Tag: games
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The Most Terrifying Thing A Web Developer Will Ever See
Want to see something quite terrifying: DHTML Lemmings. I kid you not - this is scary shit, particularly when you realise that it's all being done client-side, using script, over the web: no Flash, no Applets, no ActiveX <spits> - just pure unadulterated CSS and JavaScript. I got scared.
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Friday Morning
Wow. Seen the Quake IV Leaked Screenshots [mirror]. Due for release on the last day of the year, based on these stills alone I'd say that it's going to be something quite spectacular... and will involve a terrier...
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Carribean Night
It's not often you plan an entire evening around one ingredient... which turns out not to have anything to do with the food...
Kit: "What're we going to do with these coconuts?" (holds up two coconuts)
Two hours later, we're sipping pina coladas, eating carribean-style curry (soon to be followed by Bounty bars). The curry turned out … -
Thoughts Of Tuesday
Cycling home last night I realised once again quite what a happy bunny I am. I enjoy my job, for which I am paid very reasonably. I live in a town that I love, and I'm surrounded by good friends. And, above all else, I have the love of a beautiful woman whom I love …
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Monday Morning
Another new week. I'm surprisingly jolly about it. Spent the morning so far discussing corporate image with my boss.
[quiz results removed]
Gotta love Mondays.
I won at Mario Party 4 again last night. But Claire didn't come second... she came third, beaten to it by Paul. You'd think she'd be pleased. But no.
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Back From Lancashire, Continued
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Saturday 28th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
More video games. Yet again I won at Mario Party 4. Claire is starting to get really pissed-off with always coming second-place. I don't think she'd mind being … -
Back From Lancashire, Continued
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Friday 27th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
Played on Claire's Nintendo GameCube with Claire, my mum, and sisters. I won at Mario Party 4.
Went to meet the managing director who'll be taking over from my … -
Scanning And Zelda
Talked with ICQ-friend Summer for the first time in over six months this afternoon, which was great, because I've missed chatting with her. Caught up on each other's news, then chatted about Love, Sex, and What It All Means for awhile. Refreshing. Made her promise to be online more often in future. We'll see.
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Norfolk
Claire's gone to Norfolk to help her dad move house, among other things. She's back on Sunday.
Played a little Zelda and wrote a little Three Rings code last night, but didn't do enough of either to be called 'productive'. Rather, I watched The Animatrix with Kit and drank Firestoker and Hobgoblin and Newcastle Brown Ale.
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Half-Life 2
Pre-ordered Half-Life 2 from Amazon for £25 this evening. Sweet.
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A Violent Evening In
Spent yesterday evening drinking and playing Cel Damage with Bryn, Kit and Claire. Cel Damage is a stupidly fun game on the Nintendo GameCube in which up to four players drive cartoon cars around a zany landscape attempting to kill one another in bizzare ways, such as chopping with axes, harpooning, tricking into falling down …
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Project AngelPlanet Publicly Announced
The boys behind AvAngel.com have got something new up their sleeves... it'll be coming soon, and you can expect to see it mentioned here a lot. Their latest project is a web-based, multiplayer, live-action roleplaying game called AngelPlanet. They're keeping most of the details on a 'need to know' basis, at the moment, but you …
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Content Warning This archived blog post has been flagged as containing content that treats or depicts people negatively based on their appearance or identity. This wasn't okay at the time and it isn't okay now. I don't believe it's acceptable to pretend I didn't write them by removing them from the Internet - insofar as …
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Avatar Diary
Went to church with Alecia and Richard. There's a weird experience for me. Tasted the new flavour of Juicefuls from Brewsters while I was in town - Strawberry flavour. They're just as addictive as all the other flavours. Though I had intended to use the remainder of the day to finish tidying my room (the …
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LORD II - Preston College Version
This document was shared on my college Intranet and via a hidden URL on my first website, on 11 December 1997. It was republished here on 22 March 2021. It provides instructions for players of the multiplayer DOOR game I adapted for local network play and the world I built within it for my friends …