Pumpkin
is an EoFF Legend
Pinkasaurus Rex

We went to a parade. It was really cool but there was this one scene that frustrated me. A woman with a kid wanted her kid to pass through to the railing so he could see. Most people had no problem with it, except the one old lady by the railing who was like, no, I was here first, he can't go through, even though she could still easily fit if he stood next to her because he was tiny. Way to act like an adult :

This guy agrees with me. Saw it on a game reviewing site:

"I was chatting to an old friend who works in the games industry at a wedding recently and we were talking about our shared dismay at the way reviews were perceived by readers.

He pointed out that when he started (late-2000s) if you got a round of 7 out of 10 reviews (3 out of 5 stars) and positive feedback from the reviewers, that was seen as a triumph. But now, no matter what the reviews actually say, 3s and 7s are almost the new basement and now anything below a 9 is regarded as a complete travesty (and a failure at his work place).

The conversation came up because I was talking about how often people tell me to "go kill myself" or tell me that I "hated" a album when - after a multi-hundred or even thousand word review - I gave it a 6 or a 7. The words could be glowing and the 7 might be followed by the word "Good" or "Very Good", but readers reacted like I was saying their album was the worst.

It frustrates us both.

We also had a nice chat about how Games are in a weird position - fans and developers seem to want to be treated like art and given proper art style reviews, but at the same time many want them to be reviewed strictly as a product (like a desk lamp) or from an inside the tent perspective (if you already like this and accept this, this and this, ignore this, then it's good).

Anyway, The reaction to this Tomb Raider review and yesterday's Fallout Review reminded me of my discussion."

Yay for national holidays

You know, today is actually INDEPENDENCE DAY in Poland! I have a day off from everything!

http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread....uilding-Thread

Silly Ontario.

Oh, and Wolf sent me some chapters to read. I'll probably get to them soon, and if you ever want me to beta read your stuff, I'll happily do that

I was actually super sick last week

Ooh, Pumpkin! Good to see you I see you so rarely nowadays, guess our schedules just collide. Right now I'm leaving to work, so I won't be able to write back immediately, but still, it's great to see you How have you been?

School Days, huh? Yeah I heard that one's pretty "fun".

But yeah, I'll pick it up next sale

I do enjoy it quite a bit, especially programming software. It's something I can see myself doing for the rest of my life, and it's very close in nature to my (other) passions. How about you, what are the ends you're aiming to reach with school?