Archive for November, 2007

Revenge of Dinky Bomb

Back in 2002 some colleagues and I built one of the web’s most popular online multi-user Flash games, Dinky Bomb. It’s since been acquired by Atari and I thought no footage of it existed, other than a bit of a TV show in which it was featured. YouTube to the rescue…

FreeYourBuddy.com launched

FreeYourBuddy.comI just finished developing this video-based viral game site thing at GT for Windows Mobile. It’s a bit like Subservient Chicken, but you need to talk to Buddy and direct him to solve puzzles in order to escape the confines of the computer in which he’s trapped.

You can tell him to do silly stuff too – or just swear at him like I do – whatever floats ya boat.

Yummy Indian puddings

khulfi.jpgI recently discovered a nice Indian (actually Bengali) restaurant, just down the road from the East London Mosque, near Brick Lane. After stuffing myself with curry, I had not one, but two puddings – a yummy Khulfi (pictured) and an even yummier thing called Kheer!

Mercedes Bendz

Mercedes Bend BannerI feel slightly dirty, having not only done some work for an oil company recently, but also just having made a banner. I usually tell clients that banners are against my religion, but made an exception in this case because it involved doing some challenging code-driven animation. Check it out on Bannerblog.