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No Man’s Sky, eh. What a load of old smeg.

Posted on September 25, 2016 by admin

For the last month the Internet has been reverberating with the massed moaning of a nearly infinite galaxy of procedurally-generated nerds all with their knickers in a bollock-binding twist over the fact that the long-anticipated No Man’s Sky turned out … Continue reading →

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Where have all the iOS games gone?

Posted on June 22, 2016 by admin

Gosh it’s been ages since I have posted anything on here. Anyway I see this question coming up a lot in my twitter stream so I thought I’d post a reply here that I can link to when it comes … Continue reading →

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The Road Ahead

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Now that Goatup 2 is out there, it’s time to reveal a bit more about our plans moving forward. Much though we’ve enjoyed working on iOS, it’s clear to us that it’s not a good idea for us to concentrate … Continue reading →

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GoatUp 2 submitted to Apple

Posted on March 6, 2013 by admin

Well that took a little longer than expected but Goatup 2 is finally off to Apple. Hopefully it’ll all go well there and if so should be available in about a week. This is the first thing I’ve done that … Continue reading →

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Fun for the Whole Family: Old Computer Ads Revisited

Posted on December 29, 2012 by admin

You may remember a few months ago I did a bit of a pisstake of some old ads from out of ancient computer magazines, concluding with this memorable “OH HOLY FUCK, LOOK AT THOSE KNOBBLY GREEN TRIANGLES!” one for the … Continue reading →

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Being Matthew Smith: A First Look at Goatup 2

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

I’ve been working lately on a sequel of sorts to “Goatup”. The full title of the sequel is “BUCK! The Tail of Goatup 2″ but I am sure most people will be happy enough to just shorten that to Goatup … Continue reading →

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Obscure Cult Game System Resurrected on iOS

Posted on December 2, 2012 by admin

In which the black ox with the blue star (the best ox) out of Super Ox Wars recommends games we’ve been enjoying lately. One of my first ever trips to the US (to go and visit Human Engineered Software, who … Continue reading →

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The odd little world of Commodore 16/Plus 4 Llamasoft game ripoffs

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin

Trawling through my emulator bin the other day I became aware of an odd little subcategory of games I had no idea even existed: C16/Plus4 games that are either copies of, or heavily influenced by, my own games on the … Continue reading →

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A peculiar little drama, all unobserved

Posted on November 11, 2012 by admin

I’m not great at social media. Twitter I can handle, since its very brevity means that one doesn’t tend to get distractedly too engaged with it, and I quite enjoy emitting occasional silly tweets about things I’m working on. (And … Continue reading →

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IAP Abuse Alive and Well and Living In… Equestria?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by admin

Sometimes I just come across things that simply beggar belief. Now anyone who knows me probably knows I’m a massive brony, for my sins. So when I heard that there was to be an “official” MLP game I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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