Ian Malcolm

Melbourne-based writer, editor and proofreader for books, publications and web.

Worked in game dev as a designer from Star Wars and Nightshade on NES through to Need For Speed: Shift on iOS, with 30+ titles in between.

Bass, uke and low whistle player.

Unrepentant folkie.

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07

@krystman
Nooooooooooooo! 😱πŸ₯ΉπŸ˜ž

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07

@krystman

Glad it got better for you - I really don't remember that part being very long! (Maybe it just felt shorter as I was enjoying it, heh!) πŸ˜‰

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07

@krystman

Was it a good hour or a bad one?

(I don't remember being at the festival more than 15 mins but then I guess it's been a while.)

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07

@Gustodon @AndorianSoup

I'm all for option #5: Oddly sticky.

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07

@krystman

Does the pope shit in the woods? Is a bear Catholic? πŸ˜‰

But seriously, it's great. Probably my most fondly-remembered SNES RPG. πŸ‘ πŸ†

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-07
Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-06

@firstdogonthemoon

The irony levels in Pyeshot's comment were off the scale.

I can only hope for their sake it was deliberate...

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-06

@llamasoft_ox

Bison-tastic! 🦬

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-05

Just watched 'A Hard Day's Night' for the first time since the 1970s, and felt the urge to scribble a quick review about it on Letterboxd.

(Side note: The film is free to stream on kanopy, for those with a relevant public library card.)

letterboxd.com/civilmadman/fil

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-04

"... the renaming was being done so that there is "alignment with president and SECDEF objectives and SECNAV priorities of reestablishing the warrior culture"

Ah yes, the "warrior culture" of a president who dodged the draft FIVE times (with a bullshit made-up injury), and who thinks people voluntarily serving in the military are "losers".

These fuckers are beyond the pale.

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-03

@grumpygamer

First time I've heard of someone else doing this! (I do it too, but just with one specific friend.)

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-06-01

@Caiotekit @Gustodon

Ooh, that's... literally deep*. πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘

(*Or at least, a "deep".)

Ian Malcolm boosted:
Peter Cohenflargh
2025-05-29

Mostly agree with @dmoren here. I know executives, even senior ones, at Apple play games. On their devices. And want a better experience for themselves and for users.

But even they have never been able to swing the massive internal inertia against games as a driving force that has existed since Apple was orders of magnitude smaller, hungrier, and more agile than it is today.

Contrast with how Microsoft internalized DirectX.

sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/app

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-05-29

@tallandtrue
πŸ˜‚πŸ‘

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-05-29

@tallandtrue

I'm actually jealous, cos I think I need one... πŸ˜‰

(Only problem is where to put it, since I already have four bookcases in different rooms.)

Ian Malcolm boosted:
Robert Fairheadtallandtrue@aus.social
2025-05-28

Think not of the books you’ve bought as a "to be read” pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood. ~ #LucVanDonkersgoed #quotes #books

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-05-28

@tallandtrue

Oh I _like_ that.

Cos my "to be read" pile has somehow become four precariously teetering piles now. Plus random volumes stuck in drawers or left on any available flat surface...

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-05-27

@tonylongworth

Absolutely my pleasure! This deserves to be experienced by the widest audience possible!

Ian Malcolmimalcolm
2025-05-27

@tonylongworth

Just boosted this cos I would love it if more of the very cool stretch goals can be reached... 🀞 🀞 🀞

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