The Bathtub

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So I’ve been playing The Last Guardian and snapping some pics with my bird-dog.

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My Favourite Vegetables

Beetroot, carrot, eggplant, pumpkin, onion, potato, sweet potato, broccoli, cucumber, zucchini, celery, spinach, iceberg lettuce, radicchio, cabbage, capsicum, asparagus, rocket, alfalfa, chickpeas, lentils, tomatoes, peas, basil, parsley, rosemary, sage, coriander, mushrooms, spring onions, rhubarb, parsnip, daikon, artichoke, taro, red bean, edamame, olive, radish.

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The Budgie Emergency: Our radio play filmed inside a multi-track studio.

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The joke at around the 50 second mark is still really shit.

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This show is great.

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Pokémon Portraits

Some old Pokémon Y photos I had on my SD card that I hadn't done anything with yet. I enjoyed experimenting with the awful depth of field effect but hated how little freedom you were given in how far the camera could be moved away from your character.

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Hey guys, remember us? We’re the MH podcast that says “um” and “like” way too much and talks about weird stuff like gourds and butts!  After our long hiatus, we SLOWLY get back into hunting by picking on small guys like the Royal Ludroth, getting killed by a duo of Wroggi, and ultimately taking down a Rust Duramboros.

Be sure to check out Adam Evanko’s tumblr if you haven’t seen it already for tons of MH4 news and loads of numbers-driven tips.

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'Hey, have you ever heard of Monster Hunter?' is one of the best ice-breakers I've ever heard.

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My friend started breeding Pokémon for IVs. The Departure.

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Wind Waker HD - The Great Sea

I see a grand future in the way of documentary-style writing done with the use of Wii U's photography feature.

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cats

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Visit Original Link

One of my favourite stories from a recent episode.

Please do listen to The Moth. It's gorgeous.

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Wind Waker HD Snaps - The Great Sea & Dragon Roost Island

Things I'm learning:

BW is beautiful for portraits.

BW is difficult to work with in low-light environments. Dungeons are practically a no-go.

Taking photos on the sea is frustrating with the waves constantly changing the frame.

Will be interesting when I decide to get the colour upgrade for the Picto Box as I'll be taking very different types of photos with it. Probably lots and lots of environment shots.

This whole process is making me realise how great Nintendo are at designing characters. Beedle's sullen eyes and the pear next to him scream a sense of history.

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Wind Waker HD Snaps

Haven't found any other people taking photos like this in the game, yet. I'm positive more are out there. These are the few I've taken so far.

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How To Destroy Everything, Or, Why Video Games Do Not Exist (And How This Is Great For Everyone)

This is the transcript of a talk given by Marigold Bartlett and Stephen Swift at the 2013 Freeplay Independent Games Festival.

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My very first reblog. I regret nothing.

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buy our book, buy our book, buy our book

I got a little carried away on Twitter today.

What is a Ghosts in the Machine?

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A Book About Video Games

I'm in a book, you know?

Ghosts in the Machine is a short story anthology written by a whole bunch of wonderful people about the strange, unintended occurrences that happen inside a video game. What if those awful, funny little glitches that happen even in the most polished of games are noticed by someone other than yourself? That they are, in fact, part of the fabric of the world in which these characters live in?

My piece in the book is a more melancholic self-awakening story about Animal Crossing that had been bouncing around in my head ever since I wrote this for Nightmare Mode. There have been lots of articles about the depressing wake-up calls Animal Crossing has instilled in players, some even wonder why they play a game where they have to worry about mortgages and maintaining friendships when they spend so much time in their social life struggling to maintain this balance to begin with, but very little have essays have questioned Animal Crossing’s temporal qualities. ‘The more things change, the more things stay the same’, right? A comforting phrase, perhaps, but existentially numbing in the case of Animal Crossing. The game may track every hour of every day in real-time for eternity whether you’re playing or not but the end result is a disturbing canonisation of time in a space that emphasises the growth of your surroundings at the expense of your own personal development.

If this sounds at all interesting to you, I thoroughly recommend picking up the book. Get the physical copy because physical copies are rad.

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Visitors in Anime Crossing

  I could have chosen a bear. A BEAR.