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http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=47632&postda ys=0&postorder=asc&start=165&sid=7637bca86e014343a 0a2304594354221

PC version (played this one last night - works great!)
http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/GridWars14.zip

Mac version (can't vouch for this one)
http://www.olpin.net/blitz/GridWars14osx.zip

Note that this game is still in development. The author (not me) is still soliciting feedback on the thread cited above (which is pretty much the official forum for the game so far).

I can't vouch for whether this version is true to the original, but I can tell you that this version is a blast to play!

Note that F3 (on the PC version at least), is the shortcut key for toggling the grid display (which is not on by default). See the source files (*.bmx) for other details. Full dual joystick as well as gamepad, keyboard, and mouse configurations are all playable.

Enjoy!

[...] the kind of people who use the word are generally the same class of people that use the word FAG, or FAGGOT as a derogatory term here in the US. [...]

From where did you pick up that idea? The word is commonly used in this country (the United Kingdom), although not generally in 'polite company'. Do you mean to imply that writing in an informal style implies bigotry?

There does seem to be a cultural divide here. I've heard that, in the U.S., the word is strictly linked to female anatomy and, indeed, is usually directed at women. Over here, a person calling someone 'a cunt' (in the derogatory sense) is no more thinking of vaginas than a person saying "bastard" (in the same sense) is thinking of illegitimacy. Neither is there any implication that the person using either word disapproves of fannies or births out of matrimony. Mr Minter's expansion of the derogatory 'cunt' to descriptions of feminine naughty bits was akin to a pun, recognisable as such and thus humorous to most Brits but, presumably, not to foreigners for whom the word apparently has only a single meaning.

To witness the word as it is commonly used in Britain, simply search for it on the YakYak forum where you will find that Mr Minter is frequently and playfully referred to as a cunt himself.

[He] just doesn't realize that some conversational vernacular that sounds OK when spoken makes you sound like a jerk when written.

Outside of his native country, perhaps. BTW, I understand that, in the U.S., 'jerk' is a reference to masturbation. Do you therefore mean in your statement above either that people who use such words sound sexy to you or that you find 'jerking off' unpleasurable? If neither was your intention then I suggest that your 'jerk' is semantically similar to our 'cunt' and 'bastard'.

H.
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"Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language."
[Attributed to George Bernard Shaw]

After Unity is released for GameCube, Jeff plans on making a sequel to Llamatron (although this could change, that's very unlikely since Yak himself announced it):

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=14802&highli ght=llamatron

After Unity is released for GameCube, Jeff plans on making a sequel to Llamatron (although this could change, that's very unlikely since Yak himself announced it):

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=14802&highli ght=llamatron

Excellent, I was beginning to fear the project might have died a sad death.

From some of the screenshots it looks like it might be similar to his Nuon Tempest 3K. Though it's kind of hard to judge.

Excellent, I was beginning to fear the project might have died a sad death.

From some of the screenshots it looks like it might be similar to his Nuon Tempest 3K. Though it's kind of hard to judge.

He keeps a blog on the YakYak forum with screenshots of WIP :)

Will we ever see a new Jeff Minter?

Why would we need to see a new Jeff Minter when the current one is single-handedly (well, with some financial support from Lionhead Studios) making a GameCube game right now: Unity.

Somehow, I doubt that Unity will cost $30 million. Smaller scale game dev is still possible -- so long as you don't want $29 million worth of theatrics, and $1 worth of a game.