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finne | 5 years ago | on: Amazon Game Studios struggles to find a hit

There doesn't seem to be much take up of their Lumberyard engine either I've noticed. EVERYWHERƎ, the upcoming game from Leslie Benzies (Ex Rockstar Games) started development with it but switched to Unreal Engine last year.

https://twitter.com/everywhere_game/status/13272499834401013...

finne | 10 years ago | on: Xbox 360 backward compatibility coming to Xbox One

I'd love MS to share some details on how they achieved this. From what I've read, game devs just have to agree to their games being made available on the Xbox one, so it apparently all done on Microsofts side.

finne | 11 years ago | on: MacGap – Build Native OS X Apps with Web Technologies

Meteor & Iconic create web & mobile apps, not desktop applications.

finne | 12 years ago | on: Ghost Blogging Software ported to PHP

I would imagine that being written in PHP is the main selling point for end users who don't have the knowledge to set up a Node.js based website.

finne | 13 years ago | on: Suite of 300 icons for web and user interface design

This will probably make me seem ungrateful but to me that bundle seems to be quantity over quality. Don't get me wrong - there's some nice stuff in there but there's also a high proportion of cruft (geocities phoned and want their graphics back).

finne | 13 years ago | on: How would you design a chicken?

More accident than design but there was Mike the headless chicken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

finne | 13 years ago | on: Ceefax service to end after 38 years on BBC

Here's a lovely audio slideshow that captures the essence of Ceefax, complete with that cheesy music that accompanied everything: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19996372

finne | 14 years ago | on: Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996

I actually found myself quite liking the MIDI files....

finne | 14 years ago | on: Draw Something craze 'banks dev $100k per day'

Ah, thanks. I deleted the app as soon as it asked to me to give a Facebook login or email address.

finne | 14 years ago | on: Draw Something craze 'banks dev $100k per day'

Slightly O/T, but does anyone else find the reviews for this app a tad, well, suspicious? Virtually all 5* and the wording of the reviews is all very similar.

finne | 14 years ago | on: MusicForProgramming();

http://pure.fm/ The progressive channel in particular does to for me, but they have excellent sets on all their channels.

finne | 14 years ago | on: Atomica teaser - CSS3 animationy goodness inside

Am I missing something - with webkit the TV fades in & slides down but nothing in mozilla. Also what is the actual product? It's not really giving me any information.

finne | 14 years ago | on: User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer

A couple of years ago, I set my 73yr old father up with his first ever computer. It was a frustrating yet fascinating experience to see how someone who had never interacted with a computer actually did so. It certainly made me aware of usability issues that I would (as someone that sits at a computer every day) have never considered to be anything other than obvious.