Sorry to hijack this blog, but the situation is serious…

All what made the net a human revolution is being trampled by private industries. Freedom of speech is being trampled. The right to a private life is being trampled. Justice is being trampled. Democracy is being trampled (I still have to understand the difference between lobbying and corruption…). ( and here too). Public domain is being trampled. Even artists are being trampled (and here too).

The last days, most major file sharing companies went suicidal. Apparently, you can now end in jail for hosting a file even if there’s no law against that.

There’s only one way to make this decline of democracy and civilization stop : boycott the MAFIAA.

I’m a huge movie/animation consumer. I own more than 400 DVDs and blu-rays, all legally bought. But while looking at the smoking ruins of my individual freedoms, I have no right to continue to feed the beast. That’s it. I won’t buy anymore product from them. Not a single one. I know it’s a desperate fight, most people won’t be able to stop consuming mainstream, but that’s the only way…

Stop buying movies from Hollywood. Stop buying music from majors. Buy directly from artists and independent producers. Spread the word…

There’s an ongoing effort to spread the word for a total boycott on March. Even though I don’t think a single month is enough to shake those multibillions corporations, it’s a good start. Who knows, in the end, you might get used to not buying Rihanna…

Feel free to suggest more links in the comments.

activism :
http://megauprising.com/black-march/
http://www.facebook.com/events/167422583360693
http://black-march.com
Boycott SOPA Android App
http://boycott-hollywood.org
http://twitter.com/search?q=%23starvethebeast
http://mafiaa.org/
http://edge-op.org/grouch/boycott.html
http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
https://www.eff.org/
http://www.laquadrature.net/en

responsible consumption – music :

responsible consumption – movies :
http://www.independentmovies.net
http://1000studios.org/

PS : in case some whining artist voice reaches here with “but artists needs money” arguments, my answer is that this has nothing to do with artists, but with copyright holders. Do artists working for the majors own their copyrights ? Nope. So get out of the debate. Go indie or go fuck yourself.

Strike Against SOPA & PIPA

After Goblin Camp, it’s up to Brogue to unleash its first 2012 release.

Grab the 1.6 release here.

Along with new content, this version brings a lot of UI goodness including a button bar for mouse only play, full screen support and key mapping.

[edit] you can also read the article on TIGSource about the game :
http://www.tigsource.com/2012/01/15/brogue/

At last, something roguelike related.

Goblin camp is probably the most promising project using libtcod. As far as I know, it’s also the only project that successfully used the SDL callback to provide a tiled interface. It has a strong community and a main developer with high stick-to-it-iveness. Above all feats, those are the two most important for a successful project.

This release comes with a nice crafting guide that shows how deep the game already is despite its youth.

Millions of puppets (including me) are possessed by Skyrim, wandering aimlessly in its stunning countries. In case some of them hope they might recover and go back to a normal life in a few months… there’s this…