Flash

I’ve just found out about Flashpoint Archive, an application for playing old content created using Flash, as well as other obsolete browser technologies.

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The core functionality is provided by sandboxed versions of the plugins that run the content, a proxy server for games that need to believe they are run over the internet, and a launcher allowing you to browse and launch content - all wrapped up in a neat package.

And for the true archivists, there is a version that embeds all the content for download that, at the time of writing, is 2.28TB.

I’m interested in this for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, the preservation of history. I would like everything we create as a culture to remain available in some way (which is why I also support the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive). I’m also of the right age that much of this was some of the most popular content available on the internet when I started using it.

But also, I myself have some stuff I’ve produced that is hard to access in modern browsers. Specifically, some Shockwave and Silverlight games.

So, for the near future I’m going to do what I can to get my games added to the archive.

Anytime Pool for iPhone (and iPod touch) is now available on the app store outside America. A quick marketing blurb:

Now you can play Pool against your Facebook friends anytime you like. Anytime Pool is the first social game to allow you to play no matter whether you are sat at your PC or out and about on your iPhone, iPod Touch or mobile phone.

Not only does Anytime Pool have an incredible and robust multiplayer game, but you can also take part in a single player game against 14 cool characters in 5 exotic locations, from the UK and USA to the Philippines to China.

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• International Version.
• US Version.

The latest update to Anytime Pool on Facebook is here. Anytime Pool is a cool Flash game I was involved in making on Facebook that lets you play pool against your friends. Changes and new features in the latest version include:

• Chat mode is back. People asked for it’s return almost from the moment it was taken out. Can be disabled and can also be limited to ‘friends only’.
• Practice mode. Perfect those tricky shots or just hit the ball around.
• Power remembered between shots. A time saver everywhere, but mainly for shaving those last couple of seconds off your weekly challenge times.
• Improved ‘ball in hand’. Moving the white around the table no longer feels like a wrestling match.