Q2U

Q is for Quick tea card. For a spell in 1962, boxes of Brooke Bond tea contained colourful portraits of ‘Asian Wildlife’. Illustrated and written by well-known nature artist Charles Tunnicliffe, the 50-card set included this striking image of Pakistan’s national animal, the markhor. Today, outside of zoos and ranches, the ‘snake eater’ is only found in a scatter of small, mountainous areas in Central and Southern Asia. Its magnificent headgear and remarkable agility afford it some protection against predators like snow leopards, but are of little use in ‘contests’ with trophy hunters.

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L2P

L is for “Less of a sphere, more of a potato”. The Tacview sequel currently under development will be able to do a lot of things its predecessor can’t. For example, because it models the Earth as an oblate spheroid not a perfect sphere, and features a new telemetry engine, its calculations and visualisations will be more accurate. More efficient code and a modernised rendering engine, means vehicle textures, lighting, and details will be possible, along with multiple 3D views. Improved data exporters for sims such as DCS could even mean structures such as buildings and bridges appear in replays.

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Friday Foxer #225

Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. All are welcome to participate.

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G2K

G is for Grim great-grandparents game. Sound effects are used to great effect in Onthecht, a short but powerful offering by a Dutch dev whose great-grandparents were among the hundreds of thousands of Jews murdered at Sobibor.

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A2F

Tally-Ho Corner HQ is feeling decidedly Spring-like at the moment. The lilacs in the dooryard are in full bloom, there are bouncing bunnies on the lawn, and a moment ago, for the first time in around eight months, a little wooden bird emerged from the office cuckoo clock and loudly questioned my sanity.

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