Graeme Devine

I don't know who needs to hear this, but when a "pro" says you are making your game wrong. You aren't. I've made all my games wrong. I will continue to do so.

Bullfrog's Syndicate. Very under appreciated game imo.

I'll look and see if I have anything, but we were /really bad/ at archiving that stuff. Unfortunately.

Weren't the original midi files on the CD? I thought we stored those there uncompressed?

That’s some good detective work!

We were done with a bunch of the remake, and it looked great with the 11th Hour tech, 24 bit color etc. The biggest issue was actually going through and getting the old assets, both finding them, and then making them work in a significantly improved 3D Studio.

So I'm not going to watch the video, but I really appreciate you taking up the mantle and calling it out.

While Uncle Henry's Playhouse was a commercial failure, I wish people would celebrate it as a unique artifact of the time and a precursor to games such as "The Room" which would years later improve on the design and be a mega hit.

But I was young and foolish in those days and mistakes were made that cost me, and everyone at Trilobyte, the company. It's a shame since we were almost done with 7th Guest Deluxe which was a remake of 7th Guest with 11th Hour technology. UHP uses some of those puzzles from that version.

EA gave us a large check to distribute both Clandestiny and Uncle Henry's Playhouse (and the doomed 7th Guest III). Both those games together did not make that advance back. In retrospect we were foolish to break from Virgin and I should have trusted Martin Alper.

I've no idea where the "only 27 people own this game" thing came from. We sold a bunch of copies, unfortunately it was the same month/quarter we were going out of business (Trilobyte) and we didn't recoup against our distribution advance from EA.

Holy crap! UCSC has such a wild history. This production would probably have happened while Tom Lehrer was teaching mathematics on campus. We also have the Robert Heinlein and Grateful Dead archives.

Every morning Bella takes my night tshirt from me and takes it the laundry basket. This morning I forgot (did it myself) and let me tell you, she had thoughts. I won’t make that mistake again.

Watching Kamala Harris last night, her honest appraisal of the country, that the system is broken, that the capitulation was shocking. What I can't get over is the sadness in her voice, the sadness in her eyes. We are lost.

Instantly ordered this. So excited to see this restored to a brand new quality level.

Watched two science fiction movies tonight. One was excellent, “The Vast of Night” and I highly recommend. The other. I won’t name but it was bad. So so bad. So bad.

Instant classic Star Trek episode.

30 Years Ago, Sandra Bullock Accidentally Made A Prescient Sci-Fi Classic In 1995, 'The Net' was ridiculous. In 2025, it's eerie.

I did not think I would see this day, but here we are.

www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

Ramping up to start teaching again. CSUMB starts almost a month before UCSC but I’ve got to say I’m really hyped for my classes this fall. And yup, like all of us I’ve yet to look at Canvas.

a similar whiplash I've experienced of late is that to most people outside of game dev, "game developer" means game programmer

which to me is about as weird as assuming "working in hollywood" means you're an actor

Finally watched the spy movie “Black Bag”. What an absolutely excellent ensemble of messed up people. Loved it.

In other news I can tell you what happens to me when I try and jump to fly like Superman.

“Watch the Skies” (UFO Sweden) made me believe in fun X-Files episodes in 2025. Loved it. Would apply for a membership.

In assembly code!

I'm using code I wrote 30 years ago to do something no one else really does today because they were not around 30 years ago with simple CPUs and low bandwidth.

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios Predator: Badlands | Official Trailer

I did not realize I really need to see Predator Badlands until this trailer came out and now it's all I want to go see (besides Murderbot season 2) LOOK AT THIS WORLD BUILDING!!! - youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE?...

I think of this quote often these days.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984

Migraine echoes again today along with terrible tinnitus. I avoid the pills because they kill my brain but I’m getting to the end of my rope with this.

I really relate to this. 3D Studio is easy for me, but Blender is just always this wall of frustration. I know a lot of you love it, but it's just not for me.

I should probably add some comments...