Video: Aqua, a 1.5 year passion project by a 17 year old. Some amazing moods. (via) http://t.co/nZETk7lG
Human being, often referred to as 'that weird guy'. The weird things are the most interesting anyway.
Game developer and business guy at Vlambeer.
Video: Aqua, a 1.5 year passion project by a 17 year old. Some amazing moods. (via) http://t.co/nZETk7lG
Got to the last train in time, accidentally kicking a grown man in the face while doing so. He was sliding over the floor on his stomach.
Video: awesomebrainpowers: http://t.co/kYwVTSav
Photo: Multi-exposure photography in a pretty striking and unique way. http://t.co/tGWNXiu5
Dear Super Crate Box 1.1.5 update, COMPILE FASTER I WANT TO BE ON THE LAST TRAIN HOME.
Wednesday 22nd, 17:00, HKU Hilversum: Monetize that $hit lecture by me about making money making games! Be there <3
Typical. I set out to make a 'management tool', end up making a 'management tool'-tool.
Video: What if Microsoft designed the iPod packaging? http://t.co/SkZ64WJZ
Unintended side-effect of making those damned AAA trailers is that I kind of feel like murdering myself now. Maybe time to sleep?
This is it, the worthy magnum opus to an evening of AAA trailer-making by me & @ADAMATOMIC. http://t.co/D9YoQkNK /cc @helvetica
Video: A suit with a gazillion LEDs. A camera. Night-time. Pretty. http://t.co/qJtTPSDe
Photo: Book + Lamp = Amazing. I want one. http://t.co/ZGgxLJR9
Photo: Now that’s kind of pretty this up close. (via) http://t.co/sDVsazRL
Video: Rap battle: Student vs. his Poetry teacher. http://t.co/DNNqSBU4
Video: PSA: Ghost Trick iOS has kept me playing for the last week. It’s amazing. http://t.co/5vLEJ01y
Falling asleep at 6:30AM. http://t.co/xpKEM8kU
Somebody uploaded the GUN GODZ theme track by @kozilekmusic & @doseonetweets to YouTube. http://t.co/PjeXG7ZB
Oh, it's just 100 unread priority emails left before todays work is done.
"ACTA [...] could mean jail time for the Justin Biebers of the world". Signing http://t.co/vDNBWQfY suddenly turned into a tough choice.
Video: I commend this guy - I’d argue there’s not enough respect for parents nowadays. http://t.co/0MCTjenk
Dutch website reports that performing crimes leads to playing violent videogames, argues we need age limits for crimes.
Photo: Brings to me fond thoughts of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery (via) http://t.co/J9wBieZB
Photo: This is plain lovely. (via) http://t.co/EYqnCDsH
Photo: Recession (via) http://t.co/0O6CAN8S
Video: Kind of unbelievable: Needing/Getting by OK Go & Chevy Sonic Super Bowl Ad. (via) http://t.co/6bZYbiY7
Wow. This Super Crate Box video kind of made me tear up a little. http://t.co/ujSJDCz3
Calming girlfriend after joking about her country of birth: "Greece has achieved lots, democracy, philosophy, Euro-crisis". Didn't work.
Video: This is sort of terrible to do to something as cool as Koyaanisqatsi, but I hope that watching a few... http://t.co/TL6HBELB
Video: Eyes up close are always pretty. Also, beautiful. › What do you see? Beautiful video for the 2012 [EG... http://t.co/8zdvbIIH
Photo: This book never ends. (via) http://t.co/r12INfr4
Photo: Fontball. http://t.co/9fnbvKNC
Video: It turns out Not Vlambeers KARATE game has a spiritual predecessor and/or theme song. (via) http://t.co/KPtvLoXk
It might be the most retarded idea to try and travel by train at night with this weather, it kind of did work out this time.
Audio: This is the most amazingly heartbreaking sad beautiful thing I’ve heard. Ever. (via) http://t.co/3m0c8a7U
Create "search.php". Type: <?php // SEARCH SCRIPT // THIS IS GOING TO BE A BITCH
#sponsorthatmonetize #monetizethatshit http://t.co/99GRm1Dw
What the actual fuck, Egypt, you lose hundreds of lives fighting for democracy and then you throw 70 lives away for a soccer match?
New @kylepulver game about throwing babies & bounce them off stuff. Somebody bring the trophies for all awards ever. http://t.co/oROBxg96
Photos from #NGJ12 and Spilbar 8 uploaded. (/cc @doougle since I can't tag you on Facebook) https://t.co/wy0yX62C
Finalist at Nordic Game Jam '12 with our Infinite S.W.A.T. game! Patriotism isn't dead. http://t.co/5zzyxHZs #ngj12 #ggj12
Our #NGJ12 game: Infinite SWAT - Two men against infinite terrorists. They wouldn't have it any other way. http://t.co/fgHhVF7r
Was at the first-ever 18-player JOUST game ever & won it in a showdown against my favorite JOUST archnemesis, @douugle http://t.co/2oaX52Ga
#TENNNES @jwaaaap wins 4-0 in the finals by running around the field before a surprising soft & cautious serve takes @douugle off-guard.
#TENNNES @jwaaap is at match point.
#TENNNES @doougle's nerves showing up as he's making a lot of unforced errors against @jwaaaap.
#TENNNES First game in the TENNNES '12 finals goes to @jwaaap. Both players are playing at their absolute best.
#TENNNES @douugle grabs the first point.
#TENNNES FINALS STARTING, @doougle VS. @jwaaaap!
#TENNNES @tha_rami got destroyed by @jwaaaap's jedi mind tricks, 3-0.
#TENNNES Next semi-final is @Vlambeer-finals: @tha_rami vs @jwaaaap!
#TENNNES first semi-final goes to @doougle in an amazing 3-0 trashing of JOOON.
#TENNNES Semi-finals are starting with @doougle vs Pyjamads. Best of five, @Vlambeer battle of the titans @jwaaaap vs @tha_rami up next.
#TENNNES As the semi-finals of TENNNES '12 are about to start, @doougle, Pyjamads, @jwaaaap & @tha_rami prepare by taking a 5 minute break.
#TENNNES @tha_rami defeats @Plichta 2-0 in a short and spectacular match.
#TENNNES @jwaaaap reassures Seb during their 2nd round match, eventually defeating Seb 2-0.
#TENNNES @doougle cheers as he beats JOOON 2-1 after an intense match. JOOON remarks "He's so tall, I had no chance".
#TENNNES @PetriPurho smashes tens of feets outside of the field, losing 2-1 against Pyjamads.
#TENNNES '12 is heating up as the second rounds are starting right now with @PetriPurho versus Pyjamads.
#TENNNES @tha_rami beats @maljx without a single counter-point.
#TENNNES @plichta destroys @andreaszecher in a perfect 2-0 match.
#TENNNES Seb vs. Andy saw the first non-ace in the 3rd game, Seb easily defeats Andy 2-1.
#TENNNES Jesus vs. Dinosaur as @grapefrukt lands his last ball during TENNNES '12 an inch outside of the field, losing to @PetriPurho 1-2.
#TENNNES Nice short stop by @iamcarneiro decides the first game, although he still got destroyed 0-2 against Pyjamads.
#TENNNES Arvi vs Jooon ends with in a 2-1 victory after an amazing ace by Jooon.
#TENNNES opening match @doougle versus @thetinycolossus ends in very close 2-1 victory for @douugle!
TENNNES '12 world championship just started. Hashtag is #TENNNES
[Dutch] @jwaaaap draait http://t.co/ctNS394P - "Als ik ooit een snackbar open, noem ik het Friet from Desire".
Me & @iamcarneiro found @doougle in a room with 9 PS Moves suspended from the ceiling. We ran into them. A lot. #NGJ12 http://t.co/iTyXYCpG
Not "wait what?", its actually just really unexpectedly weird.
#GGJ12 theme is... Wait what?
Oh hi @zoewi, your name was on two giant screens here in Copenhagen just now.
Here's @manveerheir giving a great keynote about fucking making lots of pots instead of wikipedia'ing pots & then making a single one.
We're at the Nordic Game Jam & the opening keynote is now streaming live. http://t.co/WUfBG8YE
Photo: The Restart Page: A simulator of restarting your computer through the ages. http://t.co/aNJ1qUUQ
Boarding starting for our flight to CPH, see you all there!
Photo: Tea bag cookies are the best invention using tea & cookies ever. http://t.co/AaLNKRnN
If anyone tells you any horror stories about 6AM, I just checked & they're all true.
Super Crate Box update pretty much done. Gives me... two hours of sleep before my flight to Copenhagen.
The goal of the seminar was to create a game & sell it in three weeks. We had four groups, will be interesting to see if everyone sells :)
We gave a seminar #monetizethatshit at our old school. The result can be summarized as @ostrichbanditos' High Vaultage. http://t.co/RpYNuYeX
Video: This is amazing. › [Years, A Modified Record Player That Creates Music From a Tree’s Growth Rings] http://t.co/6LT6oHaT
Video: Shit Support Agents Say http://t.co/m1e2y24R
Video: A Jim Henson Robot Explains Data Communications in 1963 http://t.co/V3VoXFlq
Photo: Oh shi-. No word on where to buy these, sadly. http://t.co/foN6r3fB
Video: One way to respond to a phone interuption of a violin performance. A really good way. (via... http://t.co/HX6Jd05z
Photo: Gizmodo reports on tomorrows’ incoming solar storm. Should be pretty. http://t.co/bF5IAsdN
Video: Egyptian friends/family, here’s a trailer for 18 Days in Egypt, a collaborative documentary about the... http://t.co/jPVVhyIq
Video: Heh, nice: Art is Dead - a confession by Bo Burnham. http://t.co/Y1Lk9a7a
Come on, Fingle, break into that top 10 will you?
Photo: szymon: http://t.co/Ayy1uDER
Wat - a lightning fast talk on code - Made me smile. http://t.co/DzwvGuxG
On the upside, the Wikipedia-blackout reduces inappropriate or ridiculous usage of portmanteaus on the web by about 90%.
Photo: Without Wikipedia, the internet creates its own facts. http://t.co/fFL7Q7DW
"Wikipedia will be shutting down all its English-language sites for a full 24 hours in protest of both..." http://t.co/DLr3CQKE
Between Evochron on PC & the amazing Puzzlejuice releasing on iOS the 19th, the internet just killed any & all productivity I might've had.
Years after I left the guys at SW3DG, it still makes me proud to have been part of their long road to reach Steam. :) http://t.co/RcaDlVkb
Surprised to find some long-lost footage of GlitchHiker back from when it was still alive on my PC. The files were corrupted.
Well, @getjoypad, hope you give me a good time when I start working on you tomorrow :)
Video: Recursive Google Image search. (brought to my attention via Kert Gartner) http://t.co/Jdbhpb8T
Video: Educational must-watch. http://t.co/OZToRDAq
Video: My new favorite Starcraft II “When Cheese Fails”. http://t.co/lf2fuwPI
Photo: Some guy went so far to create a perfect simulation of Photoshop in HTML5/CSS3/Javascript. Has some... http://t.co/fHBz9bqd
Video: Dropping an iPad from outer space? Sounds reasonable. http://t.co/hmZqBdPz
Video: CES has some interesting things. This thing is interesting. http://t.co/txFOfRLG
Fingle, @GameOvenStudios 1st iPad game (& IGF Finalist) is the most amazing awkward thing ever & SO worth your dollar. http://t.co/ipEH28Sr
Video: The amazingly unique and awkward ‘intimately intwined fingers’-game & IGF 2012 finalist Fingle is... http://t.co/ryQaBthp
Video: Indie Game: The Movie communicates why I do what I do better than I can. http://t.co/Y7VrBJM5
Photo: Nice way to waste an hour :) thedavidoreilly: http://t.co/cb3iN7Cm
Photo: Awesome prints of Jessica Hische’s amazing http://t.co/EtfOWduY http://t.co/kkeYlyzR
Photo: This would be pretty overwhelming to see. http://t.co/v8Q0zrFO
Video: NEW BEAUTY PRODUCT: Fotoshop by Adobé. Nice. http://t.co/BYapT9yZ
One of my favorite things about coding is when you're debugging & it's a completely valid thing to say "let's try zombies".
<3
4 hours after release, 373.972 crates collected on iOS worldwide. We've been staring at the crate counter all night in utter amazement.
Countdown! One hour to go!
ETA 2 hours & 45 minutes.
Photo: Because people forget how much worth that sort of things actually are. http://t.co/1PVzd094
Video: This track has kept me mesmerized for two weeks straight now. http://t.co/po2fJaAZ
Video: Holy shit. Rap news. Might not agree with the text, but it still is kind of cool. http://t.co/r0LsMMox
Whole Dutch Game Garden shaking as some idiot made a huge fireworks explosion outside. No damage, but the bang scared the hell out of me.
Photo: That’s a little design that I can appreciate: Spray it, don’t squeeze it - (via) http://t.co/1AYB8F3A
I am increasingly under the impression that @GameOvenStudios' #Fingle will ruin the traditional awkwardness of nerds breaking the ice.
Just want to wish a superhappy new year to every single one of you amazing people <3
There's only 20-something more minutes of 2011, so see all of you in 2012! It's gonna be interesting!
Video: 2011 according to Google. http://t.co/efMaE3I9
Quick reminder for potential text messages - I have a Johns Phone. Even if it isn't broken, it doesn't receive text messages. + It's broken.
So much happened in a year. Can't believe it was this year that we went to GDC with that IGF nomination for Super Crate Box. Blows my mind.
That last link is in Dutch, obv. Also in the list: our flight to Sweden with @notch, GlitchHiker, Dutch Game Award, our column on education.
The handsome and intelligent people at @ControlMagazine declared Radical Fishing 'the biggest Dutch game news of 2011'! http://t.co/98GP6tGV
Video: This entire video is amazing, but I love the shot at 2:26. http://t.co/ItEGshMp
Under a week left until Super Crate Box iOS hits the App Store! I'm nervous :) http://t.co/Yt0R6azp #supercratebox
Anyone have any good tips for iOS-related gaming sites that should definitely get the news of Super Crate Box iOS launching January 5th?
Video: Do I have high hopes for Prometheus? Not really. Do I like this Alien trailer in the style of the... http://t.co/53rDkcV3
:)
Photo: Nice poster about movies from the 80’s. http://t.co/ajnV4YQV
On my way to Utrecht & a pretty important week. Here we go!
Holy crap, @fart compiled a list of tweets about christmas that makes me fucking desperate about humanity. https://t.co/GOEJIItT
http://t.co/4I2SYPpC + http://t.co/h6A5yGZ3 = wow.
Video: Girl getting upset at boy/girl-distinction in a toy store. Awww. http://t.co/ukwj9vAZ
"Stay hungry, stay foolish” ~ Kim Jong Il http://t.co/VH7M2sKM
A genius plugin for Chrome/Firefox by @monobanda. Never type nothing after misclicking a field on a website again. http://t.co/HAe0e8Br
Video: 6 great thought experiments in 60 seconds each. (via) http://t.co/5t1KuMpo
Next week another http://t.co/6gRcCzKw: RegExp, pSVG editor, Kinect, openFrameworks, Processing, Arduino and more. @companje
Photo: … http://t.co/tH23NC5G
Video: Trailer for the The Hobbit movie. Always been a bit of a sucker for Tolkiens world - both the books... http://t.co/UMxKD8RI
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie trailer? Why, yes please. http://t.co/NAO03XVb
Video: Using existing physical structures in your light mapping is good. Applying this to pinball on a... http://t.co/hLlR65Un
Photo: Artist cuts up a painting into 150 puzzle pieces, sells each seperately. Looks pretty. (via) http://t.co/5p9M64le
Hahahahahahahahhahaha... no seriously hahahahahahahahahahahaha oh dear god. haha. oh man. http://t.co/x62cKAyY
Overheard: So I was crunching last night and woke up to find this monologue on my Facebook. - Rami: Day 3.... http://t.co/msc7ES2d
Video: Reactions to the death of Kim Jong Il in North Korea. A great example of why we should never... http://t.co/dQ1IdT3B
At no greater time in history than ever before, copiers are probably doing better than innovators. Because... http://t.co/OzYIOVQ4
Kim Yong Il no longer lonely.
Pretty much the polar opposite of XCode, basically.
I really like how This is my Jam has a clear & direct focus. It's simple, functional & well-designed. Recommended!
http://t.co/oZWCo5KG has changed from invite-only to 'if you know someone who's in, you can get in'. Nice.
Video: Random cute video. http://t.co/7fZrVEex
Photoset: Awesome work from Jim Sanborn’s The Topographic Projections and Implied Geometries Series. http://t.co/vvKN15Ot
Next person to tell me Apple stuff is always user-friendly gets slapped with a serious amount of XCode & external non-sharable drives.
Photo: Just have to fight this boss. http://t.co/8wKgAluA
Video: Chop Suey. http://t.co/bOzanKIU
Video: Subspecies. Something with skateboards and non-confirmism and it’s what you’d expect from a... http://t.co/wIkdLWaD
Cowbird - › Cowbird allows you to keep a beautiful audio-visual [diary of your life], and to collaborate in... http://t.co/v25Q4QQR
Video: It’s a game. I play games now. Games are cool. http://t.co/C9HpboMI
Marketing is one of those things I love to hate and hate to love.
Video: What if Jaws was made by Disney? Well, this. (via) http://t.co/S5GUo4qQ
Video: Google Currents looking good. http://t.co/TRyKfIin
Video: Glorious escapism sounds about right. curiositycounts: http://t.co/rprwRrGm
Video: Morrowind theme > Skyrim theme. Sorry. http://t.co/xiPwJ0OT
Photo: What if everything was in Comic Sans? http://t.co/8ZUi8tt6
Photo: Something about sharks and icecream. http://t.co/UnzdjxUH
Random thought: If YouTubers change music pitch to avoid autoremoval, will buyers be disappointed the album version is in the 'right' pitch?
Overheard: The worst 30-second salespitch I've received, ever. - Rami: hello! Anon: hey Rami: I was just... http://t.co/27dW2shJ
So, yeah. New Twitter.
Photo: In other news: Google, unhappy with only being direct competition to Facebook, Skype, Apple &... http://t.co/RZjkSQef
Video: Pokémon. http://t.co/zmNP5RFk
Video: Sit down and shut up! http://t.co/GDN6cLvk
You have to be kidding me. Just got used to the 'new' Twitter look, so now I get this 'new' 'new' Twitter? http://t.co/bwCt9Pnc
Video: Can men and women be ‘just friends’? Apparently, I’m might be the exception that proves the rule, but... http://t.co/sqVdMwQl
Video: Mechanical cogs, wheels and other machinery. This stuff is beautiful. http://t.co/EXvvGNAB
The geocities of things - Finally found a video of Russell Davies’ talk JW and me watched at STRP about... http://t.co/3mFMG1Ir
Video: I can’t help but wonder how anyone would ever discover or develop a talent as being darn good with... http://t.co/Nw70UAym
Video: This kid here has balls of titanium and most likely a heart of gold. Impressive. http://t.co/YBxrCKpG
Video: It’s amazing how normal and real this minitiature world looks when the camera is on a vehicle. http://t.co/zvmJhF8b
Video: C64anabalt is a Commodore 64 conversion of Canabalt & wow what the hell this is awesome. http://t.co/lrGcFiBX
That awkward moment you suddenly realize every fire alarm in your house has been mysteriously demontaged & has vanished from the ceiling.
Video: I can’t help but wonder how anyone would ever discover or develop a talent as being darn good with... http://t.co/t5nYIfWC
Photo: Also, I would’ve prepared a better answer to this request. http://t.co/0k9tF8PE
Photo: Surrealism. German style. http://t.co/czDiDfpi
Video: Even if you don’t understand the slightest of German, this apparent 1950 commercial is hilarious in... http://t.co/pFk2OE8k
Video: Zach Gage made a game. dottiff: http://t.co/RJ7MQlt4
Photo: Defibrillator Toaster - to refibrilate that old bread. http://t.co/As3DThxh
Video: I NEED THIS. http://t.co/f6THPfq5
Video: In terms of obnoxiously annoying awesome instruments, this… uh. thing. http://t.co/eQg32LYP
Photo: Life. http://t.co/m5GCFhLa
Photo: If you take bit.ly and check what people visit subsequently, what do you get? http://t.co/DVkbJo3J
My Egyptian grandma, my ‘teta’, has passed away this night. She was a memorable woman, as wise as she vocal,... http://t.co/J3S3RhoW
Video: Fashion in the year 2000 - as predicted in 1939. laughingsquid: http://t.co/QKNwuod3
So long, GameSetWatch, thanks for the great run. http://t.co/XNZ31qaN
Photo: nevver: http://t.co/ufxKGiJm
Photo: Life. nevver: http://t.co/pITHNSzv
Photo: Adding eyes to things can be awesome. http://t.co/Jr6VYfkv
Video: The beauty of a second. http://t.co/Xz5XYx0Q
Photo: My grandmother never told me: “Don’t buy an app that has a ugly logo” but, I love her anyway (via) http://t.co/n7hoTsVY
Photo: Don’t believe everything you think. http://t.co/kfYJ4zd8
Video: Italian (?) Guy singing Englishesque as it sounds to non-English speaking people. › This song... http://t.co/ebnxkqKw
The dev build of @GameOvenStudios #Fingle even more effectively gets me in situations where I have to explain I'm not single nor available.
Well, @douugle wants people to tweet to get @RamiroCorbetta to organize an official HOKRA world cup at GDC this year. Here's my support!
#freepetermolydeux
"Jayus; Indonesian – “A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh" - 20 Awesomely... http://t.co/JIbAgtwN
Photo: Blinds that give light. As crazy as they are awesome. http://t.co/FGn6VlLO
Creditsong @kozilekmusic made for @Vlambeer's @venuspatrol game #GUNGODZ has such emotional venusian lyrics & intonation - tears in my eyes.
Photo: What do you do with a crashed Ferrari? Why, you make a coffee table out of it. (via) http://t.co/wKuwQCYx
Dear Twitter API, stop being such an ass and let me see all the tweets I made. Not a maximum of 3200 of them, that's half of my tweets.
Photo: Amazing code-based greeting cards. Yes, I’m a nerd like that. http://t.co/DtQVNtOs
Video: Adorable little girl finds out that Skyrim town guards don’t like it when you kill someone. http://t.co/FlftPVKs
Photo: One of my favorite artists, Greg Martin, collaborates on Experience the Planets. http://t.co/HZdaHU0X
Pilot locks self in bathroom, then sends passenger with Middle Eastern accent to bang on cabin door for... http://t.co/apBliTe1
Video: Thunderbirds are go! Ran into this yesterday by crazy random happenstance, then immediately ordered... http://t.co/6yKnv1wW
Photo: Escape by Nichlas Boysen. http://t.co/NhNth6PQ
Today is kind of one of those days that don't go anywhere and just linger on for a while.
Photo: It’s a shame Drinkify picks mostly alcoholic beverages, but a webapp that picks a drink to go with... http://t.co/uqKYPmrw
Tumblr: As a general reminder: Nitronic Rush is pretty (fun) and free. http://t.co/8iBJq489
Photo: Who owns the Northern Lights? › The Norwegian tourist board is unhappy about an attempt by its... http://t.co/KMMwuZST
Video: Interesting method of fire extinguishing. http://t.co/QTF3tLPP
The Second World War, tweeted in realtime. - A 24-year-old Oxford history graduate is doing something... http://t.co/a8FES1j7
Photo: Yes. http://t.co/Zun33maO
Okay, this redesign for @Vlambeer's website is starting to get somewhere. That only took 400 tries over three months or so.
Random thought: I love pizzas. Or even better, two pizzas. But not three. That's just too much.
Video: Alan Kay, who spoke the inspiring words “the best way to predict the future is to invent it” speaks... http://t.co/ndsvGtCI
Oh man, this is just an hour of really good. http://t.co/nLdAcYwa
Photo: › “Pictures Under Glass is old news.” - Bret Victor on the future of Interaction Design. http://t.co/DK2DvYzi
Video: A moustache. It’s like the color blue. http://t.co/qB4D2vWh
Photo: One with coke, one with coffee? http://t.co/70QdKROS
Photo: Charles La Trobe monument in Melbourne http://t.co/L2uSju4F
Photo: Too late, but still awesome, the Beyond Earth poster Kickstarter. http://t.co/3EFpm15l
Facebook friends of mine can check out the superfun to make Jetjam 2011 video now at http://t.co/MC81AwPt
Photo: Science-babble. This is a real problem. http://t.co/QiuWTUy2
Indie Jet Jam, Stockholm, Egyptian music and kebab, Indie Meetup, 1AM icecream & stayed @kianbashiri's place with @jukiokallio. Good times.
So, Stockholm. That's a bit weird.
Video: What the hell happened, indeed? http://t.co/qu3LZ8hH
Schedule for today: private jet to Sweden, Indie Beer in Stockholm, find place to sleep. #indieasfuck
Utrecht Indie Meetup 0 was a great succes thanks to everyone there! http://t.co/dJAknAPo
Photo: XKCD. http://t.co/55cbnvjk
Video: Kitsuné has too much good stuff, but this is sort of between what I used to like and what I like... http://t.co/m7RjZAss
Unorganized: I always to be a model is a video about normal people in normal environments assuming model poses. http://t.co/TcGyUsZG
Video: Stopping smugglers 101. http://t.co/EGt7BfFJ
Photo: Newspaper describes science: Ten lasers combine to make SUPER LASER. http://t.co/MM9lkgPp
Occupy Amsterdam. Sponsored by every government/financial institute ever. http://t.co/iZZW2a06
Video: Nifty and smart. http://t.co/1Yu91zqz
Rock Paper Shotgun asks the Game Industry that one question that is important. http://t.co/SOtAcFgC
I always like to think that there are 50,000 reasons to participate in #nanowrimo, so I think I'll do just that.
Photo: Real thing that is real, the arrested suspect of robbery in Porsmouth had this calendar on him. http://t.co/NUMp5lRc
Video: This indie game scene thing I like so much? Yeah, this came out of it and now I don’t even- but-... http://t.co/k4hUELRU
Photo: This is not a UFO, but this guy believed it to be and called the cops. Includes a recording of the... http://t.co/LzHi5dPO
"And thus a year has passed & it is my birthday." http://t.co/EJ4ygBPx
"A large group, made up almost entirely of men, stood in a circle denouncing the [Occupy LA] General..." http://t.co/Uopt4z1b
Hey @brandonnn, can you pack all those IGF games and send them to me for well, careful consideration? I WANT TO PLAY SO MANY OF THESE.
Entrants, have a nice IGF! http://t.co/OkDh1uBy
Today life felt pretty much perfect & that final stroll under such a clear, clear sky just now serves to confirm my suspicions.
Crunching without shoes on as it should be.
10 minutes. Signing game, wrapping up. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HURRY
21 minutes left.
You turned out rather handsome, dear @jstckr
Oh dear, @ChevyRay
Dear @notch, you're about to be superspecial and really handsome.
Here goes Gun Godz.
Train service cancelled until 23/10. I'm on a bus.
So enough of all this madness, time to sleep. Jamming on our polytheistic hiphop action roguelike shooter /w @jwaaaap & @pietepiet tomorrow.
If your bet for the '12 #IGF controversy kickoff topic was 'IGF-winner resubmitted 4 years later' you can come collect your prize.
Awwww, indie just exploded.
Another @jwaaaap quote: "It's an aquarium."
Hey @jwaaaap, can't we just get @pietepiet to redraw all the underwater sprites with wings instead, that would fix it too?
That's easy, @jwaaaap, your problem is to convince me that it's ok to have an underwater pond with complete towns & pyramids underwater.
Hell, it was about time. http://t.co/cyELBJU0
Is now ranked 233th in @helvetica's Bit Pilot on both Normal and Tunnels mode. Crazy coincidence, eh?
Jesus, I mean, I don't normally post about celebrities dying, but this isn't a celebrity, it's fucking Steve Jobs.
What, Steve Jobs dead. http://t.co/mmX34cir
This Eindhoven place is fuckimg depressing, but the workshop was supernice. Henk Vs. Henk was made by some kid & that was pretty cool.
What is this traffic rush thing and how so many people are participating when its apparently held this early?
Gears of War 3 is a worthy closing chapter to the Gears trilogy. Some shit was a bit 'trying too hard', but still pretty amazing stuff.
What Fantastic Arcade is like? Here's 200 pictures I took until now. http://t.co/oAO4ONU2
Why, @baiyon just kicks off his @fantasticfest performance with Sword & Sworcery @the1console #sworcery
Just bought this at the DiGRA convention and it is great. http://t.co/iDkLX3AW
Everyone attending #digra11, I don't know you, but in the basement there's a photobooth & you should be getting your picture taken there.
Gonna try mission 15 on EDF2017 again. That giant thing isn't so bad, but those Hectors keep killing me. Air Tortoise not a good choice.
Almost home. This 1AM home thing is super growing on me.
Now excuse me while I kill this onslaught of giant metal arm-glitching alien robots after dispatching the man-sized ants. And that UFO.
Bought Earth Defense Force 2017 because I heard Insect Armageddon ends where EDF2017 starts. They're right. Been playing & it's 4:30AM now.
Mum ordering a McNuggets menu at the McDrive at 11AM is the most hilarious thing I've done in weeks.
Filling out the ESTA to go to the US. Just some completely reasonable questio-wait what do you mean 'do you have Gonorrhea?'
Think that this storm brewing will be fun to watch.
Sorry Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I got Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon and I'm playing that first. The first so-bad-its-good B-game.
Someone just told me "he masturbated for hours" before listening to the TouchArcade podcast I was interviewed for.
Apparently, the hope for Greece not defaulting by fall is fading. Will be interesting to see what happens next.
Well, @brandonnn, we ended up pledging $200 to push it over the edge, just so @aeiowu can brew you something horrible. Congratulations!
Re: shaving - The combine harvester did the trick.
Shaving a beard like mine requires razor dual wield skill and at least three razors in your inventory.
I really don't mind working till midnight every now and then - I mean, it's fun - but could we please stop the rain?
Here @iamcarneiro made a great video at #BIGJam a week or what ago, it has my face in it. http://t.co/EK0JmBI
Okay, that's it. I need a haircut.
In light of tsunamis, hurricanes and tornados I know its not much, but fuck this ridiculous rain I had to walk through anyway.
Unrelated to anything I ever said before, @kertgartner has the most amazingly varied and weird vocabulary ever.
Now stuck in Utrecht w/ @ldegier & @C418 with no transport home. @C418 totally playing all them Dutch girls without wanting to or trying to.
The @Vlambeer party was frigging amazing.
On the rugged mountainside of Mingi Taw a lonely grave marked the dead-end of a gravel path. #sworcery
So much better now.
On top of the previous tweet, also thanks to @jstckr for organizing #bigjam.
Soooo, how about a coke?
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Ramadan is over for the Netherlands as well! Celebrations & "Ied Kareem"!
This hostel plays The Knife in the lobby. I love this place.
Having fun at the expense of 20.000 fans was mighty fun. :) @jstckr @c418 @sohnemann @ldegier @zoewi @pietepiet
"Delicious Suicide" theme at BIGJam mostly has a lot of 'eat yourself to death' games. #bigjam
And I made a realistic cat life simulator #bigjam
Well, @pietepiet made a business simulation about giving away free cats at a lemonade stand #bigjam
The third game at the #bigjam Free/Cat theme - creators parents probably had a snake called 'Cat' when he was a kid.
Feline Feeling turns out to be @smestorp about torturing a mouse without it dying from a heart attack. #bigjam
Next game is called "Feline Feeling". Whoever came up with that name is amazing. #bigjam
First game: throw stones at cats in trees. #bigjam
BIGJam presentations for the gamejam themes "Free/Cat" & "Delicious Suicide" themes starting now. #bigjam
Hostel: @pietepiet does a stripdance, @ldegier sleeps beneath a penis drawing. These two might or might not be related.
A 6 hour trip by train ends up taking 16 hours due to losing my wallet, misinformation, getting stuck at places and being sent back & forth.
Remember when I complained about yesterday being a sucky day? Yeah, I was wrong. Today is.
Alphen aan den Rijn station. 6AM. No sleep was had, so lets get to Berlin! #bigjam
I just got message that I got Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Even though you do not actually, you know, have Twitter - welcome back in the Netherlands, Kerstin :)
Little article about @Vlambeer should be in todays' Volkskrant newspaper. Haven't read it yet, so let me know what it says :)
"I think we should release in september 2001." #indies #releasinggamesinthepast
Wow, earthquake in the US filling my timeline/IM's one by one.
Oh yeah, check the Dutch Game Awards entry for Radical Fishing (especially the categories at the bottom) http://t.co/TZNMj1u
Gamescom hits maximum capacity. Holy crap? http://t.co/Wvjc8xu
Yesterdays Nordic Party ended up with me being lost and alone in Cologne at 4AM, buying sandwiches at some shop. It was awesome.
Yesterdays #gdce2011 Indie Party was so awful that every indie I know of was outside ten minutes after they got in.
At #gdce2011, bruised and battererd and absolutely going to play more Joust. Great evening with a.o. @brandonnn @RaveofRavendale & @ldegier
I really should've slept yesterday.
To Cologne!
Whoa, seems like Metacritic has censorship too.
Day #13 of the Ramadan is over right... now. Tomorrow we might be halfway!
RT @ForkParker: If you meet someone that works at @Gamenauts feel free to kick them in their genitals. http://t.co/NJhOa0z
Ramadan breakfast at the @Vlambeer office after pulling an all-nighter of crisis handling. http://t.co/lr9bHaB
This is me testing Twitters new native image upload functionality. Also, baby with moustache. http://t.co/lhWoEep
This microwave meal is worse than airplane food.
4:30AM breakfast. The best part about Ramadan in the second half of the year is the days get shorter as the month progresses. :)
No extra fee, first class ticket in a wifi-equipped train. Lovely.
Alec Holowka (@infinite_ammo) opens up Ridiculous Fishing vs. Ninja Fishing can of worms on G+, generates real talk: http://t.co/EBwtA7x
With yesterdays temperatures, I left a cheese sandwich out to be able to drink a bit more for today's fast. Lets see how that works out.
And that concludes day two. Food can wait, thirsty!
Dear @NS_online, I'm going back to travelling by paper ticket. This OV card cost me €80 for €20 in travels in 2 weeks.
Dear sun, hurry the fuck down and set already, will you? Thanks, Rami
4AM breakfast. Here goes Ramadan '11. Wish me luck.
The amount of awkwardness in this video is astounding. http://t.co/d7LlMzX Also, dude catches duck with fishing rod.
Visualising movies in terms of cinematographic things. Cinemetrics are cool. http://t.co/i3QQzNK
That concludes the Poppenkast Summer of Meat '11. Moving on to even more awesome stuff.
Best. Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Comment Thread. Ever. http://t.co/iXJ21et (for Deus Ex fans).
Robotic vacuum personalities? Now that's important research, says Philips. Article sorely missing discussed videos. http://t.co/mTeg03h
Here's @icantseered digitizing a year old picture of me working back when I worked at school. Jeez, I look young. http://t.co/pBZ0zIQ
Photons obey speed limit of light & prove effect can't exist before cause: Timetravel is now officially impossible :( http://t.co/39dGO5W
This week, I will be confronted by firebreathing, laser-eyed, clawbearing, lethal beings set for my destruction. Lovely horoscope.
Not news: Drugsaddict & alcoholic Amy Winehouse died. Actual news: 85 young people die in horrific Oslo attacks.
Dear @navaboo, to multiply any base value by eleven, multiply it by ten and add the base value.
Dear neighbourghs, I would prefer to not hear you doing that, nor do I need you to describe your actions to eachother this loudly.
[Dutch] A @Vlambeer-interview ends up with comments arguing whether it's probable that I'm a muslim or not. That's new. http://t.co/zx247ku
Tonights Utrecht Indie Meetup 3D was every kind of awesome ever.
Awesome Kozilek, How Lasers Work & Lowmir disco party at Dutch Game Garden was great.
Absurd shit going down in Oslo. http://t.co/mAycbgR
Just now, @mark_overmars dropped by @Vlambeer and showed us some really cool upcoming stuff.
I love it when some social internet service sends me an e-mail and the first line makes me go "My friend -who?"
Late to the party, but if you have an iPad, but not @RonimoGames' Swords & Soldiers - go get it, now. This game is ridiculous & fun.
Retarded discussion about the Dutch jeweler discriminating against high-risk visitors. It's their store, let them choose whom to service.
This entire Spotify thing is so making me refresh my subscription to every damned music service I've ever used. Except Pandora, damnit.
Oh, this might be late for us Europeans & news for you US-people, but if you have Spotify + Last.fm, go to http://t.co/fpLgzcp now.
Since I still had to make my poster for @Vlambeer this week, here goes. http://twitpic.com/5qlsy6
Visitor at @Vlambeer remarks "This must be the most unhealthy gamecompany I've ever seen. It's like an infinite gamejam here."
I always love it when I step out the door, the sun warms you up, the breeze cools you down & the sky is blue. Sadly, none of these today.
Random midnight happenstance where I ran into the famous @jwaaaap at Utrecht Station.
Back in the train to Hilversum after saying bye to the little sis, who's heading for sunny, sunny Egypt for 2 months. Still raining, BTW.
Should organize a game jam for iOS games with the theme being 'birds'; everyone attending should be rich in a month. #monetizethatshit
I would love for @pietepiet to imitate this 'Nintendo, why won't you let us give you money'-video just for laughs: http://t.co/DCkU8Fg
This guy knows how to make someone talk about his products and applies it too in "Copywriting For Geeks" http://t.co/4qEe58l
Now, onto more important things: Shoarmafest Amsterdam.
Discussed Vlambeer's business model with other @dutchgamegarden companies. This is an approximation. http://twitpic.com/5p41tf
If I had to say anything about watching Tron: Legacy today, it must be that the opening sequence is amazing. http://t.co/9TTijF6
Kotaku's @LukePlunkett writes about GlitchHiker from the #GGJ11 jam. @Vlambeer @pietepiet @ldegier @RutMul @Jointy87 http://t.co/JkJgT8O
I absolutely fucking love the game industry for being so awesome, always.
Ideal to print some infraction forms and just have them on you all the time. Also, this is great. http://t.co/zvAsuwn
2 minutes to launch. http://t.co/tBOv1id
You know when you get threatened with a knife by two dudes on a scooter and they take your iPad just short of stabbing you? Well, now I do.
Oh and, Rotterdam, you stink.
Oh, Rotterdam, I had not forgotten how much I hate you, yet your dreadful, uninviting, unnerving masses managed to get to me either way.
GlitchHiker: A Game That Dies, Slowly, if You Play Badly http://t.co/Lj2NdoT
You know when the sun goes down & then comes back up again and you haven't closed an eye?
At @Vlambeer, @jwaaaap & @pietepiet are making 'your mom' jokes using the Serious Sam: The Random Encounter enemy death SFX-files.
40-something year old busdriver blasting Bomfunk MCs "Freestyler" through the bus on 11.
Apparently, they ran civil defense alarm sirens at noon. I slept straight through my only warning for nazi-zombie chemical attack air raids.
While not so bad as waking up at 13:30, waking up at 12:40 in a place 50 minutes further away from work isn't that great either.
1:22AM, so me and my little sister are eating an absurdly tasty pie.
Working at @Vlambeer with @jwaaaap for nearly a year, I am certain he'll never learn to drink ice tea from the carton without spilling.
Honestly, the new Google layout for Gmail looks clean & great - can't wait for it to hit all Google services. Lot of potential, here.
How did it end up being 7AM anyway?
Day 1.
"I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym" - http://t.co/P0rebmW
Drawing a penguin 101: http://t.co/goDBoj8 (via @lizzywanders, who had it via @Brechje)
Okay, so it appears the classical scene with rain and all can be quite real.
Dozen attempts later, finally got my settings right. Took one shot before the battery ran out :(. Recharging now. http://twitpic.com/5i9rj5
Moments before we got soaked by rain, Fin learned that umbrellas might not be that useful with gusts up to 80km/h. http://twitpic.com/5i96y1
Lightning photography is a quick way to remember how shutter speeds, aperture and all that influence light. Also, quick way to get drenched.
Climbing the roof for some good views. Wind is picking up, too!
Okay, so the storm didn't happen yet, but the clouds that are moving this way sure look promising.
Photograph from the @dutchgamegarden building in Utrecht with the storm looming over it: http://t.co/8PXWFpW
The combination of any temperature over 30 degrees Celsius & Dutch people is stupidly hilarious.
First signs of the predicted storm over Utrecht as first droplets of rain appear on the window of my train.
Dear world, if you don't mind, two days with no sleep is really enough. I'll go try and sleep now.
Extremely well done #thutc11, super interesting speakers, projects and presentations.
Enough of making photos for today, time to head for an evening of #thutc11 - looking forward to it :)
Last day at my weekend-job is over. Revenue since 10/2007 for ISMAIL (7057): €1.580.028,51. http://twitpic.com/5gukc8
Final day at my 1 year fulltime + 2,5 year weekend job after I wake up. I'm honestly starting to get all nostalgic, sentimental & stuff.
For my last day at my weekend-job, they let me play my music in the store. So, I hooked up my iPad. Lovely.
Never 'oh, just one more thing' is a sad moment in television history. http://t.co/bbPqsFV
Well, @twittersuggests just suggested I follow @tha_rami. Where's that follow button on this dudes' profile?
Selling computers wearing anaglyph 3D glasses is kind of desorienting, though.
It really is quite sad to realize this is my last friday-evening at my weekend job. Having fun for the hell of it, today & tomorrow.
This guy is either the biggest scamming troll ever or one the guys to completely revolutionize photography. http://t.co/h0gDI1R
Woke up to find a new Indie Game: The Movie trailer & darn, am I glad I ordered one of them Special Editions. http://t.co/WU3e54a
I'm not certain how or why or when it turned 13:04, but that's a hell of a time to wake up.
Superproud at my little sister after attending her graduation ceremony.
It is a bit odd to be back in Alphen again as soon as Monday. Funny how that works.
This programmer accidentally the operating system. http://t.co/vFwZbtj
Today wasn't that good a day, but fathers day was rad (incl. pizza, lots of cake, Coca Cola & chocolate)
Postmidnight treasure hunt in the complete dark and rain. Yay!
Suddenly attending to pretty much the entire floor here at work. Alone. Yeah.
This was a good day. Goodnight!
Q: "Is it possible to remove a fence?"; answer by Rock, Paper, Shotgun commenter: "Yes, put a tricerotops next to it.".
Mom bought apple pie to celebrate the Dinosaur Zookeeper launch. Life is wonderful.
So, yeah.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Today smells like watermelon. Why, you ask? It seems that, before sleeping, I put my glasses in the watermelon juice that's on my nightstand
Note to self: 17:20 breakfast with ice cream & chocolate cake might induce some nausea. Solution: drink coke.
Hey @kertgartner - look what I found? http://t.co/Ci1e5bk
On the backbuffer: find a life.
Plans: find rest of clothes, find laptop, find good playlist, find breakfast, find mental capacity to code. Similar to: every day this week.
Fingers crossed that this little project 'ere only has to be built, archived & sent one more time before launch.
Walking in a sudden unrelenting downpour amidst streaks of lightning & thunder makes one feel oddly alive. Plus a bit later for work.
Subtle signs that indicate the man next door might be a drug lord: "Special edition Camaro that runs on jet fuel." http://t.co/GPDT17n
I suppose waking up with the feeling you have to pull your entire existence back into this world means you had a good night of sleep.
What's 2 blue whales big, 5 giraffes long, weighs 165 elephants & handles 800+ people at once? (Your mom jokes aside?) http://t.co/n45PjOg
Giving a workshop together with @jwaaaap last week. You'd almost say I look responsible & all that. http://twitpic.com/58ruam
Felt like breakfast, thus croissant cheese, apple, mango, coca cola. Next up: even more loads of work.
Bam. Awake till 4:30.
Two Russian 'Bear' bombers intercepted by Dutch airforce. Apparently, those are the noisiest planes on Earth. Oh Russia, you so stealthy.
Ran into a man at the station marking things of interest in his paper newspaper & chatted about how tablets can't emulate thay. Perspectives
Oh E3, what is it with you & my deadlines?
If I was ever to open a popular club or venue, I would call it "The Toilet", just to troll Twitter, Foursquare & Facebook.
If Microsoft gave us a dollar for every system, title or program update the 360's required this night, all food would've been on Microsoft.
Good few games later its 5:30AM, so there's only one reasonable way to bridge the time to 7AM: it must be time for fried snacks.
10PM: They say icecream is for when the sun shines brightly & warms the planet. Luckily, I learned it still does exactly that after sunset.
What I consider a quite enjoyable day, all in all.
Short version of today: gaming, working, chatting, sleeping, chat, sleep, chat, train -all amidst a background of mellow sleepiness.
This evening, though, gaming night with friends, pizza, drinks and cheap chips. Bam.
This must've been the worst day of my work at Mediamarkt yet for a plethora of reasons.
The sun, the sun, the sun is on fire & WHY THE HELL IS IT OVER THE HORIZON AT MIDNIGH-what do you mean 6AM?
The Greek: because the best way to save your economy from a multi-million deficit is to pause it with a country-wide strike.
Home and so not done with my day yet.
Highschool game creation workshop in Amersfoort by @Vlambeer seems like a pretty big succes - they complained about the lunchbreak starting.
Waking up at 6:30AM-checklist. Work till 3:30AM. CHECK.
I need to wake up at 6:30AM tomorrow. Who comes up with this stuff?
I just woke up & found the sweetest note. :)
"250 indie games you must play" by @RaveofRavendale is in my list of "250 books you must read".
Utrecht Indie Meetup 2.5 with @PetriPurho @vlambeer @pietepiet @RonimoGames @RKahlmann @ldegier & more talking life / liver insurance.
The great @PetriPurho says Crayon Physics Deluxe wasn't a success if you measure success in penile length. "Not a single added millimeter."
Holy crap I overslept by a billion.
Beep. Nope. Beep. No. Beep. Dammit.
Not too shabby weather at this point & yesternights 5AM stroll was relaxing enough to go for another one.
Flirting 101 as taught by a guy who got himself banned from Delta Airlines, 2 strip searches & 4 days in custody. http://jalo.ps/j1NFX5
This is one of those days where no matter how long you stare at the screen, not a single effort is going to end up being productive anyway.
Now this is something I can see working: funding people to drop out of school. http://n.pr/iLp8Zz
Fire at funeral home leaves dozens dead http://bbc.in/jc0MTT
Not having heard the song in a year, I still just adore how 'In this light and on this evening' escalates. http://youtu.be/Pxpxs3pRcEM
The things I do for my colleagues, like getting out of bed as early as 10:30AM - Loyalty to the cause, people, loyalty to the cause.
No explanation required: Pastasaurus. http://www.worldwidefred.com/pastasaurus.htm
The last Rapture-related thing I'm posting, but this... http://bit.ly/kfUySX
What. The. Fuck. This is saddening & scary & religious indoctrination in Dutch group 7/8. http://youtu.be/cZcE0ofXYCM
So this officially means my weekend pass time 'employment' at MediaMarkt ends July 1st & that actually makes me a bit sad.
Well, @jwaaaap kicked my ass at NIDHOGG. Bragging commence in 3... 2... 1.
The great @ChevyRay has created the best marketing thing for @RaveofRavendale's book yet. http://bit.ly/kBo8LE
"Okay, so Apple is America-based? Maybe we should do something with violence instead" - actual weekend phone conversation.
At least I had a fun last pre-rapture night. Let's hope I don't oversleep for the big moment!
My mum & little sister just started making alarm clock noises at my door. When I shouted SNOOZE, it stopped to continue a few minutes later.
I hereby would like to nominate 'Vlamberian recalcitrance' as my favorite @Vlambeer-related term yet.
The walk home from work was blessed with warmth, sun, a calm breeze and an entertaining lack of floating naked people.
One minute to Rapture, we're playing Europe's "The Final Countdown" at high volume in the store.
At work I bought some cake to celebrate Rapture. Not as if calories are any problem if we're done in a few & if not it tasted great.
Rapture trolling: This Saturday, take out all your unwanted clothes & shoes and leave them on the sidewalks in pairs all over town.
Rapture's in two days? MONETIZE THAT $HIT! http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/ #monetizethatshit #monetize
This is the problem of letting the Japanese play baseball: wallrunning ninja catches. http://youtu.be/YaxpAkOWNM0
Why is everybody staring at that huge RC car? Well, keep watching. http://youtu.be/AdAZt6nWAp8
Open Shoarmafest at @Vlambeer is a sportive, cozy, shoarma fan gathering with among others the great @ldegier, @zoewi, @mirte & @pietepiet.
For this one time it's OPEN SHOARMAFEST at the @Vlambeer office starting right about now. Bring your own shoarma & drinks!
As I opened my eyes & tried to focus on the clock, the biggest problem was that I couldn't find a hand on the left half of the clock face.
Because I love the internet, @brandonnn @EdibleToaster @ADAMATOMIC - I present BRANDON APPROVES: http://bit.ly/jnmiUA
I love how @brandonnn is basically nodding at what @ADAMATOMIC says for 20 seconds straight (starting at 3:18 in). http://bit.ly/mlS02a
Dear @JoramWolters, we wanted to pay your €10 invoice, but it appears you made a typo in your account number. Please send an updated one.
Well, @jwaaaap at Vlambeer suddenly exclaimed "MASSIVE COCKS". It scares me that I'm starting to get used to these outbursts.
Helped a lady with her OV-chipcard & she asked what I studied. When I said game design, she did this 'ah, of course'-thing. Is it the beard?
In the train to Hilly early & extremely bored. Someone amuse me.
Management Bullshit Bingo: everyone lists 10 manager-bullshit words/phrases, strike when used in meeting. On clearing list, yell 'bullshit'!
It appears that there was something important final of some sorts in the world of Dutch soccers today. At least that nonsense is over again.
Hallo, good morning.
So, #indigo11 had free drinks at the industry party, thus free coke, thus it is a few minutes to 4:30AM & I'm still completely awake.
Thanks to #indigo11 for a great night, sad to not be there on saturday. Enjoy your day for me & enjoy the games!
The most annoying 'did I make it' moments are those in which you start to doubt whether you actually did it correctly afterwards.
Just bought a little iPad game called 'Pulse' & I love it. http://youtu.be/GE4BSxo06SE
Dear Friday 13th, if you try to ruin even the tiniest thing of the work I've been doing lately, I will seriously fuck you up.
Okay, so the deadline is about 14 minutes for this specific thing. Lets see if this train can go faster.
So much stuff to arrange for INDIGO, not counting the stuffs I need to arrange for something else than INDIGO too. Schedules, schedules.
So yeah, say goodbye to any sort of productivity you might have: Angry Birds is coming to Chrome. http://bit.ly/jBGh9E
Some inspiring, funny and wacky stuff. http://inspire.2ia.pl/
Next years' Eurovision should be without actual acts & with only intermission acts. This dance act is great, just like yesterdays drummers.
Another cringeworthy evening later, I conclude another covering of the Eurovision. My apologies once again.
Belgium wins the 'cool' award.
Ireland sends a male twin of Lady Gaga to sing a song called "Lipstick". Yeah...
Commenters say Denmarks' song is an ear worm. I can only assume they meant the ear-infesting insect instead of 'a catchy song'.
Think I hear some English words - then again Latvia has a hipster rapping, so I don't think we're supposed to understand it anyway.
Belarus loves Belarus. In other news, todays' headlines say EU urged to widen Belarus sanctions. http://bit.ly/mStgu6
Estonia: something with a 12-yo in a 20-something year old body, dressed in pink, singing annoying stuff with an annoying voice.
Romania has two dancing women with trumpets, appearing to be somewhat good at dancing and incapable of pretending to play trumpet.
Slovenia plays safe. Sad, because the singer had a pretty good voice to do something cool.
Bulgaria pretends to be a novel, progressive act, does every thing every 'big' song has been doing for decades.
I have just been informed it was Greek. Darn, do languages really change that much over the course of 2000 years?
Cyprus had a promising start, then sing in Cyprian, boys in tight leather jean lean in ways MJ would be proud of, lady screams, end. Too bad
Sweden misread "Cool guys don't look at explosions" as "Cool guys don't look at applause".
Sweden preventively calls their act 'popular', uses every horrible stereotype available in 'popular' music (+unsettling amount of gay)
Being Dutch, I will not need to apologize for our act - yes, it IS mediocre, but it's the Eurovision & pretty OK compared to competition.
Moldava has gnomes, including the pointy hats, on stage. Unlike Portugal, this is actually somewhat charming.
Auch, how bad is it when a performance at the Eurovision Songcontest needs a sand-art act besides it? Ukraine explains by example.
Gamifying ones' sex-life (incl. sharing on your Facebook)? There's an app for that! http://bit.ly/lWTdgj
BANG! Something oddly scary about this: http://youtu.be/LLCF7vPanrY
With a few exceptions here and there, I'm not really certain I like this week.
When after about two hours of struggling with one single piece of code, something finally works - that just makes me happy.
Famous last words: "Dubai cruel world". http://reut.rs/iMHpbt
Homeless dude survives run-in with garbage compactor, does not want to deal with the press. http://bit.ly/kqTzDi
So yeah, sorry once more. I'll shut up about bad singing and proceed to spam you with weird news.
Worst thing I could've heard at the Eurovision Songcontest: "AS A SPECIAL SURPRISE, SIENEKE WILL NOW PERFORM HER HIT SONG SJALALIE SJALALA"
Whoa, why can't we vote for these guys on the drums? By far the most entertaining act of the evening. #songfestival
Well, sorry to all the actually cool people for reporting about the Eurovision. I hope we can still be friends.
Greece gives us a rapper-wannabe who ate gravel for breakfast & a Ricky Martin-wannabe in suit. The combination works as well as you'd think
Azerbaijan: Oh, Oh, Aaa-oh-oh - repeat for entire song length.
Is Lithuania honestly singing while also using a sign language of some sort? #songfestival
For some reason, I believe Portugal is trolling the #songfestival so hard.
Hungary should be singing about where the hell the lower half of her dress went, instead of where her dreams went.
Holy shit, Croatia pulls a Rebecca Black and sings about celebrating Friday. #songfestival
Really shouldn't be watching the ESC, but it's a reassuring thought that even the crap on TV isn't the worst music mankind has to offer.
Malta's act at the Eurovision Songcontest would've been so cool if it were 1996.
If its true that men with dogs use their dogs' size to compensate for something, I just ran into a dude with a vagina.
A bird just shat on my window 5 times, then called my name. Turned out to be a friend picking up stuff, throwing stones for me to let him in
So that was infinitely confusing.
Yay, I woke up at a time that doesn't mean my entire day is gone - on an even more positive side: that meant I slept quite well, thanks,
No worries, I woke up after exactly 25 minutes of sleep & feel kind of good, actually. I love powernaps.
Powernap in 10, 9, 8... Waking time: 6:45 (30 minutes from now). Please tweet the crap out of my iPad if I don't post back by then.
Okay, screw it. It's not as if sleeping 3 hours is healthier than not sleeping at all, plus sleeping just 3 hours is gonna make me a pain.
Dear clock, HOW DID IT GET 3AM ALL OF A SUDDEN & dear life, WHY THE HELL DO I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT 7AM?!
LUFTRAUSER is done! Intense Flashgame by @jwaaaap, @pietepiet, @kozilekmusic & @tha_rami. Looking for sponsors! http://vimeo.com/23385020
Quote @ldegier - " Chickflicks: it doesn't matter what your summary starts with, as long as it ends with 'and meets the love of her life.' "
Day off, thus working on Luftrauser in a quick jam with @jwaaaap and @pietepiet and it is fun. http://bit.ly/lc1MqE #luftrauser
On Liberation Day we celebrate that we are free (but student train tickets are not).
This is just one example why I hate Remembrance of the Dead being all focussed on WWII: http://bit.ly/jBBpUh
As a small bonus, I made the national anthem blare through the Dutch Game Garden as soon as the two minutes of silence finished.
So here goes, two minutes of silence commemorating those who died defending our freedoms.
I love how Dodenherdenking is so much less focussed on 'just' WWII-victims - and more about anyone who died for our freedoms, ever.
Done with eating shoarma.
Off to Shoarmafest on Tour to eat lots of shoarma.
Barbeque with loads of kofta. Today, not a damn was given but heck, a lot of food will be eaten.
Like I said, not a single damn was given this day.
This town doesn't have public transport on sundays. But it's a beautiful day so not a single fuck was given about having to walk to work.
Dear world, what the fuck is the purpose of work starting at 9AM-ish? Can't we just agree to all start work at 12PM?
Back home from first day Festival of Games. I'm going to be comatose for the next 5 hours. Okay, bye now.
In the train to #fog2011 with lots of @Vlambeer stuff & goodies, including a foamboard with a size making it a viable sail with this wind.
Sony reports your PSN data, incl. credit card data, might've been hacked. More importantly, your trophies are safe! http://bit.ly/dJICRi
Dear KFC, next time you make a funny television ad, improve on some minor nitpicks of mine, like the acting, the timing & y'know, the humor.
Thanks, automated response system, for repeatedly notifying me that the queue time is 0 minutes the past 12 minutes.
Listening Moderats' Porc #1 at @Vlambeer with @Mirte, rapidly clearing my to-do list, and the sun'll be there when we leave. Life's good.
Irreverence for existing (game) constructs & conventions can be a good thing, proves 8 year old girl re-inventing chess http://bit.ly/gAcNjr
Must've been super-tired to code an angle calculation function returning the hypotenuse instead of the angle.
So, anyone has anything cool to tell? I'm a bit bored in between the couchcoding-streaks.
Couchcoding.
So, Gearbox is great. http://youtu.be/Fii-KPEmcMw leads to: http://youtu.be/mxzOIns-CyM
"I don't think I can remember the last time I was this tired at midnight." - Rami Ismail, April 23rd, 3AM.
You know that feeling when you are on one side of a locked door and you realize the keys are on the other side of it? Starting today, I do.
Sure, it takes some nightly coding, but this 2D-engine-ish for @Vlambeer is starting to shape up into just what we need.
Today was good. Seen a lot of my friends again, burgers in the sun, copious amounts of coke, all in the warmth of todays' sun.
Crap, now "MMORPGFPSRTS with realistic sand physics"-posts in game dev forums can back themselves up with this. http://youtu.be/_CCZIBDt1uM
The song just now at the memorial gave me absurd chills.
Alphen Mall shooting memorial now in Alphen, its both logical and saddening you don't notice anything about it elsewhere in the country.
Portal 2 bashers "some of the most demanding, infantile, greedy little fuckers on the face of the earth". Amen. http://bit.ly/fGXZk2
So, @jwaaaap is having a 15-minute break from work by coding a game. Oh, sorry, 'coding an 3D FPS engine-thingy in Game Maker'. My bad.
That is awesome. RT @Arclite Heard mail chime go off, almost didn't open it. Glad I did: http://twitpic.com/4mp25j
Okay, two challenges down, twenty-four to go. Programming streaks, yay.
At Hilversum Central Station enjoying the sun. Please, be delayed, you silly train.
Working hours after office closed, I got a pretty solid 2D engine running. Just like I had on Sunday, before it all corrupted.
The Random Encounter storyline brainstorm: "I feel it should be something like 'Sam goes back in time to stop Mental'" "Sound good" "Done!"
At work, @jwaaaap just exclaimed "Holy fuck an anus" as a result of his prototype spawning endless instances.
For those confused, in my last tweet I use 'soothing herpes' as in 'herpes which feels soothing'. This clarification thanks to @JoramWolters
Was just invited to a lecture about 'crowdsourcing game design' which to me, for some reason, sounds as logical as 'soothing herpes'.
This is the first website I ran into today and it is great. http://t.co/Hsp2qhr
Crap, I did. Now, if you all don't mind, I will discontinue from doing anything productive for today before I "KARATE" my PC to the heavens.
Oh crap I didn't just corrupt all of the work I did this weekend, did I now?
Yesternights stroll through my birthplace of Alphen made me realize that I am an 'Alphenaar' - even though I don't live there anymore.
Got a suggestion to change my title as "Strategic Director" to "Monetizer", just so LinkedIn would say "Monetizer and Developer at Vlambeer"
You got to give Valve, jeez, what an amazing - and I mean amazing - PR stunt.
Checking into @Mike2592's laptop webcam. Turns out, its rather racist, preferring my or @jwaaaap's face over his when logging in.
"If a relationship has one or more indie game developers in it, sleep schedule disasters occur."
Just ran into this song from back in the days - well, actually 2009. http://youtu.be/xzrC72Xv6pE
What happens when an engineer owns a dog? http://youtu.be/t9TPMIfY5GU
Gotta love spring.
I love the sound of rain on the windows when I'm in bed all warm and cozy.
The solemn silence at the Ridderhof are both our deepest thoughts going out to the victims and a silent song for yesterdays' unsung heroes.
People walking towards the Ridderhof coming from every street and direction make for an oddly solemn and unreal sight.
I don't tend to do this, but I am attending the memorial event at the Ridderhof in half an hour.
Correcting job application exercises with my dad for fun. The mistakes people make are absolutely horrifying and hilarious at the same time.
On the brighter side, I now know exactly where some muscles I formerly only knew from biology class are and how it feels when they hurt.
The worst honeymoon ever. http://t.co/QmYimTF
Last update, wounded friend is eating, breathing by herself, awake and concious. No complications during treatment. So relieved.
Being the geek I am, I calculated that adrenaline made me run 2.7 kilometers at an average speed of 14.7 km/h without breaks today.
Thanks for caring, everyone.
Wounded friend stable, last news is that she'll be okay.
The stories I heard from personnel when I was there, of what they did in reaction to the shooting are absolutely heroic. Amazing.
One of the wounded didn't make it, death count rose to 7.
Possibly bombs hidden in shopping malls, everyone is being evacuated. My hometown is a warzone.
This shit is unreal.
Friend shot and wounded.
Everything okay, I was not hurt, nor was my little sister. She's shocked, but alive.
If you're in Armenia, you couldn't read this article because your country had no internet thanks to a 75-year old lady. http://vl.am/GCM
Our country just proved itself to be all talk and no action again: it was just announced that by 2025, all trains should have... toilets!
Just when I thought I wouldn't run into sleepless nights anymore for a while... Frustrating. So, anyone across the ocean feel like a chat?
Oh, and if you like the song, or if you like animation, check this out for an excuse to listen again: http://vimeo.com/12536488
Normally when I'm sharing music, I quote the lyrics. This one has none and that's perfectly fine. http://youtu.be/5w0JSVGh3E0
I lived a 'healthy rhythm' today, waking at 8, then almost got crushed by a glass plate. Going back to my 'unhealthy rhythm'. Much safer.
I stepped outside, realized it was 3AM and raining. So I walked a block anyway and now I'm soaked but happy.
You know what, I'm going to take a walk.
Post-work walk home kind of gave me a taste of the sun I missed most of the day.
Sun and warmth and blue skies and green remind me that today, I'll be spending most of my day in a windowless store with iron ceilings.
At #gamelab, where @jeroendstout first destroyed our ears and is now telling us why its a good thing that people loathe Julian.
Visiting #gamelab 7, did we miss our intro movie :(?
Super Utrecht Indie Meetup was a great succes & I learned something about red caps. http://t.co/aqcpLsL
In other news, the sun is shining, the birds sing and where the fuck did I leave my non-ripped black jeans again?
For those confused by my tweets lately, they are about Sword and Sworcery. If you need to buy an iPad to buy it, do so. I'll shut up now.
A game that stands out on iOS by not having a feathered protagonist. That and it being a feat of awesome and badassery. #sworcery
We want to go back to Jim Guthrie jamming in the night on Side B, but we can't without starting over and now we're infintely sad. #sworcery
S:S&S EP was originally going to be called 'Poopsock'. This is actually true. #sworcery
Friend on MSN: "I burped really loud when I was with my girlfriend a while ago, and I thought, wow, are we in this stage already? Nice!"
Time to leave for Hilversum, then :)
Sun is setting. Sad.
We just completed our woeful errand, and would like to congratulate the jokers by the fire for their amazing work. #sworcery
Tomorrow, I'm scheduled to work from 12.00-17.00, which is such a short time that it's hard to justify even going. Ah well.
Got to love the sound of birds at 1AM. Or so I thought. At 6AM.
Whoa, Remember Me actually turns out to be special in the last stretch of the boring romance.
If you count the coke I bought in the break, I have a positive result for work today at exactly +€0,03. Fuck yeah.
We just stared at our iPad in reverence as we finally grabbed the cosmic geometry. That was just perfectly crafted, amirite? #sworcery
We just stared at our iPad in reverence as the battle against the cosmic geometry concluded. That was perfect, amirite? #sworcery
"The suns' gone dim" is such an eerily haunting song to play to utter annihilation and destruction. Almost makes me want to see the movie.
Can every week be like this week? I slept well, saw @Mirte a lot, went to do fun stuff with people and had a good time @Vlambeer.
Sucker Punch was a movie with flying bunny robots and zeppelins. And I'm sure there was supposed to be a story too, but cyborg zombie nazis.
Early morning trip to Amsterdam with @Mirte and @pietepiet. Checked a bit of @pietepiet pixelart workshop today, sad to not be attending.
Grand Theft Sledge Dog by (Link by @kertgartner): http://www.yourpics2008.com/sled.gif
Also starting to suspect this is all some negative feedback loop where I associate this bed with being unable to sleep instead of sleep.
Starting to get a severe aversion from weekday nights. If it weren't for this iPad, I'd be utterly insane by now. So, thanks, Steve.
P.S. Nothing like starting a day like today with an overly expensive ice-cream with whipped cream and candies.
The toughest part when practicing @Vlambeer presentations is the "my name is Rami and this is JW"-part. We can't say it with a straight face
Listening to Bloc Party - Your Visits Are Getting Shorter. Just wondering what the incomprehensible "boys ..."-line should be now.
Well, @RamiroCorbetta made a great cameo at the presentations with a giant photo of his crotch-grab during Kill Screen.
Well, the presentation of @Jointy87 at Utrecht School of Art & Technology was great! Well done, Jonathan!
Star Ocean is a true JRPG: the characters absurd, the dialogue cringeworthy - and one hour in, I took my first step post-tutorials.
Hilarious quote: "As evidence for the amount of effort put into Super Crate Box, the game has its own fully fledged website".
Holy shit, girl at the cash register at the Plato looks exactly like the girl at the reception in San Francisco hostel.
Dear @lexorcist, you got punk'd.
I gave a 4AM recital of the Wikipedia article about buttocks. This must be a new milestone in my use of Skype.
Heck, why is it 5:30AM all of a sudden?
Dear @lexorcist, thanks for spying on my Twitter to make sure I'll be at work on time tomorrow.
I will let you know whether it succeeded, kind sir.
So, yeah, I'm happy with the progress I made on our next Flash game for @Vlambeer, and extremely looking forward to the next project :)
So, uhm, yeah.
I really, really, really preferred the sleeping.
For those of you that missed me yesterday: I had a great night of sleep. Sad for me and lucky for you, I am not sleepy at all at this time.
About to leave for @thishappenednl 10 - looking forward to it! #thutc
Ran out of shoarma at shoarmafest, now ordering pizza. Shoarmapizza.
Yay, starting to feel sleepy. At 5AM. If someone thinks they notice a hint of sarcasm, man, you're good.
Geek will be geeks: "Yay, I merged my first pull request via git. This is like the first time you kiss a girl, right?" by @infinite_ammo
Someone monetized @Vlambeer - http://www.monetizethatshit.biz/
Watching @jwaaaap play Serious Sam 2 for research is fun, especially the part where he jumps up in shock as an enemy suddenly appears.
Gamers, listen to Kotaku: STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WATCH THIS MY LITTLE PONY TRAILER RIGHT NOW. http://youtu.be/JJbAT1wzS8U
I love my job. It's probably the only job that earns you income and gratification by typing 'new DinoPoo' a few times. Yeah, I love my job.
Apparently, it's #piday! so, 3.14 and for everything more precise please refer to Math.PI.
They say watching your girlfriend sleep is something beautiful. I disagree, it means it is sleep time, AND I AM NOT SLEEPING.
If I was able to work or something, it might not have been THAT bad, but the girlfriend is sleeping and the laptop wakes her up. So bored.
I am uncertain whether I'm happy with regaining a biological rhythm, as my rhythm appears to be 1 night of sleep, 2 nights of none.
Can one produce a good approximation of a world map using only Facebook relations as a data? Would I be asking if not? http://t.co/CIeaIZM
http://www.monetizethatshit.biz/ now has the original PDF available for download. Print and #monetizethatshit
At work, @Natalia1993 once again proves she has a great talent for choosing the most tortuous music available to play.
Why is it that always if I miss a night of sleep, my first song of the day has 'sleep' in its lyrics? (Skeletons, Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
In any case, submit good #indie efforts to #monetizethatshit to http://t.co/e7Xu8tT so we can create more synergy, folks.
Just woke up from a bad dream where I was forced to make serious games at @Vlambeer. Luckily, 'Serious Sam' is the most serious we go.
Updated http://www.monetizethatshit.biz/ to take submissions (only $0,99 for faster processing, too)! #monetizethatshit
Sunrise. Yay, total hours slept: 3. Jetlag returns in full force.
Yay, goddamn housemates being drunk retards at 3AM woke me up, can't manage to fall asleep again. Today is going to suck.
RT @aarongreenberg: Amazing to think that on this day in 2000, @billgates unveiled the original Xbox project at GDC http://t.co/TNkcROc
RT @edgeonline: 'Argh, my arm!' Super Mario Bros. with sound design worthy of Gears Of War: http://t.co/BuSYxvh”
The movie 'Up' has a house that floats due to balloons. Reality now has this, too. http://t.co/JmRo54m
Landed after a 10 hour flight from San Francisco, over Winnipeg, over Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Now to take a transit flight back to Amsterdam
Thanks, indies, for a memorable first #GDC11 #IGF.
About to board the SFO-FRA flight, later FRA-AMS. Can't wait to be home and see @Mirte again.
I've never seen @jwaaaap as scared as after what @RamiroCorbetta just did to him in a hotel room.
Game Programming 101: Always create a mute button to the audio systems before importing audio assets.
"Dude, we're sitting in a room that smells like dude, you should totally come over." @RamiroCorbetta to @helvetica by phone.
"You have to break some eggs, if you want to monetize an omelette" - @jwaaaap showing his intimate knowledge of #monetizethatshit
Was nice talking to @indiegamemovie at GDC at the WINNITRON - those two are doing good things for indie. Apparently, I can do peptalks, me!
Yo man, you should #monetizethatshit -> monetizethatshit.biz
If you only follow @RamiroCorbetta, @EdibleToaster, @jwaaaap, @FarbsMcFarbs & @tha_rami, this is the most bullshit night on Twitter ever.
Welcome back to live coverage of chatter between @RamiroCorbetta, @jwaaaap, @EdibleToaster and @FarbsMcFarbs, whom are all in the same room.
Well, @zoewi killed the screen of her iPhone at the #killscreen party, so she's now throwing it around the room randomly.
Says @RamiroCorbetta to @FarbsMcFarbs : "Can I get the source to ROM CHECK FAIL so I can fix it not to glitch?" #postGDC
Well, @jwaaaap is releasing the game which relative to his normal speed, took twice Duke Nukem Forevers' dev time. #jwrpg
Nice meeting you, @TomSennett, we shall meet again.
Well, #GDC11, #IGF, #IGS: #monetizethatshit!
So, nothing won here, but screw it. We had a great time!
Well, @brandonnn is up and talking on 100" screens.
Kyle Pulver and Tommy doing some hilarious spontaneous jokes at the #GDC11 Indie Game Summit closure.
"Bohm could use a Kraken." #GDC11 quote by @nielsthooft after the pOnd talk
Just checked the #IGF pavilion at #GDC11. #supercratebox booth is looking good.
Just watched @monacoismine MONACO demoed live and it was awesome. #GDC11
"We want to show that we can make a good profit with non-exploitive contracts to challenge publishers with their crappy contracts." #GDC11
"The reason Indie Fund exists is to put ourselves out of business as soon as possible." #GDC11
Magicka is getting an expansion... Magicka: Vietnam. Yes, really. Google it.
"Its like someone dangling a carrot in front of you, while you don't want a carrot" - about publishers, motivation. #GDC11
Normal feedback from 'big game' tends to be counterconstructive, like "what if we gave him sunglasses!?" #GDC11
Super Crate Box musician Phlogiston just got namedropped in an epic way during Derek Yu's presentation.
"I'm no genius, quote Derek Yu" - Derek Yu #GDC11
Multiplayer for Spelunky. Whoa! #GDC11
Creators of Shank had their office flooded, none of the computers broke "most likely because there was so much dust in there" #GDC11
If I dislike San Francisco for anything, it's that Coca Cola here sucks. It has corn syrup instead of sugar, and it sticks to your mouth.
Tommy of @supermeatboy telling heartbreaking stories about Super Meat Boy production, Edmund lifting cats in front of his webcam. #GDC11
Steph Thirion talking about "stuff inside balls" with regards to coding. Then he apologized for that. He should #monetizethatshit #GDC11
Amazing video by Steph Thirion about "game mod", in which artists had to mod existing breakout code in Processing. http://vl.am/vRA #GDC11
Game dev trick: make a free virtual pet game, after a few weeks make it sick and ask for money for the cure. #GDC11 #monetizethatshit
In other words, I'm going for second breakfast because I'm cool like that.
How to cause controverse 101: former home secretary says porn industry should fund sex education at schools. http://vl.am/zc4
Headline of the day: "Is it macho to moisturize?". http://vl.am/sMp
"Managers told officers the man urinated on $500 worth of chicken and also ate a large package of ham." http://vl.am/hFy
Still funny to be having breakfast and early internet checks at 19:20 GMT+1. Tell me what the 28th is like when you get there!
United managed to be unable to find our airplane during the transfer at O'Hare airfield.
Me and @zoewi are being ubergeeks at the hostel, telling eachother in real life when we sent each other a tweet.
So, in San Francisco. I finally understand what they mean when they say 'this planet is big'.
Wow, I actually partook in a trending topic hashtag thingie. I feel a bit disappointed in myself now.
#WordsThatCanStartAWar "What does this giant red button do anyway?"
To-do: print tickets, print emergency phonenumbers, addresses ect, prepare for half a day in an composite cylinder miles high in the sky.
On any normal saturday, I would be waking up right about now. Haha, no ofcourse not yet.
You call this an airplane? Its a goddamn can of sardines.
Breakfast at Schiphol, Rami-style. http://twitpic.com/43wef9
Wow, I woke up on Saturday on time. That's a good start, I have to admit.
Jesus, where did all the time prior to leaving to San Francisco go again?
Sta vandaag met mn harses in de Volkskrant. Heel klein en zwart-wit, dus zo schrikken is het ook weer niet. http://plixi.com/p/79832325
Ah well, fun was had, priority work is done. Time to sleep in my own bed for the last time in the next two weeks.
Okay, Dead Space 2 done, bored now. Tonight's a bit boring anyway. Meh, maybe I should get some nightmarish sleep.
Dead Space 2, I completed you. Goddamn you and your final ending sequence.
The weather for today is 'Latin', newspaper claims. http://bit.ly/hBJUTB
Working at school today, just did some playtests, really finishing up the game at this point!
*hums* It's all under control, it's all under control, it's all under control, it's all under control */hums*
Holy shit tisn't snowing!
Holy shit, tis snowing!
Going to finish Dead Space 2 tonight. This is going to keep me from sleeping.
Birthday breakfast-on-bed at 6:30AM for @mirte was a success. Now if you'll excuse me, this is where I sleep for a week.
Explained to me just now is a certain ladies' preference for male ass in a rainbow/tigerpatterned tight with ties.
I mean, that's the most awesome envelope ever. Honestly.
'Dutch Games Go Global' van o.a. @dutchgamegarden en @ControlMagazine nu te lezen op http://www.dutchgamesgoglobal.com/
Finally, a scientific explanation why everyday annoyances despite us all being intelligent, well-mannered. http://j.mp/fUhBVM
If I had read this article last weekend... Time saving tips related to bad movies. http://j.mp/fuOQR3
Other news, attempt by freight train to replay iconic scene from Inception did not work out that well. http://j.mp/dPFVnv
Good morning world, today, Texas, USA, explains how they want to stop people with guns from entering schools. http://j.mp/hM8D4e
Mum leaves kids, goes to bar. Kids follow her, sit outside bar crying, are brought in. Mum then leaves without kids. http://vl.am/VIS
If you believe that hospitals are a sign of disrespect to God almighty and you live in Oregon: I got bad news for you. http://vl.am/U6e
One hard day of work later, I've fixed something extremely mundane for the upcoming @Vlambeer project. Programming, a joy since 1954.
"Happy New Year"-text message kills terrorist, saves hundreds of lives. Think of that next time you scold at mass texts. http://vl.am/GVn
Finally, the proof that videogames DO cause violent behaviour. http://vl.am/rbW
Oh Discovery Channel, so often, you're a safe haven from everything that's bad about TV.
Ok, I'm not in favor of alcohol, but whats with Dutch beer commercials that makes them so good? The new ones for 'Palm' are just plain good.
Okay, so, two Nicolas Cage movies later, I'm bored once again.
Darn, I still have month left at the end of my personal money.
Oh shit I should've slept early. I screwed up that part. Again.
Even a week afterwards the WHO IS ARCADE FIRE Tumblr is hilarious: "WTF Dey didn'thave as many top 10 as real artsts like gaga or justin"
Someone pointed out to me that 3 AM is quite early for my weekend life. So please ignore that last thing, I'm going to sleep early.
I was going to say "I'm so bored, I think I might sleep early", but look at the clock, it's 3AM!
Ah, music makes everything better. Some old stuff I'm rediscovering! *hums* If you promise to let it, if you promise to let it grow. *hums*
With no more work for the coming 2 weeks, I am now sitting on my couch with pizza, Coca Cola and bad TV. And a tad alone in an empty house.
Dammit, Rami, why do you always end up finding interesting articles to read with interesting links at the bottom when you should shut down?
Finally, I'm so tired of the entire 'corporations combatting piracy are a disguised way to CONTROL YOUR BRAINS/BREACH OF CONTRACT/WHATEVER'
I should've been sleeping hours ago as once again, due to the stress surrounding the bag, I forgot to check my work schedule for 'tomorrow'.
Forgot my bag with everything in it on the train today, @NS_online helped me get it back within hours. Just a shoutout: thanks!
On my way back to Alphen and some well-earned rest and not FlashDevelop for a few days.
Holy shit! Most awesome trailer I saw in a while #shootmanyrobots http://vimeo.com/20020090 I mean, come on, that #deadisland trailer... meh
Holy - Dead Space 2 just went batshit epic on me for one sequence.
Wow, how about Facebook making its 'Pages'-interface a thousand billion times better? Nice :D
Long storie short: it's three-thirtie on sunday morning once again.
Gandalf or Dumbledore? Of course, the internetz have the answer! http://vl.am/xvr
Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room. Shooting at 1080p. 2,564 frames per second. Playing back at normal framerates. Pretty! http://vl.am/nVi
Once again, it's way too late to be healthy for me, considering the alarm clock that rings in 4.5 hours.
We're at the first paragraph, twenty minutes in - I'm laughing at @jwaaaap's paper being reviewed critically by @twoschizos at @Vlambeer HQ.
Always thought people in the train to work at 8AM shouldn't look so godforsaken depressed, but then again, waking up at 7, neither should I.
Props for the #thutc guy who threw his own, paid #johnsphone on the ground to illustrate how solid they are, by the way!
Vlambeer spoke at This Happened #9 about the creation process behind Super Crate Box.
Definitely going to get that Johns Phone #thutc
Guy steals purse, gets chased by snow plow (wtf?), calls police that he's being chased by a snow plow (wtf!?) http://vl.am/thI
I want to buy so many things from this website when I have a house (I mean, look at that QLOCK, I want it.) http://www.holycool.net/
Well, @sonicwire - any news on an iPad version of that amazing app of yours? (www.sws.cc for those that missed it)
Why did I buy Dead Space 2? Didn't dare to finish its prequel, one quick play at DS2 later, I know this one is going to suffer the same fate
When confronted with explosives, send in robot. Then have robot drop grenade half a meter, park on top of it. http://youtu.be/IuAr5pJgU38
Both pictures before taken today at work. It's just one of those days, I guess.
A fantastic 3D action game for kids aged 4+! PEGI 12. Wait - PEGI what? http://twitpic.com/3wtso1
You buy an Apple DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter and it has a DVI connector! It's magical! http://twitpic.com/3wts02
Yeah. Definitely starting to shape up nicely.
Working on my new portfolio. Starting to shape up nicely :)
Well, @Mirte, @veramdejong - I shaved. Happy now? :P
From my mum @veramdejong to @ldegier, @rutmul, @jointy87, @jwaaaap, @pietepiet: Congrats with a brilliant GlitchHiker and the prizes!
Glimpse of the now extinct #Glitchhiker (players worldwide had to save it from extinction). 2x winner of #GGJ11 #GGJNL: http://bit.ly/eUzHYQ
Released GlitchHiker, the game that died, http://www.glitchhiker.com/
GLITCHHIKER, our twice winning #ggj11 #ggjnl project, has officially gone extinct at 21:41. It was a great run. http://twitpic.com/3uyit6
What happens when you put a great music guy in a room with five guys that know their memes? We tried at #ggjnl, its this: http://vl.am/Wq5
Final touches to GLITCHHIKER, our #ggj11 #ggjnl entry. Screenshots imminent.
Wrapping up our #ggj11 #ggjnl entry, GLITCHHIKER. All came together perfectly - now just some final small tweaks and things :).
Listening to Rutger's amazing "Epic Sax Man (57 minutes)", "Trolololololo (57 minutes loop)", "Hitler says Nein for 57 minutes" mashup.
GlitchHiker wins the Dutch Global Game Jam '11 first prize and the audience award.
Fell asleep for 30 minutes #ggj11 #ggjnl - but darn, them vultures did not delay and photographed my sleepy head before I knew it.
The talent our group at #ggj11 #ggjnl is most clearly showcasing is making a total mess out of a 28 sq. meter room in less than 12 hours.
At #ggj11 #ggjnl and still rolling. Sleep is for the weak. Being an annoying asshole later today is for the strong.
Our #ggj11 entry design discussion is mostly focused on how to glitch the game in the coolest ways.
Situation in Egypt is deteriorating rapidly - internet shut down, man shot down. Hope things work out over there...
Attending the Dutch Global Game Jam 2011 in Hilversum, the Netherlands. http://www.globalgamejam.nl/
Today I held a talk at a symposium about IT & Entrepreneurship about the business side of Vlambeer. The main subject in my talk was how entrepreneurship can't be taught, only done.
At the @Vlambeer studio, @jwaaaap suddenly blurted out: "Why is there no Grim Fandango hentai?"
RT @Bazzelwaki I'm doing this thing where I plan my fun-time, rather than my work time. REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY :O
I just succeeded in making someone sing '99 luftballoon' through Skype, in German, at 4AM in the morning, in her dorm.
Commercial promises 'free' and 'refillable' dispenser with vitamin pills. Why refillable if I get a new one free with each time I'd buy?
Link by @Petervandekuijt: dot dot dot review by a 13 year old in epic fashion. http://youtu.be/4Z2Z23SAFVA
I should go to bed before it gets like 5AM again. Oh wait. Crap.
D'aww. Cute, sad, lovable. http://youtu.be/MnA4u9CaK7A
'We had sort of terrifyingly overwhelming response' must be a political correct version of 'HOLY SHIT WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT COME FROM?!'
To kick of the weekend, our fellow residents at @dutchgamegarden would like to salute jammers around the world: http://vimeo.com/19034626
Me and @jwaaaap spoke at #gamelab about why innovating games should be through the ruleset. Fun was had. http://yfrog.com/gyfoactj
Vlambeer spoke at Gamelab #6 in Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam. The topic of the evening was 'good gameplay', and we argued that progressing the medium 'games' is to be done from the gameplay aspect.
"engelse woorden gebruiken in een nederlandse zin is vet lame."
Article made my day: "8 stupid Amazon articles with incredibly sarcastic reviews" http://bit.ly/i1sKXa
Twitter: I'm using it like Live Messenger atm, but even using Twitter as IM isn't nearly as retarded as the latest version of said software.
"The Newsday app for iPad is better than normal newspapers in every way... but one": http://youtu.be/mClaAVcWAKc #funnycommercials
Is it really weird to keep a weekend job because you like the work and the people there?
On my first lunchbreak at work, even though my workday doesn't officially start until 11AM.
Getting fired at Domino's Pizza is remarkable, but getting fired there for reciting pi to its 46th digit is pro http://i.imgur.com/SRmjK.jpg
Where are the mute buttons on iPads & HTC Heros, anyone? Please? @brandonnn @zoewi
RT @kaeru Announced This happened - Utrecht #9 today. @Vlambeer, @johndoeams and DUS Architects speaking February 7. See you there!
Okay screw sleeping, I'm going to work on a new portfolio.
Oh darn you ceiling, you're not interesting enough to warrant staring at you for more than 3 hours. It's been 3 hours. Go away.
Finally a comprehensive flowchart on how to write good code: http://xkcd.com/844/
Severe case of insomnia, tonight. Bummer.
We are happy to announce that @Vlambeer got a IGF nomination for #supercratebox. Wait we got wha-HOLY SHIT YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
Yeah. Goodnight.
Just realized its 1-1-11, but in the USA it's 1-1-11, which is clearly the wrong way around.
Fun to check: the wikipedia article on 2011 in fiction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2011_in_fiction
Also obvious: quality of television hasn't improved in 2011 yet.
Certainly obvious people invested more in 'oeh, pretty' than in 'wow that loud'. A welcome change in fireworks.
2011!
Thanks to #ns and complete tards for this video: All aboard the failtrain! http://bit.ly/f4p6WC
Enjoy your last 10 minutes in 2010 and a happy 2011!
I ran 2332m before somehow hitting the edge of a billboard on my iPad. http://www.canabalt.com/
Oh god. I just glimpsed Home Alone while my little sister was zapping. Another Christmas ruined for me.
Oh god. Steam just bankrupted me until salary comes in. Darn you, Steam, darn you and thanks a bunch for the sale. And DARN YOU.
Congrats @monobanda becoming a IGF Nuovo finalist! http://igf.com/2010/12/2011_igf_nuovo_awards_jury_sta.html
I apologize for being annoying at work today, but honestly, the mood kind of asked for it. Not sorry for humming 'lemon tree' all day, tho'
Also, need #ipad app tips. Eyewitness is a great app, and I love Aweditorium too. Other tips?
Need #ipad games tips. Got World of Goo, Infinity Blade, Angry Birds, Canabalt, ShotShotShoot, Minigore HD, Reckless Racing, PvZ. Halcyon.
I am led to believe the customers at my weekend job are all transported by public transportation, as noone showed up earlier today.
Joking about @Jointy87's hipsterness with @pietepiet, luckily @jwaaaap reminded us its a serious illness. Sorry @Jointy87, get well soon!
Must buy, if only because @retroremakes is ill and could use every tiny bit of help http://bit.ly/fbbYNL
well, @brandonnn, you must be disappointed the indie humble bundle #2 doesn't contain good games like cod and stuff :P
Holy crap, Bytejacker nominated #supercratebox by me and @jwaaaap as free indie of the year! Vote for us at http://www.bytejacker.com/! :D
Holy shit - the ending for Assassins Creed Brotherhood is a knife to the heart. As expected. But not like this, man, not like this.