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Had my fingers firmly crossed that I might be able to pick up @benaaronovitch.bsky.social's newest at W.H. Smith at Heathrow. To my surprise they had pretty much all of the series. They unfortunately did not have Stone & Sky.

No new section... instead they had "Tiktok Made Me Buy It".

Did Flighty just get sherlocked? #wwdc25

I picked up a Switch 2. It's been a while since I had a Switch to hand... Mario Kart was ignored for a three hour Banjo Tooie session.

I think I might have underestimated NSO.

I have my fingers crossed they might do a small limited run.

I wasn't tracking it closely, I thought I heard something about a private beta going live. Didn't know whether there was feedback off that.

Firebreak or Marathon?

I did a stint in digital fraud prevention. Sometimes while it's not super logical, there's a good chance the scammer psychologically manipulated them, and then the panic of the "empty" wishlists caused them to panic because of the sunk cost. With so much desperation out there, it's easy to prey on.

Weirdly I was thinking today whether you would have these signed. Will be ordering!

I need this to be a thing...

Mint sauce is a very underrated condiment, and should be released from the prison of the one roast it is confined to.

I was about to screenshot and say something about this one. It was a flood of nostalgia from when I was following photoshop tutorials and you had to go and find people on the internet. Thanks for the memories.

Siegecaster on Steam An active skill-based siege defense game. Prepare your aim and quickly assess the coming onslaught. Survive a large-scale assault on your home as you build outward to strengthen your arsenal. Engage e...

Hey did you enjoy the non-news today?! Well here's some real news. @sliwinski.bsky.social has new game called Seigecaster. It looks like it's going to be the tower defence game we all need right now.

Go wishlist and Seige The Day (or evening)!

store.steampowered.com/app/3138350/...

Well it took me entirely too long but I think The Lost Crown was my game of the year. Some perfectly executed gameplay and story beats.

First game I beat end to end on GeForce Now too, which has very much changed how I’ll be handling my console purchases going forward.

I'm trying to figure out what your alt Argos is.

Things like Grease Pencil, sculpting and animation tools that are already in-engine led me on some merry little adventures.

No probs. Like anything, usual advice goes though, have something in mind, learn the tools you need and try making it.

Blender unfortunately is Pandora's box that it is hard to keep it under control on what you need rather than what you feel you want.

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I know it's not free but this really got me up off my ass and being productive (they do have a mini free course to try it out): polygonrunway.com/p/become-a-3...

A rode videomic, on a camera mount, put on a stand precariously.

Work in audio long enough and you too can Macguyver a weird Frankenstein set up good enough for voiceover.... purely from your stuff drawer.

(Ex podcast studio hardware is still in storage after my move)

Having a fun adventure after forgetting to defrost the chicken stock.

It took 6 months of cool down after losing my Playstation save on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to jump back in again. I'll say they do have me with being able to play through with 08 skin though. Love this look (and that game).

YouTube video by Tony Anderson Nocturne in Paris - Logic Session Breakdown

One of my favourite composers Tony Anderson just put out a Logic project breakdown of Nocturne in Paris (probably his best track). It is a wonderful audio deep dive you don't usually get to see.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o__W...

YouTube video by Gen Ip Filmography 2013

Just realised that it's been over 10 years since we had a film compliation video like Gen IP or Cornelis van Dijkhuizen's work. I know they are on to bigger and better things, but it was such a lovely tribute to the work done.. I think we need that now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0cs...

It’s probably nostalgia goggles but I really did enjoy the first episode of Dexter: Original Sin. The back to basics format works for me and it’s nice to hang out with old characters.

Whereabouts is this lighthouse? That’s quite a striking image.

You can tell it's been a bit of a hard year when it seems like a lot of new games are night-this and dark-land. Think we all need a bit of a break and probably a nap..

So is Skeleton Crew just Pirates of the Caribbean in space? If so, I'm good, this works.

They have to adhere to PSD2, which is a payment directive which mainly relates to consumer transactions and data sharing. However SME banking has different rules and they can choose how much historical data they show. Also the directive is EU... so instructions unclear. Fintech nerd out.

Was Van Helsing actually the starts of the Universal Monster Universe?

I might be being daft.... Youtube Watch Later is a huge help for me in collecting videos, but also just getting Youtube to bring something back. But.

Cleaning out my Watch Later has now become a monthly ritual of clicking dots and then remove around 300 times. There's got to be a better way?

This does feel like a lot. However this does seem to be par for the course for that kind of high ABV IPA these days. The 2/3rds price is actually the ‘normal’ one.