I do have a plan.
Want to hear read it? No? Fine, whatever.
Behold! A three step plan to my ultimate success in the games industry.
Read on to learn of the intricacies….
Looking back at the recent OpenTTD related goings on, I thought I should post some post-mortems on our empires.
It’s all here - from terraformed graffiti, retarded rail networks, huge cities and the effects of global warming.
To begin, let’s have a look at the four-player game of Miku, John + Adam (Finningbury Transport) and Mark (Mark Transport).
The game is set in the future and involves killing Germans and other aliens.
Yeh, it’s an old game - but it’s fun, right? Find me on the Ventrilo and let’s play a game!
Regarding WoW BG AFKers:
You honour leechers should be ashamed of yourselves! If you’re not willing to stop for the good of other players then stop for the good of yourselves. Here’s the blue response:
…purposefully avoiding the “AFK” tag in a battleground, regardless of the method used is an actionable offence. Anyone found by us to be leeching honour in this way will be first removed from the Battleground, and then action will be taken on their account, up to and including permanent account suspension.
If you should see anyone avoiding AFK in a battleground, please report them to us in game, and we will try to witness the offence and take appropriate action in accordance with our policies.
Would it be fair to say that maybe over half of all battlegrounds are made up of leechers now? Check out this screenshot and see for yourselves. I count 26 horde AFK, leaving 14 horde to win a 40 vs 40 battle. Needless to say we lost that one, with a score of 599-0.
Assholes.
Was playing OpenTTD with Alsamus yesterday. I’ve got a small craving for it now.
Want to join in the Chris Sawyer-based funtimes? Here’s a shopping list and some instructions:
Ok good. When you’re ready, seek me out and we’ll set up a game.
Trying to connect to vent right now? No cigar? Confused much?
If you’re still running the ancient 2.3 version of ventrilo, it’s time to update. The server is running version 3 now, so go get it!
Yes, ok, I know this is getting quite tenuous now but the pictures are so pretty. Last one, promise.
Play PORTAL!
Still I speak to people who haven’t played portal yet. What’s the deal with that?
Forget what you’ve read and the trailers you’ve seen.
Not only is Portal canonical to the Half Life universe, but it also has a story of its own. This is way more than a puzzle game. It has everything you’d expect from a FPS and even more still.
If you haven’t already - Play it!
I love and hate recommending music to people. Music is a very personal thing and most people (including myself) are set in their ways and will only listen to a particular genre, subset of artists or songs from some long gone era back when vinyl was the dog’s bollocks.
Thanks to a certain app on Facebook used to “compare people”, I am well aware that I have terrible taste in music (but then again, it also says that I have the best hair and that I’m the most dateable of all my friends).
So if you don’t mind transgressing into my world for a second, you must listen to the music of Emma Pollock formerly of The Delgados. She has recently released her debut album, Watch the Fireworks. Once again, no reviews from me - I’m not that deep or sophisticated. Just listen and hopefully you might like it.
You can hear a few tracks for free on her website.
Earlier today, watching good ol’ British TV, I was intrigued by a feature on The One Show about brain gender.
Some researchers say that men can have ‘women’s brains’ and that women can think more like men.
Fascinating stuff, I know.
Anyhow - as I am a bit of a girl sometimes - I was overly curious to know my own brain gender. I took their online test and I think I received someone else’s results. The test placed me perfectly in the centre of the male brain classification and they made the following insights based on my answers:
I do like the girls.
Preloading complete; I am excited.
I am only two thirds as excited as I should be though, as it feels like Team Fortress 2 has already been out for a month. However, I’ll be sure to make up for that empty space inside of me by playing Half Life 2:EP2 twice (to hear the commentary track of course).
As a black box owner, I do not share the frustration of having to re-buy the earlier games that you orange boxers are forced into. Better yet, my black box came free with my new ATI card.
So consider this a big, fat, massive gloat to all of you.
I haven’t read the whole book, so I wont be reviewing it for you. TBH, this book doesn’t need a review, the title says it all. In fact, you should be searching for a link right now because you can download it for free!
You can trot out the biggest, fattest, coolest sounding design document in the world, but if you want to be the beneficiary of a five-, six- or seven-figure check, hoo boy brother, you better be able to put a playable demo where your mouth is.
Ok, here you go: Scott Steinberg’s Get Rich Playing Games
All of you who still play steam games should join up to our steam community. I’ve sent out a lot of invites already but many of you haven’t responded yet. So those of you who haven’t logged into steam for a few weeks (Johnny, JK, Wes), get your asses in gear and join up already. If I didn’t send you an invite and you expected one, get in touch.
Do your assignments always fall short of the word limit? Nevermind, watch this tutorial video and your page count will increase by… 10% ish.
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