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From the dawn of time: ugvm 05

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Since it was April when Issue 05 came out, we included an April Fool. Amazingly, some people actually fell for it. Idiots. We also had an interview with Jon Ritman (of Head over Heels and Match Day fame)! Top celebrities all wanted to be in our little magazine, of course. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=090519133144-963e9bb275b4476f8af1731ee9f93f68 docname=ugvm05 username=deKay loadinginfotext=ugvm%20Issue%2005 width=420 height=297 unit=px]

21st June 2009

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Today marks two major, and opposite events in my life. One amazing, and the other quite saddening. Firstly, it’s my very first Father’s Day. My beautiful daughter Daisy (who is 6 months old this week) is too young to celebrate it with me, but the occasion will be marked regardless. She has had a massive effect on my life, as you’d expect, and every day she’s growing up more and more. I don’t know where the time as gone, but …

Microsoft and web standards

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Someone pointed me at this article today. It’s a “get the facts” piece from Microsoft, pointing out how much better Internet Explorer 8 is than rival browsers. Of course, being from Microsoft, it’s not going to be completely unbiased – is it? No. I won’t even begin to point out most of the glaring issues with the article, but one does stand out for me: Does it? Does it really? And, even if it does, what about CSS3? And what …

From the dawn of time: ugvm 04

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Time for another one of these, I think. There was a bit of fallout from the text adventures feature in issue 03, and the cover art was stepped up a notch. Reading it now, I’m reminded of a couple of great (but probably forgotten) gems – Doshin the Giant and Pac-Man Collection. Ah, fun times. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=090519133013-4f9b1db7c9264937af38dd09375a7388 docname=ugvm04 username=deKay loadinginfotext=ugvm%20Issue%2004 width=420 height=297 unit=px]

Yes, there are more games

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I’ve finally got round to adding a pile more games to my museum section. And, having stuck them all in the database and scanned them all, I realised I have another pile on my desk. Oh well. They can wait. Amongst the games added today includes the not-played-yet and probably-not-great Rise of the Argonauts by Codemasters, which is notable because I won it in a competition a few weeks ago, along with a matching Xbox 360 faceplate. So much for …

Best Nigerian scam email in ages

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What I like about this, is that not only do I get an huge cash sum, but I bag myself a gen-you-wine Nigerian woman into the bargain! See also the amazing nonsense about my file (marked X!) and the released disk (painted RED!). From: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames08@gmail.com Subject: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Jame J Date: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć 5 June 2009 14:20:52 BST To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Undisclosed recipients: ; Reply-To: ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć janejames01@hotmail.co.uk I am Miss Jane James.. a computer scientist with central bank of Nigeria. I am …

My picks of E3

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Overall, I was a bit disappointed that there weren’t more proper new games at E3 this year. There were plenty of good games, but most have either been known about for ages, or were sequels. So, what I’m looking forward to:

inFamous

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I don’t have a PS3, but if I did, this would interest me. I loved Crackdown, and it seems to have a similar sort of feel to it. The blurb: In the aftermath of an urban disaster, an everyday guy finds himself with extraordinary powers. What he does with them is up to you. Welcome to inFamous, the sensational new title for PLAYSTATION¬¨?Ü3 If society collapsed tomorrow and you found yourself with unique powers that could either help people or …

From the dawn of time: ugvm 03

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I think with Issue 03, our retro issue, we really hit the big time. The ugvm site got slashdotted, the bandwidth costs spiralled to ¬¨¬£244 for just one weekend, and we were swamped with emails. Mostly complaints about Tim saying interaction fiction was dead, which he didn’t quite say, but still – the publicity took us to over 10,000 subscribers. 10,000! Thats more than many print-based magazines! [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=090519132232-8fafbec832be47149b8cd797e636fcc0 docname=ugvm03 username=deKay loadinginfotext=ugvm%20Issue%2003 width=420 height=297 unit=px] EDIT: Oh, and …