February 2009
9 posts
UK Games need a break
Because if the lacking support from the government, the UK game industry is lacking commitment as many publishers are looking at their foreign development houses to offer new jobs where favourable tax breaks are offered.
In the current economic crisis the UK government needs to offer game developers the tax breaks they need to compete with countries such as Canada and France where the industry...
Subversion (Mac)
Setting up Subversion can be a royal pain in the ass. That’s why I decided to write this mini-guide that tells you what to do, it’s not the most “official” way of doing things, but, if you’re going to live your life by the book then I’m telling you now — don’t read this guide.
I’ll be setting it up on a mac with Coda, Versions and Dreamhost with...
What I missed about Windows
Chrome. Google has made the best browser ever, when I was on Windows I used to use it all the time. Since my main computer is currently in a coma I’ve busted out my laptop/22” monitor combo that will keep me ticking over until I have the time to work out just what went wrong.
When Firefox introduced the Google box for searching next to the url input box, I thought, wow! It was my...
Coincidence?
Disney call us up, they want to use a certain game for a new website they’re launching. We talk it over, to us, it’s not a great deal as they would strip all credit of us from the game and for not much money compared to what we can easily get elsewhere.
So we pull out from the deal (at the same time ESPN pulls out on a deal with us, guess what, they’re 80% owned by Disney)....
“If everything’s under control, you’re not going fast enough”
– Mario Andretti