Blimey! Has it really been a month since i last updated? Oops. I’ve been busy. Well, not for the last couple of weeks or so, but up until then I was busy! You see, as I was still hiding from the realities of having to Read More …
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An anatomy of a Work in Progress: Fatnick Makes Some Music!
It’s been a bit of a busy 6 months over here in Fatnick towers. Though I’ve been doing lots of STUFF, I hadn’t actually got round to releasing anything. Oops. However, with summer swiftly approaching, I thought “why not put together a nice little Megadrive-based Read More …
New Single: The Queen’s Speech
I tend to steer clear from politics around here (unless it’s absolutely necessary,) but as things in the wider world are so terribly grim at the moment I thought I’d put together a little track to ‘celebrate’ the opening of parliament yesterday. It’s not often Read More …
The Queen’s Speech
I wish I could say I created this because I have a noble political agenda. In reality I just couldn’t pass up an excuse to use a sample of the queen saying ‘Psycho-Active Drugs’ Preview The Queen's Speech by Fatnick Stream/Download
Video Games Are Harmful! Here we go again…
I like Science, I like video games. Rarely, however, do I like the two together – and that’s certainly true of today’s “video games are harmful” story: Call of Duty will make you mentally ill. According to the news story: Researchers found that people who regularly played Read More …
Fatnick has a GX4000
So the other day I took delivery of something quite exiting: An Amstrad GX4000 games console. If you’re thinking “Amstrad?” and “Games Console?” don’t feel too bad: It lasted on the market for less than a year before being discontinued. It was home to just Read More …
FatNick Makes a Game Part 6
(Part 5) I don’t know about you but if there’s one thing I hate, it’s being ill. After all, aside from feeling like crap, you don’t have either the strength or the inclination to carry on playing around with your funky little side projects…like mucking Read More …
Bleugh! Illness and…Freescape
Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, there’s been next to no activity around here recently. Boo, There has been a good reason for that though: My wife and I have been horrendously ill for the last few weeks. Seriously. It feels like, between us, we’ve Read More …
Review A Great Game Day 2015: The Trapdoor
Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions, where nobody goes, stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place, lives Berk, overworked servant of “the thing upstairs” But that’s nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath the trap door, for there is Read More …
Fatnick Makes a Game Part 5
(For Fatnick makes a game Part 4, click here) Hello everyone, Since my last update a lot of stuff has changed! Having completed my test track, I’ve decided to go in more of an arcade-driven direction for the actual game. So let’s make a game! Read More …
I’m Sorry!
One of the most exciting things about having an extensive MAME library ( on my unjailbroken iPhone as well. HA!) is that it allows you to access to all kinds of weird and wonderful titles that would be incredibly difficult to find in the physical Read More …
Watch A guy Tear Apart a Zx Spectrum
A fascinating video this, but not exactly for the faint hearted: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GcwcyL9LgM[/youtube] No matter how many times I see a Speccy’s innards, I still can’t get over both how neat and ‘modern’ the outer casing looks, and how simple the design is on the Read More …
Here’s a Bunch of Lovely Outrun Easter Eggs
I may about 20 years late to the party, but I thought I’d quickly share the Easter Eggs that developer Hertz included in their Sega Megadrive port of the original Outrun. All of the easter eggs are unlocked just before the beginning of the third Read More …
Sobs! They’re Renovating the Tower Block at Colliers Wood
One of my local train stations has a massive derelict tower block sitting right outside. Today, it looks like they’ve started work renovating it. Most people will like this, as it’s generally considered a bit of an eye sore: But I like it. Not Read More …
FatNick Makes A Game: Part 4
Crumbs! Quite a lot has happened since I popped up here with part 3. SO let’s get stuck in. Having got something playable up and running, I decided that I needed to sort the car model out once and for all. There’s no point in Read More …
Snow!
Zx Spectrum style…
Mucking Around With a Fitbit Redux
OK, after spending a bit more time with my Fitbit, I no longer have any reservations at all. The device is amazing. Previously, I mentioned having syncing issues between my device and MyFitnessPal. These turned out to be REALLY easy to resolve. The issue was Read More …
FatNick Makes a Game: Part 3
(Part 2) (Skip the boring stuff and go straight to the playable work in progress? click here then!) Blimey, I’ve done quite a bit since my last update. Hurrah! For someone who spends much of their professional life moaning at people for placing printer’s marks Read More …
FatNick Makes a Game: Part 2
(Part 1) So last time on Fatnick Makes a Game we looked at how to fire up Unity, create a cube and some spheres, then sit and stare at the screen wondering why they won’t spontaneously form into a usable car. This time we’re going Read More …