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Pairs Memory Game (Picture Pairs)

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A new project just started. A nice game of Pairs. Played with either normal 52 card playing cards or random pictures. The idea is to start of with original artwork, then add favourite authors’ books, ai generated artwork, retro computer games and computers, maybe movie franchises etc. Obviously copyright would come into it, but starting with original artwork circumnavigates us getting to a MVP.

So Picture Pairs is live in its most basic form. Who knows, but we’re working towards linking it into parallel worlds, same image or artwork or photograph, but the version from different realities.

https://picturepairs.com

AI Theory Generator (BETA)

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A Theory Generator running off Firebase Firestore and Firebase Authentication. Theories for a wide field of subjects. Emmerdale? Christopher Priest’s work? Star Wars? Yup, they’re all covered.

https://theorygenerator.com – currently in beta as an mvp, but being worked on.

Christopher Priest The Evidence

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Christopher Priest is my favourite author. I like his style of writing (in most of his novels and short stories). I own pretty much all things he’s published. I have a signed copy of my favourite of his, The Affirmation (well, unless I got ripped off on Ebay, even so, it’s a beautiful hard copy of the red cover of The Affirmation)

I believe I’ve read everything he’s produced, including Interzone stories, the wine book and the antics with Harlan Ellision’s Dangerous Visions 2.

I’ve never met the guy, but feel it would be interesting, if a little… unnerving. (Don’t mention the word science fiction or sci-fi or BSFA for example. Just kidding)

So, invariably I read The Evidence on its release, and re-read it recently.

Without too many spoilers, this is a dry exploration of dual realities and time distortion within a crime detective setting, through a part of the Archipelago never before seen (as far as I recall). It is in some sense too short, yet can be a slog to work through, but never a word is wasted.

Rabahome, during the narrative, was hacked. Reality is a wild beast.

https://rabahome.com

https://christopher-priest.co.uk

Loader Entertainment

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Whether you enjoy games, films or music, this retro (especially ZX Spectrum) inspired company, Loader Entertainment, is actively involved in looking for suitable games or films or music to promote. Take a look and sign up.

https://loaderentertainment.com

Artificial Intelligence AI Artwork Gallery

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How about a gallery of artificially generated artwork based on certain text string. Well X71.IO is an online gallery of hundreds of images generated by AI.

Using a text string, it generates artwork and displays the results. You can do it ‘in the style of’ an artist, or in a medium ‘a charcoal drawing’.

There are some which were created ‘in the style of the zx spectrum’ or ‘a 1980s image’ so certain images of paintings look eerily authentic.

https://x71.io

Play Text Adventures Online XYZZY.GAMES

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Easily play old skool text adventures on various formats directly in the browser. Check out xyzzy.games. Looks really cool and easier than setting up any sort of emulator environment.

https://xyzzy.games