there wasn't much for them to doPermalink Look on archive.org
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Vesper 5 just sketched a few possibilities. And now it's in everyone's heads, and everyone is thinking of weird places to take it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar A gasp of horror, eyes snap open. You're awake.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky I don't know your design at all, but might get some nice stuff from monthly events hitting different days of the week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky oooh, oooh! Implement timezones and daylight saving time! (don't do this)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infectedarea hi from v21!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote I'm sorry; I don't know which way this tweet was meant. I like these things! Should I be scared instead?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote ah-ha-ha, no worries. good work! keep it up! live your half-fictional life to the fullest!Permalink Look on archive.org
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A pin up girl on computers in the 50s theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-never-before-told-story-of-the-worlds-first-computer-art-its-a-sexy-dame/267439/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I guess I ought to get an iOS device?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage how much?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage that's okay! I'm not sure either.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Yeah, I could go for a bit of that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm failing at working this out so: Anyone know a good way to hand-edit procedurally created meshes in Unity? Just need to slice bits off...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey this is all precalculated - been flailing with exporting it as an .obj & editing that normally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@eddiecameron hoping not to have to roll my own editor stuff if I can possibly avoid it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer Yeah, I was trying that, but Nevercenter Silo and Unity didn't seem think there was a mesh there (file had vertices listed)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke heading pubwards.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP ---- ... oh yeah, we had this conversation already.Permalink Look on archive.org
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if all of your friends are super talented, you probably value the wrong things in your friendsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 The worst times in my life have probably been times I've been avoiding work because it's stressing me out.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 And the best times of my life have been when I didn't give a fuck, and sat in the park and drank booze with friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 "implacable"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I've been finding very little correlation between trying hard & achieving. Easy/hard : great/ignored : all quadrants represented.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle I've got worse, the last couple of years. But I'm fighting back now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The woman who, deciding to commit violence against the state, stabbed her MP. Because he represented her.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@heftyseamstress this is the worstPermalink Look on archive.org
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@PeopleIKnow You can't untouch a dreadlock.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro will you pay for travel?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage I just used Maya.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage It's not very intuitive, is it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LawrieARussell heh. I pirate things, but don't use an ad blocker.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I think you're it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage @vorrintal Yeah, today's discovery was that the .obj files that weren't working in Silo worked in Maya.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage @vorrintal (I think. I also used a different exporter script... that might've fixed it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage oh, alsoPermalink Look on archive.org
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I'm tempting fate here, but I might get everything scheduled to be done in January done in January. This is surprising to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @paperCaves Going on a wiki or a forum can be half the joy. Minecraft is a game for communities for just that reason.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@trafodesign :D thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves @HilariousCow Are those the dominant themes? (Genuinely don't know). Not even talking about MC's multiplayer mode here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves @HilariousCow No hope of finding it now, but recall a discussion on a game with stupid difficulty and secrets.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves @HilariousCow They made the point that it was a game best played as a 100-person forum, discovering things collaboratively.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi I've used, and like 1000 Suns and CMPNDM well enough.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes you gotta get that shit locked down, man.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LampRabbit Full-screen only, I'm afraid! Needs Pro, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paperCaves @HilariousCow Ah! And then by coincidence I read this article: midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/soul-brosPermalink Look on archive.org
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Better late than never! This article: midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/soul-bros has made me a convert to @MidnightResistPermalink Look on archive.org
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@MidnightResist but I still think your square tile article browsing design is a bit rubbish. Bounced off it a few times before now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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via @doougle curiousrituals.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/curiousrituals-book.pdf is great (if seems dull, skip to the pictures). "What we do with our hands these days."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Games writing is great right now. I mean, like electrondance.com/into-the-black/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @MidnightResist I already knew you were good! *smarm* *also true*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees "To be fair, we feel that inspiration can come from anywhere and Quirky knows this as well as the next guy"oxo.com/quirkyresponse.aspxPermalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox hyper is deleting everything, relying on source control and starting from scratch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox ultimate is deleting everything and hiring someone else to rewrite it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees "Peter Petrie Egg Separator"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @compositeredfox it just feels like procrastination at this point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @severalbees: @v21 God, such a bad idea George. One split yolk ruins it all. Might as well roll a D12 and if it comes up 1 then you w ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees You're a talented game designer and baker, Holly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Imagine ... imagine reconstructing the plot of Homestuck from Tumblr posts. The entire plot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH web player has the install barrier. Everyone already has Flash.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @IcarusTyler Well, it depends on situations, of course. For portals, or contract work, probably pays for itself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro I'm slightly scared you put in the facility for running code from uploaded levels.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi Not a wise thing to be saying, but I understand that argument.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus nopePermalink Look on archive.org
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@Slaktus Yeah. But with an implication of side effects.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TodaysSpecialDe: You want to enter the world of stock trading, but finding time for school can be tough!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TodaysSpecialDe: Learn, love and lick your way through Mayfair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TodaysSpecialDe: Choose from hair removal on three medium, two large, or one extra-large area.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TodaysSpecialDe: Afternoon Tea with a difference: it's all pink.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TodaysSpecialDe: Diamond Solitaire Engagement Ring, with Delivery. We propose that just £99 (a £235 value) is all you need to secure ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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How could I pick just one?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@State_of_Play beautifulPermalink Look on archive.org
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@State_of_Play *blush*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief @LewieP "rewarded for turning up" is my issue - currently you're rewarded for learning. This'd discourage that & encourage grindPermalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief @LewieP Adding extrinsic rewards tends to diminish intrinsic motivations. And this intrinsic motivation is the heart of the gamePermalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief @LewieP Besides, you also never get that feeling of "fuck this, this game is impossible!" turning to "oh, maybe if I..."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief @LewieP Because the game is never impossible. It just takes grind or money. Much less satisfying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief I don't understand why that would matter. The problem is the existence of the rewards, not what they are.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gamesbrief Notice that the current meta-game unlocks make the game more tricky, not easier.Permalink Look on archive.org
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GDC PARTY ANNOUNCE GO : its2013andallotherpartiesarestilltriteanddull.com/ (we're back!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WildRumpus: it is the year 2013 AD & we have returned to inform you that...ALL OTHER PARTIES ARE STILL TRITE & DULL #GDC htt ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@billmeltsner @brandonnn yes, totally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think it's fair to say this review approves of Proteus rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/30/proteus-review/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jakevsrobots err, not really. :< It's not even a bar, it's a full on nightclub. With loud music and dancing (and also videogames)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Proteus is out and you should buy it: visitproteus.com/?page_id=402&preview=true#buysection (Steam is being slow listing it, but this gets you a key)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Proteus is like a warm bath. It's like a walk in the countryside. It's like having a conversation with music. It's pretty good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge I've spent the best years of my life in boring rooms, sucking down that content. I guess I love it, but it isn't any good for me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin exit design? do you mean [the thing that happens as it ends]? (also, yes, yes, yes)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 I struggle with getting up, when I know I can return to dreams. It's a big problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 I sleep well, and forget my dreams soon upon leaving them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 uh, that was totally a boast, by the way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe "everyone has shitty taste" is a general rule i keep in mindPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef Arguing against your recording: I deliberately start group projects to remind me to keep working on them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef Also I run events, and it turns out that sheer energy is one of the most valuable things you need to get something done.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef : also: you should do a talk called "bloggers who are terrible people and why they are terrible"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@philip_roberts @robertpeacock22 I love this conversation so much. (Don't make games for a living, though, it's awful)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow *chainable* speed boost bees. (@radiatoryang pointed this out)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @edclef: @HilariousCow @v21 @radiatoryang First speed run was performed by a 6 year old called Aimee, though we called her mad at the ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Between Christmas and New Year. The hotel was listed, so they only had half-height showers. It was pretty lovely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@veganstraightedge "[Linux] is free if your time has no value"Permalink Look on archive.org
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I seem always at my most creative while really tired and needing to go to bed. Just sketched a game design called "POGO NIGHTMARE"Permalink Look on archive.org
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maybe it's called "POGO COURTSHIP" instead?Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wrote a blog post about non-games and money and Proteus, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry nottheinternet.com/blog/isproteusagamereallywhocares/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @edclef There was a now-deleted comment about it being 3MB, and so not worth the money (it's not 3MB)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo Oh, yeah, there's loads of that. That makes more sense because I'm more used to it, I guess?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@realnoyb I don't get this. What's wrong with autobiographical game design?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @edclef My take is actually paragraph 3 of this "The Path" review by @keirongillen eurogamer.net/articles/the-path-reviewPermalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon @realnoyb The dividing line that matters for me is the design showing an intentional design choice being made.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon ugh, yeah, I guess. Still, there's a good argument there, though it could be made with more tact.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon @corneaga I am hopeful that it will have interesting things to say about masculinity. This hope derives from that interview.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 no. This conversation is BORING. It has been going on for YEARS. It has BEEN HAD.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 (err, sorry. That was unusually aggressive of me, and you were just trying to talk about interesting things.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@corneaga @realnoyb Yeah. There's definitely some of that. I'm hopeful there are interested enough things being said to outweigh that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 There's worthwhile academic distinctions to be drawn. But there are people who insist on the correct terms, not...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 ... understanding that these terms have impact outside of academic discussions. I'm okay with academics having sloppy termsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 also: v21.tumblr.com/post/41938088534/the-name-game-is-always-going-to-confuse-peoplePermalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 I was delighted with the way Minecraft's goals worked -- they were intrinsically generated goals, and thus more meaningful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 A toy that generates games inside your head when you play it! Beautiful design!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Superpig Yep! The same reason genres exist. I'm OK with not liking nongames. This post is to have something to point pedantic academics at.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@corneaga Mmm. But it's necessary in order to make comment on expectations of masculinity, which is one thing I'm hopeful for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@corneaga I mean, it's called "The Castle Doctrine" -- I think of this as a pretty gendered topic to start with.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hngreenwood did it work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@flimgoblin @edclef I accidentally made a version of Proteus that is a game. But you need a trampoline to play it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"So here we are: Games are for everyone, now. Well done. Now what?" gamasutra.com/view/news/185672/Opinion_The_dubious_new_face_of_everyones_a_gamer_now.php#.UQo64h3AdP9myPermalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @mareodomo Games cost more, and the money is needed to make things, not for distribution. (Not that you're not also right)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SimonParkin: Shooters: an investigation into how video games fund arms manufacturers: eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-01-shooters-how-video-games-fund-arms-manufacturersPermalink Look on archive.org
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@robinlacey best to manually retweet, as those tweets won't be up longPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin split the difference and go for bitterly sarcastic?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Twine would be great for writing a KoDP clone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe kiwi peel : yay or nay?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: "There are many categories of invalid "game": notgames, antigames, falsegames, huskgames, nullgames, voidgames, and eve ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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internet k-hole internetkhole.blogspot.co.uk/ old photosPermalink Look on archive.org
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Let's Play Some AntichamberPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @retroremakes :< me tooPermalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn nice URL!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mattperspective that's all @edclef's doing!Permalink Look on archive.org
