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Tweets from 2014/05

  1. okay okay, i guess I did learn important lessons from all the stupid projects that were awful at university
  2. Love love love love love that Harvey Smith uses the phrase "sticky friction" in a profile that followed Tim Roger's profile.
  3. (from Cara's latest Embed With, with Harvey Smith & Katharine Neil, two people I have the most respect for) embedwith.tumblr.com/post/84351690332/embed-with-katharine-neil-and-harvey-smith
  4. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette I learned that people are awful and that you shouldn't work with them, and that it's painful for everyone if you have no
  5. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette useful skills to offer, and that team sizes should be no bigger than is necessary, and that if i don't enjoy something i will find
  6. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette it very difficult to bring myself to actually do it and that planning and simulating are often bollocks versus having something
  7. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette working early on in the project and if your spec keeps changing continuously then what you make will suck and that with robotics
  8. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette you should absolutely never try to do a complex plan-based thing until you have definitely shown you need it and that if you
  9. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette leave some of the batteries out of a robot it won't move. er. and a bit of computer vision stuff.
  10. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette sorry, yeah. er. turns out i still have some pent up feelings about that whole experience.
  11. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette but like : useful lessons to learn!
  12. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette It took 6 people 4 months work to make something worse than I could've made in 2 weeks, with hindsight.
  13. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry ... VIDEOGAMES!
  14. NEXT THURSDAY : Come celebrate the launch of Sportsfriends with us at @LondonGameSpace! gutefabrik.com/blog/?p=2520
  15. @asponge I wish you were still doing readme.txt nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16139/
  16. RT @retroremakes: It’s alright to be 15 and think “I want to make Skyrim” and never get there because maybe game making isn’t that importan…
  17. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes when i hear that, I usually give/want to give patronizing advice : it's okay if it doesn't work out, you'll've learnt a lot.
  18. …in reply to @thomasfigg
    @thomasfigg there are other places to derive meaning in your life.
  19. …in reply to @thomasfigg
    @thomasfigg why not have kids!
  20. Gonna try to make something for this! makega.me/t/may-pageant-series/118
  21. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison i think it's enough that the people you're interviewing are part of the same community, have bonds of mutual respect.
  22. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison tbh (this might be intimidating 4 you) since the idea of a book was mentioned I think of this series as being just installments
  23. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I hope you're grateful I made you listen to our boring Skypes so one day you can be on the other end of one at Doug's.
  24. I was going to go to Sainsbury's, but I got distracted and met a gallery owner interested in future videogame events?
  25. …in reply to @v21
    Also I had a bagel!
  26. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang also I had a beer and looked at some art books. Now I'm going to Sainsburys.
  27. A Canary build of Chrome has removed URLs. allenpike.com/2014/burying-the-url/
  28. …in reply to @undefined
    @LeehSl raaaooouuuuuw?
  29. …in reply to @ksheely
    @ksheely you can still buy small ones... But when kids basically use them A their primary Internet devices, they're gonna get large.
  30. …in reply to @christinelove
    @christinelove @mcclure111 I would do this, if autocomplete didn't exist
  31. RT @mcclure111: Removing URLs seems like a natural step in converting web users into consumers-- your only way of relating with the browser…
  32. RT @mcclure111: If there's some extent to which you might do something like pick a particular page out and link it to a friend—that becomes…
  33. RT @mcclure111: You visit the locations they decided you should visit. You share, copy, save the kinds of things you decided they should sh…
  34. RT @mcclure111: So I guess things like the directory tree, or copy/paste, are imperfect UX-wise but the problem is they're being replaced w…
  35. RT @mcclure111: Being phased out of interfaces less because we found a better way, more because they disrupt dev's desires to keep users on…
  36. RT @mcclure111: Coincidentally, keeping users on paths like this means blocking them from paths that escape your "ecosystem" to engage with…
  37. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 oh, I assumed I was just being dumb and not spotting it. And then I had a fun old time editing the URL to lose my search terms.
  38. applinks.org/ seems like a really good idea, which is why it's shame Facebook is launching it. How long will it last?
  39. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I loved it, it made me feel so many things. And then I ended up talking to Katharine til 4am and now I am sleepy.
  40. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison Also well done for talking about French culture via two people who aren't French.
  41. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @patrickashe @Crow_land I think I am already promised to burgers, sorry! :<
  42. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @patrickashe @Crow_land It's where you get a patty of meat (usually beef) and fry it and put it in a bun.
  43. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I didn't think about it much then either (too overwhelmed by feelings of validation from being written about), but: totally!
  44. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I think my actual aim in videogames is just to be known as being there when all this cool shit happened.
  45. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison That might be a bad aim?
  46. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I can only sidle up to creation, as a byproduct of trying a thing or testing a thing or solving a thing.
  47. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison As a programmer, as a game designer, as an events organizer : I'm a better detective than an architect.
  48. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @patrickashe @Crow_land ah, no, a schoolfriend invited me out for burgers in town, and I've not seen him for ages.
  49. RT @BoazSender: OH at @bocoup: "the two hardest parts of computer science are naming things, and working with other people".
  50. "the systems have been converging to an error-free state" tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-1/tb109knut.pdf
  51. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge oh man, so many great things in that...
  52. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge my favorite was her expressions rejecting men, and the rat, and the drummer flipping her drumsticks badly and all of their hair and
  53. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath @asponge you know, i think i just might
  54. HAXXOR HOUNDS : Street Walk : Side Talk -- "where the l33t m33t to be str33t" gametoilet.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/gametoilet536-haxxor-hounds/
  55. …in reply to @PeopleIKnow
    @PeopleIKnow if you find one, let me know!
  56. Just had a less intricate idea for the makega.me pageant. ... and now I realize my two thoughts so far are either "Borges" or "Labyrinths".
  57. …in reply to @getdizzzy
    @getdizzzy @radiatoryang the more I think on this tweet the more I appreciate it
  58. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian maybe? Not so much difficult as large. But I think I'm good with it, a good chance to practice craft.
  59. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang I had a thought for making a multi-author anthology of Borges games.
  60. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang mainly I want to make Library of Babel : the MMO.
  61. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang (I got stuck on conceptual/mathematical problems of ensuring it contained every book exactly once, and ...
  62. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang ... that pseudo-randomness is theoretically predictable)
  63. RT @hentaiphd: i made this sci-fi poem game about a sex worker and her thoughts so yeah let me know what you think or whatever http://t.co/…
  64. …in reply to @PersocomNina
    @hentaiphd @jvdgoot I just played it through on the night bus home ... it works fine, other than having to pan right each choice.
  65. RT @sargoth: "No one should have to act like a criminal just to have some privacy from marketers and tech giants." time.com/83200/privacy-internet-big-data-opt-out/
  66. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath I believe there are sufficient clues to identify which was which here :(
  67. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom man, hearing endless things about this show!
  68. …in reply to @undefined
  69. Should I drink too much wine today, or too much gin?
  70. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @ibogost ooooh, that's insidious and I hadn't noticed it. That's my youth privilege, there, I suppose.
  71. RT @haikus_by_KN: @ibogost I also can't help reading "passionate" as code for "under 30". Never see it in used in contexts referring to the…
  72. Zine times #screenshotsaturday instagram.com/p/niaIBqNo7Q/
  73. …in reply to @thomasfigg
    @thomasfigg dancing, sorry!
  74. Maximo Park is wank
  75. …in reply to @zoewi
    @zoewi @mtrc fuck prizes, fuck competition. comeraderie! learning! freedom to fail! _play_!
  76. …in reply to @zoewi
    @zoewi @mtrc And a chance to win a Unity license!
  77. I need to get my _ebooks account set up. mispy.me/2014/05/the-mysterious-nature-of-bots/
  78. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @HilariousCow oh man, really? Amazing. I'm tempted...
  79. …in reply to @aanand
    @aanand Well insofar as I hear @m1sp will make you one if you ask nicely... But the fun part is tinkering with it, no?
  80. …in reply to @aanand
    @aanand I totally agree! It's a bit painful if you want to load in >3k tweets, though, as you need to request the archive.
  81. …in reply to @aanand
    @aanand @m1sp but nothing a reasonably simple web interface couldn't solve. Hm. If I knew Ruby, I might be on this.
  82. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP Deploy github.com/mispy/twitter_ebooks to a server & configure & set it up. I'll have a look when I get round to sorting it out for myself.
  83. …in reply to @sam_cook
    @sam_cook Nope, just come along. Though you can sign up at meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers/events/181220642/ if you really want to.
  84. SPORTSFRIENDS LAUNCHFRIENDS Come celebrate the release of Sportsfriends with us this Thursday at @LondonGameSpace meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers/events/181220642/
  85. @jonbrobot Hi there, always good to make a new botfriend.
  86. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters you wouldn't want to hold a lobster insincerely.
  87. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn lookin' good!
  88. RT @vectorpoem: Artists: help us make a collection of free assets for a new resource called the Doom Engine Creator's Kit! http://t.co/X2yp…
  89. I really like this project : @ra makes an Arabic programming language. With difficulty. animalnewyork.com/2014/artists-notebook-ramsey-nasser/
  90. @asponge there's a girl at Stepney Green who is totally biting your style. Same hair, leather jacket, Docs, the whole works.
  91. Aoooooouuuuw!
  92. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami I can't take any credit, but I am so pleased with how it's going.
  93. …in reply to @undefined
    @xShrewsbury whoa, it's time to get serious
  94. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @edclef Yeah, I see that too... Discourse has some weird limits in there.
  95. I always feel good when my notes look interesting, with diagrams & that, rather than just being a list of shit to do.
  96. …in reply to @BRKeogh
    @BRKeogh no such thing as a typical deck -- if it works, and they complement each other, and works well with the rest of the deck.
  97. Not to endorse Sapir-Whorf, but I think @retroremakes has a bloody good point here about corp-speak in games merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2014/05/no-business-here/
  98. I've said "Q4", casually, guessing at a release date for a game.
  99. I was reminded today of Anna Anthropy's level design breakdown of Super Mario Bros and it's still great auntiepixelante.com/?p=465
  100. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo PARABOLAS
  101. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic If only all What About The Mens posts turned into "Although I am regretting posting this as I guess I sound ridiculous."
  102. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic @edclef @legobutts I am encouraged by a good mix of new/inexperienced people & sensible experienced people.
  103. …in reply to @joonturbo
  104. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @joonturbo Ahh, pipped to the post by seconds!
  105. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 For Wild Rumpus & London Game Space emails, we use Zoho (then forwarded to gmail per account)
  106. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 (& set up DNS to point at Zoho. I use Namecheap, but don't use them for anything but being a registrar)
  107. …in reply to @tef
    @tef or spiders?
  108. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 on the other hand, though : I do genuinely think that technology is easier to use, at all scales, than before.
  109. magnificent bot action @Razer2282/463723400222220289
  110. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters the later you leave it, the less time it'll take
  111. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters right, exactly like when you don't bother packing for a trip.
  112. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe that fav was me angling for an invite
  113. RT @TriciaLockwood: You know that Sylvia Plath's selfie game would have been insane, right
  114. …in reply to @patrickashe
  115. SPORTSFRIENDS LAUNCHFRIENDS come play sportsfriends tonight @ @LondonGameSpace
  116. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk What an awful Qrl Moop Day
  117. …in reply to @felix_cohen
    @felix_cohen Hello! I make games and do games events things.
  118. …in reply to @felix_cohen
    @felix_cohen vtwentyone@gmail.com :D
  119. Feels really weird that something I made is being sold at TCAF this weekend!
  120. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro Soon! Need to re-reformat for A5 & do some printing ourselves first.
  121. @severalbees What was that really rude printing place you were telling me about?
  122. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo "Games For People", our Folk Games Zine. There's some games we learnt from you in there.
  123. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @joonturbo I mean, okay, this is also for people as well, but vimeo.com/39727830
  124. …in reply to @mcclure111
  125. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @joonturbo I'm sure someone's made games for chimps, too.
  126. RT @mcclure111: The internet began as a place distinguished by having more anonymity than real life and became a place distinguished by hav…
  127. …in reply to @Gillespionage
    @Gillespionage Scenario bar!
  128. …in reply to @PeopleIKnow
    @PeopleIKnow did it help? it looks like it might've
  129. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @psychicteeth look into his eyes!
  130. Really glad that the PSN Store is down right now. Not that I need to redeem some codes for this event tonight or anything...
  131. Wild Rumpus! In a bag! thewildrumpus.co.uk/inabag
  132. @tigershungry can you get me a boxed copy of Horse Master?
  133. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe No! Hey, @tigershungry, take a picture of the finished thing (if it is a finished thing, yet)!
  134. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @patrickashe @henryfaber @jennie aces! thanks so much! I've used a folding bone before, they're pretty good for folding paper
  135. "My sweat has deteriorated my trophy. Or maybe my finger. Or maybe both" - @patrickashe
  136. Got some moving-things-around-in-Unity work to do. Nice interesting talk/podcast for me to listen to?
  137. Would you like to learn how to be the perfect blackbird? If so, this is the game for you severalbees.com/blackbird/how-to-be-a-blackbird.html
  138. @severalbees ahhhhhhhh, that was so lovely. <3
  139. I was the best at being a blackbird.
  140. I feel like I should make a playlist of self-affirming Twine games. Except I can only think of two. Suggestions?
  141. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @whatisian The new Android camera app also collects heightmap data, and stores it in the EXIF info. There's tools to extract it.
  142. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @bentosmile nonsense, the both of you!
  143. Racism in the wine industry. Interesting to compare to games. zerodosage.tumblr.com/post/85207338073/racism-in-the-wine-trade-an-inconvenient-truth
  144. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox I'd go for the 2nd, but it depends how much they're going to fork. Certainly it's easier to move from 2=>1 than 1=> 2.
  145. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp Right, so the problem is that they don't care enough/don't believe it'll be worth it eventually/lack of social proof.
  146. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp Like, Dota seems like it's on a par with actual sports learning, and that is MEGA POPULAR.
  147. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp This is a classic "you gotta listen to the playtesters, but they're wrong about what the actual problem is" territory.
  148. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp Ah, but what's wrong with that? The marketing is part of the game, and some games are too expensive for us to make.
  149. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp But like, the process of both of these is "other people are wrong, and I want to show them that & why", crystallized & ritualized.
  150. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp the solution to politics & science is just more politics & science.
  151. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp it's only because they're toys (and ours, at that) that we get to be dictators, get to declare other people wrong.
  152. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp I come from the softer sciences, so I'm not sure I have quite have your faith. But yeah.
  153. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp yeah -- unfortunately, people noticed a long time ago that dispassionate rationality isn't the best form of debate.
  154. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp Sometimes on my way to lectures, I would pass the parapsychology dept (but still, on balance, we're learning more truth than lies)
  155. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp I just went hunting for it to link here!
  156. I just thought of a brilliant idea for the idea I had decided not to use for the makega.me Pageant. Maybe I should switch back?
  157. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk for being already installed on the computer they want you to present from at most tech conferences.
  158. …in reply to @expdotzine
    @expdotzine If you want writing that talks about games impact on our lives, you have to accept that we don't always play the best games.
  159. …in reply to @expdotzine
    @expdotzine I mean, except me, I played a ton of Puzzle Bobble as a kid and loved it.
  160. …in reply to @nevremoer
    @FLuxemburg yep yep, let's do it
  161. …in reply to @getdizzzy
    @getdizzzy @whitingjp I've got a couple on my instagram instagram.com/vtwentyone & some vines
  162. If you should happen along to @TheBitBazaar tomorrow, you can find our Games For People zine there thepatashe.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/games-for-people/
  163. …in reply to @undefined
    @Rinzence @KommanderKlobb we'll have London copies soon...
  164. Dora friends: Eurovision is better than Dota, yes?
  165. If @heather_r was here, she'd be having a blast
  166. Am I going to have fried chicken two nights in a row? Yes, probably, if Stepney Fried Chicken is still open when I get there.
  167. Also, I have like... an hour on nightbuses this evening, so if you've things to read (drunk, mobile internet), let me know.
  168. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I am glad to hear it. Great article. Put your shades on and stride across something.
  169. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters Ann, don't have a nap in a hatstand. It's probably near your bed, which is much cozier.
  170. …in reply to @pintendo64
    @pintendo64 ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, so sad I won't be there...
  171. …in reply to @amaninaseem
    @amaninaseem I can fix that
  172. @amaninaseem Hey, look, it's exactly the same
  173. @amaninaseem not this bus
  174. …in reply to @amaninaseem
    @amaninaseem same bus stop, same lack of the bus that takes me home...
  175. Ahhhhhhhh, wish I was there for @TheBitBazaar. Admittedly I'm imagining just eating pies and buying cool stuff, not manning a stall...
  176. I hate the 205.
  177. @amaninaseem finally on a bus. Are you still nostalgic?
  178. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison someone posted a thing about his accent in Inglorious Basterds, so I've been thinking about him in Burn After Reading for days.
  179. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander @BurningNorth @toymachinesh LEIGH!
  180. Actually excited for Eurovision tonight.
  181. @jonbro love it when you and @jonbrobot fav the same stuff
  182. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops I mean, teeth are gendered, right? Archaeologists use dental records to determine sex, I am pretty sure.
  183. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops I mean, yes, and gendered teeth whitener is ridiculous (though I understand it). But it sparked off a chain of thought...
  184. "I'd stumbled into a culture war and in the camaraderie it was barely important if we were winning." griffithreview.com/articles/resurrection-myths/
  185. "Fun, fashion & science in the Internet's #1 website about shoelaces"
  186. …in reply to @v21
    No, but really: fieggen.com/shoelace/
  187. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @KommanderKlobb @thisisAJo plug in the led usb cords in the other order
  188. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @EJRJl I heard bad things about the 3Doodler...
  189. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @KommanderKlobb @thisisAJo the only ones that matter are the ones that control the LEDs -- just switch the order on those.
  190. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @KommanderKlobb @thisisAJo I ended up just labelling one with "PLUG THIS ONE IN FIRST"
  191. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn that would work! as long as the one you plug in last goes to the same board as the one you plug in first, but in the other box.
  192. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @whatisian Oh, flip yes, this is great.
  193. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr aaaaaaaaah amazing
  194. Go Iceland! This is great! They're like power rangers. But with beards.
  195. Big song, big song
  196. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander ah, what, that's solid boyband
  197. RT @mrnickharvey: My wife walks in as I try to squeeze in the middle. I tell her it's for a Eurovision tweet. She sighs sadly. http://t.co/…
  198. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee yeah, me too
  199. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN you'd have loved bake a cake
  200. First big key change!
  201. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander yeah, but it didn't feel desperate like this one
  202. I'm fine with this? I like colors.
  203. Imagine walking on stage with your hair tied together...
  204. Smoky eyes! Keytars!
  205. …in reply to @ashedryden
    @ashedryden @shanley see also: pink being the aggressively masculine colour (think polo shirts)
  206. Hey, it's The Killers!
  207. …in reply to @scanters
  208. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters MAKE THAT TWEET JUST BEFORE ME
  209. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters I stole it off my friend, anyway.
  210. Okay, I thought this was boring, but this has got emotional.
  211. Such eyebrows!
  212. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy haha, snap
  213. Ballad or dnb, not both
  214. Is Eurovision an elaborate way to make everyone talk about Mumford and Sons again?
  215. So: real talk: the true heroes of Eurovision are the cameramen.
  216. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke oh fuck yes
  217. I guess I should be patriotic?
  218. …in reply to @robyngallagher
    @robyngallagher oh man, do you think so? This seems like super being typical stuff from us, to me
  219. What was the Netherlands?
  220. Needless to say, i am team Austria
  221. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN right! I liked them!
  222. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN I can do a moustache! And a neck beard! (This us why I decide a beard is a bad idea)
  223. @haikus_by_KN shite hair
  224. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN well, that's me right now. I just had a full argument about my hair hit currently being The Best
  225. …in reply to @robertpeacock22
    @robertpeacock22 @christinelove d'awwwwwwwww amazing
  226. I feel sorry for France
  227. I made a song because I was too lazy to get out of bed. phead.mu/s/qJAypiCe
  228. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters if you come to Stepney I could give you a warm can of Mirinda Orange?
  229. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters wait, wait, it gets better. I just put it in the fridge.
  230. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn good haul!
  231. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @brandonnn I asked for it in my mail order purchase... fingers crossed it'll show....
  232. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin yeah - "cheerfully, openly biased" seems the easiest way?
  233. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern You're wrong! It's the yellow one!
  234. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern WHAT?!
  235. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern This is ... new. I was there late Saturday night.
  236. The yellow beigel shop on Brick Lane got repossessed this morning?!
  237. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @nyarluu @smestorp i found rugby fun pretty immediately? (as i remember). I am fine with tackling/being tackled.
  238. …in reply to @undefined
    @nyarluu wait, wait, we were trying to recall the rules for this for our zine, but never managed. Do you remember them?
  239. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @nyarluu mainly I remember the somewhat intricate allowances for people walking through the game
  240. …in reply to @undefined
    @PistachioRoux @nyarluu @smestorp Nah, that's fine. 36 hours continuous play! And look at all these variations! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-Square
  241. …in reply to @leighalexander
  242. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters I know, right? TOO MUCH
  243. …in reply to @helenlewis
    @helenlewis the link on "described by Jo Freeman in her famous essay" is messed up
  244. …in reply to @PersocomNina
    @hentaiphd Games are _really_ broad, but people inevitably ignore all of the parts they're not into.
  245. …in reply to @ttl_anderson
    @ttl_anderson @LeehSl Awwwwwwwwwwww, amazing! So chuffed to hear that. (cc @patrickashe)
  246. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters hello
  247. Thinking of the low wall, not quite connecting to the cubicles you could squeeze through at the entrance of the New Malden swimming pool.
  248. …in reply to @undefined
    @xShrewsbury I'm not talking about the swimming pool, I'm talking about that wall.
  249. …in reply to @undefined
    @xShrewsbury How comes? (I went there too often, and too young to have any kind of objective opinion)
  250. …in reply to @undefined
    @xShrewsbury it totally makes sense to me : we could walk there, and it was big enough for the people it got.
  251. …in reply to @undefined
    @xShrewsbury A 5 minute cycle or a 15 minute walk - everywhere else is a decent cycle ride, or more likely a bus or car journey away.
  252. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir ha! slightly? but it's a good tip anyway. Now I just need a bike...
  253. @patrickashe finally got the zine set up right for the printers. But it'll only arrive Monday... :< Worth trying elsewhere?
  254. @patrickashe or an extra £50 for expedited printing...
  255. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe No, I put the wrong page count in -- £200. Or £150 later.
  256. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe Yeah, this is the tradeoff... idk
  257. A good conversation about local/online MP/boardgames etc @danctheduck/465901534921129984
  258. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall Recycling a link from earlier, but I don't think you'll mind. neuroticpaint.tumblr.com/post/22477473726
  259. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian @edclef feels like there's a distinction between intellectually knowing something and being able to fully comprehend it
  260. This is a lovely piece of writing. About ... individual instances, and the sublime, and pebbles. nullpointer.co.uk/content/glass-pebble/
  261. …in reply to @bzgeb
    @bzgeb @jonbro I hope you put a filter for posts containing "UI|GUI"
  262. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison Wait, is that green erotic? It reminds me of my Dad, and writing stupid programs in BASIC on an ancient Amstrad.
  263. Wondering if I should fuck off out of the country for a month again...
  264. …in reply to @robertpeacock22
    @robertpeacock22 Hah, less ambitious this time -- Denmark, but then I might go visit @haikus_by_KN & my mother in France after...
  265. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore pissing, hammering, drizzling, sprinkling
  266. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff I saw it yesterday - and I think I am okay with that? It's about Jon being a twat, really.
  267. Frank is the only film I have seen where I enjoyed the fact there were hashtags on screen.
  268. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @smestorp I like the idea that new joys will flood in for me in the future. Rather than the hard work of learning myself.
  269. …in reply to @mareodomo
    @mareodomo glug glug glug
  270. @patrickashe ORDERED. Should arrive Thursday or Friday. £210 in total.
  271. @patrickashe we should make a list of contributors to give copies to
  272. at least for a time, product managers at Facebook were required to read Snow Crash as part of their internal training deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
  273. …in reply to @patrickashe
  274. This game is a good old-fashioned twitchy mobile game. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BurningSushi.Fadeout
  275. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir oh boy. I mean, that's packed with meaning for me, and I grew up without religion.
  276. I wish there was a really good academic game community in London. Maybe there is, and I'm being dumb?
  277. @patrickashe oh man : just saw your header image. JARP ON
  278. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe bought some black pudding for that this evening...
  279. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe It seems like the simplest thing, tbh. You don't even need to precook the potatoes? (not tried it yet)
  280. I feel like I should watch Food Party again to remind me to make things I don't know will work in the kitchen again.
  281. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe That's fair, I had to go shopping anyway, so.
  282. …in reply to @hyper_linda
    @hyper_linda Yeah, it's basically that crowd, and the people who'd hang with them, that I'd love to see. Thinking of NYU Game Center & ITU.
  283. Admittedly, I ended up making something with couscous that worked that I was pretty sure wouldn't last night.
  284. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami I feel for devs who were inexperienced or not in the circles that'd lead them to expect this, but were they making Kinect stuff?
  285. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander "video game feminists, for whom even the razor-sharp and indefatigable competence of Lara Croft is not a satisfactory model"
  286. …in reply to @leighalexander
  287. …in reply to @D_Nye_Griffiths
    @D_Nye_Griffiths @leighalexander yes yes yes yes, far too long. Come to DIP (even if Leigh has to go to Antwerp for some reason)
  288. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander a sentence to cherish, next time it feels like That Conversation has never moved on, that we've never progressed.
  289. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander To be fair, you got called out in the comments for that back in 2007 (I'm not helping)
  290. Americans call it a "Bounce House"?
  291. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior @xMattieBrice which, like, I'll admit is possibly stranger. But I've never considered this before
  292. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice @jonathanprior but it makes you feel like royalty!
  293. bounce house : "@mcclure111: MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE AND HURTING PEOPLE @nbcwashington/466324021110665216"
  294. Imagine if I was required to be optimistic and enthusiastic about technology for a living !
  295. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior choosing not to see if this is a response to a flying bounce house or to optimistic technology.
  296. (Possibly this is why tech has a cult of youth oh god I'm old don't eat me I still have so much to give)
  297. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle this is true! I think Alessandro is the most optimistic, but he's also the furthest from the tech industry.
  298. RT @nachimir: Not sure why I bother having an alt account really, when I can just do this shit at one in the morning.
  299. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir wait, you have an alt account?! Does it have more lambs on it?
  300. I dreamt I found @awesommelier and other friends sitting in the back of a car on Google Street View.
  301. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier The car was pretty crowded, but you all seemed to be having a good time. Somehow there were multiple frames?
  302. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier I promise to dream better next time.
  303. I wonder what, if anything, I should talk about at GameCamp.
  304. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle @leighalexander I rarely get hooked on games, but this describes bad internet/reading habits perfectly for me.
  305. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle @leighalexander Often I start to distract myself from deadlines/self-loathing, too. :<
  306. …in reply to @jimrossignol
    @jimrossignol It's the only time the superhero's status quo is allowed to change.
  307. "The graphic uses the same palette as the game Space Harrier, which is also about battlespace awareness" medium.com/p/1ba60bdc32e7
  308. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth wait, but... you could easily flip that back over. there's no clear dividing line for any game.
  309. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth in that it means they have massive massive communities to play against?
  310. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth I wouldn't make a f2p game because they're harder, riskier and more expensive.
  311. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth the biz model does intrude, as it does for everything, but: Fallen London.
  312. @psychicteeth what I will say is : if I ever make a F2P game, it is incredibly unlikely I will call it that, or position it as that.
  313. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke I got a diverse sampling when I was younger! because I pirated a lot.
  314. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @rclarke I wanna see what people whose formative period was freeindiegam.es make.
  315. …in reply to @psychicteeth
  316. OH MAN. I think maybe I inspired this? vimeo.com/95270095
  317. @weirdkids1 I told @Barchmen to make something for weirdkids & he made this vimeo.com/95270095
  318. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs good punchline, hey?
  319. In Tower Hamlets, the UKIP candidate says they're for multiculturalism and poses for photos with black people.
  320. And the socialist candidate has the best graphic design.
  321. One of the independents capitalized it "Tower hamlets".
  322. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer there's a vine of me, walking drunkenly through the streets of Toronto, being surprised to see a Francoise Gamma piece.
  323. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer not seen 120 megabytes before, looks rad, though. thanks!
  324. RT @nachimir: We changed Bit of Alright's name, it's now Feral Vector. The next one will be soon. feral-vector.com/?page_id=33
  325. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore it's a good thing it has such good auto-saving...
  326. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam What do you need? An actual server (or, y'know, a virtual one), or a directory you can FTP to?
  327. Didn't expect to be excited about Kinect/OR stuff again
  328. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns @HilariousCow @TomNullpointer I've given a lot of thought to recreating this as a real-time effect!
  329. not done nice camera damping for ages... always like doing this (until it turns out to be hard)
  330. This is legit, I can verify this, this is how you make computer games : wikihow.com/Make-Computer-Games
  331. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 just discussed this with @tef. Conclusion : I think it is? I was unsure until I saw the profile pic.
  332. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN to be fair, = us a rubbish symbol for assignment.
  333. RT @KillGoldfish: The best-selling video game with a queer person of color as a playable character will be this year's Madden
  334. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen I mean, WikiHow is basically this level of advice on any subject you care to look it, it's p great.But yeah.Kids will see this shit.
  335. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen I find it lazy and shameful, but too lazy to reword over 2 bloody characters.
  336. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen For real, though : you should write a guide on there.
  337. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc @keefstuart @TomNullpointer just about to say this. and @edclef! And @PaniQ, too, thinking of it.
  338. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke good news! That's in the lobby!
  339. I'm drunk and attempting to use Ruby. I don't know Ruby. Ruby is fine, it's the ecosystem I don't understand. "rvm" "rake" "bundler" "gem" ?
  340. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp @patrickashe @TomNullpointer It was pretty good! Fairly unexciting in the standard configuration, but I've got plenty of ideas.
  341. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp @patrickashe @TomNullpointer ie, onions, garlic, slides of tomato. cheese! oh, and the potatoes were just about ok, un-parboiled.
  342. …in reply to @undefined
    @increpare @jonathanprior @Draknek @Four026 @psychicteeth @zarawesome @pishtaq I've no plans for the evening, think I might come too.
  343. …in reply to @ragzouken
    @ragzouken which is like a wheel?
  344. …in reply to @ragzouken
    @ragzouken wait, i think i got confused by eggs being a legit programming thing that are like gems. unless rock is, too?
  345. RT @mmesurly: gah
  346. …in reply to @undefined
    @m1sp I once found an eMac on the street which died after a few minutes on due to burst caps on the video card (due to this)
  347. …in reply to @undefined
    @m1sp I installed Linux on it and it stayed up, and used it as a many computer for a year or two.
  348. …in reply to @undefined
    @m1sp Oddly enough, when I found it it had been wiped clean except for a topless girl in B&W as the wallpaper.
  349. …in reply to @undefined
    @m1sp I mentioned having found it at uni, and someone said they were the one that dumped it, and that the photo was of their girlfriend.
  350. …in reply to @TopGnu
    @TopGnu no you wouldn't. it'd sell out immediately, and you'd not want to pay the >£100 it'd take to get a ticket.
  351. …in reply to @TopGnu
    @TopGnu you gotta be realistic!
  352. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke @st33d fun fact! the theoretical minimum amount of light the eye can detect is 8 photons.
  353. …in reply to @mike_robbo
    @mike_robbo @rclarke @st33d Given it's the smallest quanta of light, 1 frame of the lowest resolution possible, I think by definition.
  354. @patrickashe pat pat pat pat pat the zines arrived pat, they look great
  355. LOOK WHAT JUST ARRIVED instagram.com/p/oBCz7xNo3d/
  356. AND I managed to skim through it just now without suddenly spotting a typo or some fucked formatting! Amazing.
  357. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe ITU & NYU are the two I have most respect for.
  358. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe do you want to come out of it making games, or writing about them?
  359. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe Welcome to America! (You should make a game that goes to Indiecade, and then get in on that scholarship)
  360. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe chop chop!
  361. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe You're working on Wild Rumpus and Hohokum and ... I guess maybe you do some writing. Where can a Masters take you you're not?
  362. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe (somewhat facetious there, and I certainly understand the appeal of doing it, but)
  363. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier were you petting a dog?
  364. …in reply to @awesommelier
  365. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @patrickashe yah, i can see that. I see the appeal for the same reasons!
  366. @retroremakes Super Game Jam is really sweet, though. Well, ep 1 is, at least.
  367. I think the loveliest person I've ever interviewed was Sarah Millican.
  368. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 half of the complex semantics of Rust are specifically to make this impossible.
  369. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry well done! I guess you're staying there forever now?
  370. Had a nice chat on the train home win a man who was wearing the same shoes as me.
  371. Punch The Custard sure has been shown in a weird set of places. gyazo.com/29224bcc8fc08c630cb5073486c6eef4
  372. This might be because I have been Bad At Promoting It. But it's hard to put in too much effort when it'll never go anywhere.
  373. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry okay, okay, literally it has went places. But those places, with one exception, haven't paid me. (OK, I guess H&S counts too)
  374. …in reply to @GSC_Berlin
    @GSC_Berlin @choosatron ha, I just loaded up @asponge with a gift for @joonturbo as well.
  375. …in reply to @undefined
    @increpare yes, would be delighted
  376. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef "like a helicopter flying through a warehouse"?
  377. waiting for my laptop to charge so i can go to the park/outside
  378. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer Some sacrifices have to be borne.
  379. Just spent 30 minutes uncomprehending and angry at this damping not working. Was passing in Time.time, not Time.deltaTime.
  380. …in reply to @cYnborg
    @cYnborg camera movement
  381. fuck the word "shovelware"
  382. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice It doesn't fake them out, though, it just gives you a window before Archives get iced up, too (in my experience).
  383. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice (Well, I mean, depends on how sneaky you're being with timing... But a run on HQ is usually a gamble anyway)
  384. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis @asponge Tenya Wanya Teens, for one.
  385. If you're coming to GameCamp tomorrow, you should come find me and buy one of these. instagram.com/p/oEUvXsNowi/
  386. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I'm now just waiting for Gatekeeper shit to get even worse. But what can I do?
  387. …in reply to @pageantmalarkey
    @pageantmalarkey @Abi_Makes_Music huh? You know each other? Small world!
  388. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe really has!
  389. @increpare got distracted by work/email - on my way now
  390. First successful deployment of Games For People into a "what shall we play" situation!
  391. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis @asponge apparently LMP is a commercial dead end.
  392. say what you like about @108, but the title "the new adult's guide to sweating and breathing in the twenty-first century" is p memorable.
  393. specifically, i remember it on muggy nights like tonight.
  394. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I read this this morning! It was rele good, I want to know where it goes (I already have a feeling where it is going to go)
  395. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison One day, you're going to be, y'know, romantically & professionally satisfied, and you're gonna be _so confused_ by it.
  396. @asponge rad ladies & conscientious objectors theworldismycountry.info/posters/poster-2-2/
  397. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @ElizSimins Do you want me to come in there and yell at you to pack/finish your talk/go to bed?
  398. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Do you want me to come down there and yell at you, then?
  399. …in reply to @undefined
    @increpare ah, thanks! I assumed it was the one I had given @Draknek.
  400. …in reply to @undefined
    @increpare And, also thanks for that! Really pleased with the way it turned out.
  401. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice *installs Sneakdoor Beta*
  402. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice I play a deck built around her. Imagine the combo with Forged Activation Orders & Account Siphon. Playing the information game
  403. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice It just takes control of the pace of the game away from the corp in such a lovely way.
  404. …in reply to @BRKeogh
    @BRKeogh @xMattieBrice Yeah -- you get an econ advantage from this if it's out more than 2 turns, which it's very likely to be.
  405. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe heading off once I've finished sorting myself...
  406. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo @brandonnn @asponge assume she's got no pc. Out today so can't test, but just sent you a zip.
  407. …in reply to @undefined
    @increpare thanks go to @joonturbo! It even has a website joon.be/mitt/
  408. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @Sorrell @patrickashe halfway through responding when pat got in there
  409. …in reply to @undefined
    @LeehSl B Fuck you all! He's not even called Blue!
  410. …in reply to @undefined
    @LeehSl cc @cardboardcompy @jakevsrobots - hound no longer in a straw hat...
  411. …in reply to @Poxican
  412. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior @RaygunGoth @patrickashe which we will totally be selling inline in the near future!
  413. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior @RaygunGoth @patrickashe that said : this is the best resource on playground games I've seen: bl.uk/playtimes
  414. …in reply to @beckwig
    @beckwig me too! But first, I need to leave this bed.
  415. Good-bye, Homer!
  416. (the dog is called Homer. You may know him from the critically-acclaimed videogame, Kentucky Route Zero)
  417. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 you mean the backspace key? Yeah, all the time.
  418. …in reply to @christinelove
    @christinelove @mcclure111 Maybe this is a US/UK thing -- This fullsize Mac UK keyboard has a backspace ("<----") & a delete ("delete x>")
  419. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath hey, I'm in Vicky park too - where you at?
  420. …in reply to @v21
    @seniath (err, that is if you want company)
  421. Just had a group of kids in the park come up to me, saying hi, hugging me, good to see you. Weird thing is that they were calling me George.
  422. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes Working away on mutazionegame.com/ (it looks like that in game, too)
  423. I forgot I made this game/performance piece nottheinternet.com/blog/holding-the-baby/
  424. @v21_ebooks hello, test test
  425. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    @v21_ebooks you awake yet?
  426. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I mean, there's some overlap there, right?
  427. my twitter bot spends less time on twitter than me
  428. Beautiful lasercut stuff via @TomNullpointer lumicon.de/wp/?p=2493
  429. …in reply to @v21
  430. So, yeah: @v21_ebooks exists now. Prizes for working out what I extra stuff I seeded the corpus with.
  431. Setting that up gave me my first taste of Ruby. The language was easy, but setting it up was a nightmare.
  432. Also, I can see why heavy unit testing came out of the Ruby community. Seems to be the only way to have any confidence anything'll work.
  433. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro I thought this was a bot tweet at first
  434. …in reply to @Eastmad
    @Eastmad @tef I'm used to static typing! It might not always do what I wanted, but usually I know the method I'm calling actually exists.
  435. …in reply to @Eastmad
    @Eastmad @tef (also worth noting that these are opinions after about 6 hours exposure to Ruby, from a games dev background, so)
  436. …in reply to @Eastmad
    @Eastmad @tef I don't know (and don't really believe it's easy/worthwhile) how to do unit testing while writing idiomatic Unity code.
  437. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN kick the bastard out, if they're bothering you
  438. …in reply to @v21
    @haikus_by_KN people are always too nice to other people's cats.
  439. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth I can't be fucked with playing games there either, but it's important to be welcoming to people who aren't already our friends
  440. @ScotVoices What's the best wine?
  441. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff The reskinning has to recontextualize the mechanics for that to be powerful, which is different from skinning fun as serious.
  442. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @JFriedhoff i mean, yes, but it's not nearly as funny
  443. …in reply to @SimoRoth
    @SimoRoth That's my plan, too.
  444. RT @v21_ebooks: Oh – and only catching the dregs of whatever you do, don't tell
  445. Testing getting a bot to say something when you follow it, and "@v21_ebooks: @v21 Hi George, good to make a new botfriend."
  446. …in reply to @LoadingBar
    @drinkrelaxplay @psychicteeth @cwiiis @LondonGameSpace @failnaut well, not entirely... it's for feedback, more.
  447. …in reply to @LoadingBar
    @drinkrelaxplay @psychicteeth @cwiiis @LondonGameSpace @failnaut I would actively discourage journalists from coming, for example.
  448. Whooo, I just spent the entire evening reading the archives of this comic and it is really good! bvbcomix.com/bandvsband
  449. Like, Archie/Jem cheesy band rivalries underpinned by a massive lesbian crush.
  450. …in reply to @aanand
    @aanand Wonder what proportion of the "Gaming's Feminist Illuminati" tees sold were men's fit (would guess over half)
  451. …in reply to @aanand
  452. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @bfod this is the worst news I've heard all year
  453. @Minkette aw, jeez, I just saw. Big hugs. You're better than them anyway. ... Which reminds me! DM your address?
  454. I'm not in the country for Feral Vector, but you should go: eventbrite.co.uk/e/feral-vector-july-2014-tickets-11615768075
  455. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry that actually sounds great. A King of Dragon Pass alike!
  456. …in reply to @garethbriggs
  457. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @tigershungry You know I would if I could.
  458. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry right, I've thought about this for all of a minute. I'll program it if you write it. And we'll find someone for cute drawings.
  459. …in reply to @undefined
    @limbclock hey! Was great to meet you!
  460. …in reply to @undefined
    @limbclock and i do totally know you from online, too!
  461. …in reply to @undefined
    @limbclock it's when a cube comes close to your face
  462. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe And here I was about to say that that piece managed to not say anything awful, and congratulate it on what a feat that was.
  463. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe -- but, still. I'd agree with him. It's agency you lack, not space to interpret stuff yourself, or freedom.
  464. theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/20/how-theatre-is-taking-its-cue-from-video-games Someone managed to write a piece comparing immersive theatre & videogames, and nothing within it made me angry!
  465. …in reply to @D_Nye_Griffiths
    @D_Nye_Griffiths @VodafoneUK I've been happy with Three. Only drawback is signal isn't the best outside cities.
  466. RT @phideljo: Learned a new term @agencyofconey's #coneysalon this weekend: human specific performance (audiences who are individually rela…
  467. In fact, it made me consider things from a new perspective, and is a great intro for people unfamiliar with the subject. I am amazed.
  468. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters Ha! I nearly gave @keefstuart the credit for it, too, but checked the byline just in time.
  469. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe his Gone Home comparison is illuminating. Where's the play in that? (which isn't to criticize GH)
  470. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart Seriously, great article.
  471. …in reply to @jonbro
  472. RT @StewHogarth: Some of the best, most creative developers I know are in jobs where they're not reaching even a fraction of their full pot…
  473. ... but then again, there are devs that are reaching their potential, and are broke and burnt out.
  474. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @MeetTheNewRich the fuck is this shit
  475. RT @haikus_by_KN: Children of the rich: now with added self-righteousness RT @MeetTheNewRich: Is it time to join The New Rich? http://t.co/…
  476. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns Yeah, basically this.
  477. RT @raiganburns: Re: prev RT, this is sort of what scares me about Unity: when stuff doesn't work, the details of what's inside the black b…
  478. RT @raiganburns: ..and then there are a dozen black-magic superstitious suggestions of how to fix it, because no one *knows* anything, they…
  479. This is why I want & hope that something can come replace Unity for me. It doesn't need feature-parity if I can hack on it some.
  480. I want to pirate Frank so I can listen to the soundtrack playing over the end credits on repeat.
  481. …in reply to @PerrinAshcroft
    @PerrinAshcroft Don't the licensing terms include rev-share? Fuck that shit.
  482. …in reply to @robinlacey
    @robinlacey That's the main one I have hope for, but every time I check it, it's said it's not ready yet. @mcclure111 seems to like it, tho.
  483. …in reply to @iainl7
    @iainl7 Yeah, that song, but also about 4 more. (That song is great though)
  484. …in reply to @iainl7
    @iainl7 Good! Glad they're not complete idiots.
  485. …in reply to @tigershungry
  486. …in reply to @xrafstarguts
    @aliendovecote can some look at a person and instinctively tell if they can instinctively tell if others are evil?
  487. "The thing that really attracted me was that he moved to South America and started a burrito chain, and he didn’t even speak Spanish."
  488. …in reply to @ntlk
  489. RT @nathanjurgenson: all of the Theorizing the Web 2014 videos are here: theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/post/84426047310/ttw14-video-archive #TtW14
  490. Taro Yoko (as sock puppet) talks insightfully about the invisible barriers limiting games as an expressive form youtube.com/watch?v=LD6xCLlF5dY
  491. …in reply to @vectorpoem
    @vectorpoem @aliceffekt unfortunately the gameplay logic is all in the compiled Mono code : Lua bindings are just for asset loading.
  492. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @patrickashe ah, really glad!
  493. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke @MayorofLondon How is what legal? Shipping freight by rail?
  494. Went to the shop and didn't buy cheesecake. Now I want cheesecake.
  495. …in reply to @pintendo64
  496. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp Happy birthday!
  497. My brother just finished uni, and my mum wants him to apply for jobs, but he's making money selling things on MapleStory instead.
  498. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP And has been for about 5 years!
  499. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP (But, on balance, I agree with my mum : engineering is more lucrative, and less likely to come to a sudden end)
  500. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb In terms of income? Not sure. Didn't make enough to live off at uni, but a decent chunk. Now he's not got uni, though...
  501. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb Oh! He acts as a broker, mainly, I think?
  502. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir free to play, race to the bottom, shovelware, the future, immersion.
  503. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
  504. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir I focused on recent tediums, not older, more tedious tediums.
  505. It feels suboptimal that we make important decisions on the future on what people in tech find creepy.
  506. RT @patrickashe: Man, forgot how nice this series of interviews @v21 did with games people about moments in games they've loved was: http:/…
  507. Maybe I should start doing those again? On the other hand, they were a whole bunch of work and never found much of an audience.
  508. RT @retroremakes: Morning. Did way too many wordthings on Early Access earlier because my life is exciting like that. merseyremakes.co.uk/gibber/2014/05/early-access/
  509. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro ahhhhhh, please make this
  510. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns and sometimes you're told lies, and sometimes something happens and you never hear about it.
  511. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns @HilariousCow fuck, though, I want to make/play this as a real world thing
  512. …in reply to @sam_cook
    @sam_cook @ChaoticTortoise I'm going to a poetry thing, I am pretty sure. But let me forward on the details of the others
  513. …in reply to @sam_cook
    @sam_cook @ChaoticTortoise others are meeting at the Old Thameside Inn. Cc @Tom_OBedlam
  514. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb you could never decide what to do it on!
  515. …in reply to @becky__wong
    @bhmwong @NHM_London oooo
  516. …in reply to @jameshmm
    @jameshmm I think they also sell beer at that hotdog place.
  517. …in reply to @jameshmm
    @jameshmm I got a beer & hotdog from the one before checkin last time, and so checked in awkwardly holding half a lager.
  518. …in reply to @robertasaliani
    @robertasaliani @JustaPixelGames oooh, that looks lush.
  519. …in reply to @togelius
    @togelius @mtrc So Long Sucker / Fuck You Buddy has perfect information, but is all about backstabbing.
  520. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc @togelius That's the one. A project I've wanted to do for years is to apply a metaphor to that game to make it more learnable.
  521. …in reply to @jonbrobot
    @jonbrobot how deep?
  522. …in reply to @metasynthie
  523. How many Internet businesses or Internet communities have lasted 15 years? medium.com/technology-musings/941d15ec96f0
  524. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @TheQuinnspiracy I was gonna say "Same, but I don't think I over-work". But... I identify with so much of this I probably do over-work.
  525. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @TheQuinnspiracy But... if it's sustainable, and it satisfies you, and it doesn't harm others, then it's a good way to live.
  526. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes thank god! I've been waiting for someone to say that.
  527. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    I am loving @v21_ebooks - they just recommended me some Nujabes-style jams that I don't remember hearing before. (I don't know how)
  528. RT @ElectronDance: I talked to @doougle, @VideoDreaming, @incusgames, @taleoftales & @v21 about controller tech for @rockpapershot! http://…
  529. I wonder if the RPS crowd will figure out it was @asponge that made the cat bum controllers.
  530. I wish I could go to everything, but apparently that's not possible.
  531. …in reply to @ibogost
    @ibogost see @alexhern's latest tweets
  532. …in reply to @ibogost
    @ibogost @alexhern The recall details on CPSC seems to be that they update it remotely? Which is only arguably a recall, to me.
  533. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern @ibogost Maybe it's a recall because they're obliged to give you your money back because they fucked up? idk either
  534. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge there's an interesting article on RPS that talks about this
  535. …in reply to @AMGitsKriss
  536. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge you would if you loved her
  537. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro That video made me uncynical about tech again.
  538. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro yeah -- i guess i'm gonna watch some secret life of machines and finish this wine this evening
  539. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr i'm in favour
  540. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall Here's two we played as kids. My brother's, "Tree". Say "tree" every time you see a tree. Continue til someone hits you.
  541. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall Oh! Bonus one that you can't play in the states. First to see a pub calls out. Points per limb in the name.
  542. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall (So : Queen's Head = nul points. Marquis Arms = 2 points. Coach and Horses = 16 points).
  543. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall &, mine (my fav): 1st person says word. Next person says connected word. Next person says connected word not connected to first.
  544. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall (You then continue taking turns to say words connected to the previous word, but not connected to the word before that)
  545. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I'm basically gonna vote green, but I've got some second preferences I don't know about.
  546. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier but that picture of David Cameron utterly fucking up taking a selfie !
  547. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
  548. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke I retweeted a thing like that because of the point about representation in games (which has improved, but is still not great)
  549. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke Oh, ALSO I retweeted it because it pushed back against the immersive fallacy.
  550. …in reply to @aeoye
    @thealexmoyler @1Password I use getvau.lt
  551. …in reply to @TerrorBullGames
    @TerrorBullGames *boop*, which we started playing at GDC. Here's the revelvant page from mine & @patrickashe's zine gyazo.com/e9c0aa139f4027450e3b4067c4a396b9
  552. …in reply to @TerrorBullGames
  553. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I was about to ask what the purpose of this was, but I guess you just answered that question.
  554. RT @mcclure111: We literally have a split where an older generation is angry at a younger generation for being too respectful of others
  555. …in reply to @undefined
    @cs87 @ElectronDance With 16 buttons, 1 joystick, 2 controller boards & 1 power supply per controller (for 2 controllers). Plus box.
  556. …in reply to @undefined
    @cs87 @ElectronDance er, also I forget exactly how much it is, it's possible it's a little less.
  557. …in reply to @undefined
    @cs87 @ElectronDance so electrical components were £393.84 first time (with tax & shipping). Plus some for the wood & varnish &c for boxes.
  558. …in reply to @undefined
    @cs87 @ElectronDance For the pair. And yes!
  559. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @jonbro this sounds like a great time and i want to do it now
  560. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart was at the science museum recently, hearing teenagers explain bits on the lander by comparing them to KSP parts. :D
  561. Feels like we've been waiting for this rain for days.
  562. I have realized I'm really bored and tired of being cynical about technology, so I am working to be enthused and excited again.
  563. …in reply to @1Password
    @1Password @thealexmoyler I'd just make a note to change the service name. That's not secure information, I can just write it somewhere.
  564. @MichaelPConsoli getting an AWS access denied error on the OSX link!
  565. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @alexhayter pub and platform are two different things here, though.
  566. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @alexhayter more games coming to PS (with or without) publishers is always good for Sony.
  567. gonna get me some new tshirts rapshirtsforwhitepeople.com/ (not really)
  568. Having a great time watching the election results.
  569. Also, I met Tom Brake when doing youth politics in Sutton, and never really liked him?
  570. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander basically nothing decided in this election is actually important
  571. Some nice discussion on some Japanese games writing on rules in analogue & digital games medium.com/interlingual-critical-writing/41e45657ff21
  572. @WordMercenary And on the flipside, there's games like JS Joust which try to bring negotiated rules into the digital.
  573. Super Game Jam is out! Lovely series of films digging into people's approach to creation. supergamejam.com/episode-1.html
  574. …in reply to @edclef
  575. RT @mrjamesmack: Spent 4 years trying to get Greens onto the BBC & was always told "not until you have an MP". A rule that clearly only app…
  576. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I hate ref by string too. Loads of it in this project, tho.
  577. I have no ideas for #SpaceCowboyGameJam (not that I have time), and that's making me feel dumb.
  578. I just don't know how to be as cool as youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE
  579. Okay: @LHSBikeshed, but without anything to shoot or much to do. Someone playing harmonica in tactical. Lasts all night. #spacecowboygamejam
  580. …in reply to @LHSBikeshed
  581. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @edclef @aliceffekt I can bring one. Does it need PC, or can I take my Mac?
  582. Listening to aliceffekt.bandcamp.com/ and watching youtube.com/watch?v=438UKM1Av1g and thinking about piloting spaceships.
  583. …in reply to @st33d
    @st33d @raiganburns does it wrap on both axes? if so, surely you need 4 (if at all corner simultaneously) ?
  584. …in reply to @martinhollis
    @martinhollis hedgehogs
  585. I think it's time to blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Ok, three, two, one let's jam.
  586. …in reply to @martinhollis
  587. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo well, i'm still excited
  588. @severalbees some people said some nice things about you here : makega.me/t/interesting-text-based-games/730/18
  589. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath I prefer Lucky Chip's.
  590. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath (So, just "great")
  591. RT @HilariousCow: Every time I get sad I pay @LondonGameSpace a likkle visit. vine.co/v/Mwhx5ib6v91
  592. …in reply to @oh_cripes
  593. Was wondering why the Tower Halmets results were taking so long to come in... twitter.com/search?q=tower%20hamlets&src=typd
  594. Huh, wow, just heard about @ivengine "A system for making synchronous, hackable, interactive narrative games." : github.com/bentobx/iV
  595. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin Tower Hamlets too. But there are Reasons for that, apparently.
  596. @GenerateACat hey, make me a cat
  597. …in reply to @Bubbler_Ranx
    @Bubbler_Ranx but 55% did vote for him
  598. A shared dream that has left it's fingerprints on me. secret.ly/p/xedeqbzjsxdtcfyanfcmrxzill
  599. I want to make a study of the properties of flight in dreams.
  600. RT @TheGreenParty: If you voted Green for first time or are a regular supporter, why not consider joining from as little as £5 a year http:…
  601. …in reply to @lizzywanders
    @lizzywanders @edclef @iamcarneiro @bramruiter @increpare I'm hungry and within walking distance of where you are!
  602. My snapchats have become almost exclusively cute animals
  603. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @lizzywanders @iamcarneiro @bramruiter @increpare ah, a shame. I need to sort myself a bit, then will be over in about an hour?
  604. …in reply to @Pentadact
    @Pentadact @lizzywanders @iamcarneiro @bramruiter @increpare @mtrc walking down from Stepney green now
  605. RT @jonty: Visiting Tim Hunkin's workshop. Childhood dream fulfilled.
  606. @pintendo64 heading to meet you guys, will be in the area in 20, lemme know where you're at.
  607. @lizzywanders @bramruiter @pintendo64 up on the fountain at Piccadilly atm.
  608. …in reply to @garethbriggs
  609. I don't know what happened, but I don't really want to. I've eaten a bunch of delicious chicken katsu curry & drank a bunch of wine.
  610. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops With visitors who were properly grateful. Apparently ramen doesn't exist in Utrecht?
  611. This is a courtesy reminder that the following product(s) will auto-renew in June, 2014: Product Name : ringringringringringringringringringringringringringringring.com
  612. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo from you, yes
  613. @pintendo64 @iamcarneiro the zine fair is at Rich Mix at the top of Brick Lane. Goes on til 7.
  614. RT @LondonGameSpace: Come down to DIY Cultures at Rich Mix today! We're here with @v21 & @patrickashe's folk games zine, Tenya Wanya Teens…
  615. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin is this implying that this wasn't at some point the case? is it worse now than before? when was good, then? (some genuine qs)
  616. Maybe I should start taking photos again.
  617. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin you know you'd be p good at getting to that position, too...
  618. Turning off Radio 4 and turning on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack.
  619. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin yes! I didn't confirm before because I had a potential meeting. I have to head to the gamespace in the evening for a thing,
  620. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin so it's possible it's better to do it later this week? What time will you be apprx done with cycling?
  621. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin (sorry, I completely failed to put the gamespace thing in my calendar)
  622. I think I have a great idea for #spacecowboygamejam, but I would need an artist to do me a control panel & some spaceship interiors... (hmu)
  623. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin your whole UI is the control panel & interiors would be via CCTV within it - otherwise happy to let you have free rein.
  624. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin yeah! let's chat on skype/gchat? I'll explain the idea, and we'll hash out what to do?
  625. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin (I am georgebuckenham (Skype) or vtwentyone@gmail.com (gchat))
  626. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
  627. …in reply to @thomas_mac
  628. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @jonbro the grass is always greener -- you have a corner case, and you also have a publicly viewable bug explaining it.
  629. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @jonbro in Unity, you have corner case, you have 4 year old forum posts speculating on what it might be about.
  630. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin <3 been too long since I've had a conversation like that
  631. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs ah, you're heading over for w00t? jealous!
  632. …in reply to @steishere
  633. "Thus far, the post has yet to be retweeted, but it has generated two favorites." businessinsider.com/huge-social-media-manager-does-all-day-2014-5#ixzz32pXhxenA
  634. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath I'm working today! And off to the game space for an event this evening.
  635. @bhmwong were those RTs supposed to be a comment on each other?
  636. …in reply to @becky__wong
    @bhmwong ach, I'm away in Denmark already.
  637. The secrets of the @v21_ebooks corpus are starting to come to light. @v21_ebooks/470632367766638595
  638. "how long it had been since I looked at a new technology with wonder, instead of an automatic feeling of dread." idlewords.com/bt14.htm
  639. I hate going to bed, I hate waking up, I work best in the morning.
  640. Bleach my hair again y/n?
  641. Pop up hipster chicken shop next to a nandos
  642. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath it is also a Soho House one! Do they have a policy of chasing Nandos?
  643. Update on hipster chicken : it's a branch of the Soho House "Chicken Shop" chain. Waiting till I can no longer afford to live where I live.
  644. …in reply to @MammonMachine
  645. RT @richardboeser: Test your friendship, impress your crush, surprise your mum. Co-op love for everyone! ibb & obb out now on Steam. http:…
  646. RT @mcclure111: Word choices implying whether the author looks at the girls shot and shivers this could happen to me or looks at the boy wh…
  647. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I put a longer delay on responses from mine - feels more human, but doesn't hook you as hard.
  648. Good music to think about not-quite-infinite libraries to?
  649. …in reply to @EltonsKuns
    @EltonsKuns thanks! not heard the latest ones there
  650. greylabyrinth.com/puzzle/puzzle023 Q: is there a function that will produce an ordered Library with no repeated books? And if so what is it?
  651. …in reply to @marksteward
    @marksteward ordered in a psuedo-random way (to give the illusion of randomness)
  652. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang this look and feels great! Issues: I kept mistaking top missiles for right missiles, and I couldn't tell the depth I I was at.
  653. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang it's tough, because that camera angle is so fuckin' stylish, but it's not the clearest,
  654. @CChialton I got Conjuction 1 at DIY Cultures this weekend, and I just wanted to say how much I love your poster from it.
  655. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander this is really good! I think it may have inspired me to revisit Ceasar III.
  656. "I'm supposed to have The Passion. Passion is a funny, bitter-tasting little fruit snack in our industry, isn't it?" gamasutra.com/view/news/217801/Guilt_conflict_and_loathing_On_being_a_passionate_gamer.php
  657. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander ah! it's so familiar & comfortable! (everything is falling down, the gods are displeased, and oh wow i got sucked in quick)
  658. …in reply to @undefined
    @coffee_nat @pintendo64 I currently have these in clear on my face directsight.co.uk/detail/CP199
  659. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe Sorry, have had stuff on and not had a chance to fiddle with it properly yet.
  660. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe Have to prep for a call now, will have a look before 6?
  661. i think i need a lifestyle twitter account
  662. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang at the very worst, you can colour code stuff, and pulse the lines at the critical point. there's solutions there.
  663. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @radiatoryang @compositeredfox the next level in Super Hexagon style quick restart.
  664. …in reply to @TRUTRUTRULUV
    @TRUTRUTRULUV @radiatoryang whoaaaaa, serializable structs, this is gonna change my life
  665. RT @gutefabrik: Did you hear? Our game Where Is My Heart is coming to Steam, GoG, and Humble this Thursday! gutefabrik.com/blog/?p=2562
  666. …in reply to @seniath
    @seniath ... that's... not how maths works?
  667. @patrickashe okay! I did my fuckery and put it live. We're ready to go!
  668. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe wait, but.... you're tweeting now?
  669. Remember that folk games zine me & @patrickashe were working on? You can now buy it! gamesforpeople.bigcartel.com/product/games-for-people
  670. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I saw! me too!
  671. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @patrickashe We printed 100 in this run, and have about 50 left. We'll probably do some more soon?
  672. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @patrickashe Also, there's tentative plans for an Issue 2, so...
  673. Someone bought one!
  674. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @patrickashe Oh man, it'd be an actual book by that point! But no, you should get it now, before it's cool.
  675. RT @brandonnn: Venus Patrol presents: PURGATEUS, a PROTEUS remix by @aliceffekt, now available for free at venuspatrol.com/purgateus/ http://t.…
  676. …in reply to @undefined
    @Cyborgdino i bet it is!
  677. RT @AustinCHowe: This is a great piece by my buddy @Fengxii on Wave Race 64 amd what racing games are "about" so to speak: http://t.co/MP5K…
  678. There's no service where I can make an API call and someone can pay money and then they get a one-of-a-kind book sent to them, is there?
  679. I think Lulu had one, but they discontinued it at the end of April.
  680. I think I posted it already, but it bears repeating: a great talk on kinaesthetics by my buddy @HilariousCow youtube.com/watch?v=OHwpX4Moew4&feature=youtu.be
  681. …in reply to @esdin
    @esdin @jennatar she's only there to die for you (I found it very effective, mind)
  682. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp this was the appeal of Netrunner but apparently the top top play is far more constrained but i don't play to win, which helps
  683. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @edclef 868 def feels like it has more interesting ways to recover from mistakes
  684. My ship is a sinking schooner By wooden sails are ships powered Burn me with this wrecked ship Let your sinking schooner fail me
  685. Just remembered I put some toast in the toaster about an hour ago.
  686. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee ikr
  687. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee no, i have generally found python to be a home for excellent documentation.
  688. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee but the object system in python is complex and hard to understand in ways that are masked by a surface layer of friendliness
  689. Is any play more theatrically staged than this game? Entertain me with your scoring direction ngrams.ucd.ie/metaphor-magnet-acl/p?source=orchestrated%3Aplay&target=game this might last all day
  690. …in reply to @Aiannucci
    @Aiannucci @xxv10 it's not as if the cuts are because we can't afford it, more because they want to make them.
  691. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Maybe you got a "wild" island (there's a random chance for that)
  692. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee it could be worse (it could be Ruby)
  693. …in reply to @undefined
    @adragonbee i've only used it a little. it seems to be like python, but more so.
  694. …in reply to @v21
    @adragonbee significant whitespace is one thing. But sometimes significant whitespace is another
  695. …in reply to @undefined
    @coffee_nat @Pentadact @jukiokallio oh wow - dream team
  696. …in reply to @failnaut
    @failnaut vtwentyone@gmail.com is where everything goes
  697. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe well, you're living proof of that
  698. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @hannahnicklin i'm still up for it
  699. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern I think it's broadly right, though. Really good public transport is a better solution than self-driving cars for almost all cases.
  700. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern But self-driving cars are shiny, and greater government investment in rail links are emphatically not.
  701. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth did you download the new update yet? They literally fixed this yesterday.
  702. on archiving minecraft maps crummy.com/2014/05/28/0
  703. @hannahnicklin @asponge both of you, for very different reasons might be interested in crummy.com/2014/05/28/0
  704. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior @patrickashe @psychicteeth it's hard : we're a global community, but plane tickets are so expensive.
  705. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin what about "oh man, look at this, *thrusts phone towards you*"
  706. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    @v21_ebooks harsh tweet
  707. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    @v21_ebooks sorry; *this* is a harsh tweet
  708. …in reply to @genmon
    @genmon Self service tills which display "Please press "Pay with card"" and a "Pay with card" button and nothing else.
  709. @lauraehall it was one of my body parts
  710. Give @Draknek some money so he can keep making stupid/smart games patreon.com/Draknek
  711. I'm taking this wine to the shower.
  712. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN you don't like the grubby white shirt look?
  713. @srules you are still the stock image for fun facebook.com/events/247758868746362/
  714. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern Amazon is scary -- they cut their profits so low so they can gain a monopoly position, and then they abuse that position.
  715. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern When they have taken over the world, then they'll start turning a profit.
  716. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern they keep making attempts to get into videogames, but luckily there's heavy enough competition they've not really made headway.
  717. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow huh, wow, trufax
  718. Watching the Unity UI preview. That OnClick Inspector element is nuts. Hoping against reason they let us expose that from our scripts.
  719. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs @pkqk that feels like a reasonable compromise for protected accounts.
  720. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs @pkqk I could probably get it running tonight using github.com/mispy/twitter_ebooks - been messing with Twitter bot stuff recently.
  721. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs I'd also suggest Twilio, as SMS is even more accessible -- but looks like they don't do Danish numbers yet.
  722. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro In about a month's time I need to do some heavy UI work. It's irritating.
  723. Booking tickets to Copenhagen, and feeling sad I'm not going to Copenhagen this weekend.
  724. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox Work retreat then Roskilde - 16th to the 7th. Not spending much time in CPH itself...
  725. …in reply to @RaygunGoth
    @RaygunGoth Sad I'm not going to that, too!
  726. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern The answer will be misleading -- assumes that incidents are equally likely over every type of mile driven.
  727. …in reply to @lukeweston
    @lukeweston @m1sp Ah! I have an open tab for this youtube.com/watch?v=438UKM1Av1g
  728. I wonder if System of a Down ever covered that "System of a Down - Zelda" song.
  729. RT @haikus_by_KN: In the film Soylent Green, the food security issues resulting from economic injustice environmental destruction were "sol…
  730. Anyone else found Unity 4.5 takes longer to load scenes in the editor now? It was already too slow, but now...
  731. Huh, okay. This scene loads twice (25 secs, not 50) as fast in the editor if I make this <large object> not a prefab?
  732. I am guessing the delay while stuff loads is time it takes to parse YAML? But who knows...
  733. But at least I found a log line that confirms : yes, the Unity profiler does refuse to profile frames that are too large. Thanks! Helpful!
  734. …in reply to @martinpi
    @martinpi Hm, interesting.
  735. I mean, basically every time you find yourself with an actual stopwatch in your hand staring at a computer screen, it's a bad time.
  736. Guess I've decided to stay home and work this evening then?
  737. I didn't quite realize that's what I was choosing, but I guess I have chosen it?
  738. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison loads for me!
  739. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison You're on a Mac, right? Try putting "traceroute caraellison.co.uk" into the terminal
  740. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison (might tell you where the connection is failing)
  741. …in reply to @steishere
    @steishere I met a man who was selling painted wooden blocks at a DIY zine fair this weekend. He'd been trying to make some games in GM..
  742. …in reply to @steishere
    @steishere (He'd got stuck, though)
  743. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison ahhh, you should have tried my suggestion. Staring at green text blinking in as the results of the trace route come through.
  744. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison ... watching your request as it hits you local gateway, then your provider's, then some submarine cable relay stations...
  745. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison doing a reverse query to get the Internet Protocol address, so you can cross-reference that against a database of providers.
  746. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I mean, the answer is just "Comcast sucks", but
  747. I just noticed I'm more popular on Twitter than @HilariousCow
  748. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow Whaaaat? Don't give me none of that defeatist talk!
  749. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow (Failing to go out did actually mean that I fixed our in-editor performance. Took loading one scene from 1m20 to 10secs)
  750. RT @dateordie: A deadly visual novel coming in 2015! dateordiegame.com/
  751. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @schonstal @joonturbo @grapefrukt Yeah, I concur with Ed. For = "everyone gets to see it", By = "you have to see it alone".
  752. …in reply to @jukiokallio
    @jukiokallio Ahhh, I _still_ haven't played it.
  753. …in reply to @jukiokallio
    @jukiokallio I'm waiting for the right time/I wanna replay the first two to get me in the mood first.
  754. …in reply to @lingmops
  755. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops Yeah, Smog are something special.
  756. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops (and on another day, I would have went to this youtube.com/watch?v=taB9mFqDx9c&feature=kp)
  757. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @retroremakes @LawrieARussell @Poxican I have heard bad things re being able to rely on only external PR.
  758. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @retroremakes @LawrieARussell @Poxican and if you still have to do half the work yourself it's definitely not worth 30%
  759. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison how did I never know this show existed until now?
  760. Ahhhhhhh, look at my face! gutefabrik.com/about.html
  761. (and @asponge's cat)
  762. …in reply to @tef
    @tef @asponge nope, fine by me
  763. …in reply to @undefined
  764. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander brilliant piece
  765. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander i tweeted that, and then wondered "am I awful?" and checked myself.
  766. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe You're not up for a videogames warehouse party?
  767. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @rclarke @SpiltMilkStudio is it? I rarely play games and I even more rarely demo.
  768. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth @rclarke @SpiltMilkStudio It's important to me that it's not just hanging with friends, but an inclusive thing for newcomers.
  769. I went for a run and it made me feel better and then I read some twitter and it made me feel worse.
  770. I need to eat, drink some booze and write some Twitter bots somewhere that isn't the desk I've been sitting at all day.
  771. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier try the salad
  772. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @rclarke @SpiltMilkStudio @psychicteeth @flappyfingers there already is! South London Indies happens midmonth.
  773. …in reply to @undefined
    @PistachioRoux @patrickashe @FlemingGallery see you there!
  774. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @Dick_Hogg i assume it involved icehouses and someone going in there to stir it every half an hour.
  775. RT @TheQuinnspiracy: Still looking to hire a production assistant, work from home, ~1 hour a day, a few days a week. If interested email zo…
  776. I like Caesar III because winning means everyone is happy with you and your city is a nice place to live.
  777. I say, as a horde of men with sacks stream towards the exits because a gladiator chose to walk the wrong way.
  778. They are literally walking past the gladiator they couldn't bear to stay here without.
  779. Have any music videos deliberately added that woozy effect you get with anti-shake effects and a rolling shutter?
  780. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef Ah, but that's the challenge in it! Making everything close, but without any junctions and keeping industry & residential separate.
  781. That fat lady up there told me to grab this and carry her! The voice acting has got worse with time.
  782. Any other recommendations for games where success depends upon building almost exclusively a prosperous middle class?
  783. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb But there... it doesn't argue for it? It either takes it as the natural order or argues against it, depending on yr reading.
  784. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef "I don't know why I bother coming here. This city never buys anything or sells anything!"
  785. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian Right, like that insane billion-person mandala city police-state that got all that press attention.
  786. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian congrats on Jelly, by the way!
  787. @babel_librarian hi! gimme a line
  788. …in reply to @v21
    @babel_librarian one more time!
  789. …in reply to @v21
    @babel_librarian how about: 192:23:23:23:23:12:1?
  790. …in reply to @v21
    @babel_librarian maybe this time? 192:23:23:23:23:12:1 again
  791. …in reply to @v21
    @babel_librarian so close. ping ping ping, 192:23:23:23:23:12:2
  792. …in reply to @v21
    @babel_librarian boy, you can tell i'm tired. go run over & see what 1200034:230034:1706:5:15:305:10 says
  793. @babel_librarian boy, you can tell i'm tired. go run over & see what 1200034:230034:1706:5:15:305:11 says
  794. @babel_librarian try 1200034:230034:1706:5:15:305:11 again
  795. @babel_librarian ping : 1200034:230034:1706:5:15:305:12
  796. Great literature written in spintax form.
  797. …in reply to @babel_librarian
    @babel_librarian yes, I KNOW that. Okay. 10998028:193238:445:20:30, go.
  798. …in reply to @babel_librarian
    @babel_librarian I told you - 10998028:193238:445:20:30
  799. …in reply to @babel_librarian
    @babel_librarian ah, very good. Another one, if you don't mind? 12455532:10024532:2310:1:1
  800. For the makega.me SERIES pageant I have made a series consisting of a single element. Which is appropriate, as it's about Borges.
  801. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow looks encouraging!
  802. …in reply to @babel_librarian
    @babel_librarian sure: 9875199026:577837745:32:12:5:305:1
  803. I need to do a makega.me thread for it... but for the pageant I made @babel_librarian.
  804. …in reply to @leighalexander
  805. …in reply to @phototropy
    @phototropy how large are your post?
  806. RT @vigild: Showing "Punch the Custard" - by @v21 - yes with bowls, where you fist the custard @joonturbo #w00t14
  807. Being on screen makes me feel better about not actually being there.
  808. Pat can't decide between this ("Egg Ogg" by Flo Gordon) or a Parappa The Rapper toaster
  809. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops apparently it costs One Thousand Pounds!
  810. …in reply to @RaygunGoth
    @RaygunGoth @lingmops just ccing @patrickashe into this...
  811. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette me toooooo
  812. i have started on my #spacecowboygamejam game... vine.co/v/MpaXZqPLLMH
  813. Okay, I need to render some text now. What is the modern & easy way to render text in Unity in 2014?
  814. Elaborate simulated ship internals to adjust.... OR you just press a button when it starts flashing… instagram.com/p/orcjNeto_z/