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Comment on Video Games: How Second Hand Smoke is Killing the Tobacco Industry and how to solve it. by VP Dad

VP Dad — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:45:24 +0000

Great article. On a gaming note, second hand smoke isn`t doing the used game business in Japan any favors. Used cartridges are all covered in the yellow tinged of stale smoke!

Comment on A Tale of Three Haxors: Uplink, Hacker Evolution and Digital: A Love Story by archcorenth

archcorenth — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:57:14 +0000

Thanks for comparing Uplink and and Hacker Evolution. I’ve owned Uplink for sometime now and was wondering if Hacker Evolution was different enough to be worth buying.

Digital: A Love Story sounds like the 1986 computer game, Portal. In it you are astronaut who has just returned to Earth after years in hyperspace except all the people are gone. But you find a computer and then spend the game slowly hacking into it to discover what’s happened. It’s probably the best interactive novel I’ve ever played.

Comment on Doctor Who and the Blue Moon by Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:51:01 +0000

I just finished reading Blue Moon and just wanted to say that I enjoyed it very much. It was a welcome change from all of the Christmas stories (the only short stories I can find). Anyway, thank you. I’m happy to have been able to read it.

Comment on Doctor Who Signing by Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:04:21 +0000

Aw, if I lived anywhere near, I would certainly drop by.
But I’m stuck here in Portland Oregon with all my books and toys, and a 16-hour flight away from UK.
Have a good time at the signing!!!

Comment on Pixel Art by James Hellyer

James Hellyer — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:53:39 +0000

I think you should use the self-portrait as your avatar.

Comment on The Subtle Story: Flower, Windowsill and Limbo by Laura Ramsbottom

Laura Ramsbottom — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:02:28 +0000

Having played windowsill and limbo I feel I must try out flower now! Beautiful of review of beautifully simple yet engrossing games. x

Comment on Influences 1: Sid Meier’s Alpha Centuari by Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:07:55 +0000

Oh wow, Alpha Centauri. I loved that game, though I was never very good at it–it always seemed to get to the point that the ‘bugs’ (I think they were called?) were just running rampant everywhere!

Every once in awhile I think of this game and wish I knew where I put it–I still have all the other computers games I owned during that era (Riven, X-Wing vs. TIE-Fighter, etc). It’s probably somewhere in a box at my parents’ house.

This took me back! I didn’t think that game had ever really been that popular because I never heard much about it (even around the time of release).

Comment on The Digital Doctor by Joe Lidster

Joe Lidster — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:36:07 +0000

HOORAY!! Congratulations again!

I don’t own either of those computers so this is a perfect excuse for me to come round and play them at yours!

Comment on I, Toddler by Matt Badham

Matt Badham — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:26:32 +0000

I enjoyed that, Oli.

Cheers.

Comment on Nuclear Time on Bluray by Jason Arnopp

Jason Arnopp — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:54:59 +0000

Tremendous! And nice to see the Beeb all synched up in terms of cross-promotion.