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2013-05-19 20:30:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Anyone looking for a freelance web developer? Front-end, UI, CSS magic, full site building - anything. Professional wizardry. Boyfriend looking for work  as of ASAP. Contact him at @warpgate9 on Twitter or jaco@screwylightbulb.com:)

2013-05-18 22:18:37 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Table Mountain, Cape Town, about 6pm this evening. Taken from Bloubergstrand across the bay. #capetown   #tablemountain   #sunset   #longexposurephotography  

2013-05-18 21:12:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

New bird blog entry - http://westerncapebirding.efx3.com/2013/05/18/strandfontein-rondevlei-tues-14th-may/

2013-05-17 22:46:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The birding bug has bitten me. I've started a birding blog. http://westerncapebirding.efx3.com/ Enjoy :)

2013-05-17 20:25:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What the... EVERYTHING IS WHOOSHING AROUND! falls over

2013-05-17 16:01:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

My Friday MWEB piece - 'Always-On and DRM: Who Owns Your Video Games?'

2013-05-11 16:01:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Maker's Eden now has an IndieDB page - 

http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-makers-eden

2013-05-10 18:11:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

My Friday MWEB article; today it's about Triple A publishers being dirty rat bastards. 

2013-05-07 10:13:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Dev Diary #1 on @ScrewyLightbulb, including a video of Jaco waffling ^.^

http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/?action=view&url=dev-diary-1

#indiegame   #indiegamedev   #pointandclick   #adventuregame  

2013-05-06 09:35:45 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

For those of you with a short attention span, here's the TL:DR of my Dead Island Riptide review: just play Far Cry. More info inside the link. ;p

2013-05-04 17:42:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Added one new wallpaper to the Maker's Eden site today - 

http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/?action=page&url=media

Enjoy!

2013-05-03 21:49:36 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Launched the website for our new game! Excited!

http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/

2013-05-03 08:13:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I sent five indie dev friends three stupid statements that frequently crop up in the gaming industry, and let them comment on them; F2P can't be high quality, videogames can't be art, and the PC games industry is dying. Hopefully it's an enjoying read, and you'll learn about some new indie games / studios while you're at it :)

2013-04-30 21:27:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

One of our community members writes about Magnetic By Nature: Awakening, a stylish little puzzle plaformer on XBLIG with a Kickstarter for more platforms and a bigger game.

2013-04-30 11:34:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Ludum Dare Game Jam #26, themed Minimalism, had a record 2,343 entries. Now it's over, and while the worn-out devs are recovering, the game-playing masses can take over - by playing all of those lovingly hand-reared videogames.

2013-04-30 08:08:32 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

I bought Game Dev Tycoon yesterday for no other reason than to support their company and their quirky way of dealing with pirates - 12 hours later I was completely addicted. It's a great game, and only $8. 

2013-04-29 10:29:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Wrote about this new puzzle platformer in development by Tripleslash Studios. The art style is really lovely. Check it out! #indiegames   #indiegaming   #xbox360   #xblig   #indiegamesdevelopment   #indiegamedev  

2013-04-27 10:21:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Progress screenies on our Ludum Dare game jam - updated throughout the weekend :)

2013-04-26 10:03:19 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I interviewed the people behind cartoonist Zapiro's planned mobile game, Zafari.

2013-04-25 22:19:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Link to the game concept inside the post. Would you play? :)

2013-04-25 16:55:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Any indie devs watching? Pimp your games for free with us :)

2013-04-25 14:24:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A Twitter friend is making these. Check 'em out. :)

2013-04-25 14:03:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-04-24 14:49:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Eurotruck Simulator 2 - Bratislava to Linz

Driving from Bratislava to Linz, with commentary. :)

#EuroTruckSimulator2  

2013-04-23 19:59:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Tut tut.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/04/23/facebooks-i-fcking-love-science-does-not-fcking-love-artists/

2013-04-22 19:30:18 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Having too much fun with Twitter API stuff. I present: The Idiot Stream.

http://welshpixie.com/irony/

2013-04-22 17:31:47 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Love according to Twitter

http://welshpixie.com/loveis/

2013-04-22 10:31:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Check out Static Sky, a cyberpunk game just for tablets from new indie studio Framebunker.

2013-04-21 09:56:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smut-Volume-Absolute-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00CFP1W5U/

Smut by the Sea Volume 2 Kindle Edition is out on Amazon! I'm proud to be one of the authors in this edition, with a sci-fi themed seaside short. Check it out! ^.^

2013-04-19 08:01:51 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I wrote some stuff about the F2P model, how viable it is, how it affects gameplay, and whether it's really worth it.

2013-04-17 10:11:59 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Another me-written article on MWEB, this time a fly-by look at racism in video games.

2013-04-17 09:30:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Waffling about what my ideal videogame would be.

2013-04-17 06:40:30 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 0 +1s)

EA are at it again with more product-placement in-game advertising stuff...

2013-04-16 18:33:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Anyone (who knows what they're talking about...) know how much to charge for a full-page background ad on a website that gets 5k unique visitors, 10k visits and 60 - 100k pageviews a month?

2013-04-12 10:00:00 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

My latest article on MWEB Gamezone, talking about how games are progressively taking control away from the player, and studios who want to bring back old-school-style gaming with player choices and character-micromanagemnet are resorting to crowdfunding to get their games made.

http://www.mweb.co.za/games/ViewNewsArticle/tabid/2549/Article/6423/A-call-to-return-to-player-driven-games.aspx

2013-04-11 17:19:49 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Update - YouTube 'unable to identify violation of Community Guidelines'

http://welshpixie.com/blog/2013/04/11/yt-unable-to-identify/

2013-04-11 13:13:34 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here's an update following this post: http://welshpixie.com/blog/2013/04/10/youtube-harassment/
______________________

YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™
Action Taken

We’re unable to identify a violation of our Community Guidelines within your recent report to our Safety and Abuse Tool
______________________

Alrighty, then.

2013-04-10 17:15:33 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Blog Post - YouTube & Harassment http://welshpixie.com/blog/2013/04/10/youtube-harassment/

2013-04-06 09:18:04 (29 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Woke up to this lovely message in my youtube inbox this morning.

"you reek of pseudo-intellectual. youre just another ugly slut that uses the title of gamer girl to attract all the omega autists of the world.

I hope you get raped and beaten in front of the person you love the most in this world."

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbD5dhP6KhW-a3AQqafOLQ

#troll   #misogyny   #rape  

2013-04-05 13:13:58 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

This is one definition of surreal.

http://welshpixie.com/blog/2013/04/05/this-is-one-definition-of-surreal/

2013-04-05 09:51:30 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I give you the Creative Director at Microsoft Studios:

2013-04-05 09:21:24 (24 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

This... I just... wow.

https://twitter.com/SACoderz

2013-04-05 07:52:40 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

A long, rambling article by me on how and why Windows 8 is killing PC Gaming.

2013-04-04 21:01:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The prologue to an episodic Sci-Fi Interactive Fiction I'd like to make.

http://welshpixie.com/fractured-earth/

2013-04-04 13:59:45 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Submitting this again for it to be embedded...

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_Nb3TAHw2Mrap1_cEXWxINoljdr4ONG5HZzjKXsWCD0/viewform

2013-04-04 14:00:12 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I've set up a poll about Windows 8 on my site, to satisfy my own curiosity. Would appreciate you going to vote, if relevant. :)

http://welshpixie.com/windows8poll/

If you'd like to vote within G+, I've just shared the poll from Drive in my newer status update.

2013-04-03 13:33:55 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The way Chloe was treated by the public at large is horrible, but the campaign is still going after extended investigation into its authenticity by IndieGoGo. You might like to help Chloe out, after reading this.

http://indiestatik.com/2013/04/03/homesick/

2013-04-03 10:52:20 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Nissan and EA teamed up to provide a free Sim City DLC that's product placement for Nissan. Good or bad?

2013-04-03 09:20:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My Bioshock Infinite review. :)

2013-03-31 09:48:04 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Excellent thematic deconstruction of Bioshock Infinite.