Tweets from 2013/05
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@MattThorson @increpare it's very occasionally nice being able to not care what script is receiving a message.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@MattThorson @increpare then again, if you want to leave the warm safety of the type system, you can do it with duck typing now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin literacy isn't a foolproof defence against being nudged (in the same way the placebo effect exists even with known placebos)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin the moral weirdness comes when the system designer and you diverge on your goals & worldview.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare @MattThorson Hang on, I think I might be lying. Not sure if "dynamic" is actually supported. :/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare @MattThorson When I first started using Unity, many moons ago, I used Boo, where it does exist. So Mono could support it...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @rocketcatgames @smestorp @S0phieH @aliendovecote Doing other things: a good way to have an unusual approach to games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am on the same bill as Tim Hunkin! I will probably get to meet him! Fuck! emfcamp.org/wave/talksPermalink Look on archive.org
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Relatedly: I'm giving a talk this Sunday, on a boat. emfcamp.org/wave/talks I'm gonna explain some jokes (that are also games)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef I'm pretty sure you could also be, if you submitted a talk and came along.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp that sounds great! I loved that tutorial series you ran on Tigsource ages ago.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just saw these two stories posted in quick succession to Twitter: evolver.fm/2013/04/30/how-a-17-year-old-girl-won-a-hackathon-and-what-it-means-for-women-in-tech/ blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/04/florida_teen_girl_charged_with.phpPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp ha! Take that! I'm a "wizard", not just a lowly programmer!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Next Saturday, we have having a party with games and stuff. On a boat: Come along, it'll be exciting onafuckingboat.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Give this game ... about 3 or 4 minutes of your time? and you'll be ensnared candies.aniwey.net/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tha_rami In 50 seconds I'll be able to get the copper sword and then I can defeat Goblin Mountain!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @charlesrandall: Super Metroid and the Exclusion of Control Mastery. bluh.org/super-metroid-and-the-exclusion-of-control-mastery/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN You're releasing Alone In The Park in 6 weeks time?! Great news!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN You can never build buzz too early!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Isn't it funny? How a bear likes honey? Buzz buzz buzz I wonder why he does.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LineHollis @Khazar222 There's games websites with 40% women readers, terrified anyone will find out and they'll lose their ad revenue.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo Hard mode, sequel on it's wayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian most? I mean, TV and film aren't even considered the same medium, that's so much the case.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig "you say that, but [they're] being inundated with offers of people buying beer for us to give out for free. FREE BEER."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig was about to suggest you brought your own lime, but you got there first. so I guess I have to be nakedly self-promotional instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig DID YOU KNOW there is an event next weekend on the very same boat, with games and a bar you have to pay for? thewildrumpus.co.uk/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Incidentally, the way to break free of the candy game is to cheat with the JS console, then to have your PC overheat and lose your save.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Can't imagine what it's like for you guys who haven't even looked at the (really very readable) source code.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge aw man, I gotta play some videogames! Else I'd be there for sure.Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's okay to like games ellaguro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/its-okay-to-like-games.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom I'm gonna moan about a pet peeve of mine. Don't bother with a contact form, put your email with a mailto: link instead.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom Other people might love them, to be fair! But at least have your email address there too, for people like me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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hedgehog.actuallyASwarmOfBeesInstead = true;Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tpritc I can't tell if you're referring to my code structure, or a hedgehog made out of bees.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo @tpritc Besides, Unity converts camel case into spaces in the editor, but leaves _s alone. So it makes it prettier there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef Did you click on a thing, and then a thing happened?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft I don't know. What I've been admiring is the way they're also practical ways to fix structural flaws in the design.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke I have some highfalutin' "takeaway messages", but mainly people have been posting about it because they're been enjoying it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft Yeah, it's fun, immediate, interaction that Glitch lacked, imho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@PerrinAshcroft I liked the bit where he offered to go gather stones from the river and ship them to players.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sosowski hahaha, I hadn't even noticed. You shoulda just kept it hush hush!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sosowski but it was good to see you again. and thanks for putting me in contact with Thorsten -- I never did thank you properly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GamesEvents Oi, where's Wild Rumpus? List us, too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH Hey, we're testing games now. You got a newer build of Lancing for us to test? Terry was saying it improved dramatically recently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@number108 You never sent me a Videoball build! Send it over!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH vtwentyone@gmail.com, please! Ta!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote @q0rt @metasynthie Fallen London is the closest I can think of to that. And that's great. You should make it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote @q0rt @metasynthie an inelegant solution to the problems of people reading faster than you can write and needing money...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamcarneiro easy! Just reduce them both to pure black and pure white!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote @metasynthie @q0rt I love how natural, how effortlessly "web" most of those are. Who needs HTML5 when you've Candy Box?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 yes, that would be fantastic. As flaky as the wifi of course, but far more humane with it's failures.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 although you can have fun ruining other people's games of SpaceTeam by joining from the other room...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyone got a script for Unity that'll make collider meshes visible even when they're not selected (in editor).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LamplightGames yeah, they're mesh colliders. But I managed to sort it by adding MeshRenderers that the cameras never draw.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke All I took away from that article is that he likes bolding words.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer I hear @doougle wrote a good one...Permalink Look on archive.org
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HERE ARE THE GAMES! thewildrumpus.co.uk/games Niddhogg/Super Space ___ / Towerfall / Starwhal / Tenya Wanya Teens / Samurai Gunn!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, yet more, yet to be announced. We are pushing the boat out on this one (ho ho ho) onafuckingboat.eventbrite.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AlanZucconi erk! Try again? I think tumblr was having a hiccup?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Look at this fabulous thing specialstagesystems.com/system-overview/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Some day I will be rich and will buy a lot of stupid hardware.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Like, I'd commission this guy to make me something circuitbentvideo.com/projects/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@m_kopas not really, right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@m_kopas oh wait, we did this, this is exactly the game i don't really want to be making right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@m_kopas but ... but ... money?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek @LewieP Doug is staying for WR, so ours isn't the most ideal. But we could squeeze you in if you need it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro what's your 2p game and why haven't you sent it to me yet?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo Georg BuckenPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg I read that article and came put thinking "this orphan works legislation sounds like a great idea!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg well, I wouldn't class intellectual property rights as natural rights, bein' philosophical about it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg (pragmatically this legislation seems like a sensible correction, and doesn't generally weaken rightsholders)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@m_kopas I like jokes that can only be understood with enough reflection into a situation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sex game! deadpixel.co/sex-mix/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@m_kopas it's not really a board game, but [my] Punch The Custard is a digital/analogue hybrid that uses tactility in a v unsubtle way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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thecatamites did an interview. p interesting stuff, you should read it. gamejolt.com/blog/interview-the-catamites/32/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN endlessly seeking inspiration for your own? you should try youtube.com/watch?v=kpAS6zFVle4 (which I found in the same place)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN i think it's just ... what it is. I don't need anything else, to be honest.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I already got an idea for object jam, but I need to find someone who doesn't mind being buried in a book-avalanche to test it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also I guess I need to tidy my room. This jam sucks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir I am going to pretend you just offered to tidy my room.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Thanks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Object jam (early entry) nottheinternet.com/blog/object-jam-early-entry/ #objectjamPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @squidlarkin: It's pretty cool that the new ARAM mode in LoL was originally invented by players, played in practice mode with self-enfor…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@squidlarkin woah, that's super cool.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand he's definitely heard of it @SnoopDogg/308118289635213312Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg happy birthday, Dick! Sorry I can't make it to your party, it's a good day for it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Learning about the secret history of Wild Rumpus from @tigershungry at Sunday Assembly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Apparently we started life as a neonazi hate group? Who knew?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef ah, damn, that really sucks. Come for the next weekend of boat shenanigans instead, I guess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef yeah, it sucks. Sad not to see you. But next weekend!Permalink Look on archive.org
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On a DLR to @emw. With a really stupid quantity of luggage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BanditoJuan it is on, it is at The Crown, Angel, Islington all evening. Be good to see you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Fuck me that's a big boatPermalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig come say hello!Permalink Look on archive.org
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People who saw my talk! The games were "Songs of travel" by @increpare, QWOP by @bfod, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO USE A PEN by @LeehSl.. #emwPermalink Look on archive.org
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... "The Illogical Journey of the Zambonis" by @realnoyb, PONGS by @pippinbarr, and Train by @br. #emwPermalink Look on archive.org
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That's a bit of a weird list, out of context... Also there was Super Mario, and I would've done I Want To Be The Guy if not for time. #emwPermalink Look on archive.org
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@realnoyb haha, my pleasure, we played like the first half of the Zambonis on stage. Someone said it was like a personal Werner Herzog.Permalink Look on archive.org
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MegaGIRP at #emw vine.co/v/b2KW6itjzhwPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 naw, it's just like... sexism but against men. that's why it's called FEMinisim. read the dictionary some time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"It was comforting to inhabit worlds where I could instigate tangible self improvement" secondpersonshooter.com/2011/09/14/playing-god/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Not sure I'm capable of doing trigonometry this morning,Permalink Look on archive.org
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Q: What's the best thing about living in Switzerland? A: Well, the flag is a big plus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees This is really just a complaint, not anything you need to care about. But know that I envy you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I really want this: I am hungover and exhausted. But I have to work today.Permalink Look on archive.org
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YESTERDAY I was on a boat and saw the engine room and lay on the deck and tried to see stars and saw Tim Hunkin give a talk and drank.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees @Carachan1 I think that does help, thanks. Splash a little gin where my mouth would be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also I had a BAD TERRIBLE WE ARE NOT DOING THIS idea: Engine room Joust. Oil-slick narrow gaps between diesel engines, steep staircases...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty we've got this event we're running next week... on a boat, lots of tech requirements...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's a panorama of the engine room: ms.stubnitz.com/content/engine-room-360%C2%B0-panoramaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonty Still can't believe you turned down a free submarine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is great! Oculus Rift Guillotine sim vimeo.com/65510054Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh right, so the OR has no lateral movement sensors, so the games that make the most sense have free movement of the head but not bodyPermalink Look on archive.org
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Things I like about that Guillotine game: nottheinternet.com/blog/oculus-rift-guillotine/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh, perfect Seamstressing here! RT @heftyseamstress they: Those humans, excluding youPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Yeah! It's a big boat. onafuckingboat.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethjenkins I dunno, I find I have less patience, swimming in the infinite sea of games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethjenkins I've sympathy, because it can be long hard work making an interesting thing self-teaching and comprehensible, but...Permalink Look on archive.org
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What's the internet provider that you go to if you used to be with Be? No fibre here yet...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro well, it's essentially not empowering, right? but maybe it could feel comforting...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@paulsinnett yeah, me too. That's why I'm reminded to switch.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @tef: not the onion, vanityfair.com/culture/my-phone/2013/03/dave-morin-path-facebook-apple “I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and neve…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@geeoharee @Pisscress Glitch being the game the Flickr creators went off to make, for even more context.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@geeoharee @Pisscress (Flickr originally originated as a failed attempt to make a browser based game, oddly enough)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to make games that encourage you to do things that feel good in other ways than by ending the game if you don't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp What are points worth if you can never die?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ha, @smestorp gave me an idea: A game where you can score points. But you can't die. So the points are never entered into a highscore table.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress sure: nottheinternet.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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Sad to be missing London Indies. Needs must!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @christinelove But then again, I left Chrome recently because they restyled the right click menu...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn I got a memory foam mattress, and I love it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn @buffalovision hm. I can't say I recall that being a problem, but I do live in London, not Austin.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I should get in the Guardian! It'll be a good way to catch up with people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Fuck that, most of the best people at London Indies aren't real devs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I feel strongly about this because I felt like a total impostor when I first went.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP And even now, I go to events and I don't know what to call myself. Esp. if I'm there due to Wild Rumpus.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Yeah, that's fair. Though I wouldn't personally worry about that stuff at all. That weird diffuse boundary is weird, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Like, the FIG editors, us at Wild Rumpus, Vlambeer-JW attending GDC this year as a reporter, Cara makin' Twines (& games at work)...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Watch employee compliance rates rise! ClickSafe makes security effortlessPermalink Look on archive.org
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36 game controllers feels like it should be too many.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@akerfoot @doougle @bfod can confirm you can get at least 16 connected to a single computer. We got 8 connected t'other night, no trouble.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The only escape I can see is to shave the mouse @aliendovecote/331647948096159744/photo/1Permalink Look on archive.org
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My source comments are pretty much equally split between explanations, TODOs and apologies.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I guess if I don't want to do math, I should stop finding this kind of stuff interesting: edinburghhacklab.com/2013/05/robotics-adaptive-control-and-vision/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I guess a useful skill I learnt in my degree is to be comfortable thinking of things as movements in high-dimensioned state spaces.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Yeah! I wrote about it, even nottheinternet.com/blog/oculus-rift-guillotine/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Draknek Ah, okay! Glad to hear it! (There was space, I'm just awful at responding to people)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I owe you some gushing about how great Helix is, @smestorp! And I owe you a request to get on Testflight, @haikus_by_KNPermalink Look on archive.org
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@alexcg ha, thank you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN wait, no, other way round. I wanna see new AITP! vtwentyone@gmail.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Yeah, that's the one I actually own (now). And it does suck you can't make it over for the festivities.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN I forgive you (because making iOS builds is the worst thing)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo Maybe it was a Mr Kane?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Turns out Porpentine is a great, and powerful, and perceptive writer. Who knew, huh? reactionzine.com/7-thoughts-on-women-in-games/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @vectorpoem: I wrote a few thoughts on the potential of modern Doom engines as a base for indie/experimental games: http://t.co/rHufh8sp…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I did not expect 2 of the 5 best-selling laptops on Amazon to be ChromebooksPermalink Look on archive.org
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I have 4 Kensington LocksPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pippinbarr: Okay, I just got an email from Marina Abramovic. I will have to process this for a while.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The main reason I chose this laptop was because I had always wanted a laptop which was blue. I'm afraid I cannot see any blue in it at all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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extremely disappointed would be an understatementPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin I had a rule that I could eat cake that people gave me, or that I made, but not that I bought.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Also: I suck at responding! Yeah, let's meet! When you free from?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Seven Hours Pass -- a tight little Twine game vacuumflowers.com/Seven%20Hours%20PassPermalink Look on archive.org
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@fullbright I did not realize you were rekall!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Riker sits down youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lVIGhYMwRgs&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer546a0#!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite did the emails agree?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP So would people be able to buy it (with a direct link or w/e), or just get codes through other methods?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@zoewi @dutchgamegarden get him to send me a build!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP What's your take on indies charging higher prices on their own sites than on distributors?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP well, the same mindset of "oh okay, I'll buy that", without shopping around enables both. A rather alien mindset for you, I guess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP My hunch would be that fans making the choice to pay more, and support directly would be a fraction of that, even in the indies casePermalink Look on archive.org
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People are slowly, gently, fighting against the way that having the right friends is one of the most important things for success in games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I was tempted to talk about this at Lost Levels (a unconference I was invited to talk at by a friend before it was even announced).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I know, and I think it was a smart call on their part. This fight isn't the only fight. Really, I just like the irony.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Speculation on VR Regulation After Seeing Disunion at #ExileGameJam" storify.com/ludist/speculation-on-vr-regulation-after-seeing-disunion?utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_source=t.co&awesm=sfy.co_s5yO&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @S0phieH The really impressive thing is that they've managed to be part of the same conversation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Farringdon, I think. Anywhere in particular, or shall I head towards the H&S office and we'll work it out from there?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress so come to the pub after?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@daphaknee they're hard to separate, though? we make what we like to play, often, and it's hard to make unless you get paid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hate AAA games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell (I assume you also follow @vectorpoem?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@daphaknee I do generally agree w yr point. Whenever I say a "you should make games" thing, I try to remind people it's not just vidyagames.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just been practicing sitting down like Riker does with @joonturboPermalink Look on archive.org
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Just finished Princess Chardonnay in Bomb Kingdom. Really charming, every level a new angle on the mechanic @ishisoft freeindiegam.es/2013/05/princess-chardonnay-in-bomb-kingdom-ishisoft/#commentsPermalink Look on archive.org
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Wanna make a game about correctly attributing the "via"s of things you find on the Internet when you post them on.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig I see your favvin'. I actually made a blogpost, if you want even more. nottheinternet.com/blog/single-joke-games/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig ha, I did consider sending a followup tweet reading GO TO BED. But I figured you were a grown woman and could stay up if you wantedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig anyway, Pippin Barr's stuff is all great, Justin Smith's stuff is all great, Bennett Foddy's stuff is all obviously great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig and you should play both Shitsnake and the sequel ("Shitsnake 2: Shit harder", from memory. It's a text adventure)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@martinhollis @Livelyivy Code that works until you realize it shouldn't, then stops...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ishisoft @fastramdesign what's the 0 bomb solution? Do you need to get a bomb down there to jump the last cake?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Al-Shamika was a new fashion and lifestyle magazine for Muslim women and suicide bombers published online by Al-Qaeda"Permalink Look on archive.org
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actually, this thing about alpacas and the indie games scene is good thoughts samanthaleighallen.com/alpacasPermalink Look on archive.org
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drinking decaf coffee. worried it's gonna be a gateway drug to the harder stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nickludlam @Minkette Not just you! It's stolen ASCII art of him.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Minkette @nickludlam Not sure? candies.aniwey.net/ascii.html sez "I will never use these ascii art to gain money in any manner."Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here are the final games for Wild Rumpus (on a fucking boat): Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, JS Joust and GO NUTZ! onafuckingboat.eventbrite.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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It'll be a fun time! You don't even need to play videogames if you don't want to. There's also dancing and alcohol and a giant boat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage ah, wonderful!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage they're a giftPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage to youPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb you post anime gifs and then other people repost them. and then you spend 3 hours failing to make your page look good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox put away twitter, get out a notepad. draw some things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb Oh, I never do that. I just save the image and upload it as a fresh post. Much better that way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@st33d I keep looking at hex resources to make a hexagonal shader, and I keep failing to make it. Maybe this time~~~?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir what? You're staying overnight? Amazing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I feel like I want to start doing more things I feel properly prepared for.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir oh, beautiful. And surreal, no doubt. Also I love that building, I can never decide if it's just cool, or just tacky.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow yeah, you give them a stupid thing to collect, then make the joke and stop after they've collected exactly one (1) of them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Endlessly rolling around in bed. In a bit I'll go to a boat.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nquo haha, ask us in a month or two's time and maybe we'll know!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just found the email where @tigershungry asks me if I'm up for helping out with a local multiplayer night they're doing at Cargo.Permalink Look on archive.org
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When the name was "Load Up On Guns" -- "I wanted to move away from twee names and more into fight mode".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @AltCharlieP @HeDanni it's a H2n. Served me well, but I'm no expertPermalink Look on archive.org
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@BanditoJuan London Hackspace will be open, is lovely. Not quite a coworking space, but.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BanditoJuan or you could come out to the pub in Canary Wharf...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Reading potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2013/04/brezhnev-capitalism.html on a bus to StratfordPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nyarluu oh, man -- ps1ish really nails it. I'd love to make a game riffing off remembered ps1 feel.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh will be hefting stuff about on the boat. But I need to eat... so I guess it depends where?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nyarluu Earthbound and Mother 3 taught me this lesson well.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am experiencing Windows 8.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Setting upPermalink Look on archive.org
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@droqen I had a go on Bonus Look! It's really fun/interesting. Bunch of mysteries left, but I am at peace with it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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What happens now then? What do you do if you're not organising a party on a boat?Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is self-congratulatory, but: I am really proud of last night's party. It might be the best we've ever run?Permalink Look on archive.org
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There were _longer queues for the women's toilets_!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin haha, that's Jonty's plan to follow up EMW.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered submarine, hovercraft, private jet, hot air balloon, zeppelin, warehouse-somehow-safely-on-fire... we got ideas.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richlitt you own a boat, though...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar go to bed in second life, then go to bed in your bed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar go to bed JennPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar don't make me join second life, install the client, find you and make me tell you to go to bed in non-person.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar if you just sat and watched that for half an hour, you'd feel fine about sleep. The mist is not your enemy, Jenn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer those were great suits!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JamesLowey @nachimir sail on to Dunkirk.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@GreenflyStudios yeah, we have a bunch! Send it over: I'm at vtwentyone@gmail.comPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe haha, we should do a games book swap some day - I've got a copyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp I think it gets better in direct proportion to the ticket price. Next time we'll charge £100.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pozorvlak I was just starting to get worried, phew!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian you missed mine! nottheinternet.com/blog/object-jam-early-entry/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@terrycavanagh we went to Lucky Chip, by the way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whatisian @mcclure111 to put in possibly less useful language - the statespace has relatively continuous valid positions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @robertjwatson: The @LupeFiasco timeline is hilarious. Mgmt 'intervention' after he started discussing the finer points of Marxist theor…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I kinda want to irritate people today. Maybe I'll casually slip the word "poetess" into a conversation.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"The “triple-I” game"Permalink Look on archive.org
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What talks should I listen to while I do all of this boring setup work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs @patrickashe I don't even think Joust especially. Context is really important.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jga "maybe this time will be different? I am pretty sure this code will terminate" ... and then I have to force-quit the editor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN good work on the trailer, I think your agonizing was worth it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef Probably! Will have a dig.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef How do you want it? It's 790 meg. (I think it's the one -- VLC keeps crashing as I seek ahead)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef Of course not! Do what you like.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyone know of a good thing to delete bits of a mesh within Unity?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dsilverstone @resiak when they got rid of animated avatars, it only applied to new uploads. Guess I'm a relic of the good old days?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vectorpoem oh man: "the second rule is that you have to have fun" (aaaa, it doesn't work that way)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang ah, this is a mesh collider. S'jus' exporting, editing, reimporting and lining it back up is painful (and what I'm doing now).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@renaudbedard I like glitchy stuff, so I make useful shaders, then later I go take out all the saturate()s to see what happens.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Notes for a visual hypertext story editor by @vectorpoem github.com/JPLeBreton/dreamer/blob/master/README.mdPermalink Look on archive.org
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I don't know I agree with focusing on a client-side app -- I think it's been a hindrance to Twine (thus Twine 2's approach) cc @vectorpoemPermalink Look on archive.org
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@vectorpoem Mainly just the initial friction to starting. Still important that it's not dependent on your server, particularly, though...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vectorpoem But thinking more on this, maybe the advantages of that are outweighed by having an actually functional interface.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Isn't that just Twitter? (You're thinking of "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald Norman)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I did this, some time ago. I didn't really discover anything interesting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RichardLittauer just outsidePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @patrickashe what? yes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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This blog post, by @radiatoryang, has just destroyed two vidyagame theory concepts and given me a new one. Read it. blog.radiator.debacle.us/2013/05/on-focalization-and-against-convenient.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang FINEPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Crazyreyn ah, whoops, I had forgotten about that. Emailed you now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg I made a covers album of the entirety of Abbey Road, once open.spotify.com/user/v21/playlist/3BnoAHeCm6G7ZoGcntoN5vPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg And now I see they've taken down McLemore Avenue, which is a fantastic album. Booker T & the MGs doing a medley of Abbey Road.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg It turns out it works, just not on the web player...Permalink Look on archive.org
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HAHA! Take that, hexagons, I have you now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I like this sentence "Equivalently, this algorithm finds a Hamiltonian path in the permutohedron."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr "to discuss future collaboration" !!!!!!?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pippinbarr: .@v21 @patrickashe Indeed! A mysterious collaboration does seem to be on the cards! Mystery mystery!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Any not-terrible ways to reorder Image Effects on a camera at runtime? #unity3dPermalink Look on archive.org
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I wanna talk about stuff at GameCamp, but I think I ran out of things to talk about?Permalink Look on archive.org
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via @jonty -- youtube.com/watch?v=GBaUoVe34xs#t=11s "some electricity"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy thanks for that reminder. Easy to forget.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @patrickashe: Awesome games. Awesome performance. Awesome stuff inbetween the two. London. June 14th. cptheatre.co.uk/event_details.php?sectionid=home&eventid=673&searchid=currentPermalink Look on archive.org
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I think @asponge is using the Cockney Thug as a motivational soundtrack.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp Your last challenge: hard work! How would I hear of such a thing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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On "Pulling up the ladder" v21.tumblr.com/post/45833918727/i-should-probably-do-a-talk-on-this-somedayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@pippinbarr I'm sure they hate you too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 I have wondered where this boundary should be drawn before.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 not even that... At what point does software become expressive enough that it's creator loses rights to it's output?Permalink Look on archive.org
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You can tell it's a good game when you stop playing one stop before you get off, because you're not going to get off if it's a good run.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I just unlocked a house on Helix. Wow!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle ccing @severalbees, she likes old things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp that was on brog, but I've been playing (and enjoying) them all about equally.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp biggest complaint: when I play sober, I push down too hard and my thumb gets a bit sore.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"You're receiving this email because your Oculus order will be advancing to "Processing" status in the next 24 hours. "Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I started off playing G, and only advancing higher to get training for it. I do think the two lives are inelegant, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I *might* be starting to get bored with G, after a hour or two's play. Let's try now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp played it, and I remembered my original argument! Sometimes I just want to circle things, and not worry about being "good".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp I'm starting to outgrow G now(tho still satisfying), but I'd be curious to see a version with infinite lives and no score.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @ardvarc never got on with FileZilla. WinSCP is good enough for me. (New version, you say?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb They're used to hearing the same 6 songs repeated over and over -- perhaps it's genuine surprise they don't hate these yet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb ahhh! lots of those numbers aren't sensibly comparable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh man! Look at this video someone took at Wild Rumpus last weekend! vimeo.com/66275750Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Those numbers are more sensibly comparable! They're in the same units, at least!Permalink Look on archive.org
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You start running events because of the cool times people seem to be having in videos on the internet of things you can't be at.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And then you see videos of people having cool times at t thing you made happen, and... it feels satisfying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ahhh, this chart is endlessly irritating to me informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/billion-dollar-o-gram-2013/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @KommanderKlobb I've been anxiously hoping for a photo that shows it in it's true beauty and scale...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris git, or github?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo @KommanderKlobb If you do, that'd make the whole party worthwhile in itself.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Does anyone else get irritated by how much time and effort and thought it takes to do things properly?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb god, yes, me too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod @KommanderKlobb I do sometimes wonder -- if I was in that position, would I be Gabe Newell, Peter Molyneux, David Braben or Notch...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris I haven't worked with you for some time, but I am guessing that you still don't understand git.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris (I still don't really understand git)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin Oh, did you see: there's a video of me beating you at TWT vimeo.com/66275750Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @aanand Indeed. Who knows if that ever really happened?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 An argument about what is meant by "essentially", an argument about what is meant by "work".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@robertpeacock22 I gain a lot of satisfaction from making things; I gain a lot from getting drunk in a park.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle wish I'd spelt them correctly, now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Bought Frozen Synapse to tide me over til Clairvoyance comes out for iOS. Anyone want a game?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@getdizzzy @nealen on iOS. But it's got cross platform play, so that works too. I'm v21 on there, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am disrecommending Frozen Synapse. It's quit on me twice in two matches and one of the icons is a bit smeary.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Actually, to delve into FS disappointment a bit more - what kind of iOS game has email notifications, but no native notifications?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rubzo on iOS, I mean.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Not even set off for Gamecamp yetPermalink Look on archive.org
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Just discovered I'm a year older than I thought.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Fucking do it, Angela!" We are back and watching Murder She Wrote.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro I am yet to be convinced that anonymity is the core of the problemPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro it'd make it more immediately obvious in these cases - but how do you enforce against sock-puppeting, even with Googley real names.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro so I don't see why similar shit would happen in a more obfuscated fashion - there was enough evidence to hang him as is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro (whether anonymity encompasses relatively stable pseudonyms (like "v21", for instance) or not is an interesting q, too)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Everything is obvious if you understand the context sufficiently.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Game design is just common sense.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Crazy times last night with @tigershungry and Toca Boca Hair Salon 2Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 Shaun of the Dead: a man wakes up, groggily goes to the shops. Later goes to the pub with some friends.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh deadly premonition is the best.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh it's really fun to talk like York and do the animations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg "#pragma target 3.0" ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Looking at tumblr.com/tagged/yahoo, it's good to see how many people appreciate porn on Tumblr. Man cannot live by Facebook alone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes @ElectronDance @richardgoodness @ericbrasure @second_truth I can live with incoherence, but I at least want to care.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JonasKyratzes @ElectronDance @richardgoodness @ericbrasure @second_truth oh, and that "Introducing" title: so bullshit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg thought that lifted the instruction limit to something way higher than 64 instructions... but obviously there's a cost.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@webbedspace holy shit, it's server-based, I bet it does.Permalink Look on archive.org
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a fun fractal drawing thingy called Doodal dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29654821/Doodal.swfPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @performancepub "You need permission to access this item."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin :D -- although, looking at the numbers, they look a bit painful. How come the 1st broke even exactly?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin ahah, wonderful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat Making the line between safety and vulnerability an interesting, intricate one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat That reinforces, justifies already existing OCD tendencies. That justify our habit of overfitting our fears.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@phototropy Going from working at an office to working at home, I feel little warning bells go off if I don't go out at least twice a week.Permalink Look on archive.org
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is it better or worse when people on whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/ are well dressed?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh wow: Looks like Google thinks "SoundCloud" and "Bandcamp" are synonyms.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson The keyboard version is online at nottheinternet.com/games/abastard/ (though: uagh -- the HTML is fucked, let's fix that).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson The iOS version got put on hold when I changed jobs away from one that provided me with an iPad and a Mac :P Soon, though...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson (Well done on @Carachan1's Guardian piece, by the way)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 I'm too lazy to work out how to reconfigure my server.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @RichardDawkins: Yes, I'm aware that "owned" is a mis-spelling of "pwned" which makes it even more irritatingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 admittedly, no, I'm serving static html pages with vanilla Apache. (I do see your point)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 looks p great to me -- if I wanted to nitpick, I'd reduce headline size and take out some whitespace, but that might just be me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@agAitcheson hah, yeah, they both have a large component of Shoving. Lemme know if you want me to unearth a standalone build...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dikte @doougle we are using Unity's 3D physics so far (for checking collisions, ray casting etc, not pushing stuff about)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dikte @doougle oh, missed the gfx part! That's RageSpline, with the SVG import thing. Works pretty well!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dikte yup! Takes an SVG file, gives you a prefab.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dikte you can add a MeshCollider component, but it won't have any depth -- but depending on # of entities, you might need to use primitivesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dikte I've not explored too widely - @benthorizon set most of it up, and I've been working within that. Been decent so far, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@john_brindle I want Versu porn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Networking is just about making friends with an ulterior motive.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Flickr's FAQ is currently amusingly contradictory flickr.com/help/limits/#65Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I like the pic of you hiding in a fort.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Other kind of ulterior motive.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, who has my copy of Zinesters?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry You don't need to localize pebbles.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Oh, cool, I thought it might be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry What's worse? Pebbles and hills or "diverse" urban stock photos?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe hey, I'm in that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This essay is so great (on the problem of people doing things with friends) bopsecrets.org/CF/structurelessness.htmPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @WildRumpus: Looook, it our boys @KommanderKlobb & @v21 talking about Tenya Wanya Teens & crimping parties at GDC gamasutra.com/view/news/192538/Video_GDCs_weird_and_wild_Experimental_Gameplay_Workshop.php?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Learning about astronauts going on strike books.google.co.uk/books?id=VQDqa81pvY4C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=skylab+strike&source=web&ots=Hfarh7ob4y&sig=bC_auty5BhHh0lwnfGyDnK79c-8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=skylab%20strike&f=falsePermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Dunno how much control you have over hosting, but might be worth digging into proper server logs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Won't get you as nice data as Analytics, but at least you can get a pageview number.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oopsohno hello arrays! Are you out there?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Monopoly is a good game" by @martinhollis hardconsonant.com/2013/05/21/martin-hollis-on-monopoly/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RaygunGoth @asponge So the brilliant thing is that that machine can't actually send text messages.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge this is the bit that started blowing my mind "Founded in 1987 as part of an AIDS research project for NIH"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@philippawarr @Carachan1 I do like the comment telling you about placketts, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang to hijack the discussion slightly -- I use manual timers, not coroutines (though I know how) -- it helps with cancelling stuffPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Dick_Hogg You have a Tumblr!?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I have been feeling the opposite. To disengage from documenting, and just live.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes whoa! That's amazing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So glad we settled on "Xbone"Permalink Look on archive.org
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"at the moment Chris is saying that his account was hacked." huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/21/ukip-councillor-alan-jesson-facebook_n_3312256.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@garethbriggs Did you find it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@docky @smestorp Oh, yep, for me too. Definitely code that I'd write in small encapsulated fragments, labelled "here be dragons". But usefulPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp @smestorp @docky Not efficiency -- conforming with Unity's opinion, and neater to pass a single variable about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris text serialization of scenes? That's the best news of all of them!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Unity Free apparently now does text serialisation of scenes?! This is great news.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris Nope, entirely serious.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris I mean, I have a mobile license already, and I basically never use shadows, and who cares about the xbone?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I showed you my hands, yes?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I have p short fingers, but big palms.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @jennatar Longest finger to first crease at the base of the palm, or thumb to littlest finger?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @jennatar I mean, hey, I've got huge palms, I'm not even in the running here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I really wish I could control pretty much anything in a Unity3D Particle System from a script.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I have some lovely looking rain particles. I wish to make them go down horizontally when it is windy. This is not an easy task.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joe_babz I am working fulltime on a 2D game in Unity. There's not that much only available in Pro. Yes?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@therussmorris @Gillespionage Yep, Unity. Hadn't even considered that, though it still seems like a lot of faff given how abstracted this isPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Gillespionage @overwound I got one system working alright by emitting particles from a script, one Emit(new Particle{stuff}) at a time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge have some gifs raelyntobin.tumblr.com/post/39285225024Permalink Look on archive.org
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@asponge It's "Cif" nowadays.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro I've been thinking a lot about "games for non-games people". Obviously you can't need gamer experience to play, but beyond...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro ... that - you can't hit "everyone who doesn't play games". Aim narrower. Make a game for a particular non-games community.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro Football Manager is hardcore, intricate, wildly successful, and sells largely to people that don't play other games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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KoDP is amazingly tightly designed. I keep wanting to steal parts, then realising it wouldn't work as well without all the other parts.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Fabulous opportunities to do a whole bunch of work for an uncertain reward.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This game is great itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id641975866?mt=8&affId=2260279 (handjamming multiplayer iOS)Permalink Look on archive.org
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These new computer speakers I've got are really making me appreciate my headphones.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@reallyfancy whoa! that looks great!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @haikus_by_KN @Draknek This is what I was going to say, but with less specificity and less certainty.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir I've broken my habit of playing it. But I think I am three steps away.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pozorvlak I've really enjoyed doing exercises similar to that linguistics one before.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP ah, it uses offset from the IR projector to the camera (or V1 did, at least), so it'd have to be a full-scale diorama...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jwaaaap I've always just done it on one frame -- but I can see situations where the other'd be nicer.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Make something you think is great and it'll all work out thetalkhouse.com/features/view/zachary-lipez-zachary-lipez-calling-it-quitsPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @teg5511: Step 3. If you remove your junk from that box because of the pain, you are an animal and not human and I will kill you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @teg5511: Step 2. Put your junk in that boxPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @teg5511: Step 1. Cut a hole in the box.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This game by @droqen has a great moment of revelation in it dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4452540/locklake/index.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Devin__Raposo @droqen That wasn't even the revelation I meant.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Devin__Raposo @droqen (& yes, I am pretty sure it is)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar "ehh"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar I mean, it's a bit confusing, isn't it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar It's not the clearest of films, I guess I'm saying.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Like, they mumble a lot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Actually, just going back to this tweet: I really admire your use of quotation marks here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Well, in the sense of play being a human universal...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH that looks great. I guess you get free ramp lighting with a limited palette?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH ah-haha. My mind is fixated on post-process effects, I should venture into the world of actual 3D rendering.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I wish Skype would actually send IMs to peoplePermalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN To be fair, Skype does often have delays of up to a minute between ringing on my iPad and on my laptop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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to Brighton!Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think I drank this gin too fast.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aliendovecote I proved playing Caesar 3 as a kid - getting the city just balanced, and slowly growing while keeping it uneventful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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What is... the biggest Bacardi Breezer?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Who'd be up for a games-theory book club? cc @patrickashePermalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow Oh, yeah! Mine is supposed to be here tomorrow! (And I will then ignore it for at least a week)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Played Mölkky ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6lkky) yesterday. I was shit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle it's a holiday in the UK, too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat @Alectryon one way of getting round this a bit is to require it, but make the mechanics somewhat mysterious/veiled.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat @Alectryon Stops working once you learn how it works, but until that point, compassion is a good heuristic for success.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat @Alectryon (I say this because I've been playing King of Dragon Pass recently)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@WhisperBat @Alectryon @aliendovecote does a lot of interesting things! Feels like a parallel-universe game, where genres settled different.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@narF_snw the custard itself conducts - and you connect to ground by touching a bit of tin foil.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@narF_snw Makey makey is the easiest way to get the wiring working. Or, if you know electronics,it's just a resistor to increase sensitivityPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 that's why I liked Spacechem - I was free to not feel bad about using stupid kludges to make things work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Want to eat pork belly doughnuts from The Sycamore on Mission. I'm in bed in Bethnal Green.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe art/theatre thing? I feel that. Way easier to have stupid ideas if you've got someone else to have them to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier yeah! We were staying on Guerrero, so it actually felt local. I also loved the bottomless mimosas.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe Shit, now I'm sad to have missed it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @LewieP @kierongillen I am pretty sure I am an insider by this point, I don't see how you wouldn't be.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mikeBithell @LewieP @kierongillen The best theoretical laying out of the whole clique thing I've ever read was this: bopsecrets.org/CF/structurelessness.htmPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kierongillen @LewieP @mikeBithell one useful step would be adding open submissions to things currently accessed through knowing people.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kierongillen @LewieP @mikeBithell (ie Indie Fund, some vidya game websites, Wild Rumpus (to our shame), Valve (outside of Greenlight))Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @kierongillen @LewieP @mikeBithell Problem is, alternative cliques only mitigate, not fix the problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @kierongillen @LewieP @mikeBithell ref: "stars" in bopsecrets.org/CF/structurelessness.htm , @aliendovecote/336949036223434752, @auntiepixelante/337977528604041216Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @kierongillen @LewieP @mikeBithell yus! &it's great to work with friends. Problem is them being necessary for power, opportunitesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@itsmeYourfrend @Carachan1 @asponge It's one of the controllers we made for a game called Tenya Wanya Teens.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Look at all these wonderful things that have happened! playfulculture.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JoeTheDough @patrickashe This is what I keep telling people!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@DeadYetLiving shit, no! This nickname is gonna be here for the life of the console!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Tech snafu of the day: git is failing to pull on Windows some files in a folder with a trailing space...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP don't let Sonic break your heart againPermalink Look on archive.org
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The iOS app Orphion is a frustrating glimpse into touchscreen could-have-beens.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ammonite you saw that @Cmdr_Hadfield space darts video, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AdriaandeJongh yep! I tried to tweet thanks at you at the time, but I found it in drafts a few weeks later.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @Sarcasmorator oh man! The tagline is literally "You die in the game, you die in real life"?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Right, did you see @severalbees spreadsheet (and talk)? hideandseek.net/2012/02/08/deadly-serious-games-fictional-games-and-what-they-tell-us/ docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At7mag0_WELmdGo5bnN0Z25Cbl80OGJSblh1aEp3cXc&hl=en_US#gid=0Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar (PS: should that be @severalbees's, @severalbees', @severalbees or what?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adurdin It uses finger-blob sizes! You're not supposed to be able to do that on iOS!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adurdin well, yes, exactly. S'been up a while... I'm kind of scared to draw attention to it (despite thinking it's fantastic)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@adurdin But it does make me sad for the gorgeous-feeling blob-size-using games on iOS that'll never be made.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bfod Ha -- I recently switched to FF from Chrome, and have been enjoying the change.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@webbedspace Amazing, no expectations > Amazing, expectations > Not actually playing it, I guess.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak oh, amazing! And you even submitted a patch, too!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe that sounds like a great lineup! Excited to see it in action.Permalink Look on archive.org
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outsourced and automated any sense of caring for friendsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp i feel it's important to make lists of the games we'll never makePermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp Mine is literally called "Terrible game ideas". It's got a couple of ideas that are crossed off!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp Most recent addition: a game entirely made structures and holes made of truncated octahedra v21.tumblr.com/post/51714590255/truncated-octahedraPermalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth @LawrieARussell @whitingjp yep -- crossed off for having been made! It's an odd feeling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth @LawrieARussell @whitingjp *goes back and checks* Yeah! Silt for 7DFPS, A Bastard, and a gamejam font-guessing game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Oh man, that's a good idea! Like Zineth, frees it up to be *hard*.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"Faxanadu’s bewildering, labyrinthine tree is, for me, enmeshed with the night dad stayed out late without calling" trashbabes.com/Chastain/PhantomGames/phantomgames.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @zoequinnzel they love 'em once they're there -- the harder challenge is getting them there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Is there a way to not save RageSpline-generated meshes when saving scenes?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Twitter API returning results that do not respect arrow of time. twitter.bug.quietbabylon.com/ (via @annashipman)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Is that a question?Permalink Look on archive.org
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This talk is a great overview of the state of the art of videogames and fucking molleindustria.org/blog/fucking-polygons-fucking-pixels-on-procedural-representations-of-sex/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@doougle I totally missed new Solar Bears til you mentioned it earlier! Still working out if I love it like She Was..., but it's def good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Currently marveling at the work of Francoise Gamma computersclub.org/club/?author=15Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer I bet @HilariousCow could do it better than me, but I wanna make a game whose aesthetic comes from z-fighting.Permalink Look on archive.org
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GameCity has been announced! festival.gamecity.org/news/gamecity8 it looks super cool...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@D_Nye_Griffiths they also have different street numbering schemes -- one goes up and down, the other odd/evenPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ellaguro: oh my god, David Lynch has started doing vinesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP why is it a through route?Permalink Look on archive.org
