http://simonwillison.net/2013-06-08T18:51:00+00:00Simon Willison2013-06-08T18:51:00+00:002013-06-08T18:51:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2013/Jun/8/what-is-the-equivalent/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-equivalent-of-E3-in-the-UK/answer/Simon-Willison">What is the equivalent of E3 in the UK?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Develop in Brighton is a huge event for game developers. GameCity in Nottingham is another important one.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gaming">gaming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2012-12-12T11:52:00+00:002012-12-12T11:52:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2012/Dec/12/are-there-guides-for/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Are-there-guides-for-playing-Minecraft-on-Mac-laptops/answer/Simon-Willison">Are there guides for playing Minecraft on Mac laptops?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>I play on a Mac laptop using the trackpad and ctrl+click for right clicking and that works absolutely fine. It's worth fiddling with the keyboard commands in the options screen (as with any game) but I've found it to be perfectly playable otherwise.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/games">games</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gaming">gaming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/minecraft">minecraft</a></p>

2010-03-21T10:13:45+00:002010-03-21T10:13:45+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Mar/21/farmville/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.designer-notes.com/?p=195">Fear and Loathing in Farmville</a></strong></p> “At multiple times during the conference, [Daniel] James expressed his serious ethical qualms over the path social gaming was laying for the industry. So many of the methods for making money are thinly-veiled scams that simply exploit psychological flaws in the human brain.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ethics">ethics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/facebook">facebook</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/farmville">farmville</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gaming">gaming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/psychology">psychology</a></p>

2007-01-19T09:50:17+00:002007-01-19T09:50:17+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/19/nhl/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2157741">The NHL&#x27;s All-Star voting disaster</a></strong></p> The NHL ran an online poll to decide which players are picked for their All-Star Game. The only authentication was a poorly implemented CAPTCHA. Unsurprisingly, it got gamed. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/captchas">captchas</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gaming">gaming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nhl">nhl</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stupid">stupid</a></p>