Thanks! It was genuinely a surprise - we've been nominated a bunch of times and never won (usually because we're up against something massive) so it really made out night.
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Thanks! It was genuinely a surprise - we've been nominated a bunch of times and never won (usually because we're up against something massive) so it really made out night.
I had a feeling you might be able to relate. 😉
Indeed. My speech was, in fact, basically "Jonathan sadly can't be here tonight to accept this award so I'm accepting it on his behalf".
Thank you! It was a heck of a long time in the making but it was all worth it in the end!
Photo of a UKIE trophy sitting on a table with a couple of beers behind it. The trophy is an outline of the United Kingdom with the UKIE logo in the centre.
Close-up of the plaque on the base of the trophy. The inscription reads 'Best UK Console Game'.
We celebrated with a pint of bitter or two, as is the British way.
This looks so cool!
So Atomfall won 'best UK console game' at the UKIE Awards last night which was a lovely surprise. I had to give a speech and everything! Here's some footage captured from the event:
A fascinating bit of synthesiser history this.
youtu.be/Pkh2KaFy5M0?...
Righto. Not sure when I'll be getting in. I'll let you know!
Nice. You about for the awards tonight?
"Woelf" is a wonderful word though. A portmanteau of wolf-elf or something? Needs to be a thing.
What a beautiful note, no wonder you kept it. Brings a tear to the eye.
Jesus. Whenever you think they can't stoop any lower.
Damn, must get back to that one too. I need a sabbatical to clear my backlog.
There's even a special hatch for ejecting the STs from the Cave, I seem to recall. It's hidden in the replica game shop, right @visitthecave.bsky.social ?
I do most of my (fairly limited) image editing stuff in GIMP but I'd be lying if I said it didn't have its issues. Not enough to make me want to pay Adobe for Photoshop, mind!
No no, you're confusing them with the Atari STs.
I don't blame them. It always seemed weird to have PlayStation exclusives on PC. It didn't exactly help Xbox...
Damn, must finish the first one. Where does the time go??
I am still trying to pretend it doesn't exist.
Underappreciated. I'll be continuing my campaign to improve the CPC representation in the cave. 😉
Riiight. Guess I'll persevere with my switch to Linux despite the 'fun' issues.
![[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]
…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are…?
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
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[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]
Greg Davies: Walked out of the underworld. Didn't look back once. Job done!
Orpheus: Thanks
Alex Horne: We did want to show you one more clip of when he came out...
Yup. Not gonna lie, there was a tear in my eye for real.
Read this as part of the Minka Lesk collection last year and loved it. Thank you!
