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Rest in peace Mr Gygax....
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I decided last week to grow a beard. Or rather, I decided not to shave and considered growing a beard. The progressive apathy has lead me to the scruffy growth that I sport today and I don’t know if I like it or not. Sarah likes it now that it’s soft...
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I owe you this. I owe this to the team. I owe it to those who have read and believed in us. We're a badass team and you'll hopefully have seen some of what we can do. Those screenshots alone should blow your minds. This is how it is. When your life falls...
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. In order to plan, you first need to assess your assetts. As of current status, those are: 4 very talented analyst/developers 1 excellent project manager 1 technical author A complete concept system A few bits of...
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Yeah, I'm back. First, let's do the apologies. Apart from what's stored on this site - and hence, not in my home - I have no code, no documentation, no designs, no art. This was caused by an unfortunate incident involving hell not having such fury, and...
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Although in all fairness, I've kind of wanted to be lately. Brief rundown: 1. Moved mother out of ancestral home. 2. Completed first Triathlon. 3. Seperated from wife. 4. Started new permie job. Anyway, #3 should be done with by tomorrow night and an...
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Just got back from the exam and I've managed to pass my Driving Theory test....
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I have my Driving Theory test tomorrow morning. Supposedly forty minutes worth of screen tapping in order to get the 30/35 questions correct that will enable me to take my Practical test before my end-of-September deadline. I know, I know. I'm a little...
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It looks like I owe Steven Davis a dollar. Clicky ....
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Life and work have stalled me recently, but my enthusiasm is back. Spurred by playing bad games and most of all, by this announcement from Microsoft : Wow! It's hard to believe that a year ago on this blog we announced the first release of XNA Game Studio...
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You probably neither knew or cared, but last night another Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak was announced in England. Even now, all farms are being sealed off, all movement of livestock is a criminal offence until restrictions are lifted. All the animals...
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I was just talking to somebody who used to be my friend. A long time ago. We fell out, over the concept of Skinner boxes. See, I had design ideas. He had design ideas. I'm a programmer. He isn't. This gives me balance of power over who gets their ideas...
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I haven't been doing much of anything except work, and deadline is next Saturday night so you got another week of blessed silence from me approaching. Unless i kill somebody. Which seems more likely by the hour....
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The only console hooked up at home is a slim PS2 that the kids got for Christmas last year. They’ve enjoyed various games on it but the two in the current rotation are Guitar Hero 2 and SSX Tricky. Coincidentally or not, I bought both of them. These two...
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/28/nintendo_readies_wii_programming_tool/ Whoah. I was expecting this, but not for another year or so. For those who don't follow links, Nintendo are releasing WiiWare, following Microsoft's lead in freely available...
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My much better half, or by volume, my much better third, has a meme going. Since it's an interesting one, I shall attempt to propagate it. The task is, name the books that changed your life. As far as i know, there's no upper or lower limit on the number...
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I'm spending today writing a physical design spec document because i have Blanked. And it'll last all day, i know from experience. Today, my own code means nothing to me. It might as well be written in Sumerian stick-writing and describe the inner workings...
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I've gone through a wide range of emotions regarding George Lucas in the last 25-odd years. That first time that I saw Star Wars was at the Cinema 70 in St Cloud, Minnesota. One huge theater with cold war-era architecture, cinderblocks and white paint....
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Over MMOG Nation in an excellent interview, Paul Barnett of Warhammer Online says the following: Great test! Fantastic test: ask anyone who reckons they’re a designer, anybody, and say to them: “With the game of Chess, what rule would you change? What...
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Hurts. That is all....
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Press release from the SWG team: "Mastering the Wild is due to go live in Star Wars Galaxies this week, and will introduce the new Beast Master system to the game. This feature gives players the ability to harvest DNA from creatures all over the galaxy,...
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You can get MorphVox ona week's free trial at http://www.screamingbee.com/ My review is here . Overall verdict, impressed but vaguely disquieted....
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So yeah, I listen to music while coding, obviously. A few weeks ago, I was attempting to identify a baseline to a dreadful song - Torn by Natalie Imbruglia, actually - and noted that it shared a great deal in common with the main riff some some cheesy...
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There's a regrettable lack of tutorials and real data on procedural graphics out there for programmers. Plenty of stuff about textures for 3D Studio Max and Maya and Ken Perlin's awesome trailblazing work and of course, there's the incredible MojoWorld...
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While going through my daily web comic routine, I actually read the news posting on ctrl+alt+del... apparently he's been dreaming about how he'd design an MMORPG. http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/news.php?i=1377 It's an interesting read, I think... if...