January 2007 - Posts

• The Great Vista Rip-Off

  Friends, Britons, Countrymen. Microsoft are attempting to rip us off. Again. The release of Windows Vista is probably a good thing, if you're American. It's relatively cheap, i personally would recommend the software (based on RC1, i missed the RC2 download Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:08 AM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments

• Oh sweet mother of God, they're doing WHAT?!?

  The BBC is launching an MMO for kids . it will allow "digitally literate children" to create an online avatar and then create and share content, a bit like Second Life Time to Cock, anyone? Oh, and since we're here... This guy will be busy. Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:24 PM by Rich Bryant | 5 Comments Filed under: MMORPGy, Dumb

• New Game/World Sensation!

  This one comes courtesy of Kohs.... First Life . Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:06 AM by Rich Bryant | 1 Comments

• Games Aren't Art Because Of You

  I could pretty much leave it there. But then all it would do is annoy people and provoke thought or comment, so i'll elaborate a bit. Stuff Which Is/Can Be Art Paintings Music Literature Drama performances (TV, cinema, theatre etc) Dance. I say this exceedingly Read More... Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 4:37 PM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments Filed under: Design, Weird

• The UK has no First Amendment. This is a Good Thing™

  Oh, there's all kinds of legal precedents for freedom of speech and the rights of individuals, but nobody ever wrote down a constitution for this country, and i approve of that. There's a strong tendency wherever that kind of document exists to go with Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:23 AM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments

• MMmmf mmmmf mmmf Mmmfmmf Mmmf

  mmmmmmffff . Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:56 AM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments Filed under: Second Lies

• Enough is enough

  I just downloaded my mail and got another 300-odd pornographic spam emails. This has been going on for about three months, and i am now heartily sick of it. The time has come to delete cael @ edgecase . net. I can be contacted via rbryant [at] edgecase Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:03 PM by Rich Bryant | 1 Comments

• Thoughts on the Divide

  I promise to not to quote Prokofy Neva again for at least 8 weeks after this post. Really really. I'll just stop reading blogs after this one and get back to full-time coding. I shall isolate myself from the wider internet and have only my own errors Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:31 PM by Rich Bryant | 6 Comments Filed under: Design, Technodrivel, Second Lies

• Still Bribe-free

  I didn't get a laptop bribe . Dammit. And i would have been so easy to buy, too. A career-long loathing of Microsoft products took an extremely sharp knock when C# was released, the .NET 3.0/WPF stuff is frankly mouthwatering and i actually like Vista, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:24 AM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments

• Predictably,Happy New Year

  This year we will a) go Alpha b) secure funding I wish you all that you dream of (in a good way) for 2007. Read More... Posted Monday, January 01, 2007 2:00 AM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments