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Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:04:40 GMT

I'm bloody knackered.

Amelie, who is being pampered after her op, slept in the bed with us last night. She loves being under the duvet, occasionally poking me with her claws. So I got to combine fear of rolling onto a cat (and I sleep wearing not much to nothing depending on the weather) with nutty dreams about acupuncture.

Which is especially not good if you have an intense phobia of needles.

But she's too God Damm cute to kick out, especially in her still healing state. Plus Dog is still treating her like some kind of alien invader. I think it's because of the plastic cone she's having to wear.

Anyhow, I should be through in Edinburgh for the post Conpulsion meeting tonight to offer more help for next years con. You know I might actually run a game of something. Of course I might have gotten round to getting my game finished by next year....

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Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:45:20 GMT

I'm afraid 'Destroy All Cities' was a joke. That I came up with at the last moment or I'd have made a web page for it too.

I am of course working on an actual game and I have got enthused about the whole thing again, more on that soon.

Great news

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:03:06 GMT

Well I can now announce that my first published RPG is back from the printers. I know I've been a bit quiet for the last few weeks but I've been working very hard to get this done. Anyway I can now reveal the secret project I've been working away on, 'Destroy All Cities' the game of Giant Monsters. This troupe based storytelling extravaganza finds you playing the fractured personality of a giant creature (robot, dinosaur, creature from before time it's up to you) as you struggle to find meaning in a world that seeks to destroy you.

I'm extremely happy with the new mechanic that seamlessly blends dice rolling, coin flips and card play into a unified whole. The 5 page 'Random Wandering' table you roll on when the players can not agree what to do to simulate your creatures reactions when not being controlled is a great read including 'Hump car', 'Eat Civilian', 'Attack building'. And I do think you'll find the 'Human Reaction Flowcharts' an extremely easy way to work out how the forces of mankind will try and deal with your rampage.

'Destroy All Cities' in shops soon!

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:30:11 GMT

11:11 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/carrmo #
11:11 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/cnu9tj Woot! #
11:27 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/dy5wat #
11:37 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/at9ekg #
12:53 Currently Browsing: www.juryteam.org/index.php #
12:55 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/cchrmg #
12:58 1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual. #

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:30:09 GMT

18:31 At silverburn, polli is getting a new phone. #
13:11 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/cf2oh4 #
13:15 Currently Browsing: www.bringdownie6.com/ #
15:15 Thought : Every generation inherits the previous ones insanity and calls it normal. #

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:11 GMT

20:41 Marines FTW! My commander and his entourage cut a swath through Mr Brinds undead robot hordes. Power Fist to the face! #
20:42 Now installing some old skool gaming fun. Baldurs Gate II, Shadows of Amn. Mmmmmm. #
22:02 Darn, damm and botheration. Disc 4 ees dead! So I've reinstalled NWN2 and am going to try a month of COH. See if it's got better. #
17:01 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/bpxulr #
17:04 So tired. #

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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:30:09 GMT

17:10 Currently Browsing: wikileaks.org/wiki/The_"dirty_bomb"_that_disappeared #

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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:30:13 GMT

22:30 petitions.number10.gov.uk/PowersofArrest/ #
08:52 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/au88qx Need to watch this at lunch.. #
13:43 Too. Much. Food. Going to pop. #
16:35 Trying an experiment. Seeing if putting my headphones on does make the phone ring.... #
16:40 Oh har de har de har. #

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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:30:08 GMT

09:14 Fingers crossed this code works this time.... #
12:33 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/cr42gl Ah yes. The Dr Manahattan moment. Not always the same reaction. #
12:40 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/dkv3c3 #
13:56 Currently Browsing: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7934606.stm ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!! #
14:51 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/csm6th #
16:50 Hungry! Very very hungry. #

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Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:30:07 GMT

00:45 @purplesnap Indeed..... a whole lotta blue dick. #

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Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:30:11 GMT

14:48 Currently Browsing: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7925779.stm Yay! Soon we'll all have our ID cards! Woot! #
14:51 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/djnfq2 Not a police state.... #
16:34 Here's a good question on new powers. Would you like the BNP to have access to them? #

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Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:24:18 GMT

Ever since I was a kid I've looked at the world and gone, 'Wait a sec? How does that work?'. One idea that confused me when I was very you was the concept of unfettered growth, the companies had to keep making more money each year. I asked my Dad how this worked and he said it just did.

Turns out the reason I couldn't make it all make sense is because it doesn't work. Just look at the state the 30 year global greed fest has got us to and you can see that.

Which in a small way makes me feel good, at least I wasn't going nuts.

Of course now I'm feeling a general, fuck it's all a state, depression coming across me and wondering where I can move to to survive the Numpty Apocalypse.

Forget Zombies, you need to worry about hordes of unwashed, ill educated TV led muppets who believe they deserve the world on a plate and are going to get it. Plus there's the washed, educated but still unimaginably fucking stupid arseholes who have been 'running' the whole show by stealing everything that wasn't nailed down and hoping we wouldn't notice. The ones who are still arguing they deserve bonuses and pay rises despite getting us all into this cluster fuck.

I'm going to watch Watchmen tonight and then read some more Judge Dredd, those will cheer me up.

So.

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:25:02 GMT

I've been mostly Twittering because I've not had much to say and I've been busy. This is a quick post to say, does anyone have sofa space for Conpulsion where I can crash? I thought I had a plan but it now seems to be messed up.

More soon. Maybe.

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Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:30:09 GMT

11:20 tinyurl.com/dfbw4n Oh yes. The last 25 year summed up in two words. #
12:35 Currently Browsing: developerdayscotland.com/main/Home/tabid/74/Default.aspx Just registered. #
13:44 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/c5ll6r Weeee! Can we have Obama too? #

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:30:11 GMT

19:15 So. Bye bye GUGS maybe see you in the new year. #

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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:30:09 GMT

09:47 Phone update downloaded last night. No paid apps available yet. #
09:47 DOW II still very addictive, on the bright side my Tuesday evenings are soon going to be free. #
12:35 Currently Browsing: www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html #
13:27 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/cwbs2d Hi there Big Brother #
15:34 Currently feeling very down. #
16:12 I'm thinking.... just tihnking mind you... of getting my hair cut. #

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:30:14 GMT

09:34 Oh god. I think this code is going to kill me. #
11:04 I was bad. I bought DOW II, figure painting has taken another kicking. #
11:04 On the bright side DOW II rocks. Though I do need some more memory... or a new computer. Hmmmm. #

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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:30:11 GMT

08:31 Doing the shopping. #
09:09 Right, can't be arsed with GUGS any more. Balls to the lot of it. #
13:22 I've not only got to that stage (as I pointed out a month or so before the Con) I've gone right past it. F**K the lot of it. #
14:19 What will I do on Tuesdays? Hmmmmm #
15:49 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/6z8m9s #
15:50 On that previous post. Arrgh! On the bright side I can't commit blasphemy. #

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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:30:09 GMT

14:35 My back has seized up. Super. #
17:04 Philip Jose Farmer is dead. I'm runnign out of authors I grew up reading :( #

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:30:07 GMT

09:37 So, very, sleepy. But people seemed happy with the convention. Now to work out what we want t odo with it. #
11:54 gmail down.... brain melting. Can't cope. #
12:52 @brindy If course they do! but they're like super genetically engineered ones! I mean imagine how the Slaneesh Chaos Marines would feel.... #
12:53 Gmail is back! Woot! I'm off for lunch. #

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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:30:07 GMT

10:49 Doing the shopping. #

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Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:30:05 GMT

12:05 Getting last minute stuff done for the convention. #
13:27 @beka_pink : Maybe, they are asking the catering staff to be in on Saturday. I think. #
13:28 @purplesnap I *may* have the pub quiz written by this evening. Fingers crossed. #
13:28 Off to the shops, food and a bed to be bought. #
15:32 @purple_snap I'll see how I do. #

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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:30:08 GMT

17:45 Doing the shopping. #
13:21 Days like to today are the ones the remind me why I love coding. #
13:41 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/amn9hr #
15:11 Currently Browsing: tinyurl.com/d5t6ov #
15:47 Note to word. Windows Explorer is not a recommended FTP client. #
16:06 Oh... so this is what panicing feels like. #
17:01 Currently Browsing: www.modernliberty.net/ #

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:30:13 GMT

08:05 Dreamt in code last night. #
09:38 @beka_pink Eeeeek and Owww #
09:38 Conflagration on Saturday! Nervous Breakdown on Monday. #

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Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:30:05 GMT

17:41 Doing the shopping. #
21:10 @purplesnap or you could look at the website and use the address there..... #

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