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by andygeers 17y ago
Some of us have already invested over a grand buying Macbooks and Unity licenses and test iPod Touches specifically so that we can develop games for the iPhone, though... Would have been nice to have known in advance that this would be ru
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HP outlines memristor-based computer memory of the future(news.bbc.co.uk)
11 points by andygeers 17y ago|5 comments
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Unity iPhone Capabilities(geero.net)
2 points by andygeers 17y ago|0 comments
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by andygeers 17y ago
I think Ron Gilbert himself said on his blog that it hardly seemed worth it now that it had basically been done in the Pirates of the Caribbean
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by andygeers 17y ago
There's something really inspiring about creating something quite as enduring as Monkey Island, that still has people talking about it all these years later.
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The Other Secret of Monkey Island(geero.net)
53 points by andygeers 17y ago|19 comments
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Focussing on what really matters(geero.net)
1 points by andygeers 17y ago|0 comments
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by andygeers 17y ago
I can't help but feel that this idea misses the point of why Twitter was so successful - far more than the notion of convincing all those millions of users to start their own blogs and use Google Reader. The sheer simplicity of it all lower
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by andygeers 17y ago
I find it hard to imagine a company genuinely putting their research and development on hold and just sitting there twiddling their thumbs whilst they wait for Apple to announce their new product. If they are, then all credit to Apple, I sa
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What makes Monkey Island so enduring?(geero.net)
2 points by andygeers 17y ago|0 comments
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by andygeers 17y ago
You'll also notice that in his example of the Allman style, each code block starts with a comment. In my experience as an Allman formatter, I feel pretty much compelled to comment even the simplest code blocks, just so that it doesn't look
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by andygeers 17y ago
The thing I've been thinking about recently is that when you're working on a very large project like the game I'm developing, I'm not sure I have the patience to work on a single project as a sideline for several years. I wonder if it's a c
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Ask HN: When to cut your losses and rewrite with a framework?
2 points by andygeers 17y ago|3 comments
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When you have too much time to get anything done(geero.net)
1 points by andygeers 17y ago|0 comments
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by andygeers 17y ago
Are you sure that was Monkey Island and not Grim Fandango?
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What the new Monkey Island games mean for indie developers(geero.net)
1 points by andygeers 17y ago|0 comments
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by andygeers 17y ago
Presumably the author here is drawing a distinction between performance reviews and development reviews? It seems like it's quite a good thing to review how a developer is getting on regularly, and find out what things they'd like to do mor
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by andygeers 18y ago
Surely the best test is whether you can be insightful enough to really add value to the site through good links and comments? And that's what karma is designed to measure.
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by andygeers 18y ago
Yeah, I was hoping for some serious discussion of the central issue - how do you end such a parenthetical statement with an emoticon?
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by andygeers 18y ago
Wow, your time is obviously a lot more precious than mine! I find that even things I disagree with or find 'shallow' are great for getting me thinking. I found the debate itself about fundamental under-the-hood changes versus superficial bu
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by andygeers 18y ago
In fact, they didn't even say that - they said that many people perceived it as largely about GUI changes
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by andygeers 18y ago
1000 charges on a $3000 laptop doesn't sound like very many to me...
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The Curse of Information Addiction(geero.net)
21 points by andygeers 18y ago|18 comments
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by andygeers 18y ago
Yeah, a Day of the Tentacle equivalent would be amazing! I think there's just something really special about seeing history in the making like this - seeing some such great games were made
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Anatomy of a Classic - Grim Fandango(geero.net)
21 points by andygeers 18y ago|7 comments
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Joel Spolsky admits he was being over-cautious all along(inc.com)
29 points by andygeers 18y ago|2 comments
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Google announces new agreement on Book Search(feeds.feedburner.com)
1 points by andygeers 18y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft launches cloud platform Azure(microsoft.com)
2 points by andygeers 18y ago|0 comments
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Apple responds to "I'm a PC"(movies.apple.com)
72 points by andygeers 18y ago|162 comments
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Brand Names - the new gods?(geero.net)
3 points by andygeers 18y ago|0 comments

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