I don't know what it is about this project, but we're simply obsessed with milestones. Frankly it's fucking me off. We had one on Nov 30th, one on Dec 6th and another one coming up on friday the 17th. FFS! Needless to say there are members of my team who cannot be arsed doing even a moment's overtime, and there are others who just like to go in a ( Read more... )

Woooo! & Hooo!
Its a very nice 2.5 seater in charcoal chenille. Check it out here (top right on page - labelled as "Tyler"). It was a complete bargain too @ 44% off, as we bought it form the Next Clearance shop, a shop that is the shizzle for quality furniture on the cheap ( Read more... )

Had a great time last night in the company of theheatherfreak and dreadtemijin, eating very tasty pizza at Pizza Express (margherita with extra peppers, mmmmm), followed by an evening of Scrabble and Poker - made all the more hilarious by copious quantities of port and thehteatherfreak's Big Money Poker set. There's something about playing poker ( Read more... )

Went out to the Independant Game Developer's Association Christmas do last night. It was being organized by our company this time, in a pub in Leamington. We had expected 200 people to show up, not least because of the sponsored bar (50p a drink ( Read more... )

( Meme thingy )

I've got my 1 month review at work today. I've been here 5.5 weeks and have already put in about 36 hours overtime. I don't know when I can start my Christmas holidays either, but I do know I'm going to need them, mostly because this month's milestone is being moved forward all the time, and more 12 hour days beckon. I'll be fit to drop by my ( Read more... )

Things that are ace this weekend ( Read more... )

Got a letter from the DTI Government Insolvency Fund this morning, stating I should get my payment from my missing wages next week. I am very excited, even though it's only about 20% of what I'm owed. Better than a kick in the teeth though ( Read more... )

What a week I've had. I've been so busy at work, I didn't have the time of the energy to boot up my laptop at my lodgings till last night. FFS. Tuesday's milestone was a complete joke, and we've got another one on Monday. FFS! If we actually spent time making the game, rather than having to show off what we've done, we'd all be a lot happier and ( Read more... )

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