Tortilla fat

Genet and Solzhenitsyn, you write better in prison: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7540038.stm

Looking forward to a day out at the Emrites Cup tomorrow: http://tinyurl.com/6cfdzq

Bejewelled Thief

Way back when I was going on and on about Massively Casual Online Games, on Suttree, I missed the biggest example of the lot.

MCOs are meant to be casual, flash, browser-based games that have an element of persistence. They take the ‘easy to learn, difficult to master’ mantra of Casual Games and weld it to the addictive, progress quest nature of MMOs.

So far, almost all MMOs, even the newer, lightweight, browser-based ones, have dealt with fantasty or sci-fi. None of them have taken on other genres. The fantasy/sci-fi genre is very specific, and very male, whereas a game genre based around exploration and adventure, like Lego Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider, would have a much broader appeal.

The answer? Bejewelled Thief, of course! Take the gem-collecting addiction that is Bejewelled and throw in some adventure along the lines of a bank-heist (see my game, Jewel Thief) or a ancient tomb, and you’ve got the definitive, money printing, massively, casual, online game.

And for that, I’ll take 10%

Aw, fuck it

Snakes & ladders, followed by Mousetrap, followed by some Ruby timezone debugging.

Runescapin’

Ahhh, fan

Yogic saying of the day: “Let you eyebrows be apart”