That's not true. Grayson wrote about GaymerX, a convention that Quinn had a booth at. He mentioned a bunch of indie games and developers in that article, but he didn't touch on Quinn or Depression Quest.
O'Reilly should release an update that changes the title to add the word Dew under the word Mountain and instead of a mountain, you rotate around a Mountain Dew can. I'd buy that.
Congrats Dan and Jason! You guys were great on the Bombcast, that Costner casino sounds incredible. Looking forward to the next live show, whenever that is!
Really interesting article as always, Patrick. Just wanted to point out that the designer's last name is misspelled in the second sentence of the first paragraph.
Polygon reviewers kind of remind me of that person who can't like something unless it's extraordinary. You guys should look up the psychology term 'splitting'. Polygon reviews are the personification of splitting.
Is a 6.5 an indication that a reviewer dislikes a game? Seems to me that scores of 5 and under would be the point where you could argue that a reviewer doesn't like something.
People need to get over this "you must use every number when reviewing a game" feeling that they have about review scores. If you got a 65% on a paper in school, did that generally mean that your teacher liked what you wrote?
But yes, this was an extremely negative review. I don't think he talked about a single positive aspect of the game.
If I got a 65%, it meant that I did things correctly in a general sense, but I made some mistakes and my paper could significantly improve (at least that's how it works in Canada).
If we want to get into the detail of the review, it seems as if the reviewer likes the core Trials gameplay but feels that the changes they made to the rest of the surrounding game were lackluster at best, and annoying at worst. Do you really want to read about why the core gameplay of Trials is fun all over again? I don't think many people do, writing a review of the new game means writing about the changes they made. If the reviewer dislikes those changes, they'll dock points and explain why for most of the review.
Polygon reviewers kind of remind me of that person who can't like something unless it's extraordinary. You guys should look up the psychology term 'splitting'. Polygon reviews are the personification of splitting.
Is a 6.5 an indication that a reviewer dislikes a game? Seems to me that scores of 5 and under would be the point where you could argue that a reviewer doesn't like something.
Are some people in this thread not aware of what the actual harassment was that Zoe Quinn went through? The people who perpetrated that are internet jerks and are definitely human garbage. That's my understanding of what Patrick and Zoe are going to talk about on that panel. I have no idea how it's controversial in the slightest that people who harass other people in disgusting ways over the internet are jerks and garbage people. I also have no idea how there's any sort of debate over this.
Thank God they finally found a way to give Zero Suit Samus high heels. Now all they have to do is give her a zipper in the front and her headliner status will be complete.
No no no, you just don't get it. They're functional high heels. They have rocket boosters on them. In fact, they're so useful that a bunch of Smash characters decided to adopt the new look.
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