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2005/1/4

Also on the New Year Honours list: Peter Molyneaux, creator of Populous, Black and White and Fable and pioneer of the "God-game" genre, gets an OBE. According to comments in the Slashdot thread, he is not the first computer game designer honoured with an OBE; for one, the designer of Creatures got one a while ago.

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2005/1/2

The latest OBEs on the Queen's New Year's Honours list include Roger Daltrey of The Who (you know, of "hope I die before I get old" fame) and Pete Waterman (of Stock/Aitken/Waterman fame), decorated for his services to ~~manufacturing~~ music.

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2022/12/31

With another year coming to its conclusion, here is the annual list of noteworthy records: Astrel K - Flickering I ( BandCamp ) Astrel K, the new Stockholm-based band from Ulrika Spacek frontman Rhys

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2021/12/31

And, with the end of the second plague year, here is the annual list of noteworthy records of the year: Damon Albarn — The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows ( BandCamp

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2018/12/31

As 2018 comes to an end, here is once again my list of records of the past year: Belle & Sebastian — How To Solve Our Human Problems This year brought another Belle &