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Ramblings / 15 December 2002 / John / 0
Oh yes, indeed. I have seen the future and it is chicken shaped. So, Tesco arrived tonight with our grocery delivery. Whilst unpacking, I came across a cold undefinable lump in the bottom of the bag. On pulling it out, it was revealed as an unfeasibly large chicken. By large, you understand, I don’t mean
Ramblings / 10 December 2002 / John / 0
Quote of the day from our seven-year-old. Little serious face on: “I’m not quite sure, but I think I might be falling in love with Kirsty. I’m not sure though.” Gahhhh. What do you say to that? Debbie almost swallowed her own head with mirth, and I managed to choke out “Well, don’t tell her
Ramblings / 6 December 2002 / John / 0
I’ve just read in the news that the UK goverment is stockpiling enough smallpox vaccinations to immunise the entire population of the UK in the event of a terrorist threat. People aren’t routinely vaccinated against smallpox anymore because it was wiped out several decades ago. So where do the terrorists get it from? Is it
Game Diary / 6 December 2002 / John / 0
Gah, that’s all I can say. Gah. Today, I shall wander up to Castle Street and return Splinter Cell to the branch of game from whence it came. “But why?” you cry, “it’s the best xbox game of the year!”. Because, my friends, it is a hiding simulator. That’s what you do in it –
Ramblings / 5 December 2002 / John / 0
Hello? Anyone home? Ah, there you are. So, what’s all this about then, eh? Nothing much, I suppose – just some vague ramblings about stuff that’s happening. Perhaps I should begin by telling you all a bit about myself – in case you care. Well, I was born in Mayfield, Scotland (just outside Edinburgh). I
Games Development / 28 April 1998 / John / 0
I’m afraid I’ve been a lazy bugger, and done absolutely nothing of late. Well, I had a gentle poke about Atic Atac, but that’s about it. There just aren’t enough hours in the day right now……
Games Development / 3 April 1998 / John / 0
A few corrections here. Andy has pointed out that the Knight Lore graphics were filched from the net somewhere, (although he’ll still get cudo’s for crayoning them in 😉 ). Also, a huge thanks to Steve Smith, who painstakingly snapped each room for me, so I can get the mechanics right. So, how’s it going,
Games Development / 28 March 1998 / John / 0
Well, I’ve started. I have the mechanics of the room drawing done, implemented a few structures to hold the room data, got a few routines to draw various room types, and have written the routine to place objects in the correct place for each room type (bearing in mind that block (0,0,0) is in a
Games Development / 5 February 1998 / John / 0
Resurrected from Archive.org, here it is in all its 1998 glory: Anyone here remember Splat!? Well, me, I do. Splat! was written originally by I Andrew and I Morgan of Incentive Software, on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. As video games go, it was – shall we say – odd. It looks like this: Anyway, the