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Its just me, ranting about internet advertising and scratch card scams.
Its just me, ranting about internet advertising and scratch card scams.
Huntey is officially the most awesome person on the internet.
Early XMas pressie. Thanks mate. 
So... last night I did something I haven't done in a long time. I opened up a particular CSS map which happens to be a MOTM winner from a few months back, played for about 10 minutes, before opening up a blank document and started to sum up all the good points and bad points in a semi ammusing manner.
Basically, I reviewed it. I plan to read it out into a microphone soon too.
Time to get excited?
Basically, I reviewed it. I plan to read it out into a microphone soon too.
Time to get excited?
My rule of thumb. The more promotion and hype that goes into a game, the worse the actual product is.
Example:
Half-Life 2 and episodes: Very little advertising, more money spent on development and upgrades. Overall mature and respectable community of players and modders.
Halo series: Glorified console shooter that was on the PC once. Too much money and time spent on hyping the product and putting up advertising campaigns. Very basic shooter complete with "console spacky-hand retard assistance module" (see: auto aim) and "pussy faggot stop-that-it-hurts protection circuit" (see: Health regeneration) Community consists of 6 - 14 year old's who swear all the time but just quiet enough so that mommy can't hear them.
Games don't need all this marketing for the love of God! They are video games! You know what used to influence my PS1 purchases? Demos! What the fuck happened to demos!?
That is all.
23!
I meant to post this months ago seeing as it was back in June but what the hell?
So I sent an email to PCGamer UK ranting about how video game developers tend to fall flat on their face trying overly hard to make games with a greater sense of immersion.
Surely enough, the next issue of the magazine came out and a shortened version of my email was "The Hot Mail" email of the month. I never got my prize (a 70Gb USB Drive)
So I sent an email to PCGamer UK ranting about how video game developers tend to fall flat on their face trying overly hard to make games with a greater sense of immersion.
Surely enough, the next issue of the magazine came out and a shortened version of my email was "The Hot Mail" email of the month. I never got my prize (a 70Gb USB Drive)
ARCHIE UPDATE
He really seems to have matured over the past month or so...
He really seems to have matured over the past month or so...
Haha! Had the best day at work ever today.
So, last week I was told that I couldn't go on hoilday this week seeing as I was currently working on 5 websites and it would be bad to leave 5 clients hanging for another week. I thrashed those 5 websites into existance to get them finished by Friday so that I could take my week off and all but 2 of the clients were happy with the result. 2! Bastards.
So, this morning I got into the office and both me department manager and the company managing director looked at me and said: "Aren't you on holiday this week?"
I explained that I was told that I couldn't take the holiday seeing as 2 clients wanted to make changes to their websites before they would sign them off as complete.
The department manager responded: "Who told you that? If you've sent the site to the client then its done. I can have one of the other guys make the changes if they need to. Go home. Enjoy your holiday."
tl:dr?
Surprise week off = WIN
So, last week I was told that I couldn't go on hoilday this week seeing as I was currently working on 5 websites and it would be bad to leave 5 clients hanging for another week. I thrashed those 5 websites into existance to get them finished by Friday so that I could take my week off and all but 2 of the clients were happy with the result. 2! Bastards.
So, this morning I got into the office and both me department manager and the company managing director looked at me and said: "Aren't you on holiday this week?"
I explained that I was told that I couldn't take the holiday seeing as 2 clients wanted to make changes to their websites before they would sign them off as complete.
The department manager responded: "Who told you that? If you've sent the site to the client then its done. I can have one of the other guys make the changes if they need to. Go home. Enjoy your holiday."
tl:dr?
Surprise week off = WIN
Urby talks about bad timing.
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