by Neal | 19 Dec 2012 | Slider, Tech
The amazing Elite: Dangerous game only has a few more days left on Kickstarter to make sure development continues to complete the game. Please pledge on Kickstarter for the game to be made as soon as possible!! Go here to pledge:...
by Neal | 18 Nov 2012 | Slider, Tech
As an update to the Kickstarter project to get Elite: Dangerous into production, David Braben has released a very interesting video into how procedural generation enabled the original Elite to be so comprehensive while fitting in such small memory, and also how he...
by Neal | 10 Nov 2012 | Slider, Tech
This is superb news. The wonderful old BBC Micro game ‘Elite’ is hopefully making a comeback. Elite was the first game which allowed the player to make their own decisions what to do, it wasn’t all laid out. There were missions, like modern games,...
by Neal | 29 Sep 2012 | Slider, Tech
I don’t normally review apps but this one is ace!! Skyview is an app to recognise stars. The main advantage of this app compared with usual ones is that it superimposes what it knows is on the sky on top of your camera view. This helps you identify stars and...
by Neal | 28 Sep 2012 | Slider, Tech
I came across this this evening which I haven’t heard in ages. Fond memories of the arcades in Cleethorpes at BB summer camp . . . I wonder if a video game has ever had a more iconic and memorable tune than this!! Also didn’t realise it went on so long...
by Neal | 16 Sep 2012 | Slider, Tech
A while ago I blogged about my annoyances with the Windows Phone 7 HTC Mozart I’ve been using for nearly two years. They key issue was the update schedule, following the Android model of letting carriers control the updates. When Windows Phone 7.5 was released,...
