After the lull of New Years comes the bonus lull of the week after New Year, where nothing continues to happen, and we all sit around, bored.
To aid in this patch of boredom, there's a new gameshow on Channel 4 (UK) called Face The Clock. The aim of the game is to answer questions, and not be the person who's turn it is, when the clock runs out. A nice, quiz based rendition of that old childhood game, with the little water balloon inside the plastic ball. .. You know the one!!
Of course, it IS a Channel 4 gameshow, so just like Countdown, where the clock counts UP, this show is Face the Clock, where none of the players can actually SEE the clock.. ... WTF is wrong with Ch4s naming department!?
Anyhoo, my Brother-In-Law (Sister's husband) David Wilson is due on the show on Thursday 17th January (apparently, unless they change the schedule). This will probably not be an interesting fact to anyone reading this, but there you have it.
There won't be any magical Jay revelations, nor am I anywhere to be seen, but if you're bored on Thursday, that's something to watch.
...meanwhile, here's some shit you might actually give a crap about..
Having seen most of Afr0s Facebook and Twitter posts, I daren't imagine what kind of magazine he can come up with, but that's what him and a host of other folk will shortly be doing.
Good Luck! socoder.net/?topic=3174
; Tactile Touchscreens!
Remember that one episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, where a character asked for a tactile interface, so the computer raised all the buttons on the display?
That! But real!! socoder.net/?topic=3173
; Piston
Valve have finally decided on a name for their PC/Console, and are showing off a lovely looking little system called the Piston.
Looks awfully cute, and could be a winner.
It just all comes down to price. socoder.net/?topic=3169
So, last night I watched a random Ashens video on Youtube, then couldn't help myself and watched another. .. Then another.. And another.. And then it was fucking 3am, and I hadn't written half the newsletter, yet!
Fuck!!
This morning, I've asked folk to send me links to their games on Twitter, so what follows is a bunch of links that got sent to me.
Yes, this is easily the laziest section in the newsletter, EVER!!
... Yep, that's the lot.
You'd think all those indie devs who follow me would lap up the chance for free advertising, but nobody else replied, so that's pretty much that.
Apparently, Lazy sections don't write themselves!
PlayMyCode seems to be having a bit of a spurt of experimentation, lately. There's a lot of new half-finished play things in the experiments section, all by people whose names I'm not yet familiar with.
Welcome aboard, guys!
