Tweets from 2014/01
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Happy New Year everyone!
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"Even people who are going to die, are puking" - @leighalexander (who is being the most caring person)
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Good night and happy new year to @doougle and @tigershungry, who I hope are celebrating in style in NYC.
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@leighalexander it made perfect sense to me, too!
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RT @MaxTundra: Welcome Bulgarians! You have given me such joy over the years, you talented weavers of musical dreams and ambition: http://t…
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@philippawarr rawwr! (Netrunner tomorrow?)
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@MaxTundra @philippawarr "Please note this is not to be used as sleepwear." WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SLEEP IN IT?
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@0xTheBasement No Photos, Please looks really interesting! You interested in submitting it for a future Wild Rumpus? thewildrumpus.co.uk/sendusyourgames
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"And yet there’s game designers out there who will say, I will not dirty my hands with this." st33d.tumblr.com/post/71852035004/in-defence-of-candy-crush
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@smestorp @aNuchallenger @st33d I think that was a very distracting comparison to make, but a rant is a rant.
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A Intro to Game-Making/Beginners Jam would be a lot more of a revolutionary act at Eurogamer than at GameCity.
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The audience for big corporation made games is more diverse than the audience for indie games.
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@terrycavanagh @nachimir did not know this! V interesting, thanks.
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@Wolfire Minecraft is I think an exception, here, mainly in how popular it is with children.
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@jimrossignol @Wolfire I'd probably argue that the indie audience is more or less a subset?
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@tef no 2 meal?
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@Carachan1 and SO MUCH fanservice
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@Carachan1 yep, lots of that, too.
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RT @indirect: not sure why, but I am delighted to learn dogs prefer to align themselves with earth's magnetic field when they poop http://t…
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@zoequinnzel that really sucks for you, and you definitely shouldn't feel like you should stop talking about this stuff, but...
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@zoequinnzel ...the other interpretation is that other people have their own shit, and are practicing self-care in not stressing about yours
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@sturdyAlex typo: "rtrying"
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The way you make a game is you make a ever more intricate workflow for making a game until you can't bear it any more. Then you ship.
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@mcc_ebooks i think you might be my favorite twitter bot?
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@mcc_ebooks replying to this with the link ludumdare.com/compo/tag/pepsi/ as a bookmark for when I'm at a computer.
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It's possible it's just because I like the source material, but @mcc_ebooks is uncannily good.
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@edjeff I would love it if you faxed me a picture of a steam engine.
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Thinking about buying a new computer. I'm (relatively) poor, travel a lot, and develop pretty-looking games in 3D engines. So, p much fucked
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@LewieP @xShrewsbury currently have a heavy thing with no battery. Not having had that, any improvement is good.
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@AlanZucconi what, "bacon chocolate brownie"? But look at how cute the snail is!
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Pub tomorrow? It'll be like we were doing work all week. Cc @D_Nye_Griffiths @betterthemask @terrycavanagh @increpare @tef @severalbees etc?
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@tef @D_Nye_Griffiths @betterthemask @terrycavanagh @increpare @severalbees not for me, but makes sense to drink elsewhere after food anyway
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Just won a round betting that bacon-infused wine exists.
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@RWHBray if I can win prizes for cynicism, I will.
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@xShrewsbury @D_Nye_Griffiths @betterthemask @terrycavanagh @increpare @tef @severalbees ah, I don't think we'll hit quorate, let's pass now
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@xShrewsbury oh, yeah, obviously
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girl, you must be
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Wait, what, I tweeted that attempting a floating contextless phrase, but I hadn't checked my feed all evening, it accidentally had context.
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Like, I'd read @christinelove/418893136664858624, but not @mcclure111/418892800420098048 (before that), or @mcclure111/418893504199155712 (after mine)
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@LewieP ayah, sorry to hear you're suffering so. *hugs*
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@lingmops you'll knock 'em dead.
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So, on my iPad. See @radiatoryang post futureinterface.tumblr.com/ Think "that looks like my cup of tea, let's follow it on tumblr". How do I?
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@RWHBray yes
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@RWHBray this is the problem
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@RWHBray you would have thought that "let me follow a particular blog" would be a simple intuitive process?
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I think the answer is "launch Chrome/Safari independently, go to tumblr, log in, type in the URL again, finally there should be a button"
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That is... not simple? A pain in the arse?
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@awesommelier alas, I'm going to a Scandiavian Christmas party in South London. I mean, not really alas.
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@awesommelier my Dad is turning up to drop off some furniture at some point, so will need to check when/maybe not stray too far.
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@awesommelier but basically yeah!
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@Pisscress @psychicteeth iirc, they still do, though not as much as before. Even if you have a pro account.
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@psychicteeth a rival that is as easy to use, drives amounts of traffic of a similar order of magnitude and has robust monetization?
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@psychicteeth not against their guidelines != won't be taken down in error
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@failnaut right, but you can get away with singing stuff that's just stupid as normal sentences. See: any love song.
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@HilariousCow Have you played SMESPORT?
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@troygilbert Which is fine! But the combination of the Tumblr app search not working, iOS's insistence on every app having it's own ...
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@troygilbert ... sandboxed browser, and that perfectly reasonable feature makes this so unnecessarily painful.
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@troygilbert (that the best answer is "fav the tweet, do it when you get to a real computer")
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@mcclure111 wait, so: does it return? Does the calling function ever get to continue? What happens if you return again inside your finally?
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When it comes to making games, I generally make the most literal things in the most straightforward ways.
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I envy people who can use "metaphor" and "allusions" and "subtlety".
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Like, I think I am now best known for making a game about punching bowls of custard, called "Punch The Custard"
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The original idea was "punching custard". See what I mean? At least it was a good/stupid idea.
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@mcclure111 Whew! At least the madness only goes so far.
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@haikus_by_KN Not even being sarcastic, those people are probably legit better at this stuff than me.
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@pietepiet Wait, no, fuck this mindset. Jelly No Puzzle is amazing. Candy Box is amazing.
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I just now discovered that Jelly no Puzzle got an Android port! play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jellycrew.jellynopuzzle JELLY NO PUZZLE
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@PistachioRoux @jonbro I started playing this week! There are lots of moving parts, huh?
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@smestorp ayah - I'm learning with a whole group of people who've already splashed out on expansions & made custom decks, so I can dabble.
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@smestorp which reminds me that I guess I should buy it.
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"his priority as environment secretary was growing the economy as well as improving the natural environment." Yaaaaaaay!
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@haikus_by_KN fwiw, my last tweet was actually expressing disdain through veiled sarcasm. We're back!
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@lingmops block 'em.
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@xoebus me too! I've dabbled a bit already, but it hard work working out how stuff works (and then it changes again)
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@smestorp but FLAAAAAVOUR. (I would also not do this. At least the corp names make sense, unlike "heap" and "stack")
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@smestorp Especially given you end up sorting them out like after every game.
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro right, but that's no excuse. you gotta design for people who are new and confused by everything, too.
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro someday we'll be those twitchy players indicating where we're running by raising an eyebrow, but not yet.
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@ADAMATOMIC @smestorp but deck as a trope would map to hand, imho. So honestly I'm just glad we dodged THAT bullet.
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@karlnp @leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro well, a fair amount of spending would be useful to help you know the cards yr opp is playing.
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@karlnp @leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro and a fair amount of spending would give you more possibilities for deckbuilding
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@karlnp @leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro I mean, the problem is reduced greatly, but how much does it cost to get every expansion?
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@smestorp @karlnp @leighalexander @jonbro and even if it isn't, it's certainly stranger and more unfamiliar, which are advantages.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths have you seen objectivegamereviews.com/ ?
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@karlnp @smestorp @leighalexander @jonbro I mean, the answer is simple : play whatever sets are most fun for you & your opponent.
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Ongoing reminder that we're making videogame and party happen soon, and you should come. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-rumpus-5-tickets-9667625127
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Lineup soon!
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@SimoRoth did not know this!
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@Rinzence Yeah! Just sent an email with your name in it. Will be in touch soon!
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OH, the reason the Discover tab exists is because Twitter is still jealous of Facebook. Makes sense now.
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Okay! Actually bought Netrunner! Now to just become not completely incompetent at it.
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I'm an idiot and won't get to see @hidingseeking's last hurrah at Kensington Palace.
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@PeopleIKnow Ichi & Aggressive Secretary, and a bad run of no money did me in, my last game. :<
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@vorrintal Lets! There's a full-on gathering on Thursday evening at the Blue Posts, too.
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@patrickashe I'd like it if Tumblr gif uploading was a smooth, reliable and explicable process.
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@patrickashe But ... like... "Tumblr doesn’t like gifs that are too saturated in cyan or magenta colours."
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@lingmops Oh yeah! End up drinking imported Danish Carlsberg, as it has an extra 1% ABV.
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@patrickashe which reminds me I should automate this process I found for glitching gifs.
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@rubzo Whooo! Oh, are you going to the Tacos & Bluegrass thing next weekend? (I'm not, sadly)
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@0xTheBasement @WildRumpus hm, didn't come through - can you check on your side?
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@rubzo they're showing one of my games, happy to ask for a guestlist place for you?
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@smestorp @HilariousCow well TOO BAD! Aubrey recognized it, your game is a failure.
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@smestorp @HilariousCow I like the game, but then I haven't played DOTA.
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I haven't yet seen a copy of Morrissey's autobiography without wanting to make fun of the person reading it.
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@mooonmagic I mean, I clearly missed this, but still: 3625 9500 0295
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@Doctoe @Carachan1 me too! There was even a gap in the trees, just right for seeing the castle.
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@Doctoe @Carachan1 goddamnit, I want to go back too.
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@awesommelier I just texted you! Can't make it, my dad is still on his way. :(
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@rahulricky I also love how classy the room is, all in a lovely rococo style. High budget stuff
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@xShrewsbury they killed it when they removed the foreign office funding.
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The new generation of furbies sound hilarious. amommystory.com/2013/01/what-happens-when-your-furby-becomes-evil.html (via @iamdanw)
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@mooonmagic AMAZING
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@rubzo no, I find there's generally one correct way to play, and beyond that it's luck. Only rarely do you have to try to call out bluffs.
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@rubzo and even then, card counting is likely to get you further. Shame, as the game is good until you've learnt it.
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@rubzo yeah, p much. I'm okay with losing to randomness, but it has to feel tense (which it stops doing after enough plays).
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@rubzo most cards need two cards in your hand to function. Maybe try the other way : 3 cards, 2 lives?
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@rubzo plus, that'll give you actual choices to make...
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@rubzo ah, okay, yeah, we agree then. Will think about revised card rules...
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@rubzo more important is is makes most decisions actual decisions, not automatic...
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@rubzo ah, you just sent a backup copy...
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@LineHollis "and in the game"?
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@rubzo yeah, we should try this out using imaginary cards online at some point.
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@rubzo I've less interest in fixing Love Letter then bettering it. Or at least understanding it better.
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@rubzo like, I trust the designers enough to feel there's no fixes in the immediate vicinity of the published game.
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@rubzo it's cheap, interesting, flavorful and you can play it in about 10 mins?
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After three days, I found That Thing That I Don't Really Need But Would Be Useful That I Can't Find And It's Really Irritating
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But it turns out they were headphones, and were in the pocket of a jacket I'd put through the wash :< But they still work! :>
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Feels like, at least in this corner of the world, @Carachan1 has just made it a mainstream option. Now it gets popular.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths &: more like Kickstarter than Bitcoin, no? Where you can cash in reputation for money, but the exchange rate is going down.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Yep, I agree. But like KS, the model is also for people to discover it, then start putting money on lots of things.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths And every new person on the platform brings their own audience, which then swells the ranks of funders for others.
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@rclarke @D_Nye_Griffiths I've been subscribed to @badmachinery for a year or two now, and no complaints.
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@philippawarr @LewieP @Tom_OBedlam there's a little weird bit of finessing with per article/ per month, though.
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@philippawarr @LewieP @Tom_OBedlam People make a thing ~ a month, and then get money for each thing, so it's only roughly $x/month.
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@LewieP @philippawarr @Tom_OBedlam no, it's per piece, but presumably better for creators to keep a constant rate patreon.com/faq?ftyp=patrons
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@Carachan1 congratulations! Been enjoying watching that number shoot up.
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@mikeBithell @D_Nye_Griffiths @leighalexander @GriddleOctopus 109 (+ at max 10). KS always insists they're rising tide, expect similar here.
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@hannahnicklin I can't hear the words over the context (that they've been a joke for years, after once being The Best Place For ...
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@hannahnicklin ... Videogame Writing, that they dropped scores when it was trendy to and have now redesigned to look exactly like Polygon)
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@hannahnicklin And: I think so? Eventually? There's a difference between the form of the work and the end result of the work being rewarding
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@hannahnicklin You might well have to compromise one of those. Which, that's a hard choice to make. And also, everything moves a lot slower.
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@hannahnicklin Really sorry to hear that. But at least : you're completely allowed to feel sorry for yourself.
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@hannahnicklin well, for an hour at least. Chop chop, time's almost up.
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@psychicteeth I considered nominating myself this year, because it'd be useful, but didn't, because I still have a sense of shame.
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@tef *pock*?
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@KommanderKlobb Oh, that's great! Did you ever watch Food Party?
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Hurrah! It's another amazing Don't Hug Me I'm Scared! (by @BeckyBocka and @japelling) dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18295/1/beckyjoe-1-dont-hug-me-im-scared-ii-time (via @angu…
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How many pockets do you think you own? I reckon I own at least 200.
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@nachimir Why do you sew them shut? And, I'd say so. Though, I guess they do, though more potential pockets than actual.
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Yaaaay, upgraded a Unity plugin and now Unity won't start.
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So mainly the message that I get from this post is that making good UI is awful. blog.brendanvance.com/2014/01/05/the-cult-of-the-peacock/
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@Gillespionage i got pears, perfect pears and peaches. or actually only one of each, I harvested earlier :<
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@corneaga you can do it! I believe in you!
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@haze______ yeah, I did not as much as I'd like on HCI at uni, my interest in games kind of came out of that...
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@haze______ there's a fundamental difference: HCI makes tasks easier, games you also have to make the tasks too.
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@haze______ and I also say the same lame things about 'ugh, hi' - but it is obviously important. Just takes a lot of work.
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@failnaut marie and/or george @ thewildrumpus.com !
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@haze______ Oh, I didn't think you were. It's a fun joke to make, and I'm not going to stop making it, but it is a lazy one.
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@geekessays @Moranfox Yeah, it's a useful heuristic, nothing more.
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@geekessays @Moranfox Like, "this film fails the Bechdel test" tells you little, but "only x% of y films pass..." does.
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@LewieP I think as soon as you ship one, you lose your cert with Google, and can't ship any with.
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@LewieP obv Amazon (and Samsung, and the rest) want to have the ability to jump ship if terms get really bad, but won't til they're pushed.
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@LewieP Yeah, I was wrong there. This article is great : arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ (p 3 most relevant)
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@LewieP "Since the Kindle OS counts as an incompatible version of Android, no major OEM is allowed to produce the Kindle Fire for Amazon."
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@mcclure111 remind me why dynamic typing is ever a good thing again?
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@mcclure111 mm, I do actually agree. Have you ever seen Boo? They have a nice system.
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@mcclure111 (variables are typed by default, but it infers the type where it can (or you can go "var foo as bar")
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@mcclure111 (also, you can go "var foo as duck", and it'll duck type that variable. So unfussy!)
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@failnaut well, it's not as if you can just nip outside...
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IGF noms are out! igf.com/2014/01/2014_independen.html#more
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@smestorp why settle for linear progression?
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Genuine cause to write the following code in our very serious game : "if (GUILayout.Button("Make it rain"))"
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It makes it rain.
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RT @zoequinnzel: I JUST GOT A TWINE GAME ON STEAM HOLY CRAP
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@jonty any interest in being a friendly volunteer person at Wild Rumpus? No worries if you want to just drink & play instead.
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aw, goddamn, maybe I should go to Indiecade East indiecade.com/east/speakers/
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@haikus_by_KN ground almonds all up in here
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RT @DamianSommer: Also, want to let people know, the Yawhg was "coded" entirely in Multimedia Fusion 2, which an easy to use game developme…
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RT @DamianSommer: I actually am terrible at coding. YOU CAN MAKE GAMES TOO, FOLKS.
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I am always telling people about how terrible incredibly talented game makers can be at coding.
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@patrickashe can't be in love if it's plastic, but to live on my own just seems tragic... super up for coming round and watching that
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currently only halfway though, but I recommend this documentary so hard bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03n322v/Dave_Allen_In_Search_of_the_Great_English_Eccentric/
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Like, just now, Ivor Cutler appeared.
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@NEDymond Just found his Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lacey
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My favorite of all the people in that programme was Bruce Lacey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lacey
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Already feeling pre-emptively tired for GDC.
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A bitter chaser for that charming documentary I linked earlier : newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2014/01/13/140113crat_atlarge_morozov?currentPage=all
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@xMattieBrice Yeah. If I know exactly why I disagree, then it's rubbish, if I'm not quite sure, it's great.
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@Carachan1 My secret is : I've not played a release build of Towerfall or Samurai Gunn. Shhh.
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@Carachan1 (That's not actually true, come to think of it: a friend brought S Gunn round the other night. But still. Bad George, hype cycle)
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@Carachan1 but seriously, it's all hype until the damn thing gets released.
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Wondering if @tigershungry has frozen to death
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@failnaut soon! See previous tweet about @tigershungry / possible death etc.
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@failnaut @tigershungry ah, shit, i think i gave you a bum address : marie@thewildrumpus.co.uk ? or george@thewildrumpus.co.uk
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@failnaut @tigershungry Yep, I think it's all good.
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RT @awesommelier: The mayor of Coevedrun just congratulated me on having his town plan tattooed onto myself. Nice.
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@retroremakes not that RR shouldn't (obviously) consider hosting this stuff. But I'd also try talking to archive.org.
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@retroremakes I mainly say this, because I want archive.org to have a better collection of games.
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@retroremakes and I mainly say that because it's the canonical achive that is least likely to go away, even on a scale of decades.
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fucking Unity prefabs man, bad times
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@patrickashe ignore previous tweets : I'm an idiot.
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@fridgehead Oh, no, this is local changes becoming magically undone. idk.
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@KommanderKlobb not heard either of them
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @severalbees @asponge @edjeff @markarnot @betterthemask @terrycavanagh I'm going to a gig at the Lexington.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @severalbees @asponge @edjeff @markarnot @betterthemask @terrycavanagh but the Lexington has good whiskey & closes at 4am.
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@severalbees "probably"
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@Moranfox hullo! depending on dates, I def am. georgebuckenham on Skype.
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@dinosaurrparty I heard! Congrats!
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RT @mcclure111: Oh my god oh my god i think this person had a complete conversation w/@mcc_ebooks without ever realizing she's a bot https:…
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RT @hannahnicklin: (1) Table from a 2012 Steve Webb parliamentary answer: (2) yougov.co.uk/news/2012/12/27/under-25-housing-benefit/
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Remind me next time I get a hobby, not to get one that involves Skype calls or emails.
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@patrickashe I just got some walking boots! Now if I hide in a hole in the ground, my feet will stay dry.
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RT @mcclure111: Geeeeez
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RT @garblefart: literally being able to see your hands when you look down
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"Minecraft" is correlated with "bad video card drivers"
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@TheJare @raiganburns it's a race!
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RT @mcclure111: OH MY GOD @eevee/421088968583565312
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@KommanderKlobb @grapefrukt hmm, but even so, I have the issue I can put my head down and work without considering whether it's worth work
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My friend @severalbees has written a wonderful -- look, it's a 2013 list, okay? But better than that. hollygramazio.net/blog/2014/1/3/not-games-of-the-year
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@ammonite @Tom_Bowtell Happy to, or happy to relinquish my claim - no desperate need, just idle greed.
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Fuck you, emails, it's time for Netrunner.
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@higgyC @ScratchBros we did! And owe you an email (with good news in it).
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@seniath and look what was waiting at home!
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@adragonbee @pillowfort @seniath it was great to lose to you! Best game I've played yet.
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@leighalexander @seniath @adragonbee the man had a plan
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RT @HamishTodd1: I think "games about walking around" are a fad. The novelty will wear off, people will stop seeing the point of it, we'll …
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RTs are not endorsements, movement through physical space has been the core of most games for many years, the minimal form will not die.
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@patrickashe to be clear, I have given at least one talk in favour of people putting their games in tiny pigeon holes and ignoring the rest.
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@patrickashe no, but, like... I don't read that as coming from a place of power. It's not oppressive, y'know.
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@vectorpoem is there animosity? How peculiar!
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@whatisian rolling a little, to and fro, in our egg-shaped depressions.
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RT @kozilekmusic: I'm playing in Londonat @WildRumpus on 18th this month! Come DANZZE!! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-rumpus-5-tickets-9667625127
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RT @Dick_Hogg: Wow. Landscapes of Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars and Titan. Beautiful.
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RT @WildRumpus: Announcing the first hunk of our Wild Rumpus #5 line up, in which you will pilot a caravan in space & write around in a swi…
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RT @WildRumpus: ...ROFLPILLAR by @lucky_frame , MEGAA͈L͈P͈H͈A͈B͈E͈T͈ by @ADAMATOMIC , @sakaiasuka & Keita Takahashi, SUPER PIÑATA PRO by @e…
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RT @WildRumpus: …freshly IGF nominated THE YAWHG by @emilyterrible & @DamianSommer & the good spaceship* LHS BIKESHED (*caravan, like an a…
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RT @WildRumpus: & with a homemade banging electro set all the way from Finland with @kozilekmusic of GUN GODZ, NUCLEAR THRONE & LUFTRAUSERS…
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@edclef @KommanderKlobb @increpare @terrycavanagh @psychicteeth Sure! With the proviso that we can apparently start setup at 8am, so.
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@pageantmalarkey @KommanderKlobb yep, upstairs.
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RT @SpindleyQ: Just realized that @smestorp made porn mah-jong games for the second Pirate Kart under the alias "Baron-Duke Brog von Smesto…
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my pizza game is weak
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gonna get fried chicken when I get off this bus
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withered hand was great as always tonight. always a pleasure to be singing along in a crowd.
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the continued realness of @m1sp's bots. or maybe that should read "deception"
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all I liked second life for was the omnipresent ability to fly
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i should make a dream flight simulator. people don't realize that shit has rules.
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mainly: it takes effort to fly at any height above eye level, or faster than running. smooth movement, few tumbles.
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the favs on this tweet @v21/421804076629000192
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This is morally suspect, but so fascinating socialturkers.com/about/
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@tef fuck you, dance
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@asponge @tigershungry @joonturbo let's get a big space and fill all the rooms with different concepts
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@patrickashe ended up there last summer, when it was basically a shell with a bar installed. So depressing.
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RT @TinyRevolution: COINTELPRO burglar: 1970 draft board burglars got in by leaving note on door saying "Please don't lock" #TheBurglary ht…
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@c_hedborg send me a gif & I'll glitch it for you.
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@c_hedborg nottheinternet.com/files/art_glitched.gif
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@c_hedborg @joonturbo it didn't want to glitch much initially, so i had to get a little heavy handed...
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Gif glitching technique: gist.github.com/v21/8370964 #weirdkids
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@smestorp @NicklasNygren well, in that case, if people really care, they can look in gamecenter, right?
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(the unfortunate part of that technique is that it needs cmd.exe and MSys for different commands.. le sigh)
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v21.tumblr.com/post/72980910877/love-floyd-steinberg-so-much-and-zebra-katz-is #weirdkids (for @c_hedborg)
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@failnaut It's the best.
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@xShrewsbury stop being a baby, it washes off
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@TomNullpointer I'm sorry! I normally mix it a little thicker!
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@adurdin really glad you enjoyed it!
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@Carachan1 there are multiple levels which this tweet is surprising to me.
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RT @aeonofdiscord: I never expected Punch The Custard would be quite so literal. #tbvg
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@juliepagano @lindseybieda ah, there's a website that might be relevant to your interests. gamesculture.biz
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Sad to not have made it up to Tacos, Bluegrass & Videogames last night : I hope everyone had a good time playing Punch the Custard.
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Thanks to @amazingrolo & @jonbro for showing it!
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@ElectronDance I'm going to spare you the obvious joke.
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"This code is awful" from the person who made it basically tells you nothing about the quality of the code.
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I don't collaborate with other programmers enough -- I miss getting to see other people's code and learning from it.
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@smestorp @Carachan1 I lost an exciting match, and then won an interminable one.
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@zoequinnzel @TRONMAXIMUM I read this out loud to my flatmate and he gave me a slow clap.
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@webbedspace secret killswitch? Are you an undercover agent from the big studios, plotting to destroy Twine from within?
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@smestorp @Carachan1 Yeah, it seems like great fun. Only played Anarch once, so I've not yet used it effectively, but.
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@smestorp @Carachan1 played Crim for the first time tonight - love that Faked Activation Order.
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@smestorp @Carachan1 ah, it was better than that - I could run R&D, she was poor, so if I could guess where she put the ice, I could kill it
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@smestorp @Carachan1 it's really just a shame that there were no agendas in there...
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@tha_rami I never remember my identity power... Or to not shuffle it into the deck.
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@joonturbo good tweening!
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RT @emfcamp: We've very happy to announce that EMF 2014 will happen on August 29th-31st at a location in Newton Longville, near Milton Keyn…
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RT @londonhackspace: Our good ship @LHSBikeshed will be making the trip to @WildRumpus on Saturday, and should also be running in our car p…
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Enjoying knowing we're showing a (so far unannounced) game that @jonty loves at an event he can't go to.
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@CharlesYarnold midnight!
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RT @ashedryden: Reminds me of something someone said recently: the dudes who used to wear the "I read your email" tshirts are the most upse…
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@LewieP I can see arguments for doing it both ways. But personally, I'd start high and go down.
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@adventuresofrob it's due to be released (as one quarter of Sportsfriends) early this year!
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@adventuresofrob but there was a Kickstarter, and the Mac builds have been sent out as part of that. So copies are out in the world...
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@adventuresofrob probably not. But! There is this page, I just found: sportsfriendsgame.com/preorder/
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RT @mcclure111: Someone once explained to me how AI research only *appears* to be a perpetual failure, bc anything that works gets redefine…
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@xShrewsbury @whitingjp @terrycavanagh @edclef @Draknek I'll be running around with VGA cables between my teeth... But thanks for the offer
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I'm hearing rumours (via @mcclure111) that there's a Twitter redesign rolling in. I'm suddenly grateful for this glitch background.
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RT @fbz: rule 110 scarf, including a mistake row, and some glider spaceships in width 71 pixels
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Followup : I have seen a screenshot and it looks okay.
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@russss @fbz @chixors Haha, I'd been idly meaning to after loving glitchtextiles.com/ (but not being able to afford it)
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@keefstuart I have a cat, though really it's @asponge's.
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@patrickashe you know, I had a decal to give to you. I even told you about it.
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RT @mcclure111: Hi Twitter, remember that GOTY poll I was running last week? RESULTS! vote.runhello.com/2013/ &analysis: http://t.co/moUFJW3…
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@thomasfigg don't worry, there's the whole day ahead of you
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THINKING MAN storify.com/russss/thinking-man
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@smestorp @droqen @LOOOST_LEVELS All GDC means is that everyone happens to be in roughly the same place at the same time.
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@martinhollis @bfod This theory is testable though. Just start commissioning them again!
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What a beautiful sight : betterds3.ciebiera.net/
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RT @jcoglan: 2014 and the hilariously broken internet filter I loathed at school is now back as national policy.
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LRT : maybe this is a scheme to get people interested in computing via teaching them how proxies work.
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@rubzo "Last ReTweet"
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@phototropy This is not a helpful suggestion, but I love this website: whitenoisemp3s.com/sleepy-beach-waves.html
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This article on artisanal toast manages to transcend the form psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/toast-story-latest-artisanal-food-craze-72676/
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Also, @Carachan1 : Nidhogg clearly is a platformer. It has jumping and wall-jumping and PLATFORMS.
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@smestorp @Carachan1 careful now, the same sentiment applies to rougelike[like]s just the same.
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@leighalexander @adragonbee It's got a great theme tune youtube.com/watch?v=bzHlDxyO8SI
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I am posting this purely to troll medium.com/better-humans/6620882dde89
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RT @WildRumpus: Oh look what is this, is it the final Wild Rumpus #5 line up? Now with 100% extra free games inlcuding…
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RT @WildRumpus: …GET ON TOP by @bfod , UN EP by @whatisian , TURNOVER by @mrch4d & others, TETHER by @MattRix & others…
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RT @WildRumpus: additional explosions will be provided from LUFTRAUSERS by @Vlambeer & additional music provided from DJs @superscratchbros…
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RT @WildRumpus: …oh yeah & NIDHOGG by @messhof
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RT @WildRumpus: (~˘▾˘)~ Full #wildrumpus5 line up & tickets are this way wildrumpus5.eventbrite.com , this Saturday 18th Jan, 7pm @bl_nkHackney…
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Only three more days, guys!
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http //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_colors en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_colors
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@edclef It's a perfectly self-descriptive link, so I want both the URL and the link.
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@compositeredfox This screenshot won't mean much to most people, but maybe it'll cheer you up some ? gyazo.com/b350939b91f5c3ef06612e28e28223b7
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@Carachan1 "maybe I'll just have a Coke and come back again"
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@bfod @martinhollis iOS success of boardgames vs LMP bears out the viability of this strategy
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RT @planetjedward: We're Proud To Be Twins Thats Why We Wear Matching Clothes and Do Everything Together
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We got it the wrong way round. Why didn't we get rid of booth babes, and keep the three martini lunch?
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@asponge now you sound like this guy worldsbiggestwriting.com/
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@asponge also here's that gay moon zine I was telling you about monetizeyourcat.tumblr.com/post/73190811524/gay-moon-2k14
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@tigershungry @KommanderKlobb was doing a podcast. Sent now
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@severalbees and here I was thinking a book of game rules written as poetry sounded like a good idea...
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@severalbees ahhh, that's such a lovely way of seeing it. A big joy from boardgames for me is going through that expansion process.
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@severalbees a moment of : oh, THAT'S why the corp gets 3 clicks and a draw, instead of 4 clicks, recently. (Netrunner)
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I keep wanting to play Animal Crossing while I'm on the tube and then end up sending emails instead.
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@tigershungry next time we skype, we should just visit instead.
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@psychicteeth @kozilekmusic just checking you'd seen this?
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@phototropy partly I feel I should say this, partly I think you'd both enjoy it : bring her to wild rumpus!
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@edclef wooooo, spaceplanes. I could never quite get those extra 10,000 feet last time I tried.
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@edclef I was constantly skipping out of the atmosphere, then coming back in to try to make speed, then skipping out again.
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@edclef (never quite worked) (also, thank god they've not modelled heat damage, I was red hot for most of that)
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@edclef then I got bored and started building big rockets with jet boosters.
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@edclef needs a little kick to get off the launch pad, and climbs more slowly than you'd believe, but it worked.
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@psychicteeth @jonbro you could bring it to ours, and we can take it tomorrow morning, or also just to alex's
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So, ups and downs this morning : downs, my scrollwheel has stopped working in Firefox.
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Plus side : This is now on Spotify. open.spotify.com/track/7uG3Ra8g8YRpqru7gaJwoG Shoutout to everyone who is now living in London, despite not really wanting to.
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"a shooter pushes a red button near the trigger to tag a target — similar to the way a Facebook user tags a friend" defensetech.org/2014/01/15/u-s-military-begins-testing-smart-rifles/
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The difference between being a thing and identifying as a thing.
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@ammonite If you like fishing, you should do some fishing. Put the buzzoid on display, and you might understand more.
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@ammonite I don't really have tips - don't stress about stuff, and do what seems fun. Talk to your villagers!
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@ammonite Also, keep bugging Sable in the clothes shop.
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@ammonite Oh, and if you want some different types of fruit (can plant them, and worth more at Re-Tail), I have pears, peaches & ...another?
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@steishere writing with fire! It's quite exciting.
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@psychicteeth was gonna head round yours now, what's your address?
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@psychicteeth got delayed by talking to people, waiting for a bus now
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@nachimir @Bodminzer I hope the watermarks come with it
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@Draknek special shoutout to the "just fucking run" strategy in both.
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@Draknek next time, I'll play you at both, and beat you at either
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@HilariousCow playing this game with sober reflexes I'd going to be a real revelation for you.
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Had a great and only somewhat ill-advised time at @psychicteeth's tonight. We should do this kind of thing more often.
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@HilariousCow also remind me to teach you netrunner some time. Our group has lots of beginners, so you can have some fair matches, even.
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Should do this when people are awake, but: also, shoutout to that really lovely @agencyofconey and @jamesbridle scratch earlier on.
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Also, shoutout to "Itsuko Got Married" by Bearsuit, which I have listened to about 30 times this evening, and still want to listen to more.
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@HilariousCow try saying the alphabet backwards while walking along a narrow line...
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@tha_rami @xMattieBrice there's difficult questions of inclusion here: cons cost money to get in, hangs you've got to know someone(s), too.
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"Don't underestimate the power of a punch from a foxy boxer" & "TINY NANOBOTS WILL MEND YOUR BROKEN HEART" : best Bearsuit lyrics.
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Excited to see everyone very briefly tomorrow.
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@torahhorse The Curse of The Highly Rated Pest Control Man.
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"I am aware that people are unnecessarily giant babies" -- @asponge
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(RE how much Taylor Swift is too much Taylor Swift)
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@xShrewsbury @HilariousCow @edclef @psychicteeth @increpare @terrycavanagh @mtrc @Draknek @kozilekmusic @patrickashe @KommanderKlobb :D
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@jonbro @patrickashe it's 37 east road, just north of old street roundabout
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@jonbro @patrickashe n1 6az
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@kozilekmusic we're nearly ready to do a soundcheck, if you want to.
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@bollocksock any eta?
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@tigershungry I was gonna skype you a tour of the setup before it opens, but you're not online
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And it's not even 8 #wildrumpus vine.co/v/hlrOnigxwb2
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Mega alphabet vine.co/v/hlgumMXrvTt
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Nidhogg vine.co/v/hlgZYK9tZ3l
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Kozilek vine.co/v/hlgmZ6uKgi6
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Nidhogg & Kozilek vine.co/v/hlgm6jLTvpY
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Get on top vine.co/v/hlgmPBittep
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Kozilek fuck yeah vine.co/v/hlgm99jO9lQ
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Yeah yeah kozilek vine.co/v/hlgKpveqO0z
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Over 4600 deaths in get on top tonight
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Favorite thing : night buses that unexpectedly and prematurely terminate.
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@failnaut yeah, on another bus now, paying another 1.40 listening to people argue about having to pay another 1.40
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Follow-up : now sitting on a stationary bus while someone also thrown off argues he should be able to get change to travel on further.
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Three of the same buses have passed while we wait. Fuck TfL. This happens all the time.
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@failnaut @psychicteeth let alone the poor bugger who didn't have change for the second bus. Driver refused to move til others paid for him.
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@tef 25, so it's less dramatic than it sounds.
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*phone rings* "Oh, fuck me, it's Sorrell"
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RT @bitoclass: I didn't even think it was possible to *have* a favourite page of a freezer manual…
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RT @aanand: Heading to the Wild Rumpus for a bit. Excited to finally play Fuck Force, Eat the Wood, Porch, Rap Hedgehog, iNFLUENZA, Broverl…
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@BRKeogh @patrickashe really sorry nut to have got to say hi to you yesterday. But glad to hear you enjoyed yourself!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to wild rumpus last night. It was ace, you were ace, and now I am tired.
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@WeliciousEsport @WildRumpus it's LUFTRAUSERS, by @Vlambeer. Not out yet, but the free prequel (Luftrauser) is online.
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@severalbees did you see this article on a followup study to Whyte? nytimes.com/2014/01/19/magazine/technology-is-not-driving-us-apart-after-all.html?_r=0 (also,I would enjoy borrowing that book sometime)
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Last Saturday @Carachan1 was supposed to come over to play The Entertainment on the Oculus Rift. She left today, not having played it.
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@pintendo64 tuesday
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@nachimir @tigershungry it's okay, David, we'll try harder next time.
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@CharlesYarnold So glad you guys had fun. Was really fantastic to have you there. :D :D :D
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@tef i didn't respond at the time, or in real life, but i would read a walk through if i was playing that game.
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@awesommelier oop, typo : "the run of the litter"
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@patrickashe this is basically the reason we didn't put a game in there.
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@edclef @patrickashe the venue had a "startup kitchen"at the side (which we didn't use)
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@edclef @patrickashe it's actually a breakfast room. For startups.
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@empika no, that's @oh_cripes
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@glitchnap @KommanderKlobb it is now! We're talking about making tables.
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Bees in a Tin! Amazing looking conference next month in Birmingham that somehow costs £4.50 manyandvaried.org.uk/projects/bees2014/
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Great @108 quote: " Long-term goals are, among other things, a way of making people miserable at a party."
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(from his review of Samurai Gunn, here pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/01/samurai-gunn-review-pc.html)
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RT @LondonGameSpace: So! The paperwork is being filed, the tables are being constructed, we have a temporary space... it looks like we now …
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RT @LondonGameSpace: The London Games Space is now open for business! Co-working is open in the basement of Scenario Bar, Dalston, every we…
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RT @LondonGameSpace: Once we have a legal organization and a bank account, you will be able to officially become a member. Watch this space.
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RT @severalbees: WAIT. Birmingham. Not Nottingham. Do not, repeat do not, go to Nottingham on 21 February. On NO ACCOUNT go to Nottingham …
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@jmickle_ @pintendo64 @psychicteeth @patrickashe @Poxican recoup the costs of flights with blackmail
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gone home was not an ambitious game
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Gender body-swapping with the Oculus Rift. vimeo.com/84150219
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@jonbro @_dreamfeel Yeah, this reminds me a lot of phantom limb pain mirror therapies, or the rubber hand illusion.
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@patrickashe @psychicteeth I just booked some tickets to a gig! Guess which one!
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@Dick_Hogg YES!
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@patrickashe This makes me very happy.
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This song makes me happy soundcloud.com/tycho/tycho-montana/s-ViF3S
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@tef HI QUINNS!
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Dark Souls vs Deadly Premonition
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@garblefart when i discovered it basically has a native binaural implementaton (you still have to supply the impulse data)
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@Brendy_C bah, tactical is the easiest position to play.
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@Brendy_C first time I played, I played pilot. They still talk about my skills.
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@Brendy_C I think it helps that I've made games with 6DOF before. Just knowing where the fuck you're going is a challenge.
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@AlanZucconi yep sure! Vtwentyone@gmail.com
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You can wrestle 100 men, and win 100 horses from each to remain unmarried, but if someone starts a rumour, you'll still have to marry.
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@ansob Tell that to Khulutun! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutulun
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Eight versions of "Tugboat" open.spotify.com/user/v21/playlist/6Wb2OpTsiG60Ppn6dd1gTJ
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@c_hedborg looks so good! gotta add some colour-cycling, no?
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@c_hedborg I got three letters for you : G. I. F.
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@psychicteeth @SFBTom though it comes dangerous once they've been put in the fridge...
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@psychicteeth @SFBTom can i have your stuff?
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And here's some photos from Saturday night flickr.com/photos/115045454@N04/sets/72157640026996483/
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@radiodario you were on Radio 5 last night...
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@radiodario bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03q5m2f from about 02:10...
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@radiodario still waiting for my bit to come round...
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@radiodario and you sounded great. loved it when you hesitated when asked about pie charts
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ahhhhhhhhh, now i get to hear my own voice, awful awful awful
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@rubzo yeah, it's been a while. still, "being able to talk while hearing your own voice" is a useful skill, right?
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@rubzo but then I'd get asked to do it, and it's awful.
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@rubzo great advice. great advice.
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@KommanderKlobb thanks! I'm glad they edited out the bit about "community", as I wasn't as happy with my answer there.
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@patrickashe @LondonGameSpace favving from my real account, because it feels a little too cruel coming from LGS.
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@psychicteeth @HilariousCow @jukiokallio happy to come round and help you with that if it's causing problems
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@BanditoJuan fuckin' excellent work!
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That's right, I got on the BBC and The Guardian in the same day, motherfuckers.
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RT @hannahnicklin: This looks bonza: a show and tell about systems and how (possibly) to change them from @agencyofconey http://t.co/gvn3Fv…
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@robertpeacock22 thanks! Not actually used it myself yet...
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@tigershungry I'm not storing a wacky waving inflatable man in my bedroom, Marie.
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@Carachan1 oh god, you're not trying to host this on Tumblr are you? CARA YOU HAVE A WORDPRESS, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS TO YOURSELF.
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@tigershungry nothing will replace lenticular Jesus.
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@xShrewsbury RapeLay
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Powerful writing about the drug war here : boohooboo.tumblr.com/post/74203976695
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@asponge "The scene was accomplished by painting the set white, black, and gray and applying gray makeup to the actress" !!!!
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@mcclure111 But it did inspire an actual musical instrument, by the wonderful Henry Dagg youtube.com/watch?v=8E_AiTGdC0c
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RT @ZJemptv: Google+ keeps outing trans people zdnet.com/google-outed-me-7000025416/
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RT @jimrossignol: Great interview with Ivan Buchta about the Chernarus map from Arma 2 and DayZ: rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/22/an-unexpected-journey-the-life-and-dead-of-dayzs-chernarus/
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RT @mortice: Cupcake fascism. Great writing. (via @ctrlmalt) infinitelyfullofhope.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/cupcakefascism/
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@psychicteeth This is what I worry about becoming.
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@psychicteeth I think it's just -- I feel the warning signs of not doing enough things that aren't related to videogames.
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@KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth it's taking the steps away from games, not towards other things that I find hard.
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@KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth *goes back to writing Rumpus email*
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@severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth I find actually games are only a specific instantiation of the things I find interesting.
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth Yeah, the only problem is that I've a community to support my games & not not-games
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth (well, actually, they'd support not-games, but ... you know what I mean)
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth Yeah, but knowing a community is a lot of work, and games people are right here.
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth Doing interesting, exciting things, and yes I do want to be part of them.
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth And I never find time to start my exciting career as an installation artist.
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@psychicteeth @garethbriggs @severalbees @KommanderKlobb No, I am okay with people having well-defined interests.
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@jonbro are you ... porting?
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@PeteOlympian @beckwig You'd love Margate.
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@patrickashe slipper-brogues
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@severalbees I bought my mum stuff off her Amazon wishlist this Christmas!
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RT @patrickashe: On the verge of tears over the teapot I'll be honest.
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RT @tef: i may have had a nap in the office
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@severalbees that's what I use "save for later" for. So many books I had vague interest in about 3 years ago lurk there.
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@cmuratori @raiganburns they... do? There's loads of bands that are putting out tapes these days along their vinyl.
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@severalbees Wishes are great for sighing and sitting around and hoping! But you have to cultivate those thoughts on purpose with books.
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@cmuratori @raiganburns makes perfect sense to me : you usually get a MP3 download. You're just buying a nice physical thing, and CDs suck.
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@cmuratori @raiganburns I still buy books on paper.
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Was stressed about getting my passport renewed before I traveled (next fast track appointment : 11th Feb!), but it turns out it's fine?
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@TomNullpointer gonna play it safe and wait til I'm back from GDC (and Amaze, if I decide to go to that)
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@martinhollis That's what I said! Also mirror therapies for phantom pain.
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@tef yeah, pretty much what I reckon too. But still : how long til (pretty much) normal service resumes?
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@tef I'd say quicker! Early next week, I reckon. Monday or Tuesday.
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@patrickashe @BionicSheep @LondonGameSpace but let's talk : this event sounds great. When were you thinking of hosting it?
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@BionicSheep @patrickashe @LondonGameSpace like, those hours aren't set in stone, just the current regular hours : events can extend that.
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Really love the way android quits apps you're in with no warning when it decides to update them.
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RT @steveklabnik: "How Silicon Valley’s most celebrated CEOs conspired to drive down 100,000 tech engineers’ wages" pando.com/2014/01/23/the-techtopus-how-silicon-valleys-most-celebrated-ceos-conspired-to-drive-down-100000-tech-engineers-wages/
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@garethbriggs that's impressive, because it takes about a minute to wait for it to load
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Okay okay, I guess I'm gonna buy some Netrunner expansions and finally build some decks.
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And some sleeves. And a proper deck box. Geeeeez.
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@garethbriggs that'll never not be a disappointment. Run! Run! Drunkenly run!
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@LeehSl earlier this evening, I told @kierongillen never to play Resistance with you. I stand my that statement.
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@leighalexander you keeping scorched earth?
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@doougle ah, I'm glad! Got some stupid ideas and wanna try them out! Woman in the red dress + expensive ice rez costs + forged activation ??
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@LeehSl @kierongillen I will poison them against you, and it will make absolutely no difference.
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@pintendo64 was so good!
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.@Carachan1 has put up her profile of me embedwith.tumblr.com/post/74187623452/embed-with-london
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I think I might cry. It's so lovely.
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@srules It is! Like, I get to make explosions, and you get to make number entry fields?
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@Carachan1 Shit, I think I've answered this exact exam question.
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@Carachan1 "As shown in Loftus & Palmer, eyewitnesses are susceptible to having their memory of accounts changed by later leading questions
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@Carachan1 such effects can be highly durable, and can be demonstrated many months after the original question. The question itself need
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@Carachan1 only be slightly modified to show strong effects : "how fast was the car going when it smashed/crashed/bumped/hit/collided?" all
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@srules I'm learning things about people! Like... they like touching weird stuff. That's a thing! I learned that! Experimentally!
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@adragonbee @Carachan1 Or a gun! Trying to remember the term : narrowing of attention?
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@esdin @Carachan1 Yeah! That's generally the context, but I think it's even more fascinating in context of everyday life.
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@esdin @Carachan1 Oh, my hazy memory: studies showing a mismatch between verified details of people's personal life versus how it's recalled
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@esdin @Carachan1 Like, to the point of a once fervent Catholic denying he'd ever been particularly religious.
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@asponge @Carachan1 TOO LATE
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@haikus_by_KN @Carachan1 I keep trying to drink it, @asponge says we have to save it. For what, I don't know.
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Also, hidden away in that profile, is a preview of the lovely music from our game : soundcloud.com/gute-fabrik/mutazione-town-music-sketch
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@Carachan1 @smestorp I wore it for a day, and then in the morning til I had a shower and changed to go out.
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@Carachan1 @smestorp I'm gonna make you issue a correction.
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Sending a Google Images result for "Holly Gramazio" to someone to persuade them they can wear dresses. (cc @severalbees)
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@patrickashe It has the edge it does because it's an exploration of how conflicted he feels by the whole thing.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe And, the games world is huge. The world is huge. I don't particularly recommend our indie dev microcontroversies
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe But on the other hand, most of what I know I know because of exactly that attitude just there.
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@severalbees @alexhern Thursday evenings. Quite a lot, but I am happy to come round and teach you?
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@garethbriggs @severalbees @alexhern Yeah! Thursday evenings, at Glasshouse Stores (we might move, it's getting busier as the NY wears off)
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@esdin @Carachan1 fwiw : A reason this piece has moved me so much is getting to see my own life as an edited highlights reel.
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@esdin @Carachan1 The same with Wild Rumpus : we started it out of envy of other videogame events, and only realized we'd matched...
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@esdin @Carachan1 ... them when we got the photos back and realized they looked as good as the photos from events we wished we were at.
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@esdin @Carachan1 I just sit in a bathrobe and pretend to answer emails, that's generally what my life feels like. That doesn't feel full.
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RT @gutefabrik: For that piece, we posted a (very early!) draft of some Mutazione music, by @coroneddu: soundcloud.com/gute-fabrik/mutazione-town-music-sketch
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RT @molleindustria: Imagine how much more you would enjoy tech & gadgets if they weren't produced by corporations striving to dominate your…
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The Floor Is Jelly is coming out soon, and looks *beautiful* thefloorisjelly.com
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@philippawarr are there too many videogames, do you think?
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@robertpeacock22 well, it's still a platformer with quick reactions needed. but that trailer is accurate of what I've seen.
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@Carachan1 khakis suck, fuck khakis.
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@whatisian @jonbro I think there's a decent chance of that, especially given the way the situation has changed since that post.
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@whatisian @jonbro In any case, Greenlight has got a lot less daunting?
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@xShrewsbury @nachimir bring it
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@whatisian @jonbro No-one knows or cares that it's Flash (definitely so at the moment, shush or they'll find out)
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@Carachan1 @WildRumpus @Dick_Hogg @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry I think I confused you by calling Marie "boss-lady" one too many times...
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@patrickashe @LondonGameSpace let me know, I'll join as well
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@robertpeacock22 yeah! I just saw! Should do a proper tweet about that.
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@ADAMATOMIC I have had a blast with the core set, and feel like losses to better players are from skill, not money.
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@ADAMATOMIC that said, I'll buy the expansions soon, cuz there's some fun cards I want to build into decks.
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@oysterFAKE @Carachan1 I see their point *shrug*
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@oysterFAKE @Carachan1 like, yes, I agree, but it detracts from the magic?
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@HilariousCow see you at LGS?
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@rclarke @HilariousCow @xShrewsbury wait, wait, i don't think it's open today.
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@HilariousCow @rclarke @xShrewsbury yeah, not open at the weekends yet (as far as i know?)
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@HilariousCow @rclarke @xShrewsbury though, feel free to come round here. We have internet & a cat.
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@MistaKoo @Carachan1 Not a game! It's The Lacey Rituals, a compilation of the works of Bruce Lacey.
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Fucked my laptop again! Maybe I should buy another one? Or I can just patch this up again...
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My laptop has stopped noticing when it's plugged in. Does anyone have a Thinkpad 20V charger I can test it with today or tomorrow?
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@BRKeogh hey! You're in London now, right? Drinks?
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Or I could go to John Lewis and buy a Macbook. But I'll save about £400 if I wait til I go to America.
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@HilariousCow I've used git at gamejams before. Sharing code is useful, setup is pretty much just git init + copy across a .gitignore.
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@jennatar Doesn't Twitter count as social media?
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One thing that's nice about being a guy is that getting objectified is basically fun and not a threat to any other status you have.
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@jennatar @Carachan1 anti-faving this.
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@Carachan1 That maybe sounded sarcastic, but was entirely genuine.
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RT @jcoglan: re: Sky's parental controls block code.jquery.com. Why censorship won't work: the web is interconnected. http://t.co/Vl…
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@patrickashe we still need to finish this zine! This week some time?
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@patrickashe I'm afraid to move my laptop because the power plug is dodgy. But I'm getting a dock in the mail some point tomorrow, so maybe.
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@patrickashe got Netrunnering to do on Thursday, though.
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I never get anywhere with asking Unity Answers or IRC about my coding problems. Any meta-advice on seeking Unity advice?
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Like, in this case, I want to find out how/if I can use a CustomPropertyDrawer from within an EditorWindow. Anyone?
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@st33d @terrycavanagh @increpare Unity in adding cool new feature with shite scripting support shocker.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe I went with my dad in the Autumn. Tempted by going again, but probably not, given the ticket price.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe But thank you for the offer! :)
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Making these debug tools are sure showing me a bunch of bugs in the systems they're trying to explain!
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RT @asponge: Snooki, cyberspace & fellatio. I wrote up the short readme.txt mod talk I gave at Beta Public. shoving.biz/post/74740732504/readme-txt-the-feminist-edition http://t…
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RT @aparrish: in a universe where "widdershins" and "counterclockwise" swapped popularity, I'd still probably think the alternate term was …
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I bought some gloves, but then I lost them, and now my hands are cold.
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@smestorp @ladyaeva @mcclure111 @le_hasard can't do sudokus after writing a solver as a uni assignment.
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@smestorp @ladyaeva @mcclure111 @le_hasard but I really like picross, which could be solved with the exact same tools. idk.
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tmblr.co/ZPcOWu15egCJ-"I never had friends like when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
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I remembered @mcc_ebooks passing as human. Then I remembered that that was the original premise of a song that later became a No 1 hit.
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The world is a weird weird place.
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@rbdavis @WildRumpus either vtwentyone@gmail.com or submissions@thewildrumpus.com -- they both actually end up at the same place.
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Ritualized sarcastic phrases, like "my copious free time"
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RT @garblefart: just remember, every base is base-10 from that base's point of view
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@jonty Once the number gets big enough, it stops meaning anything.
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It's pretty weird to read sentences like this gyazo.com/1e2fa7cd6fa2e5d5bef562d450350968
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But you know : thanks! I think so too, actually!
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@leighalexander I can see sunshine, it is shining through @patrickashe's beard.
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@flibitijibibo @jonbro @edclef @nickludlam @HilariousCow oh! didn't realize this existed, but I am glad it does.
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RT @WildRumpus: Fancy Videogame Party at Toronto's AGO this Feb 21st hereby doth cordially invite you to come play...
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RT @WildRumpus: Interstellar Selfie Station PRINT CLUB EDITION by Love Conquers All Games, Tether by @MattRix et al, Johann Sebastian Joust…
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RT @WildRumpus: Tenya Wanya Teens - the love child of Uvula + @VenusPatrol + Wild Rumpus and Nidhogg by @messhof - with more still to be an…
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RT @WildRumpus: ...such as The Yawhg by @DamianSommer & @emilyterrible !
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@philippawarr I enjoy the fact that I know who "sexual donut" is.
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@patrickashe @leegamecity @wileywiggins We're using it to script dialogue sections, yeah. Twee files are easy to parse, and I can share a
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@patrickashe @leegamecity @wileywiggins Python script to convert the binary .tws files into Twee. Then custom commands on top of that.
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@patrickashe @leegamecity @wileywiggins We'll see if it's a good idea or a terrible idea in a year or two...
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@patrickashe @leegamecity @wileywiggins Also of note: @ryanqnorth's To Be Or Not To Be was drafted in Twine.
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@wileywiggins @patrickashe @leegamecity Yeah -- for us it made sense to use the tool that we were prototyping in to do the real thing.
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@wileywiggins @patrickashe @leegamecity Not using the macro support, got our own weirdo syntax for that. :S
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Anyone with a Unity game which can be controlled with a slider, a rotation and a button that maybe wants a GDC pass & showcasing there?
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@failnaut @Robin_B ha, yeah -- it uses a bunch of sliders. Is also sitting next to @AlanZucconi, whose controller I'm currently hawking.
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@hernaez sweet! Paging @AlanZucconi, whose setup it is.
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Have actually booked flights now! Well, to Toronto and from SF. The in-between bit is still a mystery.
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@robertpeacock22 Yeah! Arriving the day before to help out.
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@robertpeacock22 Yeah, planning to stay for about a week (then to New York for about 2 weeks, then to GDC)
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@robertpeacock22 So: yes, let's party.
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@robertpeacock22 Ah, thanks! Waiting to see if @tigershungry finds somewhere to live between now and then, too (so I can crash round hers)
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Anyone want to split a superliner roomette on the California Zephyr alongside trainjam? It's a bit under $400.
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@pintendo64 just W A R P
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RT @robnitm: Anglela Lansbury in 1945. From The Picture of Dorian Gray
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@jcoglan Did you know that Google Play doesn't collect VAT for you and instead considers it a direct sale between you and the buyer?
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@jcoglan I... don't know, and it stresses me out and I don't want to think about it support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/138000?hl=en
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@pageantmalarkey noice!
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I keep thinking of the Arthur C Clarke book, Imperial Earth, where a man travels to Earth from Titan and spends all day answering emails.
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@edjeff Yeah, it took me ages to remember what book it was because I thought it was 3001. Because naff all happens in either.
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@ammonite yus, I played it at GameCity. I haven't got any advice to give, though.
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@ammonite oh, yes then, totally. it ran smoothly and was pretty simple to grasp that time, though -- sure you'll be fine.
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Oh! I do this a slightly clunkier way, great to see an improvement. Custom inspector buttons in the Unity3d editor. reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/1s6czv/inspectorbutton_add_a_custom_button_to_your/
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@patrickashe @hannahnicklin If I recall correctly, a few months ago I gave Pat this advice when seeing the Drowned Man:
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe "ignore the interactivity, just appreciate the budget"
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@patrickashe @hannahnicklin no, no, that's not right. They were properly naked.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe I didn't feel that quite, but I got used to my role as a floating pair of eyes quite quickly.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe And honestly, once I'd settled into that I ended up really enjoying myself.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe My mask also hurt and I had to wear my glasses on top and it didn't really work. But good on you.
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@LewieP Feel sorry for Camoflaj, tbh -- there's no good solution for what they need to to do.
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@LewieP I mean, I do agree with you here. But since the Kickstarter and now, 2(?) ways of sending keys have been found & then closed off.
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@retroremakes So glad I've trained myself to read gamesindustry.biz as the other website.
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@Carachan1 Versu? If not, you should play Versu.
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@Carachan1 Feel free to come try Versu round here some time. Like you did with The Entertainment.
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@Carachan1 Also, yes, that is a thing that is possible. Cara, meet @FLuxemburg, she owns the bar and can book bits out.
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@Carachan1 Then definitely come round, as that means I'll get to play it after!
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@KommanderKlobb look, just because your brightly coloured games are abut bat poop, football and zoology...
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@flipper01 well? Did you receive it?
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@thomasfigg that's ... fine?
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ANAMANAGUCHI next week!
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playing netrunner to lose : looks like the runner's only option is stimhack? while the corp can self-mill p quickly. shame.
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@alexhern @leighalexander Deal! I wanna try this.
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro only need one stimhack if you can get your hand otherwise empty first...
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro Yeah, but if corp is playing to lose, they'd never put brain damage ice out...
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro this conversation is making me want a card that lets the corp install a program for the runner.
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@smestorp @leighalexander @jonbro oh hell yes. What about as a program, effect is non-optional? Have to turn it off with Aesops...
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@leighalexander @smestorp @jonbro oh man -- and at the start you have to bid on whether you want to win or lose.
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RT @Zzt_ebooks: Y'know what? This game was one of the best I ever made. But, like a friggin dingle- berrie, I blew it off. I don't know why.
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Help, I can basically only go about 10 minutes writing content before improving this code. It's fine, it's fine, we need dialogue more, help
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"Retrieves an iterator that allows you to iterator over the current nexting of a serialized property." Maybe I'll just give up.
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@alexhern Iterators usually work by giving you a "next" object that is the next thing to iterate to, so... no, it's still wrong and bad.
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@zunguzungu but every time I see them I get irritated!
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@colinmarc the depths of the Unity3D stuff - it is normally better than this, honest docs.unity3d.com/410/Documentation/ScriptReference/SerializedProperty.GetEnumerator.html
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@adragonbee ah, what? oh, fuck you, Twitter, no-one wants that.
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RT @zusty: OKAY EVERYONE, IT HAPPENED: a dude was reading over my shoulder on the train and he told me he didn't think Gone Home was a game
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@ADAMATOMIC well, not the only creator... I didn't do like 3 hours of soldering wires onto little bits of copper tape for nothing.
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@ADAMATOMIC that said, I can't remember whose idea it was originally... not that it matters. Anyway: Excited to see Canabaltx100 at GDC!
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@haikus_by_KN I dream of earning enough money to have a recreational cocaine habit.
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@zoequinnzel @psychicteeth I have been coding in Unity as a fulltime job for literally years and am right now going "oh, what the fuck NGUI"
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Is there any way to tell is a NavMeshAgent is actually on a NavMesh in Unity3D, besides like, catching errors if it's not?
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@georgbacker the NavMeshAgent is there, it's on. But it may or may not be somewhere above a NavMesh...
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The Floor Is Jelly Is Now Available For Sale! thefloorisjelly.com/
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@psychicteeth I am pretty sure we have some free passes (if you're okay with helping out some)
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@108 @mathewkumar @necrosofty @doougle @WildRumpus you need to ~send us a build~ before we schedule the entire lineup...
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Ready Steady Bang is currently free on iOS, and really very charming appsto.re/gb/kKARA.i
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@Nele_St less of a bastard than the programs that can do everything, was my impression
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I'd laugh if I didn't despair bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25962555 we told you this would happen, and are telling you now this won't fix it
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@Nele_St I only ever used it a little years ago : so, idk. This impression mainly taken from our art guys, who switched for a bit
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@v21 Although, to be fair to them, this will make the problem not as newsworthy, so I guess from their perspective they're winning.
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@MagInTheSmoke @thealexmoyler I have so many irritations with the iOS keyboard.
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@MagInTheSmoke @thealexmoyler Like : if it autocorrects to something capitalized, and you delete that and re-type, it capitalizes that.
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@thealexmoyler @MagInTheSmoke My understanding was that lower case was more readable, due to higher differentiation.
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@thealexmoyler @MagInTheSmoke no, 7.0. Just tested myself, it happened on the second pass but not the first? idk
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@thealexmoyler @MagInTheSmoke no, not just then. Seems maybe it's only if you hold backspace, rather than repeatedly tapping.
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@thealexmoyler @MagInTheSmoke but frankly testing seems to show it happens unpredictably, which makes it worse.
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@thealexmoyler @MagInTheSmoke Or if any part of the deletion includes a hold. And retyped, tapped deletion keeps caps (as you'd expect)
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@CharlesYarnold @jonty Which tweet reminds me I owe you an email -- sent!
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@LewieP "looking into ways to set up a standard system" : good work being here a few weeks after launching it!
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@reallyfancy @Poxican @psychicteeth @HilariousCow Why did I never finish that Imagine... Jeff Goldblum game?
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@Carachan1 December, and I have been holding back smugness all month.
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@alexhern Ah! didn't know about freelance Coding, that's ideal. Don't get the choice of icebreakers, though...
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@edclef @daphaknee @smestorp I like the Dice in Dust : Tactics (bit wargamey, too many rules otherwise)
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@edclef @daphaknee @smestorp they do good work fucking up careful strategies (or the opp), and making you really hope.
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@edclef @daphaknee @smestorp (similar to King of Tokyo, but the couple of times I played that I found it too inconsequential : wonder why?)
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@jonbro @molleindustria @smestorp @leighalexander me neither! But I enjoy successfully trapping more than scoring agendas.
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@ADAMATOMIC @ColinNorthway @smestorp @edclef last night we tried making a corp + corp vs runner + runner netrunner with only public comms
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@rclarke Yep: [obj][obj2][Action] => whatever
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@rclarke I probably fucked up the syntax there, it's been a while.
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@terrycavanagh no, I never actually got around to organizing anything. Sorry!
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@108 @necrosofty @mathewkumar @doougle @WildRumpus yeah : but brandon has actually sent us a build, so he's ahead so far.
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@patrickashe that sounds awful
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@patrickashe i mean, like, it sounds great as a person buying these things
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@patrickashe but it sounds awful as a thing to run
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@patrickashe printing is basically the worst
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@patrickashe no new hobbies that are primarily emailing, that's my rule.
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Fucking... people wp.me/p3klTE-5i
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@edclef @LewieP @retroremakes it's against the terms of service to let it reduce your pledge below the target in the last 24 hours...
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@LewieP @edclef @retroremakes Yeah -- and they totally should. Or not let the transaction go through after it's completed.
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@psychicteeth Alcohol just makes awful people worse (I say with a beer in hand)
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I used to go to school with these sewn in my clothes. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-25957757
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In fact -- Christ -- I'm wearing an old school T-shirt, so I currently have one on my clothes.
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@robertpeacock22 Yeah, pretty much -- I didn't know they were all made by the same company until just now.
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@tigershungry you told me not to bring plimsolls!
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Nice @WildRumpus mention up on RPS today, as they play (die in) @LHSBikeshed rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/31/how-to-fly-a-british-space-caravan-into-battle/