R. Fred Williams
@rfredw.bsky.social
Terebi geemu purogurama des'
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Ugh, there are far too many people (including videogames people who should know better) conflating AI (good fun thing) with GenAI (evil bad art stealy thing)
So let's recap the story (which I'm pretty sure I've told to lots of youse already) about Fuzion Frenzy's fireworks game.
So let's recap the story (which I'm pretty sure I've told to lots of youse already) about Fuzion Frenzy's fireworks game.
December 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ugh, there are far too many people (including videogames people who should know better) conflating AI (good fun thing) with GenAI (evil bad art stealy thing)
So let's recap the story (which I'm pretty sure I've told to lots of youse already) about Fuzion Frenzy's fireworks game.
So let's recap the story (which I'm pretty sure I've told to lots of youse already) about Fuzion Frenzy's fireworks game.
The actual report that folks are posting GI.Biz's take on:-
www.bcg.com/publications...
Right at the start, its first "key takeaway":
"Generative AI will power innovative gaming experiences."
Whch suggests that they don't know what GenAI is.
www.bcg.com/publications...
Right at the start, its first "key takeaway":
"Generative AI will power innovative gaming experiences."
Whch suggests that they don't know what GenAI is.
Video Gaming Report 2026: How Platforms Are Colliding and Why This Will Spark the Next Era of Growth
As it enters 2026, the video game industry is poised for a new era of growth. Our global gamer research shows how platform convergence will drive innovation across the entire gaming ecosystem.
www.bcg.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The actual report that folks are posting GI.Biz's take on:-
www.bcg.com/publications...
Right at the start, its first "key takeaway":
"Generative AI will power innovative gaming experiences."
Whch suggests that they don't know what GenAI is.
www.bcg.com/publications...
Right at the start, its first "key takeaway":
"Generative AI will power innovative gaming experiences."
Whch suggests that they don't know what GenAI is.
Looks like pad 31 at Baikonur (Where Soyuz/Progress rockets head off to the ISS from these days) has had a bit of a catastrophe. (Okay, Russia = baddies at the mo, but space cooperation's one of the remaining good things)
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Looks like pad 31 at Baikonur (Where Soyuz/Progress rockets head off to the ISS from these days) has had a bit of a catastrophe. (Okay, Russia = baddies at the mo, but space cooperation's one of the remaining good things)
Departing collegue's asked for a boost for one of his Lego Ideas things, & it'd be rude not to give it a vote, really...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Departing collegue's asked for a boost for one of his Lego Ideas things, & it'd be rude not to give it a vote, really...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
For whatever reason, the Switch asked for a 2FA code, and made me realise "perhaps I'd better move those onto the new phone" (I'd only shifted the work one when I got it).
Interesting pair of emails from the other place (I guess the guys who knew how to find-in-files were among those let go)
Interesting pair of emails from the other place (I guess the guys who knew how to find-in-files were among those let go)
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For whatever reason, the Switch asked for a 2FA code, and made me realise "perhaps I'd better move those onto the new phone" (I'd only shifted the work one when I got it).
Interesting pair of emails from the other place (I guess the guys who knew how to find-in-files were among those let go)
Interesting pair of emails from the other place (I guess the guys who knew how to find-in-files were among those let go)
Day in Cambride at @computinghistory.org.uk 's gaming event - Included a nice natter with @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social & @breakintoprogram.co.uk about 3" disk recovery, Tatung Einstein as a dev machine, and the general 1990's Manchester dev scene :)
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Day in Cambride at @computinghistory.org.uk 's gaming event - Included a nice natter with @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social & @breakintoprogram.co.uk about 3" disk recovery, Tatung Einstein as a dev machine, and the general 1990's Manchester dev scene :)
Fixed now! But...
(a) Um... How *long* has this "symmetrical with a teensy ridge on one side" dial been set to around 9 (niche settings like sportswear) rather than around 1 (whites, coloureds)?
(b) Who designs this stuff and never thinks "make it pointy at one end, and maybe make the ridge black?
(a) Um... How *long* has this "symmetrical with a teensy ridge on one side" dial been set to around 9 (niche settings like sportswear) rather than around 1 (whites, coloureds)?
(b) Who designs this stuff and never thinks "make it pointy at one end, and maybe make the ridge black?
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fixed now! But...
(a) Um... How *long* has this "symmetrical with a teensy ridge on one side" dial been set to around 9 (niche settings like sportswear) rather than around 1 (whites, coloureds)?
(b) Who designs this stuff and never thinks "make it pointy at one end, and maybe make the ridge black?
(a) Um... How *long* has this "symmetrical with a teensy ridge on one side" dial been set to around 9 (niche settings like sportswear) rather than around 1 (whites, coloureds)?
(b) Who designs this stuff and never thinks "make it pointy at one end, and maybe make the ridge black?
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
Look at this beautiful data visualization by a man named Colin
May 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Look at this beautiful data visualization by a man named Colin
Hoping my friends up north are coping, and are able to spend some time studying the migratory patterns of the common garden trampoline.
August 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hoping my friends up north are coping, and are able to spend some time studying the migratory patterns of the common garden trampoline.
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
When I think about the stupid mistakes LLMs make with words sometimes, (cf. the strawberry problem, fabricating quotations, or mixing up terms etc.), there's a well-known Old English riddle that comes to mind.
It's more than 1,000 years old but I think it has something to tell us about AI...
🧵
It's more than 1,000 years old but I think it has something to tell us about AI...
🧵
July 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
When I think about the stupid mistakes LLMs make with words sometimes, (cf. the strawberry problem, fabricating quotations, or mixing up terms etc.), there's a well-known Old English riddle that comes to mind.
It's more than 1,000 years old but I think it has something to tell us about AI...
🧵
It's more than 1,000 years old but I think it has something to tell us about AI...
🧵
Fires up steam.
Checks if game is already in the list of shame.
It is.
Closes steam.
Checks if game is already in the list of shame.
It is.
Closes steam.
July 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fires up steam.
Checks if game is already in the list of shame.
It is.
Closes steam.
Checks if game is already in the list of shame.
It is.
Closes steam.
Drop someone BESPECTACLED
July 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Drop someone BESPECTACLED
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
Here are my old #bassplayerproblems memes, which are as relevant now as they always were*.
Especially for female bass players.
And for metal bass players.
You know it's true.
#bass
#bassplayer
#bassist
#girlbassist
*marginally
Especially for female bass players.
And for metal bass players.
You know it's true.
#bass
#bassplayer
#bassist
#girlbassist
*marginally
June 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here are my old #bassplayerproblems memes, which are as relevant now as they always were*.
Especially for female bass players.
And for metal bass players.
You know it's true.
#bass
#bassplayer
#bassist
#girlbassist
*marginally
Especially for female bass players.
And for metal bass players.
You know it's true.
#bass
#bassplayer
#bassist
#girlbassist
*marginally
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
Quantum Witch is out now!
It's a choose-your-own-adventure where choice matters (no, it REALLY does, to an alarming degree!) and there are multiple stories to unlock as you replay it.
I hope you enjoy it ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV7N...
It's a choose-your-own-adventure where choice matters (no, it REALLY does, to an alarming degree!) and there are multiple stories to unlock as you replay it.
I hope you enjoy it ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV7N...
Quantum Witch Launch Trailer (PC, Steam Deck)
YouTube video by Quantum Witch
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Quantum Witch is out now!
It's a choose-your-own-adventure where choice matters (no, it REALLY does, to an alarming degree!) and there are multiple stories to unlock as you replay it.
I hope you enjoy it ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV7N...
It's a choose-your-own-adventure where choice matters (no, it REALLY does, to an alarming degree!) and there are multiple stories to unlock as you replay it.
I hope you enjoy it ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV7N...
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by R. Fred Williams
Why should you be interested in Quantum Witch? Here's what folk have been saying!
"One of the most choice-heavy games I've ever seen." - Oliver Brandt, Newsweek
"This is some of the sharpest wittiest writing I’ve experienced in a hot minute, and I loved every second of it." - The Geekly Grind
"One of the most choice-heavy games I've ever seen." - Oliver Brandt, Newsweek
"This is some of the sharpest wittiest writing I’ve experienced in a hot minute, and I loved every second of it." - The Geekly Grind
May 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Why should you be interested in Quantum Witch? Here's what folk have been saying!
"One of the most choice-heavy games I've ever seen." - Oliver Brandt, Newsweek
"This is some of the sharpest wittiest writing I’ve experienced in a hot minute, and I loved every second of it." - The Geekly Grind
"One of the most choice-heavy games I've ever seen." - Oliver Brandt, Newsweek
"This is some of the sharpest wittiest writing I’ve experienced in a hot minute, and I loved every second of it." - The Geekly Grind
I know I've got a few fans of the fillum following, so:
Local Hero: BBC Radio 4 version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Updated to modern times a bit... No mobile reception, f'rinstance. Yes, the phone box is still there :)
If you know the film, prepare for some curveballs :)
#LocalHero #radio
Local Hero: BBC Radio 4 version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Updated to modern times a bit... No mobile reception, f'rinstance. Yes, the phone box is still there :)
If you know the film, prepare for some curveballs :)
#LocalHero #radio
Drama on 4 - Local Hero - BBC Sounds
A radio reimagining of Bill Forsyth's beloved 1983 film.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I know I've got a few fans of the fillum following, so:
Local Hero: BBC Radio 4 version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Updated to modern times a bit... No mobile reception, f'rinstance. Yes, the phone box is still there :)
If you know the film, prepare for some curveballs :)
#LocalHero #radio
Local Hero: BBC Radio 4 version
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Updated to modern times a bit... No mobile reception, f'rinstance. Yes, the phone box is still there :)
If you know the film, prepare for some curveballs :)
#LocalHero #radio
I know how to adjust the clock on the microwave. This is my superpower.
March 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I know how to adjust the clock on the microwave. This is my superpower.
Yay! Apparently I still have a job for some reason! (Grief, this industry's a mess at the moment)
March 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yay! Apparently I still have a job for some reason! (Grief, this industry's a mess at the moment)
Were you looking for a documentary covering Nazi Bovril-powered flying saucers? If so, here it is:-
Digitiser is back - with our most ambitious video yet, as we go in search of Die Glocke and Project Riese - WW2's biggest mysteries... youtu.be/orU7xEs9Kyg?...
Inside Project Riese: Hitler's Biggest Secret
YouTube video by Digitiser
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Were you looking for a documentary covering Nazi Bovril-powered flying saucers? If so, here it is:-
Vader: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Tarkin: Enough of this! Vader: release him.
Vader: As you wish.
#starwars #theprincessbride
Tarkin: Enough of this! Vader: release him.
Vader: As you wish.
#starwars #theprincessbride
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Vader: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Tarkin: Enough of this! Vader: release him.
Vader: As you wish.
#starwars #theprincessbride
Tarkin: Enough of this! Vader: release him.
Vader: As you wish.
#starwars #theprincessbride