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shawnr replied on September 24, 2009 13:54 to the problem "Cannot add games, hangs on "Adding your game..."" in CRASHBOMB:

This is now fixed. IE should be working fine now. Please let us know if you encounter any other issues. Thanks again for the report!

shawnr replied on September 24, 2009 01:59 to the question "Where is Nambu 2.0?" in Nambu:

The beta is leading up to 2.0. I imagine the Nambu devs will keep it at 1.9.x until the final release. Nothing is wrong, and as of tonight that is the latest release.

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shawnr replied on August 21, 2009 23:04 to the problem "Cannot add games, hangs on "Adding your game..."" in CRASHBOMB:

Thanks for the extra info. It does look like you're correct and it has something to do with the way IE is handling the javascript. I will do my best to get this debugged asap. Thanks again for reporting this issue, and I hope to be back in touch very soon!

shawnr replied on August 20, 2009 23:26 to the problem "Cannot add games, hangs on "Adding your game..."" in CRASHBOMB:

Hi Soupface,

Thanks for reporting this problem. What a bummer!

Can you let me know the game you are trying to add? Usually these kinds of problems have something to do with information that is incomplete (or over-complete) from Freebase in a way that I haven't anticipated. Often the trick to figuring out exactly what to expect is to find a good example.

If you can tell me what game you were trying to add I will test it out and see if I can replicate your error. If so, I can probably figure out what's going wrong.

Take care,
Shawn

shawnr replied on January 17, 2009 20:02 to the discussion "Game Data Oddness" in CRASHBOMB:

Fixed the 500 Server Error on Too Human, Guitar Hero, and other games with multiple release dates listed in Freebase.

shawnr shared an idea in Minggl on December 21, 2008 17:03:

Configurable mStream display in toolbar would be good for everyone

I would like some configuration options for the mStream shown in the toolbar. A longer duration for messages would be nice -- as it is, I usually barely catch the update in time to read part of it and not enough time to enjoy it.

I also would like it if the latest mStream update could stay in the toolbar -- the last thing received on twitter, for example.

These seem like the sort of customizations (duration and continued display of latest update) that would allow a lot of users to make the Minggl bar a lot nicer for their individual tastes.

Thanks for the good work!

shawnr replied on September 20, 2008 12:27 to the discussion "Alpha Phase Feedback Post Here" in CRASHBOMB:

Whoops! This was just a bit of a typo. So sorry it worked its way through to production. Thanks for the extra eyes! Fixed now.

shawnr replied on September 19, 2008 13:03 to the discussion "Alpha Phase Feedback Post Here" in CRASHBOMB:

DavidM,

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I am happy to say that bulk adding is on the list. We have heard this request from several folks, and it is getting closer to completion.

In general, we are also working on improving our integration with Freebase.com. I don't want to make any promises at this point, but any info about oddness in what the search results return or the data supplied for games is very welcome. Can you tell us what games you found with duplicate console entries?

Game Data varies widely and we try to support everything Freebase contains, so it's always useful to collect interesting test cases. I have started this discussion to note any weird game results or display issues we see. Please add any game titles you've had issue with to this discussion.

Unfortunately IE6 will probably always be a bit under-supported, but we try to fix any errors when we get time. We'll also hope that your work eventually allows you to use a modern browser! We do support IE7. (As well as FF, Safari, Opera and Chrome.)

Integrating gaming news and RSS is an interesting idea. Please feel free to begin a discussion about what kinds of data would be interesting to you in the context of CRASHBOMB.

We do have a strong belief that we need to keep CRASHBOMB simple, quick and uncluttered. But we love to hear ideas about features. So always feel free to begin discussions about what you would like to see on the site and we'll definitely be reading those as we plan out our future development.

Thanks again for the feedback,
Shawn

shawnr started a conversation in CRASHBOMB on September 19, 2008 12:54:

Game Data Oddness

CRASHBOMB gets its game data from Freebase.com, which is an excellent service for organizing data from all over the Web into a re-usable format. This is one of the things that we like a lot about CRASHBOMB.

Freebase contains a huge mass of data, and the topic of Videogames is large area of data collection. That means sometimes there are weird things that show up -- such as a game listed with one console called "Windows PC" and another called "Windows OS".

The ultimate solution to this problem is to visit Freebase.com and edit that game's data before you add the game on CRASHBOMB. CRASHBOMB pulls data live from Freebase, so your changes will show up when you search on CRASHBOMB. This solution also creates more good Freebase contributors and helps Freebase improve their data set overall.

Now, we don't expect all of our users to have the time to help edit Freebase, so we do try to massage the data we get back in various ways to prevent errors and inconsistencies. If you notice anything weird -- a platform that doesn't belong, a game title that renders incorrectly on CRASHBOMB, etc. then please post a reply here to let us know what game you were looking at and what you had searched for. This will help us track down those edge cases and get them sorted.

Thanks again for helping improve CRASHBOMB!

Shawn

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