Richie Shoemaker

Never say never but I find myself spending as much time editing an episode as I would a mag. I need to be less fussy. I do have a couple of half-eps recorded. I should do something with them one of these days

You don't have to be an all-in-one #indiedev or coder, btw. Maybe you're all about the pixels, or the words, or a tunesmith, or, like me, wrangle content for others to ogle over (or whatever the aural equivalent is). You just need to identify as indie and have a god-like hero in your chosen field.

You heard about it on OLL, now go and check it out! Go on!!

#GameDev

Image from Debug++ magazine with Eric Barone on the right, and relative unknown indiedev Kye Cavender on the left.

I really should crack on with the next ish of @debug.plus, which means I need to find another victim/subject for this soon-to-be series.

So, if you're an #indiedev that sees themselves more on the left of this pic, who might be the person on the right that you'd like to quiz?

I'm still resisting varifocals. I'm sure I can hold out.

The colour proof of the first ever issue of FREEZE-ZX has *just* landed, and it looks gorgeous!
Hopefully the bulk order of print will arrive this time next week, at which point I’ll start posting out pre-orders.
Secure your copy from:
freeze64.com/freezezx-iss...
#ZXSpectrum #Speccy

True, but that's not a deal breaker for Deck of course.

Gosh, GFN really is quite good isn't it! I've been comparing #EliteDangerous on Deck through GFN vs native and even sans tweaks it's noticably better. Kind of a shame to use the Deck as a dumb terminal though.

The mealy-mouthed Labour government continually takes 2 steps back for every inch forward. If you believe in a state's right to exist, you don't make it conditional on its neighbour continuing to be genocidal.

Did that paddleboarding thing at the weekend and didn't fall in the water once. I've now convinced myself that I need to get serious; buy my own and start thinking about the next Olympics.

I wonder if Chris Wild could be tempted to make Eye of the Moon, or a ZX Midwinter?

Feel free to fire me over an email: richie@teamdebug.com

The mag I've been working on, @debug.plus, is out. It's free, full of #indiedev insight, and I think quite good. Check it out so I can do another one.

Hello! Our latest episode did indeed feature Mr Richie Shoemaker @zptr.bsky.social and he did cover himself in glory despite an incorrect score! 😆

You've still time to get your letters to us before our final episode ahead of the summer hols! Zap 'em to us at team<at>onelifeleft.com ASAP!

#GameDev

Career highlight! I was invited on the @onelifeleft.com podcast this week to talk about a new mag that I've been working on and some old ones that I wish were still around. I might not have covered myself in glory, but I'll score it a 9/10 anyway. www.onelifeleft.com#listen

Next™, Nexter™, Nextest™

Every time I think about putting some ££ aside to get with the current gen, a new Speccy comes along. Life is so unfair.

Take Two facing possible class action lawsuit over Hot Coffee New York grandmother sues over adult-rated game purchased for 14 year old boy

If you need something to write about this week, or just want to feel old (although not as old as Florence Cohen would be), Hot Coffee was er, being reheated around this time 20 years ago. www.gamesindustry.biz/take-two-fac...

It was a nice top floor flat above the tube station. The place was a bit noisy and sweltering in the summer, but being permanently drunk fixed both those issues.

Internal dialogue:
I wonder if this free magazine needs "FREE" somewhere around the masthead?
Nah, it cheapens it.

Yeah, I lived in London and the season ticket loan was still a big hit.

That was one of my failings: keeping everything I blagged.

Me the big bucks?! There's only one journo I know who wears la-di-da hats like one of them fancy country gents!

Left on £25k at Dennis in 2002 (dep ed). Started on £25k at Imagine in 2014 (editor). I didn't mind so much about the money, but it was 3x the work!

Mate, even I have the skills to come up with a version of the Sliding Doors poster with Gwyneth Paltrow's head. A bit harder finding the original with mine though ;)

I've heard Future were paying about 8-9k for the equivalent staff writer roles in 97, partly because Dennis was central London, and, ofc, because Future was Future ;)

I've often wondered how life might've turned out had I taken the other job. Would I have been thrown on the scrapheap after working on SWOS 97/98 (as some were) to never trouble the industry again, or risen through the ranks elsewhere, throwing other people on the scrapheap 23/24?

That's a mighty fine cover.

EVE's reign as my most played game is about to end o7

Nm, I have it again. Great timing?