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Came to London from NZ in 1983 for 3 months work... Still in London. Ramble on about books, boardgames & basic nonsense. GameCenter/Twitch: Gleptoportus BGG: Christo

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CTD, to boardgames
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The second game that we attempted was Regicide, also from New Zealand. We even got to the first King in the third attempt before the inevitable occurred.


CTD, to boardgames
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Trying to learn Flesh and Blood. The ninja was easy to play but second attempt with Illusionist met with crushing fail. Interesting TCG. As always you have to study the game to figure out best ways to play.

Pub cat tried to learn too.


CTD, to random
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Please do not put glasses on this surface.

Edent, to webdev
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🆕 blog! “Accents and eBooks”

By and large, the English language doesn't use diacritical marks. Even our loanwords are stripped of them; we drink in a cafe rather than the more pretentious café. This has a consequence for HTML and, by extension, eBooks. As a quick primer, modern computing gives us two main ways of displaying a letter with an […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/accents-and-ebooks/
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#ebook #HTML #unicode

CTD,
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@Edent The second dimension to this is to find a font for your ebook that supports these natively. My reader does show the correct glyph but if it isn’t present in the actual font it uses some kind of default and that is jarring.

craiggrannell, to random
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My #WWDC wishlist:

  1. A switch in Settings to turn off the Home indicator.

That’s it. That’s the list.

CTD,
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@craiggrannell you given up on a switch to tell Photos to stop deciding to pause syncing for no reason?

atomicpoet, to random
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Today, 65 games were released on Steam. These are the games I found most interesting:

I’m grouping all these games together because they’re re-releases in the same series.

Close Combat

Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far

Close Combat 3: The Russian Front

Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge

Close Combat 5: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg

  • this is a World War II simulator series, originally released in the 90s, each which is a tactical RTS
  • price: individually, each game is C$7.79, but there’s currently a -15% discount at C$6.62. You can also buy all games as part of a bundle, which has a regular price of C$38.95, but there’s currrently a -43% discount, available right now at C$22.20

I’m also grouping the following games together since they’re part of the same series:

Warlords I + II

Warlords III: Darklords Rising

  • a fantasy turn-based strategy series where empires struggle for supreme power
  • price: individually, each game is C$7.79, but there’s currently a -15% discount at C$6.62. You can also buy all games as part of a bundle, which has a regular price of C$15.58, but there’s currrently a -32% discount, available right now at C$10.60

Deep Beyond

  • a first person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery of her father’s disappearance, featuring low poly cell-shaded graphics with attractive dithering
  • gamepad supporded
  • price: C$6.49, but currently discounted -15% and selling for C$5.51

SMYS : Show Me Your Stairs

  • a party game where you race your friend to build a tower to the top – with almost reverse-Tetris gameplay
  • gamepad supported
  • shared/split screen PvP and co-op
  • demo download available
  • costumes and soundtrack available as DLC
  • price: C$13.99, but currently discounted -25% and selling for C$10.49

Baladins

  • a choose-your-own adventure 2D RPG with cute paper-like graphics
  • gamepad supported
  • online and shared/split screen co-op
  • price: C$32.50, but currently discounted -10% and selling for C$29.25

MULLET MADJACK

  • a cyberpunk boomer shooter FPS with low poly graphics inspired by anime
  • gamepad supported
  • demo download available
  • artbook and soundtrack available as DLC
  • price: C$25.95, but currently discounted -10% and selling for C$23.35

Squab

  • a 2D precision platformer starring a pigeon
  • gamepad supported
  • price: C$3.89

Banana Cowboy

  • a 3D platformer starring a banana cowboy in a fruit-themed unitiverse, rescuing people from your evil twin
  • price: FREE!

Cento

  • a rogue-like deckbuilder with rhythm characteristics, featuring pixel art graphics
  • gamepad supported
  • demo download available
  • price: C$12.99, but currently discounted -10% and selling for C$11.69

Wayfarer

  • an action-adventure game where you explore labyrinthine caves, featuring low poly graphics
  • price: C$1.29

Byte Hack

  • a 2D cyberpunk puzzle platformer about hacking your way through an infected computer tower, featuring 16-bit style pixel art graphics with CRT effects
  • gamepad supported
  • demo download available
  • price: C$6.49
CTD,
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@atomicpoet Ah. Warlords. So many memories. It was nicely balanced. There has been a very good iPad version for a few years so it is great to see it spread its wings!

craiggrannell, (edited ) to Emulation
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I see with RetroArch on iOS, the “ is illegal” rubbish has clawed its way back into the daylight. Emulators are legal. Yes, many files people load into them may not be legit but that doesn’t make the tech itself illegal any more than it makes e-readers, music players and video players illegal.

Maybe people should concentrate more on encouraging publishers to provide legal routes to play (and buy) old games than spreading rubbish about emulators.

CTD,
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@craiggrannell it’s so tedious. Keen to try the PSP emulator even though my PSP still works and I have the original UMD discs. Having no easy way to get the stuff off them though I may find the roms elsewhere. Mäster criminal, me.

CTD,
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@chrisphin @craiggrannell exactly. Emulating and playing games that are no longer on sale deprives exactly nobody of revenue or livliehood.

CTD,
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@chrisphin @craiggrannell the whole LP, cassette, CD migration showed that people will buy things again in new wrapping. I certainly did. I would buy a digital version of some of these games in a flash if they wrapped it with a few extras, such as being able to trade between games. That might be too hard but the emulators are working on it.

CTD,
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@chrisphin @craiggrannell I do understand however that the legal issues in republishing these kinds of games is absolutely fraught. Getting the rights to the music the art and other elements alongside the game can be next to impossible.

CTD, to VideoGames
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There's a moment when all old things
Become new again
But that moment might have been here and gone
All I have and all I know
Is this dream of you
Which keeps me living on

#RandomSongLyrics
#VideoGames
#DeltaEmulator

CTD,
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@andycarolan yes. The DS and 3DS were terrific consoles with massive range of games. Logged so many hours on mine. It still works and the battery isn’t completely shot either which is amazing.

CTD,
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@andycarolan very nice. My children still have a DS Lite each but I went all in on the XL for my old eyes. Have a GameBoy Micro if I really want to strain them though.

CTD,
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@andycarolan heh. Children are all grown up and left home. Raphael did power up his recently to play Advance Wars 2. But mostly migrated to Switches now. Or mega PC for Helldivers 2…

CTD,
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@andycarolan Helldivers 2 is absolutely not my kind of game, I have terrible reflexes. But my son hangs out with a regular crew for co-operative chaos and comedy, having a great time. It does seem like an excellent platform for emergent gameplay.

sarajw, to random
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Ferdinand Ulrich (@ferdinandulrich or @ferdinandulrich)'s journey to finding the history of digital type pre-postscript started when we spent time with 92 year old Jack Stauffacher at his Greenwood Press in San Francisco.

#BTConf #typography

CTD,
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@sarajw Heh. Cross Stitch is essentially pixel art, so perhaps it did. Early screen fonts were super low-res. My eyes remember them.

andycarolan, to pokemon
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If you had just caught a shiny (normal) Rattata, would you evolve it into a Raticate? 🤔

CTD,
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@andycarolan why wouldn’t you?

CTD,
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@andycarolan Ah I see. Well then, as you were. Raticate is horrible to behold

andycarolan, to random
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Have you ever wondered what happens to all those letters and words we delete when typing? 🤔

CTD,
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@andycarolan Well I know where the numbers go...

(from the peerless Tom Gauld https://myjetpack.tumblr.com)

CTD, to Flowers
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Have a Merry Monday Morning

#flowers

CTD, to boardgames
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The road goes ever on and on

#BoardGames

craiggrannell, to random
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Increasingly waking up with . Went online for solutions. Breathing exercises. (Don’t do nearly enough.) Get more sleep. (Interrupted by anxiety!) Drink enough water. (I do.) Improve gut health/flora. (NHS has mucked me around for over a decade now re increasingly debilitating gut/allergy conditions. No help whatsoever.)

It’s a lovely morning outside. I just wish my physical self wasn’t blocking my mental self from seeing it. :/ ☀️

CTD,
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@craiggrannell I hope some relief happens. Have no tips, though breathing is surprisingly good but I never remember to do any also. I try (with mixed success) to not worry about interrupted sleep, I was finding the thought of not having slept was worse than actually not sleeping. Brains are weird as others have noted.

CTD, to boardgames
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Seeking favour once more.

#oath
#BoardGames

CTD, to random
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Saturday #caturday mood

CTD, to boardgames
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Some days it all just turns to sheep. Again.

#BoardGames
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