I got my monthly paycheck today so I went to the shops and came back with one of the new Playstation 2 slim models. This is a bit of an event because I haven’t owned a games console since the Sega Megadrive some 12 years ago.
And while I’d like to have one of the next […]

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There are many studies cited in the media about possible links between video games and violence, probably because the results of these studies can be used to push certain agendas - It can be beneficial to a particular group to find a co-relation (Statistics cannot prove anything, that’s the first law of statistics in case […]

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So I created a game club account with BigFish Games today because I really wanted to play PuzzleQuest. Which is an unusual match3/RPG.
Yes, you heard right! A match3-RPG, who would have thunk it?
Not wanting to pay full price for the game, I thought I’d check out their game club. Which basically means if you […]

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Surprisingly this list was pretty easy to compile. I think it took me about 15 minutes and a cup of coffee to come up with 10 things that I want to do next year.
So, in no particular order.

Finish Caverns of Underkeep!
Revamp the Peachysoft website, which means brushing up on some ajax and php.
Get an A- […]

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So the year is coming to a close, and everyone who has a blog (which is probably everybody in the world by now) is doing end-of-year summaries and posts on their predictions for 2008.
I thought 2007 was a pretty solid year overall - Choosing to return to university to add a computer science degree to […]

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Heroes of Might and Magic III is one of my most favoritest games ever. But the series really went into a tailspin around about when Heroes IV showed up - Which I own a copy of but haven’t been able to play for longer than 30 minutes for some reason?
When 3DO filed for bankruptcy in […]

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I just purchased a copy of Eschalon and I’m going to be spending the weekend playing. It’s a 100MB download so I’m going to go out and get some pizza. Let the geekend begin!

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For Caverns of Underkeep I’m trying to do as much as I can with ‘programmer art’ and artwork thats in the public domain. For me, it’s more important to get the functionallity correct and in place before the game gets dolled up.
If you’re developing a Roguelike, or maybe an indie RPG and want to […]

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Well one of them anyway.
1. If we take into account the entire population of the world there exists a great number of programmers out there - So when I have an idea for a small but useful tool there is a good chance that it will already exist.
Just like tonight when my thought process went […]

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Yesterday I found out Windows XP has a built in FTP program.
It’s simply called ‘ftp’ and is accessed via the command line and it’s become one of my most favoriatist tools ever. Previously to update my website I had to use my browser to access cPanel and upload files one at a time - ugh.
The […]

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