Iain Douglas Stewart

L.I.F.E.

By Iain 10 January 2014VideogamesNo Comments

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. So here's a charming little diversion: L.I.F.E. You are falling through the sky. Bottles of milk are somehow hurtling upwards, ignoring gravity. Collecting them feels good. Gives you health. Lollipops start rising. How? I don't know. Eat them, they taste nice. Oh my, now there are knives. I don't…

Friday Update 10/1/14

By Iain 10 January 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Ten days into 2014 and I feel like I'm back at the beginning already. I'm back to 100% well, so I'm back at work, and the usual routine has slipped back into place. I know I don't work the longest hours at Asda, but when I get home I just can't get creative. I want to kick back, relax, unwind.…

Xbox one, Xbox and Xbox One

By Iain 8 January 2014VideogamesNo Comments

So, my work colleague asked me "do you have an Xbox yet?" today, and while I was sure what he was asking me, I was quite unsure how to answer him. See - I wanted to correct him. I knew he was asking me if I had an Xbox One yet, as he had recently bought one and has told…

The games of Mateusz Skutnik

By Iain 3 January 2014VideogamesNo Comments

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. Some time in the past/future we featured a game called "Where Is 2014?" by Mateusz Skutnik. He has made quite a few other games, and they are a lot better than the one we featured, randomly. Probably his best known work, Submachine, is a series of games that trap…

Where Is 2014?

By Iain 3 January 2014VideogamesNo Comments

This was originally posted on the now-defunct Random Fury! videogame blog. It's Friday, which means it's time for another random game. Being current and on trend is not at all important to me. Ever. So it surprises me to feature a reasonably relevant game on RGF this week: Where Is 2014? This is one of those hidden object type games,…

Friday update 3/1/14

By Iain 3 January 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

First update of the new year. Yeah. I've already finished a piece of art - being off work with a dodgy stomach will tend to have that effect. It's one I started in 2013 but put off for whatever reason - a Zinogre from the Monster Hunter series. Lewis loves the latest one on the 3DS, and I was quite…

A Zinogre from Monste Hunter

By Iain 3 January 2014Creativity, VideogamesNo Comments

Inspiring words, for me to read from time to time

By Iain 1 January 2014Creativity, ReflectionsNo Comments

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All…

2014 fitness and other random targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

I need a new routine. If the start of a new year spurs that change, then so be it. I can understand that some people don't like those people that make "resolutions", but I'm all for them to do so - if making a resolution makes that person sit up and admit they have a problem they'd like to fix,…

2014 creativity targets

By Iain 1 January 2014Books, Creativity, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I think the targets should be the same as last year, but this time I should stick to them. Daily Draw more. Even if it's just a silly little doodle, or a sketch on a scrap of receipt paper at work. Pick up a pencil, pen or stylus at least once a day and imagine something new or recreate what…