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Game Diary / September 19, 2005 / John
VICTORY GET! Chapter 9 has been pwn0red. Chapter 9 was essentially a rescue mission, so armed with two new squad members, it’s now time to FLEE! So I’m FLEEING. I have to cross a valley to get back to base, but I want to kill off any pursuing woofy things so they don’t follow me
Games Development / September 19, 2005 / John / 0
From this section of the site, you can download the free video game remakes I’ve written. I haven’t done any new ones in quite a while, but all the old RetroSpec titles are here. Sadly, the source code to these was lost in a house fire, so if you find any bugs – tough 🙂
Game Diary / September 19, 2005 / John
Still on the rescue mission – it’s a little tricky. The map is pretty big and there seem to be quite a few nasties lurking around. Also, having a bigger team (5 squad members now) makes each turn take a good deal longer to work out. Unlike games like Laser Squad Nemesis, which are structurally
Game Diary / September 16, 2005 / John / 0
Muhh – romping through chapter 8. Thank god for mid-battle saves, cos each level takes and age (to do well). Carlos has joined my little gang and we’re currently on a most unprecedented expedition to rescue some silly bint who got herself captured. Fortunately, said silly bint has MAD MEDICAL SKILLZ, which is just as
Rants / September 15, 2005 / John
Why is it? Why? Why do I have a binary cooker? It has four gas outlets. One small, two medium and one large. Each of these outlets has six settings – from off to full. This is fine. This is not, however, reality. The reality is that my cooker is a binary cooker. It has
Game Diary / September 15, 2005 / John / 0
Levels 7 and 8 Eliteified. And there’s a benevolent dream-alien called Klaatu. I wonder if he has mates called Barata and Nikto. Anyway, managed to escape from a sneak trap and also help a new squaddie called Carlos to escape from a green-bogie camp. ACEBEST
Ramblings, Rants / September 15, 2005 / John
Five men arrested. By 500 policemen. That’s 100 policemen each. They must have really expected a struggle. Imagine my surprise at finding that the five men were neither Jedi who had fallen to the dark side, nor mutants with terrifying supernatural powers but were, in fact, some young lads who happen to live on a
Game Diary / September 14, 2005 / John
Hooray! Chapter 6 c0mplet0red! That means I’ve officially…….. finished the tutorial! But, I did get “Elite” gradings for all 6 chapters. And it only took about four and a half hours in total. The Evil End Of Game Boss in Zelda is a distant memory.
Game Diary / September 13, 2005 / John
Well, there’s a thing. I’m sure anyone who’s had an interest even slightly deeper than the most casual gamer will know the name Julian Gollop. There’s a good chance you’ll know he has a brother and together they’re produced some of the very finest turn-based tactical science fiction games in the history of videogaming. Here’s
Rants / September 13, 2005 / John
“Don’t Panic!” the newspapers scream. “Meeeeeeehhhhhhh!” bleats the population of Midlothian. “Meeeeh? What are we not supposed to panic about? Fuel? Protests? Fuel protests? MeeeeeeEEEAAH! Look! A petrol pump with one person waiting!” “THE SKY IS FALLING IN” And so the newspapers create a fuel shortage where none existed. None existed because there are no