Heroes: Hans Rosling

I love this guy. He takes huge piles of numbers and turns them into concise, eye-opening animations that reveal surprising truths. He’s like a living, breathing, Swedish Hari Seldon, peering into our future through the power of numbers. We need more Hans Roslings! Watch all his TED Talks: The Good News of the Decade (October…

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Categories: Blog / Programmer

IFComp 2010

Judging for IFComp 2010 has begun! I failed to complete my entry in time, but I did beta-test some games this year so I feel good about that. I’ll be putting reviews in individual posts as I go this year, with this post acting as a hub page. Here goes… Click for more…

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Categories: Games

Reflection: Son of a Witch

After far too long, I’ve dredged my way through Son of a Witch, the sequel to Gregory Maguire’s popular Wicked. Apologies to Mr. Maguire, but reading this was a waste of my time. Major spoliers follow.

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Categories: Books

Minecraft Life

I’ve officially caught the Minecraft bug. I was persuaded to try it by the series over on Rock, Paper, Shotgun and two days later I’m entirely taken by the possibilities. I started with a little cave just behind two trees that had grown together (it helped me find it after venturing out) and have mostly…

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Categories: Games