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A
LETTER
from
Qube
Cover: GaborD
Wow! When I created this site I never
expected it to become what it is
today. I’ve always loved a community
of dedicated coders who truly enjoy
coding, game creating and sharing
their experiences. Over the last
couple of years we’ve gained fantastic
loyal members who have taken the
time to post, reply, create worklogs
and help others to which I say a huge
thank you.
The game coding competitions have
exceeded my expectations which just
goes to show the great talent of our
members who create such great
games within a short time span. When
I first launched them I never expected
to see the quality that our members
have created. Many of them remind
me of dashing to the shops at the
weekend with my pocket money to
buy the latest and greatest releases
from Mastertronic. Huge appreciation
to all those that have joined in the fun
and I look forward to seeing what we
can all come up with in 2020.
So here we are once more with the
yearly madness that is Christmas. I
say madness by which I mean
watching others buy a months worth
of shopping because the stores are
closed for one whole day. All the
people asking you the same thing
every year, “Are you all ready for
Christmas?”. I tell them I’ve written an
app which organises the whole of the
Christmas routine for me. The array
of statements and comments you get
in return are class.
Welcome to SyntaxBomb’s first
Christmas magazine \o/
As far as traditions go, every year I try
and watch at least one classic
Christmas movie with a plate full of
mince pies and of course a few
(festive) beers. When the big day
arrives I look forward to stuffing
myself with Christmas dinner and
afterwards complain on the couch
that I’ve eaten too much, then
proceed to stuff myself with
Christmas cake. In the evening the
festive water *cough* flows and we all
have a great laugh doing anything
from board games to karaoke. Simple
but very fun leading to me and the
misses walking home at around 4am.
I say walking but it’s more of a zigzag
while still complaining we’ve
eaten too much followed by the old
“is this the right key for the door”.
Someone once asked me why there
was no room at the inn for Mary and
Jesus. I said it was because of
Christmas! - I’ll leave the response
they gave up to your imagination.
What ever your festive traditions are I
hope you all have a great, peaceful
and fun Christmas.
Finally a special thanks to iWasAdam
for putting together this magazine.
Rudolph happily donates a carrot to
you and Santa happily gives you one
mince pie (but just one as he’s a busy
guy)
All that’s left to be said is…
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. Qube.