Kieran Hicks 👍👍

Fuck this is hard.

@dave_mcpartlin @ChrisHeadleand 178 as of this very second, I'm ashamed to say that this is after some heavy tab pruning this afternoon.

@ChrisHeadleand @Kieran_Hicks On then, Kieran, we’re all intrigued!

Can anyone beat 152 open tabs?

@ChrisHeadleand A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth.

Tolkien, excellent author, linguist, world builder…. Terrible song writer.

To kick things off our first award winner for BEST ARCADE GAME 2023 is MechHead by @StaffsUni - Congratulations! #TIGAawards #GameDevs #GamesIndustry

@ChildishTombino For real?

@ChrisHeadleand Surely at this point it's no longer a combative endeavour between you and the shed but more collaborative.

Man Vs Shed - desk and workbench installed. Reasonably pleased with that.

@ChrisHeadleand Amazing!

Man Vs Shed / Smoker now fully integrated took these photos before sealing up the internals. Airtight between smoker and the inside of shed so shouldn’t get seepage of smell into the shed itself. All accessed from outside. Can’t wait to smoke some cheese again! @Kieran_Hicks

@ChrisHeadleand @JoeNatCHI @YouTube Can confirm, a good guy.

@JoeNatCHI @YouTube Let’s chat sometime. Have done some work in this space before with wheelchair simulation, and other healthcare apps. @Kieran_Hicks is a good guy to chat to too.

Really interesting episode, I wonder how simulation and the metaverse will intersect in the future. As a self-professed gamer, I’d be keen to explore! @ChrisHeadleand Level of Detail EP1 - A Meander through the Metaverse youtu.be/vDzF9QNvKSc via @YouTube

It shouldn’t need to be said, but you are no more “approachable” during a lecture sat on a chair gesticulating, than you are if you are stood up. Can we please move on from the ridiculous idea that sitting astride a backwards chair makes you somehow “cool”?

@PlaySushiUK @ChrisHeadleand @Beever @GameArtAcademic @CatherineFlick @ritsos_p Agreed loU2 does a great job. We’re actually looking at more severe visual impairments, where typically commercial games aren’t playable at all.

@Kieran_Hicks @ChrisHeadleand @Beever @GameArtAcademic @CatherineFlick @ritsos_p Last of Us Part II probably has the best accessibility features for the impaired ever featured in a game. Amazingly comprehensive.

Games Academics… curious, what research etc you working on over summer? @Beever @GameArtAcademic @CatherineFlick @ritsos_p @Kieran_Hicks. I’m working on some cool immersion stuff using haptics. Tag some people in your reply. Curious what the trending topics will be.

@MarlyGames @ChrisHeadleand @Beever @GameArtAcademic @CatherineFlick @ritsos_p It’s one of the MsC by research students I supervised. They looked at voice vs predefined text responses in a coop game. They also passed their viva with no corrections!

@Kieran_Hicks @ChrisHeadleand @Beever @GameArtAcademic @CatherineFlick @ritsos_p Curious about the multiplayer communication!

@ChrisHeadleand @Theatrerob However, The game has aged really well in some aspects and horrific in others. Which is worth pointing out.

@ChrisHeadleand @Theatrerob Conkers Bad Fur Day satisfies those requirements. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd4rB…

Has anyone ever seen a panto-based video game? Something that follows the conceptual structures of Panto (musical comedy, 4th wall etc), but in an interactive playful experience? The closest I can think of is the old Discworld games. Anyone else? @Theatrerob @Kieran_Hicks

@ChrisHeadleand That time of year where I tell you that you are very much mistaken.

It’s that time of year, when I remind @Kieran_Hicks that Gaudete is the best Xmas song. youtu.be/EDc2FD-vy8M

Student of mine is running a remote based Oculus Quest study. If you have a Quest please consider signing up to take part.

@ChrisHeadleand @StaffsUni Nice 👍👍👍👍👍

Excited to announce that I will be joining @StaffsUni as Professor of Digital Innovation, and head of the Games Design & Technology department. Looking forward to the new role, & can't wait to meet my new colleagues. My family thought it was a good justification for fudge :)

Thanks for signal boost on that last tweet everyone, it is greatly apricated.

One of my masters students is current recruiting participants for an online remote study that involves playing a multiplayer game. The study takes around 45 minutes to complete, if your interested here is the sign up link: forms.office.com/r/ct9jMtnUrr Ethics approved at UoL-2020-4096

What a blast this panel was @Kieran_Hicks @SFaulknerPandO @Nige1980 @mdleast @HalehMoravej & the amazing #PracticalPedagogy1 community. Thx to the legendary @ChrisHeadleand for bringing the Fellowship of Creative Pedagogy together. It's not done though. It's only the beginning.

We are looking for a new Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Games and HCI to join us in @intlab_lincoln at @unilincoln. Full details: jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…. Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss informally!