Chris Knowles

They just need those walking Cybran boats from Supreme Commander.

This was the first film that made me cry.

The Chinese Room, but some of the rules are "roll 3d6 and consult this chart".

I was going to make a joke about this, but inevitably someone got there first: wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Evil_Su...

ENFLAVONATE

Not a game, but this is pretty much the entirety of Titus Groan (the first Gormenghast book).

You start out only seeing characters externally, but you gradually get to see inside their heads, and your opinion of almost every major character flips.

Screenshot of some C# code to set up integration tests, which includes using reflection to access a private variable. A comment is highlighted, which reads "Oh, playerList is private? Parry this you filthy casual"

Does anyone else feel like this whenever they use reflection?
#gamedev

Fidgeter
Lizard
Celeriac
Rouge

The Steam Next Fest promo image.

📢 INDIE DEVS WHO ARE IN NEXT FEST!

If you're participating and would like your demo/store page reposted to 37K+ Bluesky followers then drop it in the replies below*

*No games that use Gen-AI please and thank you.

But with the added disadvantage that while the real monkeys might randomly create something new, the fake robot monkeys will only rehash things that have already been written.

Working in ancient codebases is often frustrating, but yesterday I did a TODO from 2007 and it was very satisfying.

#gamedev

A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."

More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"

A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights

Slightly diminish a game

Anecdote of Zelda

Slightly diminish a game

Duopoly

Slightly diminish a game

Penultimate Fantasy

Slightly diminish a game

Considerable Annihilation

Found room 46, immediately stopped, because my goodness puzzle games do NOT get better if you add RNG and grinding.

A photo of a decorated Christmas tree, with baubles, fairy lights, and a crocheted Wall-E at the top. In the foreground, a hand holding a hacksaw.

It is time

5A-NT4 started out just like any other battle automata - a local pattern variant created in a nameless manufactorum somewhere north of the Olympic Fossa Assembly Yards on Holy Mars. But during the naming ceremonies it formed an unexpected bond with a servitor designated L-15T. After that 5A-NT4's machine spirit would become enraged if prevented from following what it saw as their joint purpose. Throughout the year they would compile a cross-checked inventory of skitarii and techpriests across the planet - indexed and sorted by compliance with the diktats of cult mechanicus and, for some reason, diurnal rest patterns. Then, once a year, they would venture forth - dispensing brightly wrapped gifts and swift punishment as their ineffable mission required...

5A-NT4 started out just like any other battle automata - a local pattern variant created in a nameless manufactorum somewhere north of the Olympic Fossa Assembly Yards on Holy Mars. But during the naming ceremonies it formed an unexpected bond with a servitor designated L-15T. After that 5A-NT4's machine spirit would become enraged if prevented from following what it saw as their joint purpose. Throughout the year they would compile a cross-checked inventory of skitarii and techpriests across the planet - indexed and sorted by compliance with the diktats of cult mechanicus and, for some reason, diurnal rest patterns. Then, once a year, they would venture forth - dispensing brightly wrapped gifts and swift punishment as their ineffable mission required...

5A-NT4 started out just like any other battle automata - a local pattern variant created in a nameless manufactorum somewhere north of the Olympic Fossa Assembly Yards on Holy Mars. But during the naming ceremonies it formed an unexpected bond with a servitor designated L-15T. After that 5A-NT4's machine spirit would become enraged if prevented from following what it saw as their joint purpose. Throughout the year they would compile a cross-checked inventory of skitarii and techpriests across the planet - indexed and sorted by compliance with the diktats of cult mechanicus and, for some reason, diurnal rest patterns. Then, once a year, they would venture forth - dispensing brightly wrapped gifts and swift punishment as their ineffable mission required...

Mini of the month - Not very Christmassy

Entry 14 by @chrisabernethy.bsky.social

Naughty || Nice

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Yuri Gagarin went round the earth once and was made Hero of the Soviet Union. I go around the sun every year and all I get is a cake.

A long room with furniture cleared to the sides. At the far end are various sweets and jars of fudge or marshmallows on the floor, ready to be won by the nearest-bowled sprout.

The prizes are set up for the annual family Sprout Bowling session.

Image macro, with a young boy at the bottom of the image facing a fork in the road. To the left, a path leading to a black, thorn-riddled castle in a thunderstorm, labelled "Godzilla". To the right, a glowing, clean castle on a sunny day, labelled "Professional Modelmaker"

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

Walked past Kate Winslet in a corridor at a school she was considering for her children.

I'm desperately hoping this is an Adobe Illustrator gag.

Oof! I sort of regret letting my parents get rid of mine (and the Acorn Electron), but to be honest the odds I'd ever actually crack it out are pretty slim. I do still have my Mega Drive but I never turn it on.

Oh, yes, the battery life. And some pretty weak soldering that meant the mains input would break after a while. I remember that one of the tensest things about playing on mine was not moving too much and joggling the cable, causing it to reset.

I'm confused that programming is in S but specific, hard bits of programming, like online multiplayer, are in A 🤔

But I do love that quaternions are some sort of weird alien creature!

Particularly when McClane has no shoes!

What's the stupidest picture you own?