Garoo

21 July

C’est tristoune et monotone, l’aménagement de Paris Plages cette année, non ?

# 2014/07/21 - 21:32 — originally published on @garoo

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# 2014/07/21 - 21:18 — originally published on Flickr

RT @olebegemann: The glowing Apple was fun while Macs were a small minority. Now that (almost) everybody has a Mac, itʼs way to obtrusive for my taste.

# 2014/07/21 - 17:39

RT @louije: The Lego factory at the bottom of the sea (via @lucilesc) [bbc.com]

# 2014/07/21 - 16:56

I reached (what looked like) the halfway point of Infamous: Second Son two/three weeks ago and I feel zero inclination to pick it up again.

# 2014/07/21 - 02:22 — originally published on @garooshepard

Rentré dormir chez moi (because that cat is the Devil’s spawn) — bordel que les murs sont près, de quelque côté que je me tourne !

# 2014/07/21 - 00:34 — originally published on @garoo

20 July

I know I could read up about the game again (I already did when it was first announced) but I just shouldn’t need to — not to that extent.

# 2014/07/20 - 17:37 — originally published on @garooshepard

Not sure if I interrupted the tutorial too many times (because I was at home) or it’s meant that way, but I’m completely lost in Ingress.

# 2014/07/20 - 17:36 — originally published on @garooshepard

Le chat m’a réveillé à 7:00, j’ai mis une heure à me rendormir. Tastes like chicken.

# 2014/07/20 - 15:08 — originally published on Flickr

Le chat qui passe sa journée à dormir sur le canapé ET t’engueule quand tu ne viens pas te coucher à l’heure réglementaire.

# 2014/07/20 - 03:33 — originally published on @garoo

19 July

L’autre inconvénient d’avoir des terrasses de bars sous ses fenêtres, c’est qu’on culpabilise à mort de ne rien faire de son samedi soir.

# 2014/07/19 - 23:27 — originally published on @garoo

I can never, ever remember what the keyboard shortcut is for special characters in Mavericks.

# 2014/07/19 - 18:44 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Just got an idea for an IRL / AR Watch Dogs-like multiplayer hacking game, and for once it may even be something I could realize by myself.

# 2014/07/19 - 18:17 — originally published on @garoo

Last daily cat of the day

# 2014/07/19 - 17:02 — originally published on Flickr

When you start petting a cat and it moves just one foot out of your reach and looks at you like, “Well? Whatcha waiting for?”

# 2014/07/19 - 14:29 — originally published on @garoo

18 July

A chaque fois que j’ouvre l’appli Météo (et je passe mon temps à l’ouvrir, because reasons) le programme du week-end change.

# 2014/07/18 - 18:28 — originally published on @garoo

Knowing Overcast exists makes it painful to listen to podcasts without silence reduction and dynamic compression. But I listen on my Mac.

# 2014/07/18 - 16:52 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

#daily #catsploitation

# 2014/07/18 - 12:42 — originally published on Flickr

17 July

“Atari announces Pridefest for iOS and Android - its first game for the LGBT community”

What the…

# 2014/07/17 - 22:24 — originally published on @garooshepard

Je voudrais pas critiquer parce qu’au moins c’est pas du 100% pavé, mais ça ressemble un peu à rien, le nouveau jardin des Halles ?

# 2014/07/17 - 21:30 — originally published on @garoo

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# 2014/07/17 - 21:28 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/17 - 20:07 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/17 - 19:53 — originally published on Flickr

Un Segway garé devant un restaurant. Réflexe immédiat, don’t stare at the handicapped!

# 2014/07/17 - 19:51 — originally published on @garoo

#daily #worldcup

# 2014/07/17 - 15:24 — originally published on Flickr

16 July

#worldcup

# 2014/07/16 - 18:47 — originally published on Flickr

RT @RarestAnimal: They are called “Blue Dragon” part of the Mollusk family [pic.twitter.com]

# 2014/07/16 - 18:29

“What to expect from Syfy’s 12 Monkeys series”

Shit. Shit is what to expect. That’s all you really need to know.

# 2014/07/16 - 14:46 — originally published on @garoo

The Strain’s pilot is so full of stupid I can’t imagine they’ll have enough left for the Pacific Rim sequel. How ever will they manage?

# 2014/07/16 - 03:19 — originally published on @garoo

15 July

“Put another way, does the leopard-print iMac feel as lastingly beautiful as the iMac G5?”

# 2014/07/15 - 23:02 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

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# 2014/07/15 - 22:20 — originally published on Flickr

Does iOS 8 preselect the damn text field contents when you reopen Spotlight before its value has been reset?

# 2014/07/15 - 20:24 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

LE WIFI N’ARRIVE PAS AUX TOILETTES. SNED HALP.

# 2014/07/15 - 18:21 — originally published on @garoo

WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE’S MY DADDY

# 2014/07/15 - 17:07 — originally published on Flickr

Oh, ces vacances, ça va être les championnats du coup d’épaule dans le touriste #quartierlatin

# 2014/07/15 - 17:02 — originally published on @garoo

“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”

Shit, that wasn’t the right Hugo Award nominee to read right before going to sleep.

# 2014/07/15 - 04:23 — originally published on @garoo

“Watch Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner do things that would make you throw up”

Superb — and stressful to watch.

# 2014/07/15 - 04:02 — originally published on @garoo

14 July

r/fiftyfifty

I’m not subscribing (or clicking), I just love the idea.

# 2014/07/14 - 22:53 — originally published on @garoo

“From Paris with Games”

I guess we really don’t like Macs.

# 2014/07/14 - 21:49 — originally published on @garooshepard

18:58

# 2014/07/14 - 18:58 — originally published on Flickr

Depuis le temps que je me plains de pas trouver le son que j’aime à Paris y’en avait pas un pour me dire d’aller au Queen.

# 2014/07/14 - 05:38 — originally published on @garoo

Par contre c’est plus de l’acouphène, je suis juste simplement sourd. IL DIT QUE CA C’EST DE LA BONNE SOIREE.

# 2014/07/14 - 05:35 — originally published on @garoo

Wo putain. Depuis des mois que je me dis sans conviction qu’il faut que je tente le Queen par acquit de conscience. Mais c’est top en fait !

# 2014/07/14 - 05:33 — originally published on @garoo

13 July

Facebook Messenger for iPad permanently pollutes my visual space with a list of old conversations I don’t wanna see… nor delete.

# 2014/07/13 - 18:50 — originally published on @garoo

Trois salles, trois ambiances, trois envies de mourir. Au point de me réfugier dans la boîte de province au fond qui passait du hip-hop.

# 2014/07/13 - 05:56 — originally published on @garoo

11 July

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# 2014/07/11 - 21:52 — originally published on Flickr

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# 2014/07/11 - 18:27 — originally published on Flickr

Norway Has Invented The Bike Escalator

# 2014/07/11 - 16:05 — originally published on @garoo

Lightroom will let you access and manage your photos after your subscription expires

# 2014/07/11 - 04:31 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Oh, I had no idea Hearthstone was made with Unity

# 2014/07/11 - 03:32 — originally published on @garooshepard

rdar://17628154: “Kill Swift, Fix Xcode” — Daniel Jalkut

Also, having some personal experience creating new development languages for the Objective-C platform, I’d like to suggest that the appropriate way to introduce a new language is for its creators to spend several months writing nontrivial applications in the language and reviewing the results with experts. This does not seem to have been done.

# 2014/07/11 - 02:39

The Fall ☆☆☆☆☆

We started on bad terms because my controller wasn’t operational and I found the game basically unplayable with keyboard and mouse. However, the gamepad control scheme is actually well designed and, once I got it working, the game suddenly became enjoyable.

Like all point-and-click adventure games, there are some puzzles I would never have had the patience to figure out without a walkthrough. And, as you can expect from a game that mixes point-and-click puzzles with shooting action, the combat is annoying and I’d love to be able to skip it. But the atmosphere, writing, and voice acting are all really pleasant and make up for the shortcomings.

Though probably not to the point that I’d buy the upcoming sequel — unless it finds the courage to do away with combat altogether.

# 2014/07/11 - 01:47 — originally published on Sens Critique

10 July

Coming Out Simulator 2014

Thought it was a joke when I saw the title in a tweet, but it’s a real thing, and well written. Rather unnerving, until I went full-on hostile to regain some control over the situation — more like Teenage Simulator 2014, amirite.

# 2014/07/10 - 21:06 — originally published on @garoo

RT @RarestAnimal: A Mary River turtle with algae growing on its shell [pic.twitter.com]

# 2014/07/10 - 21:00

The best of Dronestagram

I need one of those.

# 2014/07/10 - 20:11 — originally published on @garoo

The WSJ says Apple is finally ready to get its CPUs from a new supplier. Samsung acknowledges it’s hitting the ceiling of its market positioning. The sourcing diversification of Retina displays already began a while ago. Is this when the shit hits the fan? #karma

# 2014/07/10 - 20:06 — originally published on Tumblr

Besson directed a movie about… Aung San Suu Kyi? You’re shitting me. How did I miss that? I can always use a good laugh.

# 2014/07/10 - 03:50 — originally published on @garoo

I know I’m missing out on stuff but I just cannot get over clunky controls. Gaming has existed for 40 years; there’s just no excuse anymore.

# 2014/07/10 - 02:59 — originally published on @garooshepard

The keyboard-and-mouse controls for The Fall are obnoxious. Of course I can’t play with my gamepad because… argh I hate gaming on a Mac.

# 2014/07/10 - 02:53 — originally published on @garooshepard

9 July

Original Movie Cast Reunite for Alien: Isolation… Pre-Order DLC

How to make awesome news feel awfully gross.

# 2014/07/09 - 22:15 — originally published on @garooshepard

“Who’s gonna wear a smart watch? Nobody’s wearing watches anymore.” NOBODY CARRIED PHONES AROUND BEFORE MOBILE PHONES, EITHER.

# 2014/07/09 - 19:42 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

The Wolf Among Us ☆☆☆☆☆

I loved Telltale’s The Walking Dead. I really enjoyed the first decade of Fables. And that’s why I bought the whole season of The Wolf Among Us as soon as the first episode came out — I won’t do that mistake again. The first episode received some leniency because one assumed the story was going somewhere, but the season only got less and less interesting as it progressed. It sucked as a detective game. It sucked as an adventure game. It pretty much sucked as an interactive experience. And it wasn’t a very good or interesting Fables story either. The best thing about it is, it’s over.

But, hey, you should read Fables, it’s pretty fun. And if the game contributed to popularize the comic, good.

# 2014/07/09 - 00:44 — originally published on Sens Critique

8 July

This No Man’s Sky interview is still light on actual details but makes me optimistic for the very first time

# 2014/07/08 - 22:12 — originally published on @garooshepard

RT @pschiller: Inclusion inspires innovation

“Pride” [youtu.be]

# 2014/07/08 - 15:22

Never again, la chaudière à gaz.

# 2014/07/08 - 14:44 — originally published on @garoo

Facebook-Connect your dance party

# 2014/07/08 - 13:58 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

So maybe I won’t buy a tempered-glass screen protector for my next iPhone after all

# 2014/07/08 - 13:56 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

Oh god, the reason those albums were incomplete was that I’d deleted the tracks I enjoyed the least to make some room — like a savage.

# 2014/07/08 - 02:34 — originally published on @garoo

7 July

Je viens de réaliser (en voyant passer une photo de fesses) que le génie de Tinder, c’est de laisser la validation de photos à Facebook.

# 2014/07/07 - 21:37 — originally published on @garoo

Mountain, the Game: “It’s my own damn fault for buying it, what was I expecting?”

# 2014/07/07 - 21:06 — originally published on @garooshepard

Each time the inline preview fails to load in Google Images it’s a reminder that they’re humongous assholes for hotlinking the files. Incredible.

# 2014/07/07 - 20:56 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

“The new half-range operator”

“OK, yes, our syntax is problematic, but we can NOT have people typing ‘+1’ when they define ranges!”

# 2014/07/07 - 20:34 — originally published on @cedricbozzi

RT @aatishb: If it wasn’t already clear that we’ve reached peak kickstarter. [kickstarter.com]

# 2014/07/07 - 16:34

#photosynth

# 2014/07/07 - 15:31 — originally published on Flickr

I don’t make games. I don’t do detective stories. But tonight I’m kept awake by ideas for an awesome investigation game engine on iPad.

# 2014/07/07 - 04:58 — originally published on @garoo