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Tweets from 2014/07

  1. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin I have sat here ALL EVENING needing to write like, 2 paragraphs for this application. I feel you.
  2. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin My biggest problem is that I can't remember useful details about myself. Also, not doing it? Mainly not doing it, tbh.
  3. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin Also, I have become Bad At Documenting.
  4. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin There's always turning off the internet, opening a text editor fullscreen and just going for it.
  5. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin If needed, just leave notes for research scattered through.
  6. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @TheQuinnspiracy I once heard a rumour that this was only the male half of a two page spread.
  7. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @TheQuinnspiracy I've went looking for the other half several times now, and every time met with failure. Damnnit.
  8. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison Tumblr : really quick & simple to set up, really slow & painful to do anything else.
  9. …in reply to @undefined
    @CheaD @TheQuinnspiracy !!!!! plz find it and post the other page?
  10. …in reply to @undefined
    @CheaD @TheQuinnspiracy I just ordered myself a copy. If I can't be a real cyberpunk, at least I can fake it really well.
  11. …in reply to @Poxican
    @Poxican yeah...
  12. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander it _is_ good!
  13. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @poem_exe fuck, that is great. Need to make a poetry generator... or write some poetry, I guess.
  14. RT @edclef: I have no idea how it works but @poem_exe makes really beautiful stuff.
  15. …in reply to @v21
    @edclef @poem_exe I kind of... don't want to mentally deconstruct it? I am happy with it existing, and having an algorithm, and not knowing.
  16. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @poem_exe The other great poetry-bot I follow is @SnowballPoetry (but that is a bit more obvious)
  17. The makega.me July pageant has now begun! ONE HIT WONDER. Thanks @pippinbarr & @rillakhaled! Wonder if I'll have time for this one...
  18. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @pippinbarr @rillakhaled I am deliberately not thinking of things I would do for it.
  19. RT @HonestWilliam: Going to retweet this again because I am honestly so proud. RT @cpr25: @HonestWilliam i hate you
  20. …in reply to @LorenzoPilia
  21. Reminder that if you want to know about how to play folk games, me & @patrickashe made a thing for that gamesforpeople.bigcartel.com/product/games-for-people
  22. RT @CourtNewsUK: Nursing and Midwifery Council boasts official shorthand writer who shuns conventional laptop for paper and quill #150words…
  23. …in reply to @madeleinecholia
    @moscaddie I can understand that, but as a man, I still appreciate not being body-shamed. So: thanks. (Not that I've submitted, but, still)
  24. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat The Entertainment (Cardboard Computer) is the best thing I've played on OR.
  25. …in reply to @undefined
    @coffee_nat here's mine
  26. …in reply to @undefined
    @coffee_nat I hope so! Mind, mine's on my laptop, so it might be a bit more awkward to do.
  27. Are you a mountain yet?
  28. …in reply to @srules
    @srules 🙏 single character emoji
  29. Why isn't there an emoji character representing "emoji"?
  30. …in reply to @lingmops
  31. …in reply to @aeoye
    @thealexmoyler no, no, but, forreal: mountain-game.com/
  32. …in reply to @srules
    @srules 👍
  33. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox It's growing it's baby teeth!
  34. …in reply to @JulieHeyde
  35. Rendered speechless by how great Robbie Williams Let Me Entertain You is. seriously.
  36. …in reply to @RealRiker
    @Machineers ah, no stress. Though I am heading back straight from the festival, yes. :( next time!
  37. Hello to everyone at Feral Vector! Really sorry not to be there. Go see @hannahnicklin's talk, I read a preview and it's great.
  38. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob ahhh! Me too! Hope you had a great time!
  39. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob guess I probably won't see you til GameCity, unless you know of a thing earlier.
  40. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir I'm sorry too! I hope, and assume, it went amazingly.
  41. …in reply to @tef
    @tef @nachimir was just front row at Mogwai
  42. …in reply to @tef
    @tef @nachimir and I was very sorry to have missed it!
  43. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir that means you're doing it right!
  44. …in reply to @tef
    @tef @nachimir ahhh, so glad she did the text justice!
  45. …in reply to @Draknek
    @Draknek I am... being in Denmark (I am aware I wasn't on the cc list... I am just being unhelpful)
  46. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir @tef I was talking about Hannah, but I believe everything would apply to Alice, too.
  47. I want you all to know that getting a on the bottom of your foot, and thus having to limp everywhere is really boring.
  48. Mainly because I'm limping somewhere-.-and thus bored.
  49. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin I do, but... It's just pressure that hurts, and adding a thing will just increase the pressure?
  50. A cut, for Christ's sake.
  51. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin a very special star shaped prize
  52. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin yeah, good thought though!
  53. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin having thought about it for a tiny bit longer, it's possible this has caused me to also develop a blister on the other side.
  54. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
  55. This Storify of @legobutts watching Independence Day is worth reading storify.com/evilbachus/legobutts-watches-independence-day or you could rewatch the movie. Your call?
  56. Oh, all the wasted cleverness that went into the algorithms for the Discover tab on Twitter...
  57. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge well, I like my middle ground of being half prepared. It does make it hard to repeat talks or post them up, mind.
  58. I tell you what, though, this festival is totally #jorts central.
  59. Right now the only band on in the whole festival is free jazz. idk
  60. PUT A DONK ON IT illuminated large, reflected across the surface of a lake.
  61. Okay : what's worth seeing in the next 6 and a half hours? I know nothing.
  62. …in reply to @PeteOlympian
    @PeteOlympian it scrolled away too fast! All that remained was that draft, a few days later.
  63. …in reply to @PeteOlympian
    @PeteOlympian I've been in Denmark for three weeks now! Work retreat in a cabin in Jutland, a weekend in Cph, then off here. Work trip, man.
  64. …in reply to @PeteOlympian
  65. Garbage overcrowded DK -» UK -» DK phone networks are reducing conversations to the single most important word yelled repeatedly.
  66. Which especially sucks when you're talking to your brother about his university results.
  67. I am listening to Major Lazer from a safe sitting distance, wanting to dance, but my foot insists I only nod along.
  68. My advice: don't cut the sole your foot. And if you do, don't do it at the start of a music festival.
  69. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison I also just saw Kavinsky, but it turns out it's a little boring live? Better if you're driving too fast on a motorway, I think.
  70. …in reply to @DeathBoy
    @DeathBoy it's mainly just boring?
  71. Okay, shit, I'm missing out. "Everyone on this side, throw your shirts over here" "Everyone on that side..." a cloud of shirts go up.
  72. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb it barely hit flesh, it's just uncomfortable to put pressure on for an extended period of time.
  73. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb which, uh, turns out happens for feet at music festivals.
  74. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison @TeddyDief yeah, why not? You were the one who taught me: netrunner means cyberpunk music
  75. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison @TeddyDief same deal, I guess
  76. On the plus side, I cut my foot at some point going on a sauna and swimming in a lake, so ...
  77. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison @TeddyDief yeah, the show was him doing that live.
  78. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief @caraellison yeah, for sure! Curse this ocean.
  79. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief @caraellison mind, I an purely gratified and validated by my spell in wordprison.
  80. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief @caraellison plz do! Either our submissions form at thewildrumpus.co.uk/sendusyourgames or submissions@thewildrumpus.co.uk
  81. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison @TeddyDief @piratedance which brings about a question : are you gonna imprison Harry Lee in there, too?
  82. …in reply to @lalanl
    @lalanl this also happens to me, and I usually get Le Tigre's "Much Finer" stuck as an earworm, and that at least assures me I'm not alone.
  83. …in reply to @christinelove
    @christinelove @mcclure111 so... the thing is, they do exist, and I've seen them? Not like, full frontal, but he's def naked & on a beach.
  84. …in reply to @feralvector
    @feralvector what!? Amazing news!
  85. This is amazing news! "@feralvector: Here's a token from Tim Hunkin's upcoming London arcade "
  86. RT @tiny_star_field: . ✶ * ✹ * ✧ ✫ ✵ * * ✦ . + ✫ ✶ * ✹ * ⋆ . * ✦ …
  87. …in reply to @inky
  88. …in reply to @mcclure111
  89. I went to look at a stupid Twitter argument, despite that obviously being the worst idea, but it turned out I blocked the guy!
  90. This is the best! I'm gonna block everyone now!
  91. gumroad.com/l/KveM the first Method & Apparatus is out! I am excited to read this when I am not on a train at 2:30 am.
  92. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir @profaniti @asponge I also would like to be involved, but I might have agreed to build a laserquest arena with @whitingjp first.
  93. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @nachimir @profaniti @whitingjp I put bits of myself inside shoes p much every day as it is?
  94. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @nachimir @profaniti @whitingjp Oh hey, related note: prep yourself for some serious being-told-about-my-foot this evening.
  95. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge @nachimir @profaniti @whitingjp it's okay, I brought enough for the entire class.
  96. RT @whitingjp: Unsorted Roskilde highlights: Mogwai, Mø, rushing from sauna to lake, Jack White, crazy hay-covered dance camp, Cashmere Cat…
  97. Posh voice on the train complaining about "people called Tarquin" who "should just use a decanter or let the bottle stand". Good to be home.
  98. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @whitingjp yeah! It was a great set! (Also: would def recommend Cashmere Cat to you)
  99. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb !!! Did I mention the fucking Damon Albarn thing at Roskilde? He flew De La Soul over for a single song in his encore.
  100. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    @v21_ebooks I know that feeling.
  101. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice it might be even worse than that? I sometimes fail even knowing my emotions/needs, too often.
  102. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice mind : I am not putting myself forward as representative of all men, and I'd not say it's on you to solve this (obv)
  103. …in reply to @v21_ebooks
    @v21_ebooks fuck you too, robot.
  104. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice yeah, mine too.
  105. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    .@xMattieBrice I'm sorry to link you to this youtu.be/A5K5YROURT0
  106. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice he wants free Nandos
  107. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @patrickashe it's amazing how old this feels?
  108. …in reply to @v21
    @jonbro @patrickashe guess progress is actually being made?
  109. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP this article could be a solid tweet, though
  110. …in reply to @erocdrahs
    @erocdrahs @TomNullpointer and that this test is being used by giant corporations to know where we live.
  111. I read the comments and was doomed by a passing sun.
  112. …in reply to @shanley
    @shanley most academic codes of ethics that I have seen have informed consent at the core.
  113. …in reply to @morganholleb
    @tieguniang basically: write your talk, then make slides to show pictures of the things you're talking about.
  114. …in reply to @morganholleb
    @tieguniang mind, don't you exist in the world where things are communicated by "decks", often without an actual talk attached?
  115. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar @CousinDangereux I was thinking about this about "never forgetting how to ride a bike". My hypothesis was that the core skill
  116. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar @CousinDangereux is knowing how it feels to ride a bike. If you know what success feels like, it's easy, if not, it's hard.
  117. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar @CousinDangereux but you can only acquire the feeling of success once you've succeeded. Do the Rocket Start by accident a few
  118. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar @CousinDangereux times, and it's easy to relearn : the rhythm is kind of like this... oh! here we are. (also, great piece)
  119. …in reply to @morganholleb
    @tieguniang luckily these days we have phones to keep us occupied while we wait for people to finish their sentences.
  120. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops I have just returned from being abroad and need to rest my foot and I have been bingeing and it is bad.
  121. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops The way I do it, just after thinking "Not using the Internet so much has been really good for me, I should try to keep with that"
  122. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro me too!
  123. RT @tiny_star_field: NaN · ✹✷ ✹ · ✦ . . ✦ ˚ . undefined. . ✶ · ✷ ·
  124. …in reply to @D_Nye_Griffiths
    @D_Nye_Griffiths @GamesbytheSEA same -- except i discovered last week after it was already sold out. not that it turns out i can go anyway
  125. This bot is really growing on me : @newmantras
  126. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr hey, great work, as a non Dota player I got all of that and cared a lot about it. And it's clearly reasonably technical.
  127. "One thing we can agree on – [indie is] about getting rich or dying trying."
  128. Yung Venuz says : Indie games ain't just money and bitches.
  129. Does anyone want to go to Paris for a week? (tomorrow to the 22nd) I have some Eurostar tickets I can't use, due to my injured foot.
  130. …in reply to @simonperry
    @simonperry @JamesWallis Should be noted that this was announced today, after being told it was a 1-line whip (ie, constituency time)
  131. …in reply to @undefined
    @_saljam @increpare and use the location apis to ask you where you are...
  132. @asponge @patrickashe I'm seeing unconfirmed reports that Dog With A Blog has been nominated for an Emmy. Your thoughts?
  133. …in reply to @v21
    @asponge @patrickashe confirmed : also a nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
  134. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge wait.... i have some questions
  135. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge but... right, step me through this. He is a dog. Who can talk. Yes? And this is a world like our own, yes?
  136. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge So, dogs can't talk, apart from him, yes?
  137. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge So.... why is the audience full of dogs?
  138. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @asponge I have followup questions.
  139. …in reply to @dikte
    @dikte @patrickashe @asponge and drive a desk, apparently? and ... possess human-level sentience.
  140. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk congratulations!
  141. RT @unktions: The pixelwork in this is incredibleee superpixelquest.com/
  142. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice you're fine not doing so *says I, an abandoned draft of a blog post about Mountain a alt-tab away*
  143. I would absolutely recommend this video to anyone wanting to learn how best to make indie games. youtube.com/watch?v=xs7WaL44_Iw
  144. That vid is of Terry Gilliam and also Bruce Lacey was involved, and he is a hero of mine & worth checking out generally.
  145. "The point is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn’t really matter: whatever works is the thing to use"
  146. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs I mean, it's basically the rathergood.com style, right? Technology made that quicker.
  147. I find this discussion of Mountain fascinating, as someone who has been thinking of similar design issues for a while.
  148. Making a Tamagotchi game - a game that largely runs in the background without interaction. A game for insomnia. A game for checking in on.
  149. And then -- communicating, making satisfying, that mode of (lack of) interaction. Providing enough content, enough novelty to keep interest.
  150. I guess it's failed at that for a bunch of people? But worked for others? I think it depends on how you come to it, and who you are.
  151. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle It didn't really work for me, I couldn't stop poking at it. But, yes, good example.
  152. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis I never played it! Guess I should, huh?
  153. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes I wear my "We Are Videogames Romantics" shirt without shame. I don't know where the line is though.
  154. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes (I mean, that works for me, because it was sold at a party I run, was designed by a designer I love, etc)
  155. RT @SimonParkin: It's logical that in a capitalist context indie gaming's dominant stories are 'rags to riches', but they're not the only s…
  156. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior it's a small cut, mostly healed.
  157. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin yeah, for sure! And the secrets, the strangeness worked with that.
  158. RT @asponge: Advice for anyone making an Art game: stop worrying that people won't 'get it.' I play so many promising games undone by this …
  159. "Among them,the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, the Cold-Blooded Chameleon Commandos, the Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos"
  160. …in reply to @v21
    @v21 (see @bfod's tweet here for the context: @bfod/487392527750668288)
  161. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
  162. …in reply to @vexrexer
    @vexrexer turn around again, maybe there'll be another!
  163. techcrunch.com/2014/07/10/the-app-store-six-years-later/ "There are now some 9 million registered developers building for iOS…Last year, the company did $10 billion in sales"
  164. Given each year of being a licensed iOS dev costs $100, Apple is making a a tenth as much income from devs as from end users.
  165. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP last time I tried to do this calculation I got yelled at for including that, so I skipped it last time. But yes.
  166. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP *this time. But -- it's one (probably sane?) reason I paid the Apple tax this time.
  167. Was talking with @tieguniang last night about whether the term "late capitalism" is optimistic or pessimistic. Still not sure.
  168. @hyper_linda @asponge look what I found
  169. I just read @janemai_'s Pond Smelt peowstudio.com/shop/ and I really liked it and it made me feel sad about AC:NL
  170. @GenerateACat big cat!
  171. waaaa not going to france waa
  172. on the plus side, my foot should be healed enough to leave the house in a few days. let's do things!
  173. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo hoping to reschedule sometime later this year, will let you know if I do.
  174. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo oh! meaning to ask : did you ever expand At The Cafe? thinking about games for Wild Rumpus...
  175. …in reply to @mambocab
    @mambocab Peach left town! Then I left town.
  176. …in reply to @mambocab
    @mambocab also there's other sadness (well, melancholy) in the comic, but I don't wanna spoil it
  177. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I've had the Indietracks website open for a few days now...
  178. …in reply to @badambulist
    @whenyoutried this once happened to me: @asponge/481921020409163776
  179. …in reply to @martinhollis
    @martinhollis still won't top the fox, but yeah, that's solid
  180. …in reply to @Draknek
    @Draknek I think B will sell more games. But doesn't look as nice.
  181. …in reply to @undefined
  182. this is made even funnier by knowing thinkfluencer @tomscott in person
  183. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo fireflies, phone screen, spotlights, the Sun (#1 for sure), rocketships, a desklamp, lighthouses
  184. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo oh, and whoop whoop, it's the sound of tha police : flashing lights.
  185. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami I have been thinking about this idea for a while. I don't think it's actually a thing that would sell well, on balance?
  186. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami Maybe I'm wrong, though (I'd like to be).
  187. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami The problem is trust - users would have to trust you'd be delivering great stuff each week, even if they hadn't heard of it.
  188. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami Which, given the users are gonna be the kind of people with Too Many Games anyway, is hard to do.
  189. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami Or else you fall back to delivering games with great recognition, in which case it's a bit boring?
  190. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami One thing, though : you definitely need to start big - would take a you or a @brandonnn to found it, not an unknown.
  191. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami but even that pitch feels like a weaker appeal than specific projects? idk, I like the idea a lot, but - yeah, lots to think about
  192. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP @tha_rami yeah -- I'd do it so that you have to be subscribed when a game comes out to get it. Stops it eating other sources.
  193. I agree with all of this (on the Snow Crash VR future) gist.github.com/rygorous/251b945aef2046ac7cee
  194. Reminder: Facebook product managers are all told to read Snow Crash.
  195. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin Did you play their The Entertainment, yet? def def def recommend that to theatre people. Because it is theatre, for one.
  196. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @HilariousCow well, neither have i, tbh.
  197. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @hannahnicklin the worst part for me was that Maddie was climbing around me, and I couldn't see where she was.
  198. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @hannahnicklin VR & cats don't mix?
  199. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow @hannahnicklin hah (they are great, though)
  200. …in reply to @ammonite
  201. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I think so! If not I have appropriately sized amazon boxes.
  202. “Well… yeah. Naming things is one of the fundamental things computer scientists do.” blogs.janestreet.com/whats-in-a-name/
  203. …in reply to @undefined
  204. What I want from tech: less latency, bigger batteries, cheaper, obsolete slower, more predictable, more interoperable.
  205. Also, I want it to continue to be broken, breakable and weird. But that's a different kind of wish.
  206. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I think this one might be improving? At least as long as you buy classes of device that are pretty commoditized.
  207. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr my last laptop lasted 4 years, and still works (and is still good for the stuff I bought it for, just not reliable)
  208. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I'm using my phones as long or longer as I did before smartphones...
  209. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr yeah, for sure
  210. …in reply to @beckwig
    @beckwig i need to remember to do that during the week!
  211. …in reply to @aeleitch
    @aeleitch @chrisamaphone baaaasically, most data structures have a subset of the object's capabilities, but are much faster/smaller?
  212. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN bright sunshine here!
  213. want a bot? I got ya bots twitter.com/botally/omnibots/members
  214. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin good luck, wrassler
  215. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin sure you will. (i love fighting, but i get the chance so rarely, please do)
  216. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin like basically as long as you don't injure me semi-permanently, or break my glasses, i'm cool with it
  217. ahhhh, someone remade my old's work's IRC bot, Squeaky, but on twitter: @mnemosynetron
  218. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob yes! back this last week, but hiding
  219. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob not any more! i was ill
  220. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted @mambocab Squeaky's parsing was also hella basic, but this was like 5 years ago...
  221. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted @mambocab I remember having to input dates a bunch of times til it would remember.
  222. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted @mambocab the neat thing was that it was a txt message parsing company, so the IRC bot could be commanded over SMS...
  223. …in reply to @mambocab
  224. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob that's my plan! see you there?
  225. …in reply to @lexicobob
  226. …in reply to @fridgehead
    @fridgehead @jonty @emfcamp individually addressable???
  227. …in reply to @webbedspace
    @webbedspace anti-crinkle cream? I wonder if a coating of Vaseline would work for that.
  228. suddenly I'm interested
  229. last night left me wanting to do more wrestling
  230. No-one here has watched Mean Girls. I CAN'T WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS
  231. RT @haikus_by_KN: The need to make a living from making indie games & the question of creative expression in games aren't counterposed. The…
  232. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp I was inside that room! It was alright. And then there was a Q&A.
  233. RPS is trying to recruit someone who wants to write about games, but hasn't really written about games. rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/11/join-us-join-us-join-us-rps-is-recruiting/
  234. If that sounds like a job you could enjoy, then please apply, especially if you're not sure you're good enough.
  235. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge Now I'm just thinking of Requiem For A Dream
  236. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir wait, what is our business model?
  237. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @nachimir whoa, what's up with that collar?
  238. …in reply to @ragzouken
    @ragzouken @nachimir sure -- you can see the suitcase right there
  239. …in reply to @pippinbarr
    @pippinbarr @nachimir That would be appreciated - @haikus_by_KN suggests this fellow 4.bp.blogspot.com/_7h-OWNjB5to/SsE_VYXjKUI/AAAAAAAAAcw/8XBFEUq0Rtc/s1600-h/hugo+boss.bmp don't know if you could advise?
  240. @mnemosynetron can you remind me something but just in general?
  241. It's amazing how far you can get in life with a strong streak of self-destructive habits.
  242. In honour of me somewhat being rude to a girl yesterday, and ending up asking this question: what's easier to eat, a banana or an apple?
  243. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic you would say that, though, wouldn't you
  244. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke: @v21 Obviously a banana” this was what I was _saying_! Then I backed off a bit, so as to not be rude about multiple fruits.
  245. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic I meant that tweet to be read simultaneously with that Instagram fav...
  246. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic but yes, practical points I will bear in mind when next around small people and also fruit
  247. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @rclarke just a bit awkward, really. I expressed sympathy at her failure to peel an orange convincingly, and she took it badly
  248. …in reply to @chrisoshea
    @chrisoshea is it yet possible to reliably determine the country of purchasers?
  249. "Internet Feels" videozine : vimeo.com/100564107 (some lovely stuff in here)
  250. …in reply to @MichaelPConsoli
  251. …in reply to @mike_robbo
  252. (from "Life Zone")
  253. A thing I have never been convinced by : apps for phones that you use as a controller for a game not on that phone. People keep trying it.
  254. RT @_omnishambles_: I'm in Milngavie. A place named solely to fuck with anyone not from Scotland trying to pronounce it.
  255. Go on. Tell me how you'd pronounce that (no cheating).
  256. …in reply to @RaygunGoth
    @RaygunGoth well, I'd say just "mul-gai", but
  257. …in reply to @adventuresofrob
    @adventuresofrob that at least corresponds to the letters within it, though
  258. @mink_ette what up with degendering @oliviataters ?
  259. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart @rockpapershot They say "don't rush", you say "APPLY NOW"... who knows what to think?
  260. i wrote a nice effect for water ripples and then i tweaked it and then i applied it and then i looked at the profiler. 40% of CPU time :<
  261. And lots of GC allocation per frame, but that's definitely fixable.
  262. lots of subtle little touches in this game. did you know: how subtle an effect is has no correlation to how expensive it is?
  263. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette i mean, i'm basically teasing.
  264. …in reply to @nikkipugh
    @nikkipugh which reminds me: does anything (or anyone) (or you) come to mind as stuff to show at a Wild Rumpus thewildrumpus.co.uk/sendusyourgames
  265. …in reply to @nikkipugh
    @nikkipugh playful things that drunk people would enjoy, big on spectacle.
  266. …in reply to @jonty
    @jonty @lexicobob @emfcamp just chiming in here to say that I admire & respect and recommend to each other everyone involved in this tweet.
  267. RT @uksciencechief: .@CompaniesHouse has announced it will make all of its digital data available free of charge #opendata https://t.co/Mb1…
  268. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe stop breaking my heart
  269. RT @patrickashe: Mother 3 is gonna kick ass on N64.
  270. …in reply to @anna_debenham
    @anna_debenham that's a great idea, and i immediately went to measure up an outsized tshirt i have, too
  271. Games taught me how long 0.3 of a second is.
  272. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer And floating point error ruined it for me.
  273. I put together a reading list for game developers nottheinternet.com/blog/a-reading-list-for-game-developers/ (pls argue with me)
  274. …in reply to @ninjadodo
    @ninjadodo right : neither of my animation links are actually about animation. I'm not an animator, so I didn't feel qualified to comment.
  275. …in reply to @undefined
    @daphaknee I considered some Borges, but decided it against it in the end. pilgrim looks amazing, loaded that up to read.
  276. …in reply to @undefined
    @daphaknee racing the beam : oh, gosh, I guess I better actually read this, too... "nintendo kids" : link pls? mulata just looks great, thx
  277. …in reply to @undefined
    @daphaknee in short : thaaaank you. And yeah : I was disappointed my list had as much obviously videogame stuff on it as it did.
  278. I hate you, US shipping charges.
  279. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe all I want to do is buy the things that @daphaknee tells me to...
  280. …in reply to @v21
    @patrickashe @daphaknee (I just remembered that it was her that referred me to "Cyberpunk Handbook:: The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook", too)
  281. …in reply to @nikkipugh
    @nikkipugh Not just videogames! We're trying to expand our scope a bit (while keeping the basic format the same (probably still mostly vgs))
  282. …in reply to @ludicrooms
    @ludicrooms @nikkipugh hello! don't suppose any of your projects would be a good fit for thewildrumpus.co.uk/sendusyourgames ? we are scouting.
  283. @Just_Play_More oooh! hello! Can you think of anything that would be a good fit for thewildrumpus.co.uk/sendusyourgames?
  284. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @daphaknee the day is saved! it turns out amazon is garbage, and abebooks has completely reasonable shipping fees.
  285. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir @kierongillen I was gonna, but then I figured I'd have to watch it first (but I will)
  286. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir @kierongillen also, I miss the days when this line was true "you're an indie : that's an interesting story"
  287. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC @tha_rami that seems like a good rec. I know it about as well as you can without ever having actually read the whole thing?
  288. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC @tha_rami so, uh, I guess I'll do that first.
  289. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC ahh, it's a great prompt for "hey, you've heard about this book for years, and good people respect it... you could read it?"
  290. …in reply to @kierongillen
    @kierongillen @nachimir Right! But pretty much just the details (It feels a bit redundant to list it next to The Manual, on second thoughts)
  291. …in reply to @kierongillen
    @kierongillen @nachimir also, maybe some caution around hubris/being good copy, now that some people have done that & suffered (phil fish)
  292. …in reply to @kierongillen
    @kierongillen @nachimir (I'm not even a journo, and interviewing him I had a couple of "thank you, that line is gold" moments)
  293. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns Ahhhhh! You made me realize I didn't include any of @108's stuff!
  294. …in reply to @TheOtherCam
    @B4ttleCat just refresh the page
  295. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted I am feeling oppressed by this bright morning
  296. …in reply to @JurieHorneman
    @jurieongames @dgrey0 mainly a reflection on my career so far - Mutazione is the first game I've worked on with a real narrative.
  297. …in reply to @JurieHorneman
    @jurieongames @dgrey0 the best I have for ND on that list is probably Nordic Larp, which is probably pretty mind expanding, if not practical
  298. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat @caraellison I think that actually sounds like a great idea?
  299. …in reply to @JurieHorneman
    @jurieongames @martinhollis @dgrey0 (I was totally trying to find something that would teach that lesson for this list, btw. Couldn't.)
  300. …in reply to @martinhollis
    @martinhollis @jurieongames @dgrey0 right, I totally thought of that ... but then I'm not allowed to use it cuz I haven't read it (I know)
  301. …in reply to @JurieHorneman
    @jurieongames @martinhollis @dgrey0 Theory of Fun : "games are fun because learning is". There, now you have. :P
  302. …in reply to @thomas_mac
  303. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat there was a bit on Enterprise where they talked about it, and went to the one spot on the ship where the gravity didn't work.
  304. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat and just ... floated about for a bit. was nice.
  305. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat (MA has a entry for it, it turns out: en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Sweet_spot)
  306. RT @jurieongames: Another reading list for game developers, to complement the one by @v21: intelligent-artifice.com/2014/07/another-reading-list-for-game-developers.html /cc @martinhollis @dgrey0
  307. …in reply to @JurieHorneman
    @jurieongames @martinhollis @dgrey0 ah! amazing. and great to see a lot of stuff that I don't know on there, too!
  308. …in reply to @tassosstevens
    @tassosstevens @thomas_mac one for the ages, there.
  309. …in reply to @joonturbo
  310. …in reply to @forcehabit
    @forcehabit @ashleygwinnell Mashed, huh? I know @jwaaaap loves that game... Maybe we should consider it for Wild Rumpus...
  311. …in reply to @forcehabit
    @forcehabit @ashleygwinnell (also, you should totally show Gangbeasts)
  312. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr Very cultured cat, to take such an interest in the LRB.
  313. Really wish you could a) scale a Shuriken particle emitter and b) control it's parameters from a script #unity3d
  314. like, I'm about to write a script to scale a Unity Mesh Asset so that raindrops don't appear on this lake only when you can see it's center
  315. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro the issues have been there since they launched Shuriken, and Shuriken isn't being actively updated now, so... not holding my breath.
  316. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk give it another try! the two cheapest ways of making sound I know : sfxr, or making noises into a microphone.
  317. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk (those might still be bad)
  318. …in reply to @ntlk
  319. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro just hadn't seen any visible changes in a few years, mainly. but you're right, that thread does give me hope!
  320. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk whoops, pasted first thing i found. this github.grumdrig.com/jsfxr/ works cross-platform for me.
  321. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk feels like someone packaged this (or bfxr) up nicely for js at some point in the past, but not sure where.
  322. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk but at least you can make the sounds before you integrate the audio stuff this way
  323. …in reply to @roBurky
    @roBurky i managed to set up our rain particles so the few things that are exposed are enough to vary them.
  324. …in reply to @roBurky
    @roBurky but using a feature like this shouldn't be a feat, and it is.
  325. feel guilty seeing my twitter background burnt into my screen when i alt-tab to unity
  326. …in reply to @nikkipugh
    @nikkipugh @hellocatfood well, i'm a big fan on his work on tumblr, so i would be interested to see that
  327. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam the sticking point is the greed in asking for revshare rather than just an affiliate link, for me.
  328. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam also, brings up the question : do the devs get a share of the ad revenue off the sponsored post? if not, why not?
  329. @JamesWallis oop -- Jurie wrote that other list, not Martin
  330. RT @jurieongames: Also in response to @v21 RT @JamesWallis: A game narrative reading list wp.me/pf8Bg-c7
  331. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior make it! the hard technical questions are mainly solved,it's just a mountain of UI & integration work.
  332. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
  333. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk yep, that was me last night.
  334. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod @tigershungry yeah, me too. better name, anyway.
  335. computer games
  336. …in reply to @srules
    @srules i have a parody account? I always wanted a parody account!
  337. that could actually be a really annoying bot... hmm...
  338. …in reply to @undefined
    @SELFISH_PHIL computer games
  339. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam Mine was cheap for a smartphone but is Completely Fine, unless you want a decent camera. Moto G.
  340. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam Was about £130? Does all the smartphone things.
  341. …in reply to @vectorpoem
    @vectorpoem ah, all the videogames / video games bickering I've seen was for the sake of fun, not being right.
  342. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I BELIEVE IN YOU
  343. Right, so : if you were in a spinning space station, couldn't you just run against the spin and jump and end up floating?
  344. …in reply to @philippawarr
  345. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs i think i'm right! there's also other effects dvandom.com/coriolis/spacestation.html
  346. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs yeah : "a radius of perhaps 100 meters" == "the spin speed of the ground would be over sixty miles per hour"
  347. …in reply to @garethbriggs
  348. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs or you could just climb up a ladder at the end and go up to the spine...
  349. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs or ride a moped... somehow that idea appeals to me most
  350. …in reply to @garethbriggs
    @garethbriggs mind, at 60 miles per hour, landing again is probably the trickiest part
  351. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk bahh, checked noirlacsourced.tumblr.com , but they've not got to it
  352. I think silencing is a valid tactic. A silenced view is one that does not spread. It's there for extremes, mind. It also enables nuance.
  353. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP well, I'm sure the people how did that bit, and the people who decided it had to have shooting in were different people.
  354. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat The Entertainment (KR0 intermission game) is the best thing I've played on the Rift.
  355. Dream : @tha_rami stuffed some cake into his mouth, then walked up a wall "Can you do that?" "Definitely by the end of this season"
  356. …in reply to @sillytuna
    @alex_amsel @psychicteeth i thought there was a one-stop shop for registering for VAT now?
  357. …in reply to @sillytuna
    @alex_amsel @psychicteeth Does Google Play give you accurate enough reporting to correctly ascertain what country you should pay tax in?
  358. …in reply to @pageantmalarkey
    @pageantmalarkey I've heard mixed things :<
  359. …in reply to @v21
    @pageantmalarkey Nevertheless! I haven't seen it, and am curious to go.
  360. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier can confirm
  361. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier maybe if you didn't wear black & fur the whole time you would be more comfortable?
  362. …in reply to @Gillespionage
    @Gillespionage sadly not!
  363. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @piratedance peepin' in : could i join? could do with more/new internet hangouts
  364. is there a good way to eat corn on the cob without spraying the things in front of you?
  365. @mnemosynetron remind me at 9pm to find out what timezone you use
  366. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison i'd like to give you a hug
  367. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox @panoramical @dkanaga is it the menu system?
  368. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth one service, there's the problem
  369. this is basically why i've never done unit testing : blogs.unity3d.com/2014/06/03/unit-testing-part-2-unit-testing-monobehaviours/
  370. …in reply to @undefined
    @heather_r whoop whoooop
  371. …in reply to @webbedspace
    @webbedspace it's a shame there isn't a stronger community around Vanilla JS... medium.com/cool-code-pal/the-hassle-of-haskell-a74862541dfb
  372. I'm trying to think of a format to dramatically read out Twitter bots in.
  373. …in reply to @betterthemask
    @betterthemask @D_Nye_Griffiths @terrycavanagh @asponge @severalbees @garethbriggs @booglysticks The Crown, by Vicky Park? I want a beer gdn
  374. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier Yeah! Already pubbing -- plan is The Crown, south of Victoria Park.
  375. RT @hyper_linda: if you know any good resources for game design 101 (something kids could use to learn more about game design) please let m…
  376. …in reply to @hyper_linda
    @hyper_linda i don't have any good suggestions here. or really any good directions to it. this seems odd. why don't i?
  377. …in reply to @hyper_linda
    @hyper_linda i think partly i dislike constraining people, when there's such a wide variety of valid approaches.
  378. …in reply to @hyper_linda
    @hyper_linda also, like "make something that amuses you. then make it so other people understand it" is p much all i'd say?
  379. I have a fan on my desk, and can work in my underpants. Just sayin'.
  380. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander come to the pub later?
  381. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb that's why I'm sitting on a towel
  382. @hannahnicklin @patrickashe Homework next week?
  383. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted wait, i missed that he made "never be sober again", wow
  384. Will there be a DashCon 2015? Yes! DashCon 2015 will be held at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN from ....
  385. …in reply to @D_Nye_Griffiths
  386. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander @D_Nye_Griffiths no shirt no service
  387. …in reply to @UltraCobalt
  388. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo I'm in a bar in east London... :(
  389. …in reply to @undefined
    @piratedance @compositeredfox wait, you.... I did not know this! ahhhhhhhhhhh, you guys!
  390. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart Jenn Frank
  391. eat a mango, wash away sweat, to park, boats, ######, drinking, dancing. maybe cricket? let's do it, saturday!
  392. It's weird eating an avocado or a mango because they evolved for massive creatures to eat them, but then we killed them all and eat them.
  393. It makes me feel like a small but very dangerous creature.
  394. …in reply to @xrafstarguts
    @aliendovecote :D will respond soonest
  395. …in reply to @moggy
    @moggy they evolved to be eaten whole, with the stone passing through the digestive system.
  396. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe oh, that is irritating. Glad I bought them digitally, now.
  397. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe also, you should do a reading list
  398. RT @jamesbridle: Hey @MPSinthesky - loved the lightning photos, how about one of the massive demonstration you've been overhead for the las…
  399. Like, I love my friends, but I may be coming round to the opinion "fuck London". Hmm
  400. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops I'd date you, Miss Bumworms
  401. RT @mokepoke: King of Dragon Pass: the only game where it might be a good idea to let some drunk guys fuck your horses http://t.co/T4EQL33Q…
  402. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I spent over a fiver on a gin and tonic one day, then an hour on a bus to go to a park the next.
  403. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I want to go on a narrow boat holiday
  404. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I want to go to that place in Wales with the underground trampolines and the giant zipline.
  405. It's important to keep your whole gang updated with the latest lists of enemies.
  406. …in reply to @undefined
    @limbclock nope! Don't know anything about it save that unity can do it, either.
  407. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp @patrickashe there was once a plan to do a touring games exhibition by narrowboat
  408. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr ilu, pip
  409. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP would not surprise me if those legal fees were just for sorting the contract between them and Yogs.
  410. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp I know lots of people do use it this way... (personally, I think it's a waste -- the best thing about Unity is ...
  411. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp ... the transparency of the editor. I like seeing all the things, and their settings and relationships visually.)
  412. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp yeah, but you can configure everything in code, and just use the editor to compile code & play it.
  413. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp literally just one script attached to one game object in editor, and everything else gets spawned from that.
  414. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @edclef you work against the grain a little, for sure, but even there it basically works out as a free debug view.
  415. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp bear in mind that I learned game making in Unity -- it's the natural thing I compare other things to.
  416. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @edclef most editor stuff has an API that's named basically the same. Add Blah Component => transform.AddComponent<Blah>();
  417. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @edclef the crashes... yeah. :<
  418. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @smestorp you can still use a debugger! MonoDevelop works, or you can buy this thing: unityvs.com/
  419. …in reply to @v21
    @edclef @smestorp (wait... just read the page I linked to -- it got bought by MS and is becoming free? hurrah!)
  420. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern at least they changed the website recently. (I hate it. I hate it so much. I begrudge them every time I fill one out.)
  421. A day and a half into this approach and more complexity keeps springing up... Might have to abandon this attempt and rethink.
  422. @tieguniang and then I got off the bus, ah youtu.be/X3n0whe7_6U?t=9m56s
  423. …in reply to @JonOlick
    @JonOlick @rygorous @cmuratori for game-related novels, my top tip is Constellation Games.
  424. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe do it *kicks you* do it *kicks you* do it *kicks you* do them all.
  425. …in reply to @LewieP
    @LewieP spa deals for two
  426. THURSDAY! Come play Punch The Custard, Push Me Pull You and and Cat On Yer Head at @LondonGameSpace (and then judge them for Indiecade). lmk
  427. (You can just turn up and play, too, but you'd be doing us a favour if you're from games and want to juror them.)
  428. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood Ah, I'd love to see what you make! But it'd still have to go through our submissions process, so we may or may not end up...
  429. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood ...showing it. So don't make something just on our account.
  430. …in reply to @DuncanMolloy
  431. …in reply to @ashleygwinnell
    @ashleygwinnell happy to run that, if we can find a computer (plus controllers) for it.
  432. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @pippinbarr @ellaguro hah-ha, yes. Also the interviewer (@ popjustice) is great & totally the right kind of cheeky to make it work
  433. …in reply to @smestorp
  434. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @severalbees Nothing is new. My Grandpa Joe hung jars from under a shelf in the garage in 1952.
  435. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @severalbees @KommanderKlobb a multitude of sins
  436. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @severalbees a magnetic pile?
  437. oh man, this YouTube of This Morning With Richard Not Judy has a trailer for Miami 7 in it...
  438. Jokes about the web! Jokes about scottish independence! Jokes about the Pamela Anderson sex tape! So up to date!
  439. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb lots of episodes on YouTube -- I found two at youtube.com/watch?v=X3n0whe7_6U (was looking for "and then i got off the bus, ahh")
  440. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I just watched the cress episode.
  441. eat cress
  442. I'm 27 and it's 2am and I'm watching the show my best friend at the age of 10 raved about and I never really watched.
  443. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob @Minkette This Morning With Richard Not Judy! I could have been a much cooler 11 year old...
  444. Boop! Doing some Indiecade juroring at London Game Space on Thursday - want to come help out & play some games? meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers/events/196202992/
  445. I keep posting boring photos to Instagram in the hope that I will later remember the significant circumstances that surrounded them.
  446. Social media as a way of making companies store your memories for you.
  447. my brother might be getting this kitten : piramocats.dk/images/1A2K7763.jpg
  448. RT @ADAMATOMIC: their out-of-print Stray Thieves has the craziest rules boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156050/stray-thieves never heard of a card game played/score like…
  449. RT @mcclure111: All of my games were developed on mac but gradually are all becoming windows-only just bc windows has back compat & mac inc…
  450. …in reply to @paullicino
    @paullicino I admire it, and I have enjoyed it, but I never loved it or became obsessed with it (unlike many people I know).
  451. …in reply to @paullicino
    @paullicino i am excited already. I'm vtwentyome@gmai.com
  452. …in reply to @tassosstevens
    @tassosstevens Ah, great! But even the most plodding of iteration is still a series of insights -- just a matter of how large each one is.
  453. …in reply to @undefined
    @dualhammers sadly not! In London.
  454. …in reply to @undefined
  455. It's great that the only Snow-Crash-fantasy online world that isn't bullshit (Minecraft) isn't despotically controlled by a large evil corp.
  456. Possibly not coincidence, though.
  457. "Damnit, this isn't working. Let's see if there's a way round it. Hmmm.. SO post, my exact problem... answers.unity3d.com/questions/589704/can-i-set-default-values-for-a-nested-class.html?sort=oldest fuck it all"
  458. …in reply to @v21
    @v21 I then found the last time I bitched about this on Twitter @v21/459368762953961472 I don't understand... my own tweets?
  459. Gotta start using [Header("")], [Space(10)] and [Tooltip("")] docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/HeaderAttribute.html #unity3d
  460. "Gamers" are massively more diverse, in terms of class & race, than game developers. Why don't we ever talk about that?
  461. …in reply to @v21
    @v21 On reflection (and prompting), saying we never talk about that is bollocks. But still, we don't talk about it enough.
  462. …in reply to @failnaut
  463. …in reply to @vexrexer
    @vexrexer feels like it's a "not even made with a special magical artists-tool, but by a thing that I have right here. _I_ could do this!"
  464. Trying out PlasticSCM, as our git repo is buckling under the weight of binary files. First impressions : it hates all Mac users.
  465. YESSS, this looks amazing: I love the idea of games played by SMS, I like games about sex, and I admire @_nadine : sextadventure.com/
  466. …in reply to @AdriaandeJongh
    @AdriaandeJongh ahh, so glad you found it useful!
  467. …in reply to @_nadine
    @_nadine @dualhammers MMS is a weird, dead technology. Worked at a SMS/MMS gateway 5 years back, and it got used very little.
  468. …in reply to @_nadine
    @_nadine @dualhammers The two services I remember were builders sending photos of their day's work and dicks sent to sex chat lines.
  469. …in reply to @undefined
    @dualhammers @_nadine yeah! to their bosses (who can check they did a thing without having to be physically present at clocking off time)
  470. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison Honestly tempted...
  471. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin :< hope you feel better soon!
  472. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @compositeredfox @patrickashe You're coming to London?! Cool, when? whatcha doing here?
  473. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @mink_ette @compositeredfox *I* might take you up on that.
  474. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
  475. …in reply to @undefined
    @caraellison Pip has been really rocking it recently, too.
  476. Q: do you hope that this was a real Gamesmaster golden joystick, or that this was a prop? (I hope it was real) youtu.be/gMhqfs2GITU
  477. …in reply to @albazamanillo
    @albazamanillo ah, thanks
  478. RT @wikisext: sext: you softly place your hands together and countdown "3, 2, 1 ninja...i make my ninja pose
  479. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @severalbees @edjeff @gideondefoe I once watched a film where they ran into the cinema I was in. Wrong screen, though :<
  480. …in reply to @bentosmile
    @bentosmile RASPBERRY
  481. …in reply to @tef
  482. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth nor a good game, nor even a good game that is attractive to consumers and well marketed.
  483. …in reply to @Darren_D_Daley
    @Darren_D_Daley @psychicteeth you can be just unlucky, or a reasonable risk could not pan out, or screwed by a business partner.
  484. …in reply to @agencyofconey
  485. Tonight! Come play Punch The Custard, 0rbitalis, Push Me Pull You, Cat On Yer Head, etc (& also help me out) meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers/events/196202992/
  486. …in reply to @Robin_B
    @Robin_B ah, it's okay - just need a few people to juror anyway
  487. Amazing amazing interview here : bldgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/life-on-subsurface-interview-with.html caves and Mars and xenobiology and million year old microbes
  488. …in reply to @v21
    @patrickashe you coming along?
  489. …in reply to @marksutherland
    @marksutherland I did! I was looking for a somewhat different game, so I didn't really enjoy it as much as it deserved.
  490. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe boo (no worries)
  491. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe ooooh. Not sure I've got great leads on the actual cabs, but I'm pretty sure I'll have opinions...
  492. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe yeah, that's fair.
  493. …in reply to @marksutherland
    @marksutherland I wanted a richer ecology, runaway processes, crawling purple fuzz coating every surface.
  494. …in reply to @marksutherland
    @marksutherland yeah, i mean that complexity is really hard to make work as an approachable experience that ties to a story...
  495. …in reply to @v21
    @marksutherland oh, also I guess I should plug the game I'm working on that has gardening in it? mutazionegame.com/
  496. @sciencevsmagic just DMed you a question
  497. …in reply to @JamesACoote
    @JamesACoote @LondonGameSpace ahhh, we've packed up now, sorry!
  498. @chrisamaphone Reading your MVC article, and generally really enjoying it. But I think you do a disservice to Leon Arnott in it?
  499. @chrisamaphone w/ "nor Twine’s new maintainer have made an effort to reach out to that community to inform their design...", I mean.
  500. RT @haikus_by_KN: It's annoying how technology workers are expected to see innovation as an unquestionably good thing. Often it's merely th…
  501. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
    @chrisamaphone ah, perhaps. that always seems an unfortunate consequence of technical factors - a pretty interface often leads to ugly ...
  502. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
    @chrisamaphone ... internals. there's a fascinating discussion here -- but in any case, he's clearly aware of the community & trying to ...
  503. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
    @chrisamaphone ... make a tool that is useful for them (even if that is still falling short of an ideal world, it's an improvement)
  504. In the past half hour, I have seen @mcclure111 on three different webpages. Hi, Andi!
  505. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
    @chrisamaphone oh, on this point you find total agreement from me.
  506. …in reply to @mcclure111
  507. Here's to the 300,000 words of sample copy that got submitted to that RPS job.
  508. …in reply to @sam_cook
    @sam_cook hah, I didn't apply. Just enjoying the thought of my poor flatmate having to read all of them.
  509. Just wrote a super serious professional blog post on my professional blog nottheinternet.com/blog/i-love-slush/
  510. I did! RT @jonathanprior you forgot the bit where you can slurp the juice out and chew on the sweet icy bits
  511. The last blog post I wrote, I got asked if I wanted to put it on Gamasutra as a featured post. I wonder if that'll happen this time.
  512. …in reply to @failnaut
    @failnaut bunch of places up Stokey way, by the gamespace.
  513. …in reply to @failnaut
    @failnaut you're fired.
  514. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe once I had a sudden craving for slush in Hammersmith, but the only place I could find it was a cinema for £3. Worth it, though.
  515. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart that, uh, still doesn't work?
  516. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart still nothing...
  517. …in reply to @iainl7
    @iainl7 @keefstuart nah, it's showing "Sorry - we haven't been able to serve the page you asked for" on the Guardian side
  518. RT @SnowballPoetry: o no sex next month agreed happily screwing engineers
  519. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
  520. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @asponge oh, yeah. It's above that new incompetent hipster cafe, it turns out. Like 5 mins walk from here.
  521. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @asponge yeah, they're just ... uncertain as to how to run a cafe. food/coffee is fine, if overpriced.
  522. Reading @10rdBen's tweets and it's making me want to take drugs.
  523. it turns out the secret was socks all along, guys!
  524. can't wait to read forum threads about what socks deliver the perfect coefficient of friction for truly immersive VR
  525. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior it's cool, man : socks mean it's self-cleaning
  526. …in reply to @Pinboard
    @Pinboard what they lose on the margins they make up for in volume.
  527. …in reply to @genmon
    @genmon Belle & Sebastian, for a short period. Leading to this song about the breakup of the lead & backing singer youtube.com/watch?v=VcRQ9adqG5A
  528. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I just this week wrote some lines of script to mangle object names so that children would be unique.
  529. …in reply to @tha_rami
  530. …in reply to @tef
    @tef @glowascii yes! Sounds super interesting! Let's?
  531. …in reply to @scanters
    @scanters @philippawarr are your regrets about waking up at 5:30 to go buy fish?
  532. I tried to send @hannahnicklin a song, and Twitter locked me out of my account for suspicious activity.
  533. …in reply to @steishere
    @steishere I'm on a bus to a (different) park and I am sweating and this is awful.
  534. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr wait, no - if things branch then rejoin, then you get more words per choice. Similarly with generated text etc.
  535. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I knew you were, but a combination of an interesting maths question and defensiveness of Meg overtook me & I lost all reason.
  536. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr no, no, you were being clear enough, I just took it in a poopy direction.
  537. RT @tiny_star_field: ✷ . * ⊹ * · · ⋆ . ⋆ . ✺
  538. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier can recommend
  539. Okay, guess it's time to get up and try to find my glasses.
  540. …in reply to @benswinden
    @benswinden @renaudbedard oh man, amazing! We've wanted to have a game that's played in a tent at Wild Rumpus for years.
  541. Just read this paper on a belt that vibrates in the direction of North. Doesn't work for videogames! noisebridge.net/images/9/91/Jne5_4_r02.pdf
  542. …in reply to @patrickashe
  543. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe Don't forget to play the Zamboni game afterwards.
  544. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @patrickashe So for me it is mainly nostalgia. But it's charming, sometimes dark, and some of the puzzles are genuinely great.
  545. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @patrickashe There's some great imagery in it too - a glowing grid above a chasm you float across in bubbles,
  546. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @patrickashe old crystal mechanisms in caves, bridges that you fall off when they sneeze, giant rotating cubbyhole hotels...
  547. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 except often the soundtrack sales go the musician, not the dev.
  548. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 For sure!
  549. …in reply to @thotxcouture
    @xMattieBrice mainstream writing is a good way to get known, which means the public will then pay you more.
  550. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @leighalexander I did both? I miss 4 hour phone conversations about nothing in particular, ending with us both falling asleep.
  551. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander that said, yesterday a friend just called me to chat & we spoke for a full hour and it was probably the highlight of my w/e.
  552. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander so... if you wanna do that, you should call someone and do that.
  553. …in reply to @PersocomNina
    @hentaiphd i think this photo just convinced me to bleach my hair again? good work
  554. …in reply to @undefined
    @jonathanprior gotta work, I'm afraid :(
  555. The thing about good taste is that it matters far less what you like than why you like it
  556. …in reply to @profaniti
    @profaniti I'd be into coming down for it (if I was free), but too much on atm to deal with running it.
  557. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander I still just get fucking suitjama adverts.
  558. what is is about UI code that makes it so impossible to keep it self-contained?
  559. RT @parliamentedits: The FoI request for Parliament's IP addresses has been refused on "national security" grounds. whatdotheyknow.com/request/current_ip_addresses_used_to_acc
  560. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern I feel odd about the "they're rich, so it's unethical" bit.
  561. @caraellison Have you played the thecatemites mixtape yet? harmonyzone.org/Web/Bogey%27s%20Back.html
  562. Love love love that ♫ HARMONY SUMMER HARDPACK TAPE 11-IN-1 ♫ harmonyzone.org/Web/HSHP%2011-in-1.html
  563. RT @UnityVS: Visual Studio Tools for Unity, formerly UnityVS, is now available! blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/07/29/visual-studio-tools-for-unity-1-9.aspx
  564. …in reply to @HilariousCow
  565. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic @brandonnn NO. Saint Basil, Sunday Girl, We Will Vacation, Valse Sentimentale are also amazing.
  566. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic @brandonnn for example!
  567. (via @ntlk) about creative communities, gentrification and "artwashing" citylab.com/housing/2014/06/the-pernicious-realities-of-artwashing/373289/
  568. …in reply to @v21
    I am complicit and precarious.
  569. great day to find out that my suit is full of moths
  570. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
  571. "You don’t have to like everything and everyone, but let people love the small things they love." medium.com/@kfan/a-response-to-bustles-31-questions-about-kim-kardashian-hollywood-9dffe0c888f0
  572. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod God help us if our culture is judged on Outbrain links.
  573. …in reply to @ntlk
    @ntlk you should definitely make your next game in 3D, and have lots of complicated rotation math. You'd love quaternions.
  574. I have never opened a business bank account, but I hear it's usually harder than this gyford.com/phil/writing/2014/07/30/business-bank-account.php
  575. …in reply to @thotxcouture
  576. "yr" > "ur", always
  577. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes what? This is really confusing. Thanks!
  578. RT @tinysubversions: @thricedotted @jennatar here is the central conceit of a talk I gave at ELO, condensed into GIF form http://t.co/f8J3Y…
  579. oh my god please stop talking about this microwave cover idea.
  580. …in reply to @v21
    Conversations where you just stop taking and wait for everyone else to please stop
  581. …in reply to @LovedayBrooke
  582. RT @mcclure111: The villains the real world produced were kind of underwhelming and when we won didn't feel satisfying more kind of like mu…
  583. Feel sorry for people with no interest in UI trends who have to deal with their phones looking different every few years.
  584. …in reply to @PeteOlympian
    @PeteOlympian "user interface". Why things look like leather one year, then like frosted glass, then big colorful squares.
  585. …in reply to @PeteOlympian
    @PeteOlympian like... the design of software? What it looks like.