September 2011
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Jhereg
You know, it’s actually very good. Which goes to show that you can’t judge a book by its cover! I mean really. Only morons do that. Yes. Moving swiftly on… (I’d intended to write a bit of a spiel about what I thought of the book in more detail than just ‘I liked it’, but I’m a little tired at the moment. I’ve moved onto the next story, Yendi, now,...
Sep 24th
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Gunpoint: First Screenshots, by Tom Francis →
Now here’s a game I’m anticipating.
Sep 19th
Douglas Hofstadter - Person Paper on Purity in... →
Sep 19th
The Book of Jhereg
Making it’s way into my lap is a paperback with a 15:23cm width:height ratio, so that it flops. A ‘floppyback’, then. It’s called ‘The Book of Jhereg’, and comprises ‘The First Three Adventures of Vlad Taltos’. I don’t know who Vlad Taltos is, but a quote from the front cover tells me I should “Watch Steven Brust” (the author), because “He...
Sep 16th
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hire and fire crytek →
hireandfirecrytek: This page and site is dedicated to bringing light to the hiring and firing policy of Crytek staff at the Frankfurt head office following the project Crysis 2. The atmosphere in the office for a couple of years now has meant that staff feel uncertain of their futures within the company and either… It’s sad that the games industry has stuff like this going on in...
Sep 11th
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1 1=1 : Collaborative Criticism →
Sep 3rd
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Sep 1st
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