Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November

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QA (now retired) for Inkle Studios, Tributary Games, Failbetter Games, etc. Former Highways Clerk, Highway Inspector & Streetworks Supervisor. Accessibility ally. I ❤️ Civil Engineering, Archaeology & Greenock Morton FC. Cis, he/him. BLM, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 27d

Reposted: “I was (recently retired) a freelance, part time QA for less than 10 years into my old age, and I go to #DevelopBrighton 😎 I get to play games, give feedback on them, meet friends/colleagues/game dev legends, consume expensive beverages and eat free ice cream.” ☺️👍

I will be at Develop: Brighton on Thursday 16th July.
Mainly in the bar, outside eating an ice cream, or wandering around the Expo gaming area.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 28d

After you read one of my skeets, you have to visualize this at the end of it.

The character Brick Top, from the film Snatch.
He’s holding a polystyrene cup of tea in his right hand, and sort of smiling through gritted teeth.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 28d

Photo of my roof (taken from the back garden) as work finished back in 2015. Extra cost to the quoted price was for replacement of several wooden eaves, as they showed burn marks from an incendiary bomb dropped during WW2. 😳

Photo showing a newly tiled pitched roof on a terraced house, with some scaffolding still in place.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 29d

For #DevelopBrighton on Thursday I’ve chosen to wear a t-shirt with this A Highland Song design on it, so look out for me in the Expo, the bar, or out front eating an ice cream. 😎

Photo of a dark olive green t-shirt with a square design on it featuring the Inkle Studios game A Highland Song.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 29d

I bought the Australian (PAL/Region 4, same format as UK Region 2) Spirit Of Skuxx limited edition DVD. 😎

Photo showing the DVD cardboard slip case and the DVD box art.
The slipcase notes that it includes 5 random collector cards.

Photo of inside the DVD box, showing the reversible box art sleeve, the DVD and 6 collector cards, one of which is a duplicate of the Ricky Baker one.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· 29d

Alt-text added. It's a great anecdote. 🤣

How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening.
On the other side of me was my son Tim - he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.

JEFF GOLDBLUM I love that story, Sam.
I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 12

Full alt-text added to the image.

Tweet by the Norwegian Embassy in Washington:
“We came. We rowed, We represented.
For the first time in almost 30 years, the Men's Team made it into the World Cup. For the first time ever, we made it into the quarter finals!
But, in the end, we are most proud of their spirit. Every single member of the team represented Norway with distinction. We tried our best -- but never forgot to have fun.
Good luck to the remaining teams!”

Then four cartoons representing

We Came (the team with their flag and a cheering crowd behind them)
We Rowed (the team in a longboat)
We Represented (Erling Haaland shaking hands with Harry Kane)
Thank You America! (A Norwegian and an American holding their flags and with an arm around the other’s shoulder)

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 6

No, Albert, you cannot have any of my duck bao buns. #Labrador

A black labrador, sitting on a couch, looking longingly at a white plate with six bao buns (one half eaten) and a small dish of hoisin sauce in front of him.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 6

Joining the unhinged Develop: Brighton post club. Enjoy.

My head, replacing the head of a mottled brown bird, standing on the beach in front of Brighton Palace Pier.
Text says
I will be at
Develop Brighton
on Thursday 16th July
Mainly in the bar, outside eating an ice cream,
or wandering around the Expo gaming area.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 6

Alt-text added to the image from @compulsiongames.bsky.social #Accessibility

When Compulsion Games was founded in 2009 as an independent studio, we were just a few dreamers in a leaky old gramophone factory devoted to creating rich storylines and experiences that felt handcrafted. We care about the craft of making games, the stories we tell, the players who experience them, and the assembled creators who put their heart and soul into doing something different.
Today, we're sharing that Compulsion Games will return to independent management following our time as part of XBOX.
As part of this transition, we will retain the rights to Contrast, We Happy Few, and our award-winning South of Midnight.
We're grateful for the years we spent with XBOX, for the support they provided our team, and for the opportunity to bring these games to players around the world. As an independent studio, we're excited to continue building the distinctive games that define Compulsion while taking the next steps in our journey.
Our immediate priority is to support our team throughout this transition period. We are confident in the future of Compulsion Games and look forward to this next chapter where one thing will remain constant: we will create unique games that tell important stories, all with the goal of touching the hearts and minds of our players.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 2

Show me a cool physical game.

Heaven’s Vault Special Edition on Nintendo Switch.
- bundled expanded narrative books
- full colour manual
- full soundtrack CD with bonus tracks
- puzzle cards+timeline chart+laptop stickers+notebook

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jul 1

I have the German special edition blu ray, with a booklet insert in the case. ☺️ #NearDark

Photo of the Blu ray box art, featuring a painted portrait of Lance Henriksen’s character in Near Dark.

Photo of the blu ray case contents, with the disc on the left, featuring the same portrait as on the box art, and on the right is the booklet that is glued to the case.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 28

Morning! 👍❤️

A Guinness mug with oat milky coffee in it.
The Guinness mug is dark red, with a relief-type design showing a toucan balancing a pint of Guinness on its beak, with text below it saying
Guinness

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 26

Our newer shower, with a highlight showing the cold-too hot range. 😋

Photo showing an electric shower unit on a tiled wall, with a small red square outline on a tiny part of the heating dial.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 26

I had my nails done for a local Pride event a couple of years ago. The local nail salon closed down the following day! 😳🤪

Photo of both of my bony/thin hands, showing each nail gel painted in a colour of the Pride flag.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 25

Alt-text added to image in original post.

Tweet by Miles Taylor.

There was a rule when I was in Trump's first term: if a memo had a staple in it, it was too long for him to read.
Life-or-death decisions were cut to one page. Or a half-page. Or less. Bold fonts. BIG pictures.
When you're wondering why everything's a mess, remember that.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 24

Oh, really? 🤔

A Tweet by Valuetainment

JUST IN: Anthropic CEO says Al companies need hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt.

Sergeant Williams from the British TV series It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum.
Saying
Oh Dear
How Sad
Never Mind

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 23

Yup, it's end of days out here!

Lightning tracker with many hundreds of strikes over London and north Kent, with numbers over London saying 400+ and 600+ strikes!

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 23

I’m getting the same in north Kent. What it currently looks like:

Lightning tracker map of London and north Kent, showing hundreds of strikes.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 21

All gone. *burp*

16 wings now just bone and gristly ends.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 21

Got my #IndyCar food delivery. 😎 #ChickenWings Does @tomgaymor.bsky.social eat anything during races? #SkyIndyCar

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 21

Love the bench at Road America. ☺️ #SkyIndyCar #FoxSports

A large carved wooden bench, with a wooden gorilla at one end, with its arm out to the side along the back of the bench, and a wooden replica of an Indy Car race trophy at the other.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 20

Rochester Cathedral, in my hometown, is my fav. 😎

My own photo of Rochester Cathedral, showing the western end and the main spire at the top.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 16

Reskeet with a tweet you still think about.

Two Tweets.
Original one (from me) says
“And I'm finally able to say that I was part of the QA team from shortly after Jon wrote it.
It's a great adventure and I'm looking forward to the release of it on Apple Arcade very soon.
#OverTheAlps”
Reply from Jon Ingold of Inkle Studios says
“This man is a legend.”

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 14

Very nice! I used to cosplay as a Colonial Marine from Aliens. I had real US Vietnam Jungle Boots, with Vibram Sole. Took me ages to get them clean and shiny enough. Here’s the boots with cleaning products, etc. and then the toes after a final buff before a ‘Drop’ at a convention.

Long black boots with mid green lining, with a tin of Kiwi parade polish, leather balsam (cleaner and moisturiser, a foam pad and two vintage shoe polish brushes.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 13

Here’s my #ScenicRailView, taken on the way up to Glasgow, when the train was just between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. 😎

Rolling hills and green fields, with a cloudy sky.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 12

Playing some #HeavensVault by @inkle.co on my #SteamDeck. Hours played (not including 200+ QA) must be over 500 now, spread over PC, Deck and Switch. 😎

A Steam Deck with Heaven’s Vault on its screen, showing the translation of a Typeset Book item.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 12

Amended original image and added alt-text:

Person on the left is wearing a full face balaclava and about to throw a petrol bomb. Text above them says
Protester with legitimate concerns.
Person on the right is an old lady, being arrested by a police officer. Text above her says
Terrorist.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 12

It used to be the end bit of a cycle lane over Rochester’s ‘New’ Bridge, but the Bridge Trust extended a filter lane on the bridge a few years ago and removed the cycle lane to do that, changing the footway to Shared Use. 🫤

Streetview showing the east bound bridge, with a Shared Use sign on a lamp column to the left.
A short cycle lane marking on the road surface is at the start of the bridge, stopping just after a tactile slab crossing point, where it diverts onto the footway.

Steve Morton - 🔜 AdvX, London, 7-8 November@pvbuk· Jun 12

Medway has one of those. Photo shows the entire length of the ‘cycle lane’, all 5m of it. 🤔