Tweets from 2014/04
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@Carachan1 that's me
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@mooonmagic @KommanderKlobb the ideal point to submit a game to festivals is weird - it should be done, but not released, and last a year?
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@asponge You and your fucking Borges.
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@jcoglan not if they're told later on that they need an invoice to expense it
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RT @rclarke: The Cultural Test for UK games tax breaks still seems to be geared towards film, as I warned a year ago: bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-video-games
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I get a callout in the latest @ElectronDance post! And everyone says internet comments are terrible electrondance.com/stop-crying-about-choice/ (good post, too)
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@smestorp it's working, too
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@D_Nye_Griffiths The perils of assuming shared context, I guess.
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@vectorpoem Brought to you by the founder of 7DFPS.
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Bought some cool stickers gatosaurio.com/stickers.html Wanna buy more. Who's got cool stickers?
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@nachimir Yeah, it's great! But the real book is better, it's proper coffee table stuff.
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@hannahnicklin we were going to go drinking, but we never organised it. Friday/Saturday?
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I have the Tetris effect, only it is with little sepia aeroplanes shooting each other to pieces to a thumping soundtrack & blaring alarms.
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@hannahnicklin @garethbriggs I think I still have it open in a tab somewhere :<
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@hannahnicklin @garethbriggs I've filled it out now. I almost completely fail to intersect with Gareth.
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@hannahnicklin @garethbriggs Let's do Saturday, though
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I think I now have the most videogame hipster set of phone noises possible.
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@LeehSl @radiatoryang I love you both
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@brandonnn notification sound : J S Joust registration tone (by @NicklasNygren)
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@brandonnn ringtone: custom commissioned @dkanaga loop ($5)
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@brandonnn and now alarm : luftrauser_drums_alarm.ogg, by @kozilekmusic
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@radiatoryang I need to go to sleep now, but remind me to tell you about how we're doing narrative in Mutazione (if I haven't already)
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@radiatoryang your approach is a kind of weird mirror image of ours in a lot of ways.
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@brandonnn @doougle which sample are you using?
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@doougle @brandonnn the best is everyone who recognizes it, but can't quite identify it. (Like your housemates, actually)
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@nyarluu @lorenschmidt @mooonmagic every time I've written flying controls in a game I've been trying to recreate dream flight
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Used XCode for a bit the last couple of days. Can I just get new files to open in new tabs? Or do I just need to Deal?
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@konjak I can hold to insert punctation (using Swype)
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@soh_la "Primary editor" "Focused editor"? Neither of these seem to do the thing.
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@soh_la I can get it open in a new tab if I hold option/double click the whole time, I guess?
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buuuuuuuuaaaauuu today I am looking at setting the encoding of stdout when invoked by Mono on OSX :(
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@TomNullpointer Like 15 minutes from "do doo doo, what needs fixing today" to "oh for fucks sake"
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@haikus_by_KN @TomNullpointer I'm going to go get a cup of tea.
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@haikus_by_KN @TomNullpointer This question is inappropriate.
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@patrickashe tax breaks are good for the industry. Hobbyists don't count.
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@rclarke what? Loads of people I know have "lifestyle accounts"
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Wish I was an architect.
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(But from a standing start to becoming one is the better part of a decade, and even then you'll probably be working on boring stuff)
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@henkboom @mcclure111 @d6 @vectorpoem I started learning Unity a bit before all the Flash experts suddenly discovered it was going to die.
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@henkboom @mcclure111 @d6 @vectorpoem So I know Unity is someday going to die, and my Most Saleable Skill with it.
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@MareSheppard It's Stamen's Toner map style : go here and you can see the world done that way : maps.stamen.com/toner/#12/37.7706/-122.3782
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@JonRemedios ah, amazing! Will be exhibiting besides you in spirit with Tenya Wanya.
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"A Good User Interface has high conversion rates and is easy to use"
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@MareSheppard check the watercolour map, too!
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@mcclure111 This has made my world better!
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... my life has been transformed. I just managed to open a beer with a lighter with dignity. Thank you @vorrintal
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Saw vimeo.com/82085374 at the Photographer's Gallery today [and really liked it]
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Have you not read The Tyranny of Structurelessness? You should read this jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm It's important.
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(reminded by this great post about tech companies' organizational structure blog.ellenchisa.com/2014/04/02/know-the-rules-before-you-break-them/)
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RT @john_brindle: What is structural violence? "That is what is achieveable: forty-seven fewer infants dying every day in the USA." http://…
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ok, but actually: KS isn't a sustainable source of income & you should have one of those (or a good plan) if you're quitting yr day job
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also, this: MT @retroremakes 1) eat. 2) sleep. 3) don't make yourself ill. 4) be as comfortable as you can be. 5) be safe.
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@failnaut what do you mean by "financially overcompensate"?
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@failnaut oh, yeah, of course. but that's the bare minimum -- still a bad idea unless you know ie there's demand for the thing you're making
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@failnaut yeah, i kicked back at that initially, but with context I agree. Also, consider selection bias in what KSes we see (vs her)
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@failnaut p much. "good business sense" is what I see being argued for.
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@failnaut (establishing demand before doing that implies that you got it a fair point while having a day job, though)
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You could literally be employed to tell people their game isn't British enough bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/job-opportunities/current-vacancies/certification-analyst-video-games-fixed-term
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@Carachan1 @jennatar Vulnerability can be aggressive. By being vulnerable, you're engaging with the world. It's abandoning a defence.
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@compositeredfox me tooooo :<
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@compositeredfox Yeah -- I didn't help myself, by eating like I was travelling (ie, almost always out)
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@compositeredfox And you can get healthy stuff, but it's expensive "health" shit, not just ... regular food that's good.
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Reminded again today of how great Bad Machinery is scarygoround.com/?date=20140223 (it's really great, you guys)
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@garethbriggs @LovedayBrooke remind me to explain my old work's intricate coffee making system.
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RT @lorenschmidt: Hand lettering for Realistic Kissing Simulator
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RT @AidanJohnMoffat: Today I got my first ever royalty cheque from an Arab Strap publisher! It's only taken 13 years to be in the black. PA…
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@patrickashe @nachimir Whatever pays the bills. Especially if the objection is aesthetic rather than moral.
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RT @mcc_ebooks: @LeehSl i wonder how much harder the dither algorithm for your selfie app would be if it had to work as stereoscopic 3D.
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@smestorp Why don't you try Fixing It. Then you can release whatever quite different thing results from that attempt?
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enough with the "who is the British @brandonnn": who is the British @108?
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@psychicteeth @overwound as a side note, this is directly contrary to my understanding
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RT @WildRumpus: Today Rumpus & @VenusPatrol need to talk about something serious, about harassment,complacency & we need to apologise http:…
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RT @WildRumpus: Whilst this statement is about our events, this is an issue reaching far beyond ourselves & we appreciate your support in s…
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I should say : I fully endorse everything @tigershungry wrote here: thewildrumpus.co.uk/complacency hearing about this has been... sobering
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@1000tongues @WildRumpus @VenusPatrol @joonturbo @DajanaDimovska if you want to talk it through, you know where to find me
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@1000tongues @WildRumpus @VenusPatrol @joonturbo @DajanaDimovska (not that I, like, have all the answers, or something. But I have opinions)
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And, underneath... MT @thisisAJo: @thisisaJo/451822558132699136/photo/1
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(Stripey fur!)
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@hannahnicklin I think you need to budget for distraction props.
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@patrickashe @brandonnn wait, I'm lazy : what's the shipping costs?
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@patrickashe @brandonnn America, you're so cruel to me
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I read a bunch of Twitter on the bridge because the view was good. But now all the booze has hit me and I have to travel home drunk.
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Jelly No Puzzle is going to be irritating.
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@rubzo but the levels have such beautiful puzzle design... this is great news.
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@rubzo I've been racing through on the vague memory of the flash build...
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@jodediah SO GOOD!
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@rubzo like... this had such a beautiful solution... entirely circumventing the basket...bet those new ones are great
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@ADAMATOMIC i wish i could fav this twice
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@patrickashe @tassosstevens @iamalexf I try to watch it every few years, as a warning & a reminder. But it's hard to get through.
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Earlier, @compositeredfox showed me @darkbean's stuff, and man, is it trippy darkbeanaday.tumblr.com/
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I like avocado as a colour for bathroom fittings.
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@failnaut peach!
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@failnaut oh, a full-bodied peach. And cream! And a deep-pile carpet.
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oh, this project looks great inklestudios.com/2014/04/01/eighty-days.html "part interactive fiction, part globe-based board-game, part Rogue-like"
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@garethbriggs @betterthemask I know, right!
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@PaniQ @mtrc @TomNullpointer I really dislike this article, but the piece seems like it might be great?
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@betterthemask @garethbriggs "200,000 words and counting" "over two hundred locations" "really big"
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@mtrc @PaniQ @TomNullpointer well, that's why you called it ANGELICA, right? Luckily people are happy to accept fictional people as artists.
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@PaniQ @mtrc @TomNullpointer I really identify with addiction to ultimately hollow computer experiences keeping me from achieving things.
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@PaniQ @mtrc @TomNullpointer I've had over a decade of unhealthily using the Internet to keep from thinking about things.
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@mtrc @PaniQ @TomNullpointer I can see that. I liked the stuff you did with the Ludum Dare entry text.
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@mtrc @PaniQ @TomNullpointer Depressingly, perception of creativity probably comes more to perception than creativity.
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@tef "I support gay marriage but right now I really need to pee, so I can't sign your petition."
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@mtrc @PaniQ @TomNullpointer why not? Thinking of "Boten Anna" and people assuming @mcc_ebooks is real. And people play-acting with her.
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@mcc_ebooks @mtrc @PaniQ @TomNullpointer right, it's a performance of treating you as real (currently a very meta one).
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh so hype youtube.com/watch?v=pf1S-NEUseg
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RT @brandonnn: ok here i compiled @natazilla’s hours-long twitter outburst from 2012 that inspired MUSCLECAT SHOWDOWN: https://t.co/VmzUpRx…
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@pageantmalarkey i totally would
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Someone remind me to give preorder Haunter when I have a debit card again next week? kickstarter.com/projects/1109081813/study-group-comics-2014-spring-pre-order-fest
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@empika huh, never noticed that! though it's more fun to ask the internet to do things for you...
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@empika I dunno, I've got hope : @NicholasFolsom/452185562015731712
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@NicholasFolsom thank you!
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@NicholasFolsom I mean, if you don't, then that's okay, someone told me how to make Kickstarter remind me ages away.
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@NicholasFolsom Or I can just ... not buy a comic book. That's okay, too.
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@NicholasFolsom It's studygroupcomics.com/main/haunter-part-1-by-sam-alden/ . It's a great wordless comic by Sam Alden.
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@whatisian so, "score" needn't be the Threes scoring algo (& almost certainly shouldn't, because empty spaces are more value than full ones)
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@whatisian en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_function isn't quite what I mean, but is still good background.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths yuuuuup.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths that said, i think i'm going to go play some more Luftrausers now.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths Also, I'm in London again now, and I haven't seen you in an age. Let's do drinking?
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due to the multiple things with the same name, this is hard to google, but : how do I get Steam games to launch from Spotlight on OSX?
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@severalbees It's okay because I am back home now and it shouldn't give me a massive bout of homesickness any more.
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@whatisian yeah, I assume not? @waltdestler : what scoring function are you using? (assuming you're doing it this way)
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@kierongillen It's not du jour at all, but : King of Dragon Pass.
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@kierongillen The way it mixes narrative & strategy is something I wish many more games would rip off.
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@philippawarr @jimrossignol i think the scent in that room was my favourite part
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@kierongillen ah, good, i think you'll enjoy it
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@kierongillen Yeah, for sure. Weirdly, it feels like we're heading back that way, with some of the stuff coming from IF scenes?
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@nachimir that second pic is The Most David Hayward Picture
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@tigershungry How irritated would you be if the V&A tried to acquire your pencilcase for it's collection?
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@tigershungry just asking hypothetically...
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@asponge look what you're currently missing... poplarfilmpresents.com/
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@NDMiko Ironically, that was the name they gave to the original Threes! prototype.
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RT @goto80: Pretty crazy that Gameboy music has come to this . soundcloud.com/nnnnnnnnnn/cheapshot-brainfreeze
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@garblefart you probably don't care, but what a fov number means is reasonably complex : gearboxsoftware.com/community/articles/1061/inside-the-box-field-of-view
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@xShrewsbury @SimoRoth this is basically the reason I'm ok with independence
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@xShrewsbury @SimoRoth ie: oh! And social democratic country I can move to where they speak English and it's cheap to visit friends from!
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Someone filmed @jennatar's talk at Lost Levels! For me, this was the keynote speech of GDC youtube.com/watch?v=aI2ueXTANuU#t=31m24
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Also : here's my impromptu talk on tips for living well and sustainably while developing games/working freelance youtube.com/watch?v=aI2ueXTANuU#t=31m24
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And here's my other talk, retroactively called "so what's the deal with that Netrunner?" youtube.com/watch?v=Uar7LkeelAg#t=59m30
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@awesommelier @sophie_fox I watched that in a Brooklyn apartment with some aimless early 30somethings. Probably the best place to do so?
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@awesommelier @sophie_fox you're always in black and white to me.
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@awesommelier @sophie_fox always
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@Draknek thank you for filming this!
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@pippinbarr I mean, yes, amazing show, but the finale was wank.
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@pippinbarr (I couldn't come up with a better ending -- they painted themselves into a corner)
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@fastramdesign @Draknek I was idly thinking it'd be great to have a systematic recording team next year.
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@fastramdesign @Draknek Mind, if we start shooting using decent kit, it'll cost money in permits yerbabuenagardens.com/permits-fees/
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Gillets and pashminas as far as the eye can see.
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@HilariousCow just press all the keys. I'm sure nothing bad will happen
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RT @kittystryker: "Slow porn, inspired by the slow food movement, is process based" @ZahraStardust #fpcon2
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At the boat race with my dad. Currently waiting for it to start, which will signaled by overhearing someone say that it's started
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Dad : I think it has started
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Idk
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Someone's phone shows rowing, it has
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Okay, that's spectating done
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(Oxford had a good lead here, they've probably won)
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@mcclure111 oh, man, me too! Sudden shock when I tried to use it the other day that I hadn't set it up already
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@hannahnicklin (as every one is said, it's for pretty. I use it myself, sometimes. I like it!)
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@aliendovecote yr link at porpentine.tumblr.com/post/81933730169/their-angelical-understanding-won-best-writing-in is borked (also : congrats!)
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fucking metadata archiveofourown.org/archive_faqs/34
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@rclarke Modern controllers are pretty intimidating, tho... shoving.biz/post/80699884952/musclecat-showdown-controller-covers
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@patrickashe boop
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@Minkette @patrickashe there are rules for booping, Mink.
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RT @CourtNewsUK: Phew, the phone hacking pizza mystery is solved - it was an XL half pepperoni feast, half BBQ steak, with a Peri Peri stuf…
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RT @CourtNewsUK: Hang on, that was a rather tasty red herring. An order for a large Italian supreme with garlic bread on the side is now in…
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RT @CourtNewsUK: Pizza Hut 'restaurant excellence analyst' confirms the Italian Supreme took 606 seconds to cook. This is evidence to the p…
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A Norwegian teenager tattoos a McDonald’s receipt on his arm & then tattoos the receipt of the tattoo studio text-mode.tumblr.com/post/81976311416/a-norwegian-teenager-tattoos-a-mcdonalds-receipt
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@nameoftheyear I like that they did their own receipt for free.
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@nameoftheyear because otherwise...
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@hyper_linda Is it? Huh. (This question lead to me finding the tattoo shop on google maps google.co.uk/maps/@59.952969,11.049307,17z)
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love this comment rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/06/live-free-play-hard-oralphoning-is-not-sexual/#comment-1526527 (ps play @webbedspace's Phone in Mouth theliftedbrow.com/phoneinmouth)
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@LanaTheGun101 may also be interested in this Twine freeindiegam.es/2013/02/rebirth-the-tibetan-game-of-liberation-sakya-pandita-interleaper/
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@nachimir This Could Be You
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@mcclure111 Utrecht is in the Netherlands, unless there's Another One.
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@mcclure111 oh, wait, I misread your tweet -- but that's also happening now.
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@jonbro @nachimir @Carachan1 OKCupid had a feature where your friends could submit bits of your profile.
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@nachimir @jonbro @Carachan1 I find online dating incredibly wearing at the soul. Which also causes me to do it badly.
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@nachimir @jonbro @Carachan1 I have a fundamental aversion to defining myself. Also talking to strangers online. Or responding to anyone.
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instinctive aversion to anything that treats where you're based as a special defining quality/criteria for inclusion
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@nachimir @jonbro @Carachan1 i feel that. but : "many people" isn't relevant, as long as you can find sufficient that do
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@fastramdesign Right, it's obviously a factor. But that's different from a policy of promoting "British", "London" games/devs.
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@fastramdesign I think, for example, that EGX/Rezzed Indie Arcade would be poorer if it had as an aim promoting British work.
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@fastramdesign You're foregrounding what's basically the your least impressive attribute, being born/based somewhere.
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@fastramdesign (sorry, it turns out I had a rant pent up in me...)
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@fastramdesign Well, I'm not going to kick people out of the pub because they're too wealthy.
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@fastramdesign But : yeah, point. But there's more interesting ways to do that, like curating for underexposed things, new creators, etc.
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@fastramdesign curating based on region, unless there's particular reasons it's distinctive (ie Babycastle's Ace Hotel show) is boring.
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@coffee_nat @TRUTRUTRULUV Is it possible for me to claim my comped ticket & pass it on?
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@patrickashe can you mule some art supplies to Berlin for me? are you coming to Lindies?
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@patrickashe it'll be some paper & pens, probably. Not too bulky (need to head off and buy it soon)
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@jga (that was an April Fool's joke...)
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@TomNullpointer @AMazeFest @indievelopment I feel that. (but actually I just came back from 5 weeks away, SO)
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@TomNullpointer @seniath None of them are generically useless -- but for a particular deck, you only need the cards you need.
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@TomNullpointer @seniath I've only bought a couple, and they were to build a particular deck -- but now I have these other exciting cards...
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@TomNullpointer @seniath and I can see decks I could build with them... if I had these other cards...
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@jonbro oh, sweet! See next tweet.
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Tonight, I'm making the case for @lucky_frame's Roflpillar being added to the V&A's new digital collection.
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@tigershungry ahhhhh, too late... went with Roflpillar instead
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@tigershungry had a look at your Playful talk, because I remembered it being featured, but there wasn't a clear shot
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@robertpeacock22 Ooooh... that one's never tripped me up, I don't think?
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@robertpeacock22 @rubzo Both? Depending on how you phrase the sentence? Or do you mean on the click tracker?
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@robertpeacock22 @rubzo I usually count up there, but saying "2 clicks left" is pretty common.
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@robertpeacock22 @rubzo I count up... maybe the "where do you start?" issue is fixed if you go the other way?
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@rubzo like, "stack" etc? I can see the argument from flavor, but "deck" "hand" "discard" aren't much longer (but yes, need to say whose)
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@rubzo but it certainly shows their priorities weren't the new player experience. Which I guess was my larger point?
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@rubzo @robertpeacock22 ah, maybe that's the way you're supposed to use it. I didn't know, see also THE MANUAL IS AWFUL
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@rubzo @robertpeacock22 (actually, as an arbiter in rule disputes it's quite good. But that's not the only purpose of a rule book)
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This weekend I read In Silico and The Space Merchants. Today I saw advertising people give a panel reporting back from SXSW. Too soon.
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My GDC feedback told me to submit it to Indiecade.
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It also said it was reminiscent of a game that, iirc, was inspired by my game.
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@infovore ah, it's weird for me - I had the Hererra section in an anthology, so it feels like a different book to me.
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@infovore mind you though : for a 62 year old book, it holds up well.
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@MituK oh cool! I think my game will be there!
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Anyone got time to quickly test this last minute build I'm showing at AMAZE? Need a PC with a webcam.
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@LewieP I have a wireless mouse that takes AAs and also 2 of these: usbcell.com/
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@RC_1290 ah, alas (was just sending it over). but thank you for the offer, though. next time!
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@RC_1290 I've got a lovely set of sausages here for you...
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@RC_1290 (no worries if you gotta run -- mainly just want a sanity check it runs on someone else's computer. left/right click, etc)
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@RC_1290 ah, thanks!
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@RC_1290 amazing, it actually runs elsewhere. thanks! (showing it at AMAZE this week)
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@RC_1290 this is an experiment with doing image effects entirely on the CPU, so not that surprising...
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@RC_1290 ah, I can't either :< but still showing stuff. jealous of everyone who is...
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@RC_1290 yeah - mine starts choking a bit if I go to the top left hand corner, but is otherwise good. It's a lot better than earlier...
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@RC_1290 you've got my avatar right there
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@tigershungry hello alpaca!
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@RC_1290 ah no worries. Anyway, I also need to sleep now. G'night!
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BLOCK SORTER is on display from 7pm today (and also tomorrow) at the @weirdkids1 show at AMAZE in Berlin. It involves chalk and marker pens.
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Also I think Punch the Custard is being shown at the Edinburgh Science Festival today?
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Oh, also Tenya Wanya Teens is on display at the Norwich Game Expo for the rest of the week.
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I think that's all of the stuff that I've worked on that's currently on display? I'll let you know if I remember any more.
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@Gillespionage @LondonGameSpace totally!
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@Gillespionage @LondonGameSpace (I'm sad I bailed on coming in today now)
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@vorrintal @FLuxemburg are you slagging off Cho Chabudai Gaeshi 2, my favourite game in the whole world?
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Bloody international shipping costs. All the zines/artwork I'd buy...
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@coffee_nat aww, thanks! literally made half of it last night, so had no idea how it's was going to go down.
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@brandonnn @hentaiphd they are Too Much and Just Right.
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Shit, I went for a run and forgot to be nervous how BLOCK SORTER was going to go down. But someone said it was good! (plz Vine for me?)
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RT @compositeredfox: #amazefest2014 go to the boiler room today from 7 for a preview of #HASHTAGART weirdkidscollective.com/hashtagart/
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@patrickashe that'd be sweet, thanks
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@Rinzence I've got some in a cart I'm not gonna buy :< try again in about a minute?
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@tigershungry @brandonnn I'm glad there's something we can all agree on.
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@jamie_tucker @droqen just wanna say what a delightful & insightful conversation this was to read
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@beckwig what, now?
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@beckwig (I want to go to more museums! I'm up for that)
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@patrickashe ah, man, was there no mouse put out? :/
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@patrickashe also, thanks! So great to see people's drawings!
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Photoset: Some selfies via BLOCK SORTER, which is currently on show at the #HASHTAGART weird kids show at... tmblr.co/Zo3lZy1CbVPl9
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Reminded of bookofsand.net/hypertext/ earlier. I remember enjoying this before I was from games.
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Which has made me angry about that ancient ridiculous Jonathan Blow profile again.
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@JanDavidHassel ah, if you had fun playing with it, that's enough for me!
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empathy from a drone operator cir.ca/news/pakistan-child-drone-poster
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@KommanderKlobb @patrickashe if you want about 5 times as much sugar as is wise, they're perfect. And sometimes I do.
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Via @patrickashe doing some Vines, here's BLOCK SORTER is in motion vine.co/v/M5gp79H6L7K vine.co/v/M5gpzKQubaM vine.co/v/M5gd3F5BW17
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RT @JohnPolson: Caterpillar sim from @lucky_frame ROFLPILLAR early versions, @KommanderKlobb origins exposed! indiegames.com/2014/04/altctrldiscuss_the_caterpillar.html http:/…
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@ratdotcom It's 9:35 am here!
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@ratdotcom I'm readin' you at work! And you can't stop me (you could, now I think about it)
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@haikus_by_KN @patrickashe The piece I made for #hashtagart at AMAZE!
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@haikus_by_KN @patrickashe First draft of that tweet, I wrote "game", which misses the point some.
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@HilariousCow What a comprehensive and honest post-mortem! Such a shame he learnt all those lessons so expensively, though.
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@HilariousCow but then, the most expensive thing is time, and I guess I've learnt a lot of that much slower & with less risk...
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@pozorvlak @joehalliwell @winterstein Threes uses a shuffled bag algorithm, so counting can reveal some tiles (not sure about 2048)
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@pozorvlak @joehalliwell @winterstein mind, that just restrains selection, so planning within is still useful.
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@haikus_by_KN @patrickashe Who's Taggart?
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Ugh, C# doesn't allow gotos to jump scopes :(
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@pkqk I promise it wouldn't go wrong in this specific case I'm writing here (unless I code it wrong)
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@winterstein @joehalliwell @pozorvlak Depends on the amount of risk-aversion the problem domain wants - in this case "quite risk-averse"?
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@compositeredfox @patrickashe @TRUTRUTRULUV It has more colours and everything! (No stress-my fault for adding mouse input the night before)
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@joehalliwell @winterstein @pozorvlak You're going to have to look a long way in the future to see defeat in 2048 -- need a proxy measure.
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@compositeredfox @patrickashe @TRUTRUTRULUV oh, okay. Did it crash on start, or depend on mouse movement?
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@mcclure111 Well, I certainly can't imagine any ways in which it could go wrong.
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@nachimir @tigershungry okay, but
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@nachimir @tigershungry why don't we make that game
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@nachimir @tigershungry as a real game
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@haikus_by_KN @patrickashe Things I know about Taggart : a) TV detective b) probably a policeman? c) Scottish d) I think it was on ITV
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@adragonbee serious science face
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@nachimir aw, goddamn
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(some good points in the replies to the last retweet, tho)
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@caraellison in which case, your programmers ought to also be designers. Same problem, really?
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@caraellison @AMazeFest ... like ... a comicky book? with pictures and that? art in a sequence?
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@heather_r yeah -- some good discussions in the replies to this.
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@heather_r but something being open source doesn't mean it's not a) done as part of a job b) done when someone is tired/drunk/overworked.
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@terrycavanagh so long, and thanks.
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@haikus_by_KN It's a derogatory term for a journalist, though usually used affectionately these days.
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@compositeredfox ah, amazing! <3<3<3<3<3
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@haikus_by_KN ah, hack has traditionally had three meanings, even before recent bullshit
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@haikus_by_KN (a) awful quick dirty fix (b) elegant solution that works round limitations (c) unauthorized entry to a computer system.
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@haikus_by_KN and now, lead by people like Paul Graham, there's celebration of "hackers" and "hackdays" and "hackspaces"
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@haikus_by_KN which was all fine until it represented a hegemonic force, basically.
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@haikus_by_KN anyway, sure: you're a hacker. You've touched a computer, you've previously made a thing, you're a hacker.
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@whitingjp @jonbro @haikus_by_KN Did you know you can use bulldog clips to tidy cables coming off your desk? That's a life hack for you.
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really need to stop eliding pronouns when writing
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@mcclure111 once this is accepted, the most pernicious would be swiftly banned or blocked. but the subtle ones, or the ones that work slowly
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@severalbees a lot of stubborn game designers follow you, Holly. How many Apples-to-Apples variants do you think this tweet will inspire?
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RT @molleindustria: So @figames is shutting down. Shouldn't we figure out a community-driven replacement? freeindiegam.es/2014/04/goodbye/
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@severalbees maybe I will!
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@seniath is netrunnering happening tonight?
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I have two fun options for this evening, so naturally right now I just want to sit here and ignore everyone and maybe write some emails.
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@hentaiphd naming things is awful. i always end up with bad names, and then don't change them because it's too painful.
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@hentaiphd though, ACTUALLY what you should do is come up with a name, then make the game to fit.
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@hentaiphd um, that might not be useful advice? sorry
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@hentaiphd it's totally valid to worry about that - you're going to have to live with saying/writing/hearing the result a lot.
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@hentaiphd though by the time it's out, the name will have faded to just being the name of this game, most likely (that can also be weird)
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@alexhern the brain-computer interfaces are coming along at a fair clip, but you'll have to make do with Google Glass for now.
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@leighalexander this is p damn soothing anyway!
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@brandonnn I can send you a picture of my face if that helps?
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Trying to recall how a puzzle worked from the source code... the comments aren't helping.
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/* wait for player to press correct button, then offset the solution counter into the correct place */
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(I remember writing this code, and being amazed that it worked first time, especially given how tired I was, so... good job, past me)
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Okay, fine. FINE. @JamesWallis has convinced me I should go to Knutepunkt next year spaaace.com/cope/?p=730
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That thing about being impressed it worked first time? 9 months on, I just found out it didn't actually work.
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@nachimir @PistachioRoux :D
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Via the new makega.me forum, I just learned that @SeeBeeWhitman has a cat called "Margaret Catwood". Margaret Catwood!
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@mcclure111 Looked back through your timeline in the hope that you were being mean to Greg Egan. Hate all his characters so much.
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@mcclure111 Borges!
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RT @piratemoggy: Still reeling from @LokiTrashFarts's revelation that there are 71 Grant Morrison/Gerard Way fics on AO3. Up to 71,000 word…
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RT @wwwtxt: I yearn for the days when finances will be done electronically by password, so there'll be no incentive for street robbery. ☯83…
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@caraellison @AMazeFest stuff's being filmed again this year, right?
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@asponge tonight!?
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@MagInTheSmoke @MrTastyFace I have a birthday party to go to... but I could go for a burger before that.
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@MagInTheSmoke @MrTastyFace I endlessly recommend Lucky Chip, but it's a bit of a trek for you. Hm... else there's the usual candidates.
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@TRUTRUTRULUV man, if i was there...
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@kahodesu I've been thinking a lot about spaces & designing experiences for them, and the overlap with game design #daydream
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People keep slagging off immersion, but a lot of things I want to make are solely about immersion.
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I mean, yeah, realism is obviously a stupid way to get there. I want to feel immersed like I did when I played Coney's A Small Town Anywhere
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I want the kind of immersion that jars you when you arrive back in the real world. Oculus is good for that! You can't see the real world.
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(I don't think anyone who is slagging off immersion would actually disagree with me here, it's a slip between context)
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@MagInTheSmoke @MrTastyFace Really good burgers, though. Anyway, I'm to Vauxhall later, so happy to trek across town myself.
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@MagInTheSmoke @MrTastyFace I just looked at @LondonPopups/454326170973376513 and now my mouth is watering.
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@philippawarr We made dioramas with eggs in them, and every one was themed around a pun.
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About 100 pun-based egg dioramas every year.
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A conversation about @aliendovecote's now-deleted game "Everything you swallow will one day come up like a stone" storify.com/anarchivist/porpentine-and-preservation
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@squidlarkin @mcclure111 but like, the problem is that the texture of everyday life doesn't change that much.
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@squidlarkin @mcclure111 People have been moaning that other people haven't done the washing up for thousands of years.
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Two links (coincidentally, both to the Guardian) about ingesting washing up liquid theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-185700,00.html theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/07/charlie-brooks-drank-fairy-liquid-hacking-trial
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I don't know if I want to play "Everything you swallow...". I think maybe, knowing it exists and that I missed it is more powerful.
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I need to go to @oopsohno's birthday party, but my legs have stopped working. Fucking ... exercise.
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RT @brandonnn: EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE: vanessamarshfineart.com/539/1186144/gallery/everywhere-all-at-once (via @IanGouldstone)
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@doougle @doseonetweets @teknopants 0space is so great.
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@doougle @doseonetweets @teknopants should do a sequence of multiplayer games, each only accessible after you win a game of _____.
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@doougle @doseonetweets @teknopants (then a small tunnel underneath the tv opens up, and you crawl through to the next challenge)
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Feel properly sad I'm way past chicken on my way home. This bowl of cocoa pops is not enough.
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I say, but but the time I'm looking at my phone out of one eye, squinting, I'm probably not reliable.
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Wait, I could substitute bagels for chicken on my way home. Ok, that's fine.
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Wahhhhh! I fell asleep and woke up and the bus was going in the wrong direction!
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@amaninaseem yah! I should've stayed at my friend's and left when the tubes started... anyway, not all bad :
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This whole series of tweets... @PierreMenard/454817659721248768
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@Minkette that makes sense! I never played it deeply enough, but I felt that some
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@lauraehall @amaninaseem eh, now I'm on Oxford Circus and wondering why girls get all the good clothes.
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Still pissed I'm missing fried chicken, tho
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Bus update: bluuuuuuuuuuhhh. I'm bored. It's 5:20 am. At least I'm not asleep.
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I think I'll put some trousers on and go eat some food at a cafe?
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I am bad at getting things done at the weekend.
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@adragonbee worth it, tho
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@FLuxemburg remember to put trousers on first
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@awesommelier you can't go in there
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I really hate when I have to solve reCAPTCHAs. I'm basically forced to do work for Google for free.
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The website still says "help digitize books!". But these days, you're just digitizing house numbers. And Google keeps the rights.
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All of which is to say : I can't remember if I signed up for Instagram as "v21" years ago, and it's half down at the moment.
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@HilariousCow I... can't remember substantially cutting things from a game? The game either died or was scoped clean and tight to start.
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@HilariousCow I'm not suggesting I'm doing it right, particularly?
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@HilariousCow yep, for sure. Also better to cut consciously than just leave things half done
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Down with this anti-indie katamari propaganda conferencekatamari.info
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My reasoned riposte to that well-argued website would be "yeah, but it's funny".
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RT @cecilycarver: Rules from Hacker School: no feigned surprise, no "well, actually", no backseat driving, no subtle discrimination #pycon2…
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via @HilariousCow, an interesting wrinkle on mouselook in VR environments doc-ok.org/?p=872#more-872
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@colinmarc I don't think so? RTed that off a RT by @henryfaber, but I'd read about this before and thought it good advice.
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@HilariousCow I worry it'd look like an 80s music video? But yeah, fun to try.
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@scanters guess it would have to be a duet...
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@HilariousCow though I haven't played it : my thoughts can probably be gleaned from my bio and the fact I've done a talk on "one joke games"
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@joonturbo @patrickashe I missed you too! Just restrained myself making a pity-tweet to you.
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@joonturbo @patrickashe ...but still : soon : ROSKILDE! The land of public urination.
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@HilariousCow yeah, cynical sucks. But... you gotta be damn good and lucky to cynically milk memes. The Internet can smell that shit.
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@joonturbo ! :<
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@christinelove @108 that's a really nice dress
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@LewieP the first single I ever bought was Dr Jones.
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@LewieP at one time I was vaguely ashamed of that - now I'm not.
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@LewieP ... that ... seems perfectly fine? Good intro to videogames, I think.
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@LewieP wasn't clear either way, so I just said what I thought
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I spent ages mulling over how to do this thing, and as soon as I come to implement it, I change my mind entirely.
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The lesson, I think, is that I should have done it weeks ago?
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@patrickashe yo, pat, where are we doing this? gyazo.com/8f291567a5b5b134a1de0d80875d947c
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I want to drink more vodka and juice, but I can't handle the sugar.
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hah! If you call Play() on an AudioSource in edit mode, it starts playing. If you press pause, it pauses. #unity3d
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@martinhollis the vodka might be an excuse for the fruit juice? I don't know. I might be doing this wrong.
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@bee_naked hey, nice butt
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@jennatar @hentaiphd oh, what the fuck
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@jennatar @esdin @hentaiphd but -- to my shame, I was shown a game, asked about some of the technical details, and then was told...
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@jennatar @esdin @hentaiphd ...oh, <woman> developed it. And then I realized I'd assumed she was a producer or artist,and swallowed my shame
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@jennatar @esdin @hentaiphd Yeah -- Rami put it in a post & I was like "how hokey, that old thing", and then so many people went "Oh! I see"
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@esdin @jennatar @hentaiphd is that foot-in-mouth, though? Imagining @GriselCat fielding that question now.
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@lingmops i mean, definitely don't stress about this beyond the point that it's not useful.
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@lingmops with difficulty
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@lingmops at least that's the case for everybody, tho..
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@patrickashe zine?
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@patrickashe sounds like a plan. I'd naturally suggest the Gallery Cafe, but feel free to counter suggest somewhere on more neutral ground.
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@mink_ette @patrickashe oh, no, this is the other one
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@mink_ette @patrickashe oh, of course boop will get a look-in
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@KommanderKlobb there is an East Anglian sport that you are going to absolutely freak when you hear about.
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@nachimir huh. Guess I've lost my Flickr account, too, then.
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@ammonite me and Pat are putting together our folk games zine today. Can we steal some Tiny Games for it?
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@scanters ... so, people who use tampons, then?
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Does anyone want to make a cover for mine & Pat's Folk Games Zine?
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@caraellison oh god please don't, i feel enough shame as it is
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@angusdick Yeah! If you're not too busy making all those videogames you're making.
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@angusdick looking forward to Meat Detective, Babylonian Pizza Sentinel and Fistyboys!
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@asponge Writing our folk games zine, but I can't recall the rules to "ALICE'S IRISH LEG PUNCHING GAME"
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@BanditoJuan (for mine & @patrickashe's folk games zine)
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@BanditoJuan These are great! Going in...
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ZINE update : busted past 24 pages... neither me or Pat want to write up Mafia... going to go get a cup of tea...
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@heather_r please do!
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...scheming about ways to avoid writing up Mafia...
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maybe we can just not put it in, and hope no-one notices?
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Or : MAFIA see WEREWOLF WEREWOLF: see MAFIA
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MAFIA Oh for Christ's sake, just ask someone who knows already.
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@patrickashe I might get a bit of cake...
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@smestorp I assume I am, but things keep happening in Copenhagen that month.
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@doougle Hey, can we steal this post gutefabrik.com/blog/?p=2041 for our Folk Games zine? Obv. you'll be credited.
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It's too late. I have copies backing up to a secure server as we speak.
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56 games! Of various levels of detail. One is just "punch each other in the leg until you want to stop"
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@patrickashe you can't send links in DMs
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@patrickashe @PistachioRoux Also I don't have a printer, and my handwriting is p bad.
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help how do i do typesetting
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@tef Print. I am learning InDesign. It's ... continuing to happen?
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@Minkette *sidles up besides you*
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@heather_r think we were going for "folk game zine" as a title. It's descriptive, at least.
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@patrickashe @heather_r please, please, ignore Pat.
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RT @patrickashe: Games with fictional knives should go in the section featuring games using actual knives.
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@patrickashe we're idiots. Guess what game currently doesn't feature in the zine?
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@doismellburning @tef i first heard of the game from my dad, who has experienced it first hand
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@doismellburning @tef *shrug* East Anglia.
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@patrickashe I'll give you a clue.
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@patrickashe Imagine I'm walking up to you.
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@patrickashe Imagine I walk past you.
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@patrickashe I reach out my hand to your elbow.
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@patrickashe BOOP
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@dinosaurrparty @patrickashe IT'S NOT AN EGG ZINE
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@patrickashe @dinosaurrparty look, some of my best friends are eggs, but
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@hannahnicklin oh, that really is. thanks for sharing!
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@SimoRoth the first batch did...
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@HilariousCow @xShrewsbury Hmmm, love those ales.
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RT @CphGC: Yay, We are creating a summit for Romance, Love and Sex in games. Want to participate or give a talk, then read on. http://t.co/…
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Last night I dreamt I made some really good tweets. Wonder what I'll dream of tonight? Well, goodnight, Twitter.
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@Minkette *BOOP*
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I dreamt I uncovered the Conservatives underground stash of blackmail material, and they wanted to kill me because of it.
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Halfway through, I bumped into @tigershungry on the tube/bus!
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The Conservatives also had a small black box, which was a MS Surface. It could turn off their website, or it's caching or locate all dogs.
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@joonturbo @brandonnn Yeah, actually. Hm... Might need to redo the interface between the LEDs and the game if we switch driver board, but
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@joonturbo @brandonnn Yeah - it'll take some electronics work & some programming & they're sold out of the right bezels, but...
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@joonturbo @brandonnn ... this makes it look like a ~ $200 controller set is possible.
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p excited for versnoof lazercatz.com/?p=941
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(NSFW) oglaf.com/sextiles/ Some people said this was cute, but I just find it really sad. Don't fuck people you're not into!
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@robertpeacock22 I joined Instagram to let me post pictures without bothering Twitter People. Gimme a while, til I start jonesing for favs.
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@joonturbo @brandonnn mind, you're gonna have to do some tricky stuff with multiplexing the LED signals for per button control. & for input.
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@caraellison I love that you're making more than the Qwantz guy.
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I have been encouraged to post this selfie on Twitter instagram.com/p/mupRsTNowR/ (oh, I have an Instagram now)
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@Minkette who needs a side-hug of solidarity in a tulip field?
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One thing I miss from GDC is going up to people and giving them side-hugs of solidarity.
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@Minkette *solidarity side hug* I know it's hard, not being in a tulip field any more. I'm not in a tulip field, either, I know how it goes.
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RT @lawblob: video games are cool because they let you experience fantastical power-fantasies. for example in The SIMS you have a job and a…
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@caraellison That would be good. Stay chill, and say hi to Katharine from me.
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@caraellison Sold!
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@psychicteeth You're saying that like they're now happy to be there?
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@adragonbee That doesn't work as well when you work from home. Damnit, I should start doing some work.
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@psychicteeth Oh, sorry, read previous tweet now. Yeah. I'm sure this is something the Megabooth is seriously considering.
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RT @mcclure111: The question is not what the problem is or what you are doing about it but whether you wore this one particular armband
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@lingmops please tell me you've seen Bob's Burgers?
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@lingmops because that makes that episode the wildest
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@psychicteeth (but I seriously don't know what I'd do, in their position (they know a lot more about the situation than me, also))
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@caraellison oh, also, RE Captain America, have you seen this americancaptaincomic.tumblr.com/tagged/comic/chrono/ ?
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Acquitted defendants have to pay their own legal bills. Funnily, MPs only started giving a shit when... storify.com/anyapalmer/a-tax-on-innocence
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@caraellison ALSO -- finally played How Do You Do It. Really sweet. It reminds me of @Oujevipo's games. You played abunchofgames.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/sisters-little-helper/ ?
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@KommanderKlobb I was gonna leave it as a surprise for the Folk Games Zine... but I don't have the patience. It's "Dwile Flonking".
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@Oujevipo You have a bunch of games I haven't played! You should publicise yourself better.
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@Oujevipo but : I just played Breaking Character. Great as always. Funny and tragic at the same time.
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@KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth from a business perspective, running your own con is better than residing within someone else's...
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@KommanderKlobb @psychicteeth but it's a hard transition to make, and one you probably don't want to make all at once.
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@KommanderKlobb My Dad knows of it firsthand.
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look, the first second of your youtube is a loud noise and "hey, i'm --" there is no way i'm watching past that
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you had your chance
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@karlnp If it was a put on, why show the first bolt?
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@karlnp Also, the first bolt is wrapped around a dowel...
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This subscription model for games is something I've wondered about before frenchcows.com/en/ (but I haven't subscribed, so...)
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@haikus_by_KN Yeah, I guess it works that way. Which is why it has no advantages over a regular patreon, I suppose.
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@haikus_by_KN Maybe if it was heavily curated, from someone who has a presence as a curator.
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Sometimes thinking things through in advance helps, sometimes just making things solves problems better. I don't know.
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV I felt like I was, day-to-day, doing as much creative work making ads as now. 'Course, the end-product was shit, but
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV (probably more, actually : smaller projects, less oversight)
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV i like this hypothetical, because it makes me feel like i still have standards
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV then i recall that the agency i used to work at did some work for the army
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV knew a guy, retraining as an EE, because the official secrets act prohibited him from doing comp-sci or maths. :<
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV I pondered doing robotics stuff after uni, and one reason i didn't is that all the money is military.
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV Which meant that when Google showed up recently I was p glad. Google: Less Evil Than Trying To Kill People.
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@smestorp @TRUTRUTRULUV I mean, there were other, less noble reasons, too. But that was one of them.
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@DuncanMolloy @HonestWilliam, too.
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@DuncanMolloy Also still in theatre (kind of), @patrickashe. Of Beta Public fame.
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RT @justinpickard: 'Internet of dependent things' — @ntlk kicking a certain amount of butt, here: ntlk.net/2014/03/20/internet-of-dependent-things/ (via @rogre)
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@DuncanMolloy no... but yeah, I do think performance is important. slowly circling round it, in lots of ways...
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Occurs to me that most of the things I've worked on lately work in a similar way to the least successful game I ever made.
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@rubzo haha. No, Assembly. See?
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.@paullicino wrote a great thing, here. 'On Poverty' paullicino.tumblr.com/post/82695981848/on-poverty
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@smestorp @ADAMATOMIC i think it is that videogames can go squish and move in response to input? can substitute for mechanical excitement.
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@smestorp @ADAMATOMIC well, there's lots of kinds of working, and more scope for refining feel til it's good in vidyagames.
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@smestorp @ADAMATOMIC hm! - also, videogames can have interaction-discovery. you can discover systems, rather than just the consequences.
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@ADAMATOMIC @smestorp hm -- it's a fuzzy line, but - you can make first-order discoveries about interactions, not just second order ones.
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@ADAMATOMIC @smestorp I mean, unless you're super new to NR, and peering at the text on the exciting new card your opp has just pulled out.
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@samuelthomson blind protagonist? was this a game?
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@hannahnicklin d'awww! And ... maybe? possibly? probably? but i can't remember any details, so.
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@hannahnicklin i've definitely linked to writing about risk legacy in the past, but whether it was really beautiful, or just good, idk
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I didn't know the gaming feminist Illuminati were quite so pushy with their sales techniques... gyazo.com/a0b2e91e24bf6fb05a3a8fb96b3b67fb
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@caraellison take it the "seducing you" plan is going p well so far, then?
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@caraellison it is!
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@hentaiphd I like that one RPS comment right at the bottom. It is hysterical.
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This is a picture of me pointing at a picture of Roflpillar facebook.com/189617494396306/photos/a.741957129162337.1073741849.189617494396306/741958795828837/?type=3&theater
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on the 23rd of july this year, i will be 10,000 days old. (thanks, @webbedspace)
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... I guess I should thank my parents there, not Leon...
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Waiting for my laptop battery to get full, so I can go and sit in the sun on the grass outside.
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb @KestrelPi until I clicked for context, I thought this tweet was you boasting.
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@JFriedhoff @cattsmall I used "Bulk Rename Utility" a while back -- bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Screenshots.php -- it was actually really easy to use.
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A lovely look back at We're Going On A Bear Hunt theguardian.com/books/video/2014/apr/10/we-re-going-on-a-bear-hunt-michael-rosen-helen-oxenbury-video
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@edclef @PluralGames It apparently came out when I was two, which is why I grew up with it.
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@edclef @PluralGames It's a shame you watched the video -- it's got massive spoilers.
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@JFriedhoff @cattsmall I think I had about 10 seconds of "uh?". And then I went "oh, here's where I set the prefix, and -- okay, that's it"
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@JFriedhoff @cattsmall It was surprising to me too.
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@mooonmagic Monday was slow and unmotivated, but I ground through it. Today was productive again, I have momentum.
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@psychicteeth the really cheerful one? He was there in January.
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@mooonmagic yeah, that's pretty harsh
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@Minkette while you were stressin', I started & finished & published a blog post nottheinternet.com/blog/
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@lauraehall @Minkette @brandonnn @edclef We should make it like a quarterly thing. Call it "So, What Am I Doing With My Life?"
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Here are some good things I experienced at GDC this year nottheinternet.com/blog/best-things-about-GDC-2014/
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@RobMeyer7 I was surprised when it happened! It also made me more insular, and averse to meeting new people -- it's dangerous, too.
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@brandonnn leaving this open to tweet tomorrow when people are up...
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@RobMeyer7 Yeah, I don't know if they actually stand in opposition, but I felt both this year.
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The heart & the soul existing in Adventure Time is more than you could hope for... theholenearthecenteroftheworld.com/
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@awesommelier Of course! When I think of you, I think ... "whimsy".
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I have a virtual desktop that is just the latest mockup that Nils did for Mutazione, and every time I switch over it makes me happy.
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@HilariousCow @PaniQ @antumbral It's surprising how satisfying things without mechanical consequence can still be.
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@PaniQ @HilariousCow @antumbral ah, this stuff is hard -- you have to be very explicit about what happened for players to have an idea of...
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@PaniQ @HilariousCow @antumbral consequence - otherwise, it's just "now they hate me? i don't know why?" It's realistic, but not good design
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RT @chicgeek: Menstruation: What is the evolutionary or biological benefit of having periods? Fantastic answer on Quora: http://t.co/1uKHEI…
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@hentaiphd to be fair, I'd like more games with pooping mechanics, too.
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@HilariousCow @PaniQ @antumbral it's more : for changes to be satisfying, the causes need to be communicated.
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@HilariousCow @PaniQ @antumbral Also @radiatoryang is doing a lot of interesting narrative stuff atm. We should start a makega.me thread...
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@antumbral @PaniQ @HilariousCow but at least there you knew why she cut contact, she didn't just ... cut you out for no apparent reason
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@PaniQ @antumbral @HilariousCow minds me of @smestorp's interview here : gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/18718295626/michael-brough-on-one-of-the-splinter-cell-games
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London is so beautiful
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@HilariousCow @Warpgate9 @PaniQ @antumbral So sad Versu died -- that has a similar forced pacing thing in it, and it makes sense to me.
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@rubzo sure, I GUESS Edinburgh is also beautiful.
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@rubzo Really into housing blocks right now.
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@antumbral @HilariousCow @Warpgate9 @PaniQ Ah, but one thing I really wanted from Versu was virtual smut, so...
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@mcclure111 All this bollocks comes from people taking UI design from movies with cool UI design.
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@adragonbee does this mean you now know what task it is you are supposed to be doing?
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@adragonbee oh, phew! good to be clear about these things. wouldn't want to be tasked to do something that's accidentally comprehensible.
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What's a good name for a regular playtesting event? Considering "Try This" or "Victory Condition".
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PS I'm organizing a playtesting event at @LondonGameSpace, first one looks to be on the 28th.
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@severalbees IT'S IN APRIL
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@mooonmagic :D think it'll be that, then.
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@henryfaber For 20 minutes, @severalbees has been trying to pun. And then you just whip that one out.
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@Norgg that sounds like a Culture ship.
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@adragonbee I can't touch type properly. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@beckwig still waiting for a email about visiting museums from you!
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@adragonbee Just... lazy, I guess. I mean, I don't look at the keys, but I don't use all my fingers either?
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@beckwig Sure! Or the Horniman, never been there.
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@adragonbee oh. yeah, i don't understand that either. The keys don't move around...
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@ADAMATOMIC reading his article, sounds like Ken Levine has reinvented Quality Based Narrative? (nice intro at notepad.smedresmania.com/2011/04/20/quality-based-narrative/)
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I made it on the prom committee!
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What is up with Reddit Twitter bots favoriting shit?
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a bot faved that tweet (it's a bot i'm friends with, so that's okay)
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@scanters possibly also some fondling
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@betterthemask @gabesmed would be curious on either of youse thoughts on makega.me/t/procedural-narrative-dialogue/91
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"you have an air of what might described as a kind of sweaty thoughtfulness"
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@zoequinnzel there's a game events organizers list you might be interested in -- having a discussion on this atm, and could do with input
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@mcclure111 @smestorp yes!
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@doougle feels more a critical mass of devs is necessary - which is admittedly easiest when they started employed there at big companies.
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@doougle did you see theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/10/slow-death-of-silicon-roundabout , and even more pertinently, this comment on it theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/10/slow-death-of-silicon-roundabout#comment-32892541
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RT @HilariousCow: "Every time I see a new trailer for a 2D space sim, I'm like 'Yes, finally!', and then there are... complicated menus.” I…
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@HilariousCow Last time I was at the Science Museum, I overheard people pointing out features on the lunar lander and comparing them to KSP.
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@HilariousCow given I was there to talk about games applicability to their galleries, etc, it was quite fitting
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@beckwig I think so? Lemme check
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@pageantmalarkey trampoline, most definitely
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@Dick_Hogg @severalbees @KommanderKlobb @terrycavanagh I haven't seen you in too long! I'm tempted to actually come hang out in yr wardrobe.
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@rachelelm look at this filth. Dirty trees.
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@severalbees the existence of Tunnock's Snowballs suggests you're not entirely correct
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@pageantmalarkey ok, deal!
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@HilariousCow Would it not be second-person perspective. Like If On A Winter's Night, A Traveller...
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This is a great opening to a book sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/pwillen1/lit/winter.htm
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London people : who wants in on a split order of Bit Bazaar goodies ( bentomiso.com/bit-bazaar-spring-fair-2014/mail-order)? @patrickashe @KommanderKlobb?
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@patrickashe don't be sick in swimming pools :<
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@patrickashe (congrats! :D)
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Back on the netrunner horse again after a month away, and generously introducing @sam_cook to the sensation of victory.
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I think I have to consider the possibility that this is an activity I enjoy, enthuse over, and suck at? (Like : playing videogames)
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@tigershungry someone going to Bit Bazaar offered use of their badge machine in exchange for beer.
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@BRKeogh I'm sorry to do this... gyazo.com/6c26df455faafe7b138cb11430c84402
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@BRKeogh (I'm not really sorry)
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@ragzouken tried to play cyberdekay on OSX Mavericks -- got gyazo.com/70e807255017080664d7b1e8f8f6946a and gyazo.com/508f993b504ef2e01b525c5c5e86337f
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@nsuttner I'm already obligated to listen to this dude's stuff all day, now you want me to listen to it at night too?
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@nsuttner Well, it *is* pretty great, so : okay!
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@mcclure111 @metasynthie Hm... Thinking of @ranarama's 2012 talk gdcvault.com/play/1015525/The-Gamification-of-Death-How on failing to make a game about death.
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@mcclure111 @metasynthie Just "we can't do justice to this topic, and still make a game". Uh. Not that that sounds like that case here.
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@mcclure111 @metasynthie AND IN ANY CASE, if that was true, you should let the students discover that themselves and sort it out themselves.
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@ishisoft I'd adjust her jump so the acceleration is less linear?
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@ragzouken It works!
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@scanters "Diamond-filtered vodka"
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@PerrinAshcroft I've got a lot of GUI work coming up (and going back over all our old stuff), pondering moving off NGUI. Dunno.
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TIL that London Underground gets people to walk along the route of tube lines to spot if someone is doing construction work above them.
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Every 4 weeks for subsurface lines, and every 8 weeks for the deeper ones.
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Where is Fatty Bear!? store.steampowered.com/sub/42723/
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@realnoyb ah, that's the wrong Fatty Bear :<
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@lauraehall No, I was reading a report into lessons that can be learned from someone drilling into a train tunnel. Lesson 1: Don't.
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe he can't hear you, he's asleep. (Just arrived)
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There's lots of trendy people here and I need a haircut
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@radiatoryang v wise
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@leighalexander I saw this when you linked it the first time, and it has matured with age.
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There are people sitting with pizza boxes on this bus. They're being polite, and leading them til they get home. I'm hungry(er) now.
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@hannahnicklin I'm off my second bus now... It's the extra walk for chicken or deciding I'm not actually hungry I'm weighing up now...
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@leighalexander what about "tasty" (to mean nice)?
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@haikus_by_KN @nachimir yeah! Recruit him for your mysterious project!
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This looks great and I've just reserved my copy medium.com/product-announcements/183043ba37d0
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@tef I'm not sure yet, I'll need to check the API docs.
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@xShrewsbury @caraellison (Not quite that much : $100 per day for accom & expenses, £600 for flights, plus an indie pass at I think $250)
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@xShrewsbury @caraellison (& there's a way to finagle most of those expenses lower: but then I've been lucky & never had to pay my own way)
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@xShrewsbury @caraellison I *probably* wouldn't have gone yet if I had to pay for it myself.
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@xShrewsbury @caraellison There's a messed up thing where going gives you connections that makes going cheaper.
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@xShrewsbury @caraellison I've not paid for a pass since my first year, I was staying in an AirBnB that worked out cheaper than the hostel..
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@rclarke does get you the game, though, which is nice.
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@xShrewsbury @smestorp @caraellison This is a interesting point, and one I had not really dwelled on. I wonder how we compare to elsewhere.
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@HilariousCow AMAZING, see you there.
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@haikus_by_KN I just ate a banana.
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@angusdick @patrickashe lemon joust or ninja are probably the most fun, but dwile flocking might be the funniest
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@angusdick @patrickashe should have just sent you the link? Pick your own favorite
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@mcclure111 @xMattieBrice I don't know if I actually recommend it, but not knowing is a good way to make interesting things.
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@mcclure111 @xMattieBrice thinking of Cart Life, which was kinda conceived in a vacuum?
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@mcclure111 @xMattieBrice (I feel vague guilt at not playing enough)
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I gave A Dark Room another try, because I continued to hear about it on Twitter ie thru @caraellison : and okay! really digging it.
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@xMattieBrice @mcclure111 but, like, intentionally versus getting tired and not having time/effort.
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@xMattieBrice @mcclure111 I have less time than effort. I should want to do fewer things.
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@caraellison just now discovered the ship
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@brandonnn @caraellison not saying anything more!
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@whatisian @smestorp @mooonmagic my hands are too cold to look up the Borges detective story which ended in a labyrinth which was a line.
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@HonestWilliam this might be super obvious, but: Samurai Gunn?
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@HilariousCow not gonna fav this
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@HonestWilliam ahhh... sorry, don't play any online multiplayer...
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Okay, I was hacked, but I think it's sorted? Lemme know if not.
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Drunkenness compelled me to try to get up on the roof. Unlike last attempt, I don't think I could make it alone. @asponge?
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@Harvey1966 @caraellison @xShrewsbury @SomniLottie @k_macquarrie @channelfound exactly what we didn't want to happen!
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@techn0madic @metasynthie @onidavin someone had a story of tournament Netrunner - they got a quick unlucky loss, and their opp went ...
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@techn0madic @metasynthie @onidavin ah, that sucks, let's play again. (they then won, but let their opponent advance)
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@heawood @muzrobertson "No questions asked" "The woman ... asked our reporter a series of questions"
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"The deepest luxury would be to not have to understand yourself. " theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/20/words-from-the-wise-eva-wiseman?CMP=twt_gu
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Some good writing on Wipeout, and Britpop everygame.tumblr.com/post/83111813601/wipeout-2048-playstation
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@patrickashe don't mind -- could come to yours, if only for use of your printer?
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@psychicteeth seconding that I don't think this is a good thing to do.
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@leeblackwood Mail on Sunday
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I dreamt a series of dreams where I kept drinking glasses of water. And then I woke up and was thirsty, and had a glass of water.
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RT @hyper_linda: Almost every day, despite never having been there, my phone/Google now tells me I should go to Stepney fried chicken http:…
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@raiganburns I know, right?
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb what? Shower beer is great! For when you smell, but also want to drink.
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2d rubens' tube youtube.com/watch?v=2awbKQ2DLRE
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my most popular tweet ever was reposting that MoS image? Not what I'd've picked.
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I have a new career goal @metasynthie/457635249887772672/photo/1
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@DrPalutena @mcclure111 This seems to be basically the reason that teaching is hard?
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folk game zine test print vine.co/v/M1YVqab0VKz
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Great thread about correcting your opponent's mistakes in Netrunner: @metasynthie/457761802185871360 reminds me why I don't care about winning.
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@heather_r limited edition pressing, y'all
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@mcclure111 "stateless"? But pure is fine as a keyword: if it's optional, the purists won't like it anyway.
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@patrickashe can you bring my umbrella and the proof tomorrow?
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@patrickashe Ta!
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@tha_rami nerd immunity
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@glassarmy working right now!
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@HilariousCow I'm trying! But if it's not happening, the best thing you can do is stop. Go visit the Barbican!
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@christinelove ah, but there's nothing worse than waking up, and feeling sad because you miss the fictional makeouts you dreamt of.
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@joonturbo just read your amaze post & : proud to call you a colleague, friend & comrade.
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RT @jonbro: pouet.net/prod.php?which=62960 first demoscene prod IN SPACE.
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(it's a C64 cracktro on a femtosatellite?!)
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@joonturbo @weirdkids1 yusssss
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NaNoGenMo Grimm's tales... I think it's a good combination.
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@adragonbee spent all day trying to face answering old emails...
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@heather_r what. what?
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@heather_r who could dislike that song?
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I mentioned this before, but next Monday is Victory Condition, an event at the London Game Space for you to playtest your games. Come along?
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("games" means any thing vaguely game-like, not just videogames, btw)
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@Gillespionage Looks beautiful.
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RT @brandonnn: look what just showed up! the 1st bit of booty i'm bringing to TCAF: @TenyaWanyaTeens keychain bottle openers haha :D http:/…
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@radiatoryang paging @AmIRiteBot
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So many exciting & excited emails from collaborators this evening. Shoutout to @angusdick, @compositeredfox and @kozilekmusic.
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RT @SimoRoth: The US has released solid evidence showing that the "pro Russian separatists" in Ukraine are Spetsnaz. bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27104904
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See the problem is that I clearly love this Kickstarter more than the game it's attempting to create kickstarter.com/projects/omocat/omori
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On the other hand, strong Earthbound influences mean I could be wrong.
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Anyway, I guess the conclusion of this story is that I should listen to more Bo En.
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@LawrieARussell It'll be all evening (7 - 11, I guess). No idea on numbers -- I probably want to know that more than you do.
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@caraellison imagine getting helplessly aroused every time you heard it.
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RT @john_brindle: @v21 @caraellison so, I have definitely on occasion 1) woken up, 2) tried 2 wank, 3) failed, 4) angrily turned off radio …
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@Gillespionage which one is that? Get 182 coming back bigger than ever?
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@Gillespionage Oh, what? Heh. Forgot about that one. Looking forward to seeing what's left of what I worked on!
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@inskora Yeah! It's interesting, if flawed.
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@scanters that sounds perfect.
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Safety Dance then Toto's Africa...
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@D_Nye_Griffiths @scanters I just want to be able to fly, is that so much to ask?
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@scanters thank you Ann, your encouragement means a lot to me. I will continue to pursue my dreams.
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@caraellison Do you really like art-house Glaswegian bands?
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@KommanderKlobb @haikus_by_KN I am really enjoying getting far enough with the game that all the bugs sound like English sentences.
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@KommanderKlobb @haikus_by_KN "The lights inside the bar are on at dawn, until you leave and come back again, but they shouldn't be."
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@caraellison Yeah! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Juice_%28band%29 fronted by Edwyn Collins, Franz Ferdinand basically wanted to be them.
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@caraellison (I don't think the T-shirt is referencing them)
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@haikus_by_KN @KommanderKlobb Mutazione!
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@patrickashe @edsaperia @LondonGameSpace There's also a @drinkrelaxplay Table Top gaming event on -- but not sure how the space'll break up.
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@KommanderKlobb @haikus_by_KN Look, Ricky was talking about his game, and I was talking about mine.
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@KommanderKlobb @haikus_by_KN Oh, yeah, there was that brewing side-quest we were talking about before...
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@patrickashe Pat! It's a bad idea to sell sharp knives for throwing and stabbing games at TCAF.
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@patrickashe They'll just have to fling their brand new art prints and comic books at each others feet, like normal people.
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RT @arealliveghost: I am going to kiss you and take your resources
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Guess I'm going to beat last year's 2 months cumulative time away from home in the first half of this year. Feelings about that are mixed.
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@KommanderKlobb thank goodness for small mercies
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@KommanderKlobb I think I'd enjoy keeping chickens, though.
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Got a chance to play Gang Beasts and it was everything @jwaaaap promised.
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@Minkette @lauraehall @nachimir @patrickashe we just played it... I think it's in the London meta now.
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@Minkette @lauraehall @nachimir @patrickashe but it's not as violent as all that: when wearing jumpers, it can get pretty subtle.
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@Minkette @lauraehall @nachimir @patrickashe if we're going to deal in dark play, I'd remind you a George already exists.
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@lauraehall @Minkette @patrickashe all this time i could've been using your name to justify gentle caresses of the bum and I didn't know?
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RT @RobotParking: Like, growing up, almost every game I truly loved was kinda broken, kinda weird. I never really loved Mario like I loved …
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Me: "kinda tired, not sure if I can bear being there for long" -> leaving after doing shots after the bar closes
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Apparently my exhortations to make a King of Dragon Pass-like have paid off? I was surprised too! Also gratified.
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@iamcarneiro real kart racing is super cool, though. All g forces and the smell of diesel exhaust.
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Between @seniath @leighalexander and @heather_r , my instagram feed is like 100% New York right now.
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@tigershungry @heather_r man, what... weren't you in NY the other week?
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@seniath @leighalexander @heather_r just take my "I'm favving you having such a lovely time" as read, okay? (Hope you have such a good time)
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@iamcarneiro Yeah! the feel of taking a corner too fast and losing traction is great. Dooo iiiit. (I wanna go carting now)
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@KingDragonPass It's in development! Just spent the evening talking to @usefulslug about his plans for it.
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@KingDragonPass I mean, who knows how close the structure will end up being, but the writer was pointed at KoDP as a reference, so.
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RT @HilariousCow: ludopathic.co.uk/2013/06/10/kinaesthesia/ Wrote this last year. I normally cringe at things I've written, but this one is alright!
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RT @tha_rami: An apology is not limiting our expression, it literally is an expression. Stop objecting to our expressions for the sake of o…
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Turns out @ADAMATOMIC can write! Read this on Speed Racer & Vanquish, it's really good. pastebin.com/m0xLSKzg
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RT @IanDunt: While we're on the #bookban here's a reminder of what Grayling's regime does to you if you maintain your innocence http://t.c…
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RT @oh_cripes: On the same topic, the "Search" button on google.com does absolutely nothing. Digital skeuomorphism.
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People need to stop making things because they seemed cool in scifi books/films medium.com/message/4f61cd5c84c5
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@smestorp But they have other concerns, like writing well & telling a good story & making points about everyday life.
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@smestorp Why can't, say, product designers design products?
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@jennatar I thought you were talking about Josie Cunningham at first.
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@Slaktus American geeks
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@haikus_by_KN industries
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It's
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Nothing makes you care less about a topic than 100+ notifications on your ill considered tweet about it.
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bob's game has a kickstarter! kickstarter.com/projects/bobsgame/bobs-game
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@jonbro so: I agree with you. But also: genuinely like the things he's making?
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@jonbro @caraellison Don't get me wrong : I would prefer for him to abandon it, and sort himself out.
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@jonbro @caraellison People above work, always. But does that mean it's bad to enjoy the work? I don't actually know.
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@jonbro @caraellison Thank you for complicating my thoughts on it, anyway. Though, I don't really care if he finishes it.
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@jonbro @caraellison And: it's not like mainstream work is made by entirely sane people. Or always healthily, or for healthy reasons.
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I found a Unity Answers post that described my problem exactly, with no answers. Then I noticed I posted it in December. Fuck it.
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Can I set default values for a nested class in Unity? answers.unity3d.com/questions/589704/can-i-set-default-values-for-a-nested-class.html
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@whitingjp Nah, it's a nested class - marked up as Serializable, but not deriving from MonoBehaviour or anything.
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@DrJarajski That was my next tweet! answers.unity3d.com/questions/589704/can-i-set-default-values-for-a-nested-class.html
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@Superpig @whitingjp I made a test project and it looks like I can get the effect I want with static factories...
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@Superpig @whitingjp ... though I tried that in our game and it didn't work, so now gonna dig into why that is.
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@Superpig @whitingjp Is there a good way to use Property Drawers to set default values?
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@Superpig @whitingjp Apparently behaviour is different if the serialized class is within an array/List or not?
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@Superpig @whitingjp Yeah, through in inspector. First elem, though?
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@Superpig @whitingjp Nope, it's the first time (trying in a fresh scratch project to test this behaviour)
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@Superpig @whitingjp ... I just realized why the behavior was divergent. That List logic doesn't hold if you edit a serializable class...
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@Superpig @whitingjp ... that's already in a List to have another serializable class within it.
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@Superpig @whitingjp Which is obvious now, but definitely wasn't an hour ago.
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@alexhern Yr latest Netrunner post is great. More fanfic that's also playing tips!
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I have been using Unity professionally for about 4 years now, and I just discovered you can delete array items in the Inspector?!
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Why did no-one tell me?
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That last bit, on androgyny? That's how I feel, too.
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@caraellison Curious! I guess I feel like this feeling isn't ... super significant to me? Same with my sexuality, really.
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@fastramdesign I guess that would be relevant to me if I ever used Javascript, or js arrays, or had any desire for untyped collections?
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RT @LondonGameSpace: Thanks everyone for coming to #multiclash on Tuesday! You are darlings!
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@haikus_by_KN tbh, I think teasing future cool stuff is overrated? As long as I hit the ground running, that's enough for me.
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@haikus_by_KN like, a bit? But if after 10 mins I'm digging it, and engaged and have aims I'm working towards, then I'm not gonna care?
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@haikus_by_KN if the running is really fun, then that's fine? If it's not, then, yeah, you want to put more in.
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@haikus_by_KN But most of the reveal future coolness without needing skill methods I can see are non-interactive & boring? Which seems worse
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@haikus_by_KN on the other hand... some stuff just sets the scene nicely. Character selection stuff, intro cutscenes etc.
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@haikus_by_KN Like, foreplay that extends into playing the game. (Still has to be good foreplay, though)
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I do not think I would be a person who would walk away from Omelas. :(
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Woke up and checked my emails. I've been called out, challenged to demo scene battle.
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@patrickashe @CJ_Allum Oooooh! I'm up for that!
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@SavyGamer @LewieP this any good?
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@LewieP yeah, me too. Ahh, let's take a punt on it.
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@beckwig still on for the Horniman tomorrow?
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Just saw this short by @KristianAndrews vimeo.com/32172875 . It's incredible. (I immediately wanna rip off the style in a game, haha)
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@michelmcbride @raiganburns Dishonoured came close, sometimes.
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Oh, hey, this class broke 2000 lines! Weeeee!
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At least the control flow is *relatively* straightforward and consistent. Just a lot of longwinded error handling, really.
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@D_Nye_Griffiths try continuing on to the first sentence!
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@KommanderKlobb have you played The Floor Is Jelly? I think you'd really like it.
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Finally played some The Floor Is Jelly last night. It's lovely: good colors, good sounds, good movement.
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@KommanderKlobb ah, bollocks to feeling shame about it. Still, at least all of these games are relatively short...
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@heather_r plus, they do cats to go at cat shelters
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@caraellison that was basically the best Tale of Tales interview I've read.Yr stressing either piad off, or was unncecessary, not sure which
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kinda wanna change my avatar, but it still has transparency, and you can't do that any more
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@retroremakes yeah, it's awkward, and there's no good long term fix. But also note that Valve don't push things out at weekends, or ...
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@retroremakes generally schedule releases to smooth them out. 'Course, that still leaves limited space, and ever-more competition.
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@LondonGameSpace @xShrewsbury @FLuxemburg you can get a couple of accounts (and unlimited aliases) free on Zoho.
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@LondonGameSpace @xShrewsbury @FLuxemburg (we use them for WR. And self hosting is tricky, because reliably sending emails is ~hard~)
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@retroremakes feels like there's also just more games now?
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@vectorpoem @retroremakes yus, very much this. all about flattening that power curve.
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I'm a fan of these clothes I can't afford inaisce.com/
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This is a beautiful story about, of all things, MSN Messenger - AIM interop nplusonemag.com/issue-19/essays/chat-wars/
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@xShrewsbury should have a referral in yr gameolith email now.
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@xShrewsbury At least, with these clothes, no-one can afford them. layerslondon.com/menswear/inaisce/ $$$$$ :D :D :D $$$$$
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@xShrewsbury Ah, I fell asleep & missed my window "The referred user already has the domain using Zoho Mail. Please refer a different user."
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@awesommelier nice lampposts.
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Stupid numbers of cool games events happening in London this summer.
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I should probably pick only a few to try to do exciting things at.
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Oh, god, and then there's GameCity.
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@caraellison I think so! Probably the end of September/October, but everyone's dates are a little vague.
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@caraellison I mean, you're going to GameCity anyway, right?
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@SFBTom Heh. Well @severalbees definitely said she was definitely going to make a list of events like that...
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@garethbriggs Not yet!
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I love Lost Levels, and I love this piece and I love that I was there and saw and interacted with none of this tmi.kotaku.com/the-video-game-conference-that-let-me-say-goodbye-to-a-1554452036
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I drank a lot of really nice wine at lunch and now I have opinions at a dangerous hour. Also I am trying to answer emails.
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@rubzo What even is the point? Who actually cares about this history? Who, who cares about this history, cares about digging it up?
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@rubzo Is this supposed to be "heritage"? What are we supposed to learn from doing this? Is it supposed to be "cool"?
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They are literally digging garbage out of the ground so they can look at it and confirm that someone put garbage in the ground in the past.
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@rubzo It really feels like something that people care about because they have been told that other people care about it?
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@rubzo I am happy to be wrong, or unfair here. But.
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@LewieP maybe there's more behind the camera? Maybe there's more having a cigarette the other way, because the excavation is really boring?
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@rubzo There is context in another recent tweet of mine.
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RT @aliendovecote: I'm an architect. I design water slides. I invented a special slide called Hydro X. I'm on the run from the imperials
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@pozorvlak They at least have like, questions about the garbage beyond "did someone put this garbage here"?
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@whitingjp Is it... fun to interact with? If so, I would stop there. (You are not me, and by stop, I actually mean deepen the interactions)
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@whitingjp I don't know your project, and I don't know your instincts, but I'm surprised that's a real concern?
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@whitingjp No problem! Curious to play the result!
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The Witch's Granddaughter snarp.tumblr.com/post/83934442772/the-witchs-granddaughter
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@compositeredfox @C418 beautiful
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@compositeredfox @C418 You guys should go pro.
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@lingmops Oh! I have felt like that before, and it is not a good feeling, and I have never dealt with it well.
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@lingmops If it's any consolation, it sounds like you deal with it better than I do?
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@lingmops And I am sorry I have only Internet sympathy to give you.
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I was going to sign up to ask.fm, but v21 is taken. Maybe I'll just take "HonestWilliam" tomorrow.
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@lingmops Well, you could stop yourself from ever thinking about it by constantly distracting yourself from it by binging on the internet?
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@lingmops The worst of it is when I'm in those moods, I barely talk to people on the Internet either.
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@asponge dancing?
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@xMattieBrice Is this a Netrunner tweet?
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@hentaiphd All code is bitrot, or it is literally being changed right this moment.
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@asponge @HonestWilliam Have you ever seen a Code of Conduct you didn't break?
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@brandonnn @TenyaWanyaTeens AMAZING
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@KommanderKlobb @brandonnn No, really, I love it when people who aren't me work hard and make great things on a project I'm involved in.
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@KommanderKlobb @brandonnn Working hard and making great things myself is pretty good, but not as good as not working hard.
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@KommanderKlobb @brandonnn Also, Brandon, can you send the lasercut plans? I wanna start scratching out the Guide For Making It.
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We should have a #SPORTSFRIENDS launch party at @LondonGameSpace. Not that it's my game, but I'd still enjoy that. (cc @whitingjp, @doougle)
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@infovore Heh. I watched it with some late-20somethings in a Brooklyn apartment. lot of sympathy for the ATM scene.
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@retroremakes Kentucky Route Zero, Deus Ex, Puzzle Bobble.
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@m1sp @mcclure111 those are not clear and distinct colours in that chart.
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RT @campfireburning: I hope in future that the Internet funds more archeological expeditions uncovering evidence of well-documented events …
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I've sobered up now, but I'm still mad.
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@mink_ette about the stupid ET cartridges thing
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@mink_ette but even framed that way, they're doing it the most boring way possible.
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@mink_ette like, imagine if they'd uncovered it, taken a photo, then immediately refilled it.
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@mink_ette or done it I'm the dead of night without advance press
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@mink_ette or framed it as a bid to restore Atari to glory
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@mink_ette or deliberately dug 500m to the left (without telling anyone)
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@doougle @whitingjp What, focus on the Friday? Personally: boo, I have a friend's birthday that day. But will check when the space is free.
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@vectorpoem @mcclure111 Hmmm. This is a question I don't know the answer to, but would like to.
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@vectorpoem @mcclure111 Also note that WebGL makes this stuff an actual security hole if you can also read from the screen.
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RT @joonturbo: @v21 @KommanderKlobb @brandonnn when do we get #tenywanyaadults... [green] do taxes [purple] change diaper [pink] gas up car
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@mink_ette <3
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@hentaiphd oh wait, yeah, America :(
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@haikus_by_KN wait, people are caring about it? Different timelines, I guess
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RT @kahodesu: Colorful F1 steering wheel interface - yah, this is not a game controller, this is the real thing. #autoshow http://t.co/AKh4…
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This whole situation is giving me a welcome refresher on current youth slang.
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"Scallywag" has progressed from Indian to more widespread usage (as an extreme term)
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"It's Sue Perkins & Mel Giedroyc. I'm a late 20s lesbian, I have to know these things"
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@heather_r @tigershungry oh, what! for sure! doooo it
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RT @rare_basement: whoever made the bike horn version of mambo number five is a genius
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ahh, what @rvsasvr, this is too cute, ahhhhhh rvsa.tumblr.com/post/83965098559
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@heather_r @tigershungry fuckin reference pantone swatches hanging around your ears
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@mink_ette @LeehSl @elibrody I don't see why you'd want to latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ef68b8e5970b-600wi
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RT @angusdick: BOOP instagram.com/p/nS_Q-zqaaV/
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@PaniQ "realistic"
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@PaniQ sorry, I mean : a force against this is the tendency of a lot of (esp high budget) games & techniques & engines to focus on realism.
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@PaniQ Look at the range of games made in Unity, and then look at the headline features they're adding.
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@PaniQ that scales to large teams a lot better than emergent complexity.
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What should I play? I want ... something with a big scope that I won't multitask away from.
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@jonbro oh, like I have the patience to play DF. But maybe I do for Dark Souls. I or II?
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@hannahnicklin Which reminds me -- The Yawhg came out theyawhg.com/ . And plenty of things have done that, but not for a while.
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@mcclure111 I have played Analogue, it's great. 3D Dot Game Heroes - no PS3. Amazon Kindle App -- good idea, but what to read?
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@mcclure111 (I lose myself in reading much easier than games. And I think we have a similar taste in books? Or at least in Sci-Fi)
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@mcclure111 Not read any Scalzi, but I assume I'll like him, based on Internet. & read a bunch of Mieville, but not all. Thanks!
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@mcclure111 Loved Wind-Up Girl, haven't heard of the others (though I'm not sure why I haven't read any Hamilton)
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@jonbro It feels like Dark Souls at least gets you stuck after you're meaningfully interacting with the world?
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@hannahnicklin That feels small-scope, as most iOS things do. I was happy to dip in on trains, and then put it away after.
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@hannahnicklin A tilt-shift feeling of a tiny world you're poking at, not another place you go to for a while.
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@hannahnicklin ("another place you go to for a while" is what I love best about theatre, usually, too)
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@jonbro @mcclure111 Okay, I have ordered all of these books as bound bits of paper, which is great. Now to... I guess play Dark Souls?
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@jonbro @mcclure111 Ugh ugh ugh Greg Egan, I have tried to read him before, but all I could think is "I hate everyone in this book, and him"
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@mathewkumar @jimrossignol I would consider it (shame I don't have many friends left in Edinburgh)
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@severalbees I didn't, but would pretend I did, if given the opportunity.
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@mcclure111 Dream big.
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So, actually I'm waiting for Deadly Premonition to download. But : Dark Souls I or Dark Souls II?
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@mcclure111 (to be honest, getting rid of "linker errors" and the accompanying class of bullshit is a big dream)
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I just joined the Green Party.
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@mcclure111 Maybe you'd just feel grateful for them not linking you into a conversation you didn't want to see?
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@mcclure111 privacy takes two people - one to not broadcast information, and another to not look for it too hard.
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@ADAMATOMIC Protect Ya Deck (sorry)
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Ah, videogames. I downloaded Deadly Premonition, but it doesn't work.
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Okay, I give up making Deadly Premonition read controller input when not at a menu screen.
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@edjeff I had a Filofax as a child.
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@edjeff Am I part of the problem?
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@lindseybieda When I was considering doing the same, I planned to use SDL2.
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@whitingjp @Draknek I just tried playing, and don't think I'd've got they were mirrors without seeing this conversation as a clue.
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@whitingjp @Draknek the amount of time elapsed between moving it out of the light & moving something back in was too great, I think?
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@whitingjp @Draknek I got to gyazo.com/921426c3f7adc02a46678612bcb64f99 before deciding I really ought to get back to work.
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RT @nachimir: Found a bunch of photos of the DOOM Piano being made: imgur.com/a/EDpbF (@Sosowski @Blackcorn666 @v21)
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God save those who live two buses away from the Jobcenter.
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New screenshot from my Panoramical scene: sketchbook.panoramic.al/image/84126396982
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@garethbriggs me!
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Victory Condition tonight! Come along and help people playtest games at London Game Space.
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@terrycavanagh @ragzouken @Draknek this feels like Indiana Jones : Being An Archaeologist Is Hard Work Sometimes.
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@simonv3 also recommended: medievalpoc.tumblr.com/
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Tonight I rediscovered that I know all the words to the Beautiful South's Rotterdam.
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Gonna spam a load of @patrickashe's vines now, if that's okay.
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@iainl7 @patrickashe the scene I'm making for Panoramical!
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@iainl7 @patrickashe Tomato?
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@iainl7 @patrickashe Also: <3
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@itchio assume you have monitoring & that, but gyazo.com/5b1948ab8b13688e13e332c09ead5fbd
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This style is great : dithered clay & fleshy pixels masonlindroth.tumblr.com/ (they made Weird Egg & Crushing Finger, which is a rec)
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I need source art for an effect in my Panoramical scene. Anyone got pixel fonts, tilesets, anything that looks good in 8x8 chunks I can use?
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@st33d thanks!
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I keep getting Snapchats of lambs from @nachimir and it's delightful.
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I think if stupid smart watches looked like this, I would quite like one vine.co/v/Mv9Jq9AqnXd
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@Minkette I am vtwentyone
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@Radstronomical that film felt very special to me because I grew up in South London, and don't think I've heard that slang in a film before.
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@Radstronomical (even though, of all those characters, I'm definitely the posh bloke visiting his dealer)
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@Radstronomical I think it's because everyone felt real, richly drawn, authentic. Same care that meant the slang was correct.
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@Radstronomical it was super sharp, but it does makes me wonder how it would've been different with more budget.
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@Radstronomical (not that the budget would've improved the film...)
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@Radstronomical oh! Also: have you seen Dredd?
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homes.soic.indiana.edu/nensmeng/files/ensmenger-gender.pdf This is a good perspective on how programming came to be a masculine thing.
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@jennatar @NEnsmenger haha, snap
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RT @laurahelmuth: Men are raped almost as often as women. Horrible stats, smart take from @HannaRosin on @DoubleXMag slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/04/male_rape_in_america_a_new_study_reveals_that_men_are_sexually_assaulted.html…
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I still remember our RE teacher telling us that mean couldn't get raped, because they wouldn't have an erection if they were scared.
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@takorii Tried playing SLAM on OSX : just spins, and my cursor is stuck at the bottom right corner & clicking often hits something else?
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@patrickashe you up for Homework tomorrow?
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@zoequinnzel wait, isn't this the wrong type of gaming?
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@108 I turned mine off and my life has only been improved.
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@rclarke a glowing recommendation if ever I heard one
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@tha_rami @hypem @twinethreads @auntiepixelante @m_kopas I heard they added an #ISSLOVE button, too.
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@ADAMATOMIC thanks!
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Oh: thanks everyone who came out to Victory Condition last night. I think it went pretty swell?
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@takorii it is. I guess the pixel scaling throws the mouse warping math off? :C
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@takorii is there a full-screen option? that might change the apparent res
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@lalanl ahhh, I know this far too well. It's almost always better to force yourself out, but that doesn't make doing it more fun.
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RT @aliendovecote: They're spending ten million dollars on building secret escalators for upside down people
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You know what thing from a Neal Stephenson book I most wish for? That nice tea shop in Diamond Age where he gets 12 hours of work done.
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@philippawarr Between this and your tweet to @scanters, I suddenly want waffles, fried chicken & maple syrup. Damn.
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@seniath @philippawarr @scanters @alexhern I clicked on that link, then realized it's a trap. It's only going to make me hungrier, right?
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"enthusiastic consent" vs "opt-out of our newsletter". Bernie DeKoven vs Zynga. modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-fantasy-and-abuse-of-the-manipulable-user
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@betsythemuffin Really liked your MVC piece on consent. Have you read The Well-Played Game? It's about communities & consent within play.
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Guts of Glory arrived! Which means I now have _two_ bits of @rvsasvr art in my room. :D
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@hannahnicklin Yeah, I feel that. But it feels a touch more than a metaphor/language borrow to me?
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@hannahnicklin Still, there's a reason I mentioned Bernie in my tweet, despite him not being in the piece -- think it's a better link.
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@hannahnicklin man, I would go further than "as-yet unproven; speculative". There's about 5 companies making serious bank off it; the rest..
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@hannahnicklin ..hoping to get bought by one of those 5 for a hefty sum. The rest just want to skim their 5-30% off a useful transaction.
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@hannahnicklin eg Citymapper -- I don't think anyone believes that's a business with a viable independent future. It just raised $10m.
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@hannahnicklin (The introduction of user accounts a month or so before that happened doesn't feel entirely coincidental, either)
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@rvsasvr it came with your No Quarter poster inside. I assume just as a promotional thing for No Quarter...
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@drinkrelaxplay What's yr email address?
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@drinkrelaxplay @FLuxemburg @LondonGameSpace @whitingjp also : any objections to Thursday 8th for the Sportsfriends launch party?
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I can see why he couldn't work on this game in public now RT @increpare new game - the serpent - increpare.com/2014/04/the-serpent/
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I can see why he couldn't work on this game in public now RT @increpare new game - the serpent - increpare.com/2014/04/the-serpent/
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@hentaiphd I got a tumblr for you mineralia.tumblr.com/
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@whitingjp Ah, great news! WR has a big ol' cache of PS3s & DualShocks already, so I think we're good on that front.
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@LewieP why, how much are you paying Kotaku?
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@camyule the soundtrack is p good, the film is p good, but the soundtrack in the context of the film is the best.
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@camyule ALTHOUGH : Romeo + Juiliet
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@vectorpoem Google has denied it...
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe ah, what a shame. You up for Friday freelancing pub?
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@patrickashe I'm walking up now, by the way.
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@Dick_Hogg Montana? Virginia?
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@whitingjp @M6_D6 nope! Just come along and play.