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Last Updated (Saturday, 04 October 2008 03:31)
This is the personal site of David Bennett. You'll find various projects and professional work along with other work of mine that I want to put on the web.
This site is very much a work in progress at the moment, but please take a look around!
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Currently on Gaslight & Steam Dev Blog
My most recent thoughts and ideas
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Populares Et Optimates, A Game Of Rome Part 2
Posted February 6, 2010
Watching card manipulation by Dan and Dave Buck including those on their site like the demo video of the Akira flourish got me thinking quite a bit about card shuffling. After seeing some of the false shuffles and other manipulations and having read about games where the shuffling algorithm was only pseudo-random, I wanted... [Read more]
Currently on Cyberpunk Now
The Present Future
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Posted July 10, 2009
In his recent on-line writing, Charles Stross hit the nail on the head about the cyberpunk lifestyle in his auobiography (Charles Stross: The Early Years). “The cyberpunk lifestyle reads a whole lot better in fiction than as a lifestyle manifesto. Take it from someone who’s lived through it.” “Picture this: you’re a former drug dealer who has... [Read more]