Murray Lewis

A context menu from the macOS Reminders app, where one of the available options is called ‘Outdent Reminder’.

The way Apple casually says ‘outdent’ as if it’s a real word

The games industry continues its tireless efforts towards net zero (employees remaining)

Signed up! Will be lovely to meet/catch up with folks!

Not sure that was true on release, but after a few patches, sure - definitely much better than its reputation suggests!

real devs code with permadeath enabled

HUGE news! ✨🤩

We are presenting a series of TTRPG live shows in LA from our creators @ifycomedy.com @vorpahlsword.bsky.social and @alizapearl.bsky.social!

December 17th at the Broadwater Second Stage in Los Angeles. Tickets link: playvesper.com/live

Will there be goodies? You know it.

I’ve watched travel videos of real places like Dotonbori (Sotenbori in Yakuza), and it’s an incredibly surreal experience to know exactly what’s coming up around a corner on a street I’ve never actually walked down, in a city I’ve never actually visited

Is there a YouTube series where someone compares the cities in Yakuza/Like a Dragon games to the real places they’re based on?

(and if not, why not?)

Just a little reminder if you want to find UK based narrative gamedev folks. I have a starter pack here.

Still had space l, so feel free to recommend folks including yourself.
go.bsky.app/8TjHuEN

A promo image for the game X Operations, showing a low-poly soldier standing guard on a wooden walkway.

A screenshot of the X Operations level select menu, with all-caps level names like BUILDING_DEF, OFFICE_KT2, and MBASE_CAP.

A screenshot from X Operations, showing two low-poly special forces soldiers inside a blocky modernist environment.

A screenshot from X Operations showing two low-poly soldiers engaged in a shootout in a dark tunnel.

Anybody else remember X Operations, the Japanese freeware jankfest FPS from the early 00s?

Feels like if it came out today it would sit right alongside deliberately wonky retro fare like Cruelty Squad.

Wow! You did a fantastic job matching the original artwork - very impressed!

‘writers just want to tell a good story’ - false

what we actually want is to find new and exciting ways to sneak our silly little hobbies and special interests into every script

it’s very possible the config for one was duplicated from an earlier puzzle and we just forgot to update the file reference, but it’s been a few years now so I couldn’t say for sure

What it means depends
On your nationality
Underwear or slacks

Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:

The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is the only human.

yeah we were extremely pressed for time when it came to playtesting & polish on case 4 in particular, but glad you enjoyed regardless! Wish we could’ve cleaned it up more, but happy with the ending we pulled off with the resources available.

A screenshot from Spotify Wrapped 2024 that says “September was your Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop moment”

i contain multitudes

11 hours into Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and I swear I’ll get back to the main story soon, I just need to do a couple more substories and a few more minigames and

For any who need to hear this: the game industry can be a cruel & hard place. It's particularly bad right now. If you can't find work it's not necessarily a judgement on you. There are a lot of talented, experienced, & genuinely lovely folks who are also having trouble. You're in good company.

People who played Murder by Numbers: do you have any particular favourite scenes / interactions that stick in your memory (for good reasons)? I need to put together some samples for a potential gig.

Annoyingly, I don't have the script anymore, so I'll have to transcribe from a play-through 😭

get a taste of real games writing by copying the last text message you sent into a spreadsheet and finding 25 different ways to rephrase it

Hello fellow word-chefs!

Are there any decent IF authoring tools for mobile?

Would love to be able to noodle around in Twine or Ink on ipad but… looks like that’s not really an option??

I dual-booted SuSE Linux + Windows Me for years as a teenager, but I’m doing ok now

stop trying to tell me about Linux! I have gone 38 years without learning anything other than there's a sickly penguin and a red hat! Normal people do not experience Linux! For shame!

An original ZX Spectrum side by side with the new The Spectrum.

Spot the difference

Ed Fear Game Director, Writer, and Narrative Designer

Great. Another £300 rent increase, six months after the last. Stuck here for another six months, but then I'm out.
Apropos of nothing, a reminder that I'm REALLY AWESOME and LOOKING FOR WORK / GIGS. Go on, give my website a whirl, it's slightly funny -- just like me!!!

www.edfear.co.uk

screenshot of a webpage that says: Intro to the Web Revival #1: What is the Web Revival? Published: May 20, 2022 Modified: September 20, 2023 Hello, brave netizen! If you’ve found your way onto this guide then you have embarked on the first exciting step into the Web Revival. This guide will give you the low down on all things web! By the end of it you’ll know what the Web Revival is, what it stands for, and how you can take part in it; grab your browser because surfs up on the net and we’re goin.. er.. surfi'n!

curious to learn about the Web Revival? (you should be)

we're bringing the human internet back, baby

check out this fantastic manifesto:
thoughts.melonking.net/guides/intro...

I played lots on my dad’s speccy growing up, but he’d retrofitted his with a full-size keyboard shell so the original rubber keyed wonder is still new to me!

also gonna start LAD: Infinite Wealth tomorrow, so between that, The Spectrum, and Rise of the Golden Idol, my spare time is entirely spoken for for the foreseeable future