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Smoke is never a good sign.
Submitted by alderneyvamp on Sat, 2008-01-19 12:28.
Rants
Well they power cord for my laptop went up in a puff of smoke, caused by the small explosion of wires frazzling. Hurrah, I have no laptop. Want this means is that until I get a new power cable (sometime next week) I can't get to my geek files and I can't develop any more of my games. On the plus side this gives me time to decide where I want my games to go, sometimes it's good to stand back and get a little percpective. I feel so powerless.Submitted by alderneyvamp on Sat, 2008-01-19 16:33.
Well my problem isn't as bad as all that, I've just got to wait for a new power supply to arrive. Being detached from my other works I have started to look at my old stuff. I spent most of today thinking about Deus and making mad notes. My bed is covered in books, looking for ideas for powers (I've decided that powers are to be grouped, so that when designing a Deus a player has to decide on two or three sets of lore to characterise their powers.) » reply
Dust inhabited my case andSubmitted by Evil1 on Sat, 2008-01-19 22:50.
Dust inhabited my case and caused everything to die. then i cleaned it and a minute later my dog was chasing a bug and toppeled my computer once. The morale: god hates gamers » reply
More proof that Evil1 is rightSubmitted by NoobHealer on Sun, 2008-01-20 09:07.
During the production of Lute Hero I turned on my laptop only to see smoke pouring out the top. I bring my laptop to the repair guy, and he doesn't have a loaner to give me. So I went a few weeks as a computer programmer without a computer. So yes, God definitely hates gamers. » reply
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Been there, done that
My personal computer had several system files wiped away when a program was uninstalled - so for a year now its been in a rather wounded condition.
Just after thanksgiving my brothers bought a pair of Compaq notebooks on sale. One is still working fine, the other died within 24 hours of opening the box. Compaq sent a replacement, which had a bad track pad, and also died. A second replacement is on the way - with considerable improvements over the baseline as an apology.
A friend built a custom computer. First the supplier gave him a bad mother board. Then he needed to take a hack-saw to the case to get bits in.
Another acquaintance had a computer die due to bugs. Literally. Fruit flies infested his video card.
Thats the way the quantum waveform collapses sometimes.
There is a fine line between hobby and obsession. I seem to have lost sight of it some time ago.