Rob Manuel

I long to see a filming of a single sentence being slightly edited, 17 times, until the joke falls in a way that makes a satisfying flump.

What the US is doing is the equivalent of me going fuck it, and using the channels to post nothing relevant and just endless crypto scams. I could do it, and maybe it would make money in the short term, but I'd alienate everyone who is broadly "yeah, let Rob do his thing, give him a hand sometimes"

America perpetuating war with "no stupid rules of engagement" makes me think about running my own projects. I publicly commit to look at submission (b3ta/fesshole etc) & pick interesting things out. It's not perfect, but there's rules I follow & people can judge whether they want to take part or not

All 1980s adverts at once. Including the skinhead Weetabix.

To be in a wanker, at some level, they have understood it all perfectly well. Hollywood makes content that plays to both the ape smash and the thoughtful brain: it goes rooty tooty gun shooty whilst offering a critique at the same time. They’re tuning into the dominant frequency in this stuff.

The Simon & Garfunkle reunion show from the time they did start to make an album together, then fell out again, and Paul Simon removed Art's vocals and released the LP as a solo one. But there is this gig - this wonderful gig.

You have a phrase, maybe like “oh fuck, what now?” which you mutter to yourself when seeing whatever terrible news is happening. What is yours? Do you even know you're saying it to yourself?

I keep seeing news that people say is important and will be in the history books and be poured over for all time and I don't think it's true. There's just so much of it, and it everyone stops talking about whatever the fuck it is, in about three hours because something else momentous happens.

You've got this Stephen King.

I'm reading the ZX81 programming manual and highlighting sentences that are a bit funny. This is an easier task and quite enjoyable.

Watch this clip and promise to yourself you'll read at least a chapter of a book today.

I think, if you want to imaginary Nepo Baby him, make him the great-grand-nephew of Alan Turing. Not music, but computer fuckery.

Why would be want to make him a nepo baby?

Yep totally. I'm v familiar with his work and even went to a gig. Absolutely delighted for him.

I was like no, nonsense, then I looked again, and could see it.

I'm just excited we're sending someone who I saw do a gig for 100 people and than exchanged a few words with - that he thought I was Weebl was fine - close enough - he knows our corner of rubbish internet.

I genuinely don't give a shit about winning. It's that we've sent something interesting and someone interesting. That's the point. Also I don't agree in the slightest, once you start trying to pander and second guess to please judges, you're creatively fucked.

When the memory fills up odd things can happen; but they are not usually fatal.

Ah that's ok then.

This is entertaining. We are sending someone interesting to Eurovision with an actually fun track. A small ray of sunshine.

When the computer gets full. Odd things happen.

Words to live by

🎶Don’t give up because you’ve got friends🎶

Playable on any computer with a character display.

I sometimes wonder what other incredible games we are missing because few people are trying to make ideas fun with these limitations before adding whatever graphical sparkle.

I watched this with the sound off earlier today as I was on a train and I didn't know what music you'd chosen and this is what I heard in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXMX...

*whirls through comedy stock replies*
Enjoying your job as an constituency MP, Nigel?

I don't think I've ever wanted harder games so much as funner games. Back to the drawing board with that advert lads.

Yeah, but you have to understand there’s a wider context. We don’t want a caps encouraging flurry. There’s always good reasons for an exception, but there’s also always good reasons why you have these rules.

I sort of want to know who you’re talking about, but also my knowledge of these things is pretty psych 101. I’m at the “I’ve heard of The Idle Race” level.

I don’t normally let through stuff with as much shouting as this and now I’m regretting it.

Oh I had Tory voting parents however also was in with a group of friends who all had Guardian reading teacher parents and they just seemed so much nicer. And that's probably the extent of my deep political thinking on the matter aged 18, I voted to be part of the class I liked hanging out with more