Video games and boobs, what's wrong with those? These models are also being payed $500 a day to look pretty, so it's not like they're being screwed over. I personally can not speak for their work environment, however.
Looking at some pictures of someones actual waffle taco makes me never want to eat one....ever. Not to mention probably the most sick I have ever been in my life came after eating at Taco Bell.
@psylah: I loved to watch the NOVA-esque shows Discovery and History used to air all the time. Now, I dare you to find me one show on those channels that isn't shit like "The Legend of Shelby The Swamp Man".
I still think the 1982 Scarface is a genuinely bad movie, but if Universal thinks they can make some good money off of the licence, they can have their try.
The worst thing about that Polygon review is her constant use of the first person. It is a horrible read.
Surprised no one else brought that up. When trying to be objective, writing in the first person is a big no no.
Since a review is not meant to be objective, I see no problem with using the first person. Actually, it seems the most appropriate to me, since the reviewer is conveying his or her experience. Nothing takes me out of a review faster than seeing "You will be annoyed by the <insert problem here>." Really? I will? I'm glad you know me so well. The least interesting thing a reviewer can put in a review is how he or she thinks -I- will react to something, as it is not something the reviewer could possibly know. I am much more interested in what the -reviewer- experienced. That is the one thing the reviewer can tell me.
Using a third person distant voice is fine, but I much prefer the personal feeling of first person in a review. I'll take "I found the combat to be clunky" over "the combat is clunky" any day. A review is a subjective evaluation of one person's experience. I like the writing to reflect that instead of trying to disguise it.
As far as the rest of the complaining about Danielle's review... Some days I hate the internet. Today is one of those days.
Using "you" would be second person and bad writing as well. lol
Maybe it's because I've been writing so many essays and speeches lately but I find informal writing in essays to be distracting and bad. An essay can be have much more impact if first and second person are avoided.
Your use of first person in judging this review is distracting and bad.
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