Paul "Paulie" Hughes
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Paul "Paulie" Hughes
@pauliehughes.bsky.social
43 years of programming games; from Vic-20 to PS5! The LEGO game guy, The Ocean Loader Guy. 56 shipped titles, 240M sales. Retro Game Code archiver/documenter. Happy Chappy. Occasional Magician. Typography snob. BAFTA member.
Yay! They're great events, lots of catching up with the old gangs from the 80s! Can't wait to say hello to Mike F again this year.
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It has morphed into something completely different, and not a good different. Feeds full of garbage from, people you don't know!
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Too many entitled wank puffins out there. They are the reason we can't have nice things. Good for you mate, and thanks for everything you've done for the Next scene.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ooo! Looks ace - must check it out next time I'm down that neck of the woods!
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hey Russ, will there be an audiobook version of "The End of an Error"? The last two kept me howling whilst driving to and from work for weeks!
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
£49.95 + £7.00 carriage in 1983!
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Same here!
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I recovered a bunch of old source from some last year. Amazingly resilient buggers!
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We played with the original hardware when it was first disclosed and it was impressive. Alas it was hugely expensive and no big publishers would support it at its predicted price point. So it was hugely hobbled. Either way give me a controller any day!
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Are yeah there on Saturday too? If so, I'll see you there. Be good to catch up!
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Moi! See you there bud!
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ey Up!
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you control click on a thumbnail (in photo mode) and you get a marching ants selection of the image outline, you can't convert that selection to a curve/path a la Photoshop. Certainly everyone on the Serif forums have been moaning about it for many years.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I like it, mostly, the new trace is surprisingly good. The UI changes are a pain; hate the new iconography and the general "where the hell is the <insert function you've been using for a decade>". Hopefully they'll clean up the simple stuff quickly. Still can't turn a selection into a curve though!
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
T'was a masterpiece. Polished until is shone! I always wondered about the Dropzone logo perspective shift. Amazing.
November 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A Phil Meller classic...
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Aaargh! Naughty Kat!
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you needed it, I had a mad fast sort for my C64 multiplexer back at Ocean which people seemed to like - it's basically a continuous insertion sort (the source is up on my website, albeit in 6502). That would probably work well on a Z80 as you could do the insertion with the stack.
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yeah, that has me equal parts intrigued and worried...
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM