Postponed

“This is so badly infected that if we try to operate now, you’ll scream our heads off,” very much like “It would appear your baby has fangs,” is just one of those things you don’t want to hear. On antibiotics now. Tooth (singular for now) to be removed on Wednesday. …

Surgery! Surgery!

I’ve just found out that they shall be cutting out my wisdom teeth today. Or, to be precise, they shall be breaking them in two and then scooping the leftovers out of my jawbone. Because it’s more fun that way. Anyway, I’m terrified. When it comes to dentists and dentistry, …

Teeth and Ideas

Bad news: I went to the dentist today, and she’s certain that both of my lower wisdom teeth will have to come out. One of these is hurting a lot. I don’t have an appointment to get them taken out yet. The doctor I originally wanted to go to doesn’t …

Not too depressed to work

If the last post sounded like I was depressed – well, I was. And I am seriously reconsidering some of my planned projects. As much as I love the idea of the internet as a space that promotes creative experiments… the reality of it unfortunately tends to be quite different. …

Failure is You! and other thoughts

I’d been looking forward to the release of RPGcat for some time now – it really makes me smile, and I wanted to share it with people. I thought it had real potential to become a webseries that people would follow and enjoy. The reality of it is quite different, …

RPGcat Episode 1: Risen

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to announce the beginning of a new webseries, dedicated to wonderful and enlightening reviews of computer RPGs, brought to you by the one and only, the magnificent, the wise, the amazingly admirable… RPGcat! Yes, one of my secret projects has finally come to light. …

Urgh.

I am sick. Last night my fever reached 39.2°C, and today I still have a miserable headache and my stomach feels like it has melted. Yes, the stress is catching up with me. I’m relaxed now, but all these weeks of working incessantly have taken their toll on my immune …

Arthropods!

A number of bugs have been reported in the version I uploaded. Some of them make sense and will be fixed by the new save/load system, while others are entirely insane. (Spawning in terrain? That shouldn’t be even remotely possible.) I’m wondering whether some of them aren’t simply due to …

An Update! An Update!

Hi everyone, First of all I’d like to say thanks for the many kind comments, emails, Facebook messages and so on. I appreciate your kindness and interest a great deal, and it’s made this situation a lot easier. As a lot of people suggested, I took a day off. In …