linklog gamagarage britain?

Just a quick pre-birthday update (on the 29th, send me good tidings and/or chocolate) with a couple of fun things. Firstly, if you read the webpage version of this weblog, you'll notice the new ffwd linklog at the side of the page, using neato SSI-integrated MT templates. You should probably read it embedded in ffwd, but it also has its own standalone site, and, more importantly, its own RSS feed. It's an attempt to transmit fun, random cool links which don't otherwise fit in with the Slashdot Games or any other professional agenda. Impetus? It's very much following in the footsteps of people like Oblomovka and, especially, Andy Baio of Waxy.org, who prodded me into setting it up when I IM-ed him yet another random link (though he was happy to get them, he quite rightly suggested that other people might want to see them too!)

Also, my latest Gamasutra feature interview, called 'Escaping The Garage:
GarageGames' Jay Moore Speaks Out About The Plight Of Indies', is available now (no-register version), and a few random commenters seem to dig it. It's interesting to speculate about how independent gaming can survive in the era of the $10 million development cycle, and GarageGames seem to genuinely care about giving the little guy a chance, with an inexpensive 3D engine and as much publicity as they can muster - kudos to them.

Other than that, Holly cut my hair all short, so I mean business. Watch out, world! Oh, and if you have BBC America, watch Little Britain often, and repeatedly, already - yesbutno butyesbutno but... yes. Can't wait for Series 2 - is it too much to hope that Walliams and Lucas' 'Rock Profiles' would ever make it Stateside? Probably. :(