My wonderful friend Ted Fletcher has very sadly passed away. Ted was the founder of Alice, JoeMeek, tfpro, Orbitsound and Airsound. He will be sorely missed. I'm still processing the news. I shared some anecdotes and reflections: hammyhavoc.com/remembering-...

The long-awaited follow-up to my article "How The Games Industry Hurts People". A tale of trauma, healing, and finding your way back. If you've ever been burned out, crunched, mistreated, mismanaged, or generally ground to a crisp, this one is for you.

Great question! This is my favourite documentary on jungle music—All Junglists: A London Something Dis (1994). Few interesting glimpses at gear in a studio setting if you're into rack samplers and yesteryear computers. British electronic music scene has always been cool. youtu.be/s8dJ0NP4jsE

I'm working with my buddy, Tao (Psychoclast Software), on a game called Manta—an action sci-fi "flight-swim" with elements of stealth and RTS. I wear several hats for Manta—the primary one is composing and performing the feature-length interactive musical score. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHL...

In my headcanon, billionaires' brains have some very strange paths burned into them over time. I think having that much power & that many resources is an unnatural state, and that the brain has to twist itself into contortions to prevent madness. (This produces another kind of madness, of course.)

My buddy @broken-birds.bsky.social (Mark Redhead) is here at last. He's a fellow maker of music—known him about fourteen years through @wheatus.com—give him a big warm welcome. He's one of the funniest dudes I know, and his accent is amazing (Geordie).

So I did a thing: on.soundcloud.com/HS2gutBjyvcU...

Thanks for asking. For the horror fan, The Murders of Molly Southbourne. For the crime fan, Making Wolf. For the space travel fan, Far from the Light of Heaven. For most others, Rosewater.

My friend @mvorak.bsky.social is here! Like myself, he is a composer and musician. You may know his work on @brandon.insertcredit.com's Oh, Deer!, or with @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social on Streets of Rage 2-4 and Zork I. Acrobatizm is one of my favourites. motohirokawashima.bandcamp.com/album/acroba...

📢 EEEP!!! MYTHWRECKED is OUT NOW After *3 years* my next indie game (following Röki) is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox and Nintendo Switch... 🏝️ Explore a secret island ⚡️ Meet the gods of legend 🔎 Uncover the truth, behind the myth

I don’t rap often , as I’ve leaned fully into my singing and producing much more over the years. But when I get the urge to RAP, I heed said urge lexxblack.bandcamp.com/track/deep

My friend @mvorak.bsky.social is here! Like myself, he is a composer and musician. You may know his work on @brandon.insertcredit.com's Oh, Deer!, or with @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social on Streets of Rage 2-4 and Zork I. Acrobatizm is one of my favourites. motohirokawashima.bandcamp.com/album/acroba...

Got some real feelings about mutuals that are still paying for blue ticks on X/Twitter who aren't prominent public figures, and don't have a management team handling their social media. Why? Do better. Went on X—saw Elon Musk being openly sexist, transphobic, using the term "Pedosky" and more.

I'm working with my buddy, Tao (Psychoclast Software), on a game called Manta—an action sci-fi "flight-swim" with elements of stealth and RTS. I wear several hats for Manta—the primary one is composing and performing the feature-length interactive musical score. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHL...

Steal this idea: integration of Git repositories in a traditional word processor, natively, or as extension. Use Git repo issues for in-line comments—way better on lengthy manuscripts. Wiki ideal for managing lore et al. Branches for ebook, print etc. Decent collab, merges, versioning and blame.

PSA: If you are in "infosec" and pentest third-parties—get consent—know your shit. Wasted hours on incorrect reports from an amateur "team" trying to get paid for FUD. Reported malicious behaviour to their VPS provider, referenced laws, introduced them to my lawyer, billed for wasting time. FAFO.

Already enjoying the familiarity of what Twitter used to be without, oh you know, the wildly hateful, racist rhetoric that exists there. I think I can get real comfy here

Late for Pride, but All Walls Must Fall, a game I composed some interactive procedurally mixed music for, is now forever free on Steam and @itch.io! Also still available cheaply on Nintendo Switch. It's über gay and we're über proud of that. Enjoy! 🏳️‍🌈 hammyhavoc.com/work-walls-m...

Oi! @hammyhavoc.com shared his thoughts on @tonywarriner.bsky.social's brilliant book—Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness. If you're a fan of Broken Sword, or Beneath a Steel Sky, especially if you also make games, this one is a real treat: www.previousmagazine.com/tony-warrine...

@antisilence.bsky.social Great to see you mate!

Steal this idea: Standardized open and decentralized system of being able to buy a license to a creative work or design from a creator's site to then commission manufacturing on-demand from a cottage industry artisan who cares about quality.

I've been a fan of RSS for almost a quarter of a century—IMO, it keeps the modern web useable. Love FreshRSS. Recommend me your favourite RSS feeds! Even if they're yours, I want to know about them! Installed KOReader on a hacked Kindle to use with @nicosomb.bsky.social's Wallabag. #FOSS #IndieWeb

christmas dirtbag video drop m.youtube.com/watch?v=4swd...

Thinking about my late friends Ally MacDermot and Ray "Hilty" Hilton today—unless you're a local, their names won't mean much. I used to find thinking about them very painful, but today I'm very happy reminiscing about sharing music for hours on end into the night—vinyl, mixtapes, CDs, all sorts.

@scripting.com, I loved that musing about a simple chat solution that outputs an RSS feed. I feel like something like that on Matrix protocol would be the perfect bridge between chat and consuming it in a sensible capacity. Envisioning an archive of useful discussions. CC @bryandesrosiers.com

REEL Guyana's new documentary, The March Onwards, focuses on the conflicts faced by the local farmers and indigenous Warrau communities, and other environmental issues. @maryannmahoney.com and I provided audio post-production services. You can watch the full doc here: hammyhavoc.com/audio-post-p...

Here's a new PYE stereo feed-forward compressor from Ted! The 4061S: tfpro.com/ted-fletcher...

Give my friend Brendan B. Brown a follow; his band, Wheatus, goes far beyond just Teenage Dirtbag—they even went prog! They're out on tour again, go grab some tix—always brilliant. One of rock's hardest working bands. Love 'um to bits.

Hi everyone! I'm Mary Ann, a Scouse-American and cat person. I'm the Head of PR and a re-recording mixer at Split An Atom. Also a writer for Previous Magazine. I love editing other people's books, but maybe I'll find the time to write my own one of these days.

@jay.bsky.team @jack.bsky.social, how about oEmbed support on Bluesky? Seems like a nice middleground solution to not consume masses of Bluesky resources whilst neatly integrating with what already exists , e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud et al. Would be a real boon for creatives. No need to upload twice.

If you don't got a bidet, I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems, and a dirty butt ain't one

Just setup BlueSky to use my hammyhavoc.com domain as my handle. I was mulling using ham.my instead, but I figured it's at least obvious that I've got a personal site this way.