Posts by wordchazer
As the Assembly digital arts and demoscene party in Finland draws to a close, it seems to me that both retro and modern tech is still high in many people’s minds. Long may that continue, even if I chose to … Read more
While some of you were amusing yourselves at Games Britannia, others of the con-going community were making their convoluted way to Olympia for the London Film and Comic Con. No thanks to British Rail’s lack of signage which meant many … Read more
The MKDons’ stadium is once again playing host to the Collectormania gathering over the Jubilee weekend. Would-be autograph hunters are advised to get there early (the parking can be HORRENDOUS!) and acquire virtual queue tickets for all the guests they … Read more
Many of my Twitter contacts and those I meet at events are fans of Eben Upton’s inspired little Raspberry Pi bit of kit. The Wordchazer household does intend to get one, eventually, but we’ll wait until the first surge in … Read more
As Sci Fi London hosts the Horizons event, celebrating 30 years of Uncle Clive’s Sinclair Spectrum this weekend, retro computing continues to ride the crest of a wave. For someone who spends a lot of weekend time at demo scene … Read more
A Speccy running Twitter. Do not adjust your screens. VCF-UK, Bletchley Park 2010. OK, so is there ANYONE reading this who is unaware that today is the 30th birthday of the ZX Spectrum, first gaming addiction of many? From Google’s … Read more
If found, please return via the good folks at this blog. At one point today, around 30 people from my 500-odd strong twitter feed were in the main atrium at the ARM building in Cambridge, among the limited number gathered … Read more
This week in Wordchazer’s world has been quite a big one. Normality returns in the shape of the start of the Formula 1 season. The BBC Micro is almost 30, and the local jungle telegraph has been jangling all week … Read more
It seems the past and future of games and coding met head on today. So, whilst perusing Twitter (founded 2006) on the PurpleBerry (makers RIM founded around 1984) I was reading about the Raspberry Pi launch (today, 2012), the Young … Read more
OK, so I hadn’t intended this, but when my husband told me about this piece, I knew exactly where it was going to be shown. The BBC has produced a slideshow of handheld gaming consoles through the years. From 1978 … Read more