Daily Archives: 17/5/2005

Doom 3 – All mouth, no trousers

While I was off last week I had a loan of Doom 3. What a load of old pants. While it’s a joy to look at, and the graphics are DAMN good, the gameplay is disappointing. Sorry. Did I just … Continue reading

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Writing Update

This should have been posted for every day that I was off last week… oops. So did I get two 5000 word short stories written last week? Nope. Started? Nope. Any ideas at all? Some, but something got in the … Continue reading

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MMORPFPSG

OK – here is the idea that is going to make me millions. Or rather, it would if I could get the credit for it. But remember – you heard it here first. Unless you heard it elsewhere. We’ve all … Continue reading

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More on usability

I’ve been spending a lot of my time recently thinking about usability. Don’t ask me why, but it’s something that has caught my interest of recent weeks. So here is a collection of random thoughts on that subject: Double-Clicking Following … Continue reading

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Getting closer to the Mountains of Madness

As you might have figured out by now, if you’ve been paying attention, I’m quite the fan of H.P. Lovecraft. Having written many short stories, few short novels and no full-length novels, it’s quite astounding that he has maintained such … Continue reading

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