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Further lessons from magical kingdoms
In which we draw some technical conclusions. Sanity Clause. Before going deeper it’s worth a sanity check, in that the finances of our test subjects are beyond our reckoning. The…
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Narrative, Media Art and Donald Duck
In which I go looking in Halloween USA for the pumpkin spice of contemporary media art, and find that interaction design is better done with personalities than push-buttons. I’m in…
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Praise for ‘Walkies’
There is a kind of computer game where the player travels a world, first person, and takes in the sights. There’s a back story, often a mystery that needs exploring,…
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HH Part 2
Miracles occur only at great distances. Go back to the start of time and a single dot expands to be the universe. Go to the extreme of scale and particles…
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HH Part 1
This is the back story to HH, written in episodes running from 24th Feb to 29th March 2015. It was part of creating a consistent world for a sequel called…
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HH: Not With A Wang But A Bumper
[H.H] DIES IN A FEW DAYS – LAST CHANCE A couple of days to go and SH’s exit is looking as chaotic as its birth. Behind the curtain all kinds…
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This Flight Has Closed
UPDATE. 10pm on Wednesday the 20th February and I am playing it on the MacBook. Its done. It’s fucking done and so am I. UPDATE – AH SHIT – FOUND…
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HH: Level one tape recorders and physics testing
Maybe other people are super geniuses or something but it’s unbelievable the amount of trouble that goes getting a game to run – let alone be enjoyable…Spent all of today…
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Level One is working
Last night I built both a PC executable and web applet of level one, which actually works. The large globe in the centre of the room rotates and broadcasts time…
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HH: Feverishly rebuilding the C20th
Spent this weekend working on level 1, manufacturing soundtracks and building tape recorders. I’ve got into a muddle between photo realistic machines and more cartoon like toy recorders. I guess…