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Even I've got Audacity somewhere on this computer... so it must be good.

Hmm.. places where you won't get stabbed... in London?
I'd be more worried about the guns.

Heroin is EVIL. Those who deal and smuggle the stuff aren't exactly saints either.  I'm not saying she deserves to be raped or face the firing squad, but on the other hand, she does deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law.  If Laotian law happens to be harsher than ours then she should have thought about that before trying to smuggle herion.

I'm sure she's just a naive young lady who got herself into a spot of bother and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time... yeh, and so are all the other prisoners in Phonthong.  Why should she get preferential treatment just for being British?

Also there are probably tens of thousands of people in foreign prisons, if not more. Just because this lass is young and pretty, does that make her more qualified for her own Facebook awareness campaign?  I'm sure there are some ugly people in worse situations than her that the BBC would never bother to cover... She is to drug smugglers as Maddy McMann is to missing children.

Haha, my young neice has recently discovered the word 'why?'.
It's annoying, but when you think about it that is such a powerful word.  It's incredible to see it in action in that way, and the child has discovered the notion of reasons and causes... Although when they start asking 'Why is it a towel?' that's when you have to give up and clomp them round the head.  :o

Not really sure where to post this but:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1157

I might be wrong, but I dont think this is a game.  It claims to be a Lindsey Lohan Sex Tape and  uses a Ben Jordan screenshot to prove this point.  This is either a bad case of spam or some kind of in-joke that I've missed.  In any case, I thought I'd bring it up.  I won't be risking my computer on those links.

I could've just PMed CJ but I figured he or one of his minions will read this first and delete the offending item...

Hmm.. I've never entered Mags and this might be just the occasion to get something made... shame it's slap bang in my revision period, but I'll see what I can do :-)

My inspiration waned ... but I still have a week left to unwane it... might not end up being quite as "special" as I had invisaged.

Congratulations, Sir.
Can you name your third child Gremlins please? Thanks. 

Kids'll do anything for the taste of AGS.

You're a pretty good public speaker as well, Erin.  They loved you.

These are all quite funny and I'll certainly bear them in mind for future April Fool's days.  But they're not really the kind of thing I'm after for this game.

Let me give you some context:  You're at a house party, and there are 15-20 guests, and the aim of the game is to make them all leave (of their own accord or by ambulance) by doing horrible things to them.

For example, one [slightly clichéd] example that I've come up with is putting laxative into someones drink to make them shit themselves.  But it won't be as simple as that.  I want each prank to be a puzzle.  So maybe the bottle has a scientific name on it and you have to wor out what it means before realising it's potential.  Or mabe you have to find a key to get into the medicine cabinet (but then, who locks their medicine cabinet?)... and then in order to put the laxative in the person's drink you have to somehow distract them for a moment so they can't see you doing it.

But once you've acheived this, hopefully there will be a bit of animation and the person runs out of the house in horror followed by a brown trail... or something like that. Haha.  It's not highly original, but I've got a few laid down that are a bit more creative.  I just don't want to spoil them here.

Yeh, I'm pretty sure it is explained eventually.  I played it for the first time fairly recently.  I know nothing about the founding fathers, being an ignorant Brit, so I wouldn't have been able to work that out for myself.

I just came across this quite interesting article.  Haven't finished reading it yet, but it discusses one topic that arises on these boards every one in a while... why some games just seem to lack any decent puzzles.

It's quite a nice essay in a similar vein to Vince's 'Why Your Game is Broken' series. Then goes on to make case studies out of a nice selection of commercial adventures.

It's in two parts.
http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?index=851
http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?index=852

Sorry if this is old for anyone, but I'm finding it interesting and thought I'd share it.

Some may remember a little while ago I threatened to make an AGS game loosely based on 'How to be a Complete Bastard'.  Well I plan to resurrect this little project over summer while I've got a bit of spare time.  But I need your help:

The puzzles all basically consist of the main character doing really nasty and annoying things to people.  He's a jerk... a complete bastard... but I don't want to just steal ideas from HTBACB.  I've come up with a number of original puzzles based on traditional pranks and some toilet humour (nothing too disgusting, I want it to be a fun (and if possible, challenging) game, not a gross-out fest.

But I thought I'd give you guys the chance to come up with some original and creative ideas for pranks, and general anti-social behaviour to include in the game.  Any ideas? Leave them in this thread and if I like it I'll write it into the design.

Cheers guys.

You don't get much more blobbish than this.  Well played, sir.

A quick Q that doesn't really deserve its own thread:

Next year I'm going to be getting familiar with Pascal, albeit purely for Computational Linguistics purposes; I doubt we'll be making any games.  But I just wondered what people's thoughts on/experiences with this language are?

Without wanting to hijack this thread, feel free to PM me if you like.

This is me in my Pulling Jacket (Primark - £20) and fake cigarette (Magic Box - 30p).

Yes ladies I am single and looking...

I've been hit with a rare moment of inspiration and have something kind of interesting lined up.  Watch this space.

I like the part when he walked.

Dammit, I missed that bit!

Wow, this looks merde chaude... which, incase that doesn't translate very well, is a very good thing.

Keep it up.