September 2009
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Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of... →
cleversimon:
Charlie Brooker’s thesis is “I hate Windows, but I hate strawmen Mac evangelists more, so I’m going to marinate in my misery just to stick it to these imaginary fanboys. I’m unhappy and unproductive, and I’m going to stay unhappy and unproductive—that’ll show ‘em.”
Finishing the sentence “I’ll never buy a Mac because” with anything but “it doesn’t meet my needs” means you don’t...
The Cider Portability Engine →
Steve Troughton-Smith has a great article detailing the increasing performance and capabilities of Transgaming’s Cider game translation engine. Particularly interesting are the results of a comparison between Aspyr’s native Doom 3 port and the Windows version running via Cider— a near-tie:
Doom 3 (id tech 4) is one of the most graphically demanding engines that Aspyr (arguably the...
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One for @wilw & other D&D fans:
Wheaton’s Furious Cock-Punch of Vengeance
Utility 2
An enemy deals you a powerful blow, and you respond in kind by ducking below his outstretched arms and delivering a blow of your own— landing somewhere most people deem uncouth to target…
Daily • Reaction
Immediate Interrupt
Personal
Trigger: You are bloodied by an attack from an adjacent enemy
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