Got to say I don't think all the praise is due. It's not the first time I've read someone take apart something corporate and throw in words like bitch and douchebag/douchehound. It's a very bitter outlook with very little actual satirical content. But it's just like the people who scream and jump when a rock band says where they live.
Edit to add: What I mean is that I wrote press releases in my first two post-college jobs, and my experience in the game industry proved that there was nothing new under the sun. I do think it's funny when people take press releases literally.
A very good read and a nice reminder to not believe everything we hear, see, or read on the interwebz. Sadly gaming press and advertisement don't have any real standards set that they have to follow. At least with general advertising I'm not going to see bayer asprin stating that their pill cures erectile disfunction, hemroids, and oh by the way it also makes my **ck and *ss quit hurting because I have a 24 hour boner and I can't get off the crapper. Game companies have no reprisals if they say the game will do X and then it doesn't actually do X.
When is World of Champhammer going to be released?
LOL!
The recent press release said,
"We're very excited about the progress we're making on World of Champhammer. Currently our developers are working hard to ensure that all of the new and innovative features work and that bugs are being eliminated from the game. We anticipate the first round of beta invites to begin sometime in the fall of Q4 in 2010. We will then aggressively work with our beta testers to polish the game and to listen to their feedback so that we can release an amazing and new experience for our fans. World of ChampHammer should see a release in the first quarter of 2050 and we couldn't be more excited!"
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Got to say I don't think all the praise is due. It's not the first time I've read someone take apart something corporate and throw in words like bitch and douchebag/douchehound. It's a very bitter outlook with very little actual satirical content. But it's just like the people who scream and jump when a rock band says where they live.
When is World of Champhammer going to be released?
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Its Worldquest of Champhammer and its already out and has hit 1million with its new innovative features :P.
Sarcasm aside great article.
A very good read and a nice reminder to not believe everything we hear, see, or read on the interwebz. Sadly gaming press and advertisement don't have any real standards set that they have to follow. At least with general advertising I'm not going to see bayer asprin stating that their pill cures erectile disfunction, hemroids, and oh by the way it also makes my **ck and *ss quit hurting because I have a 24 hour boner and I can't get off the crapper. Game companies have no reprisals if they say the game will do X and then it doesn't actually do X.
P.S. I'm a cynical ***hole.
LOL!
The recent press release said,
"We're very excited about the progress we're making on World of Champhammer. Currently our developers are working hard to ensure that all of the new and innovative features work and that bugs are being eliminated from the game. We anticipate the first round of beta invites to begin sometime in the fall of Q4 in 2010. We will then aggressively work with our beta testers to polish the game and to listen to their feedback so that we can release an amazing and new experience for our fans. World of ChampHammer should see a release in the first quarter of 2050 and we couldn't be more excited!"
Nice read, Sanya! I enjoyed your column, as always.
You forgot one thing imho and it's this:
"With a prominent profile in Europe"
Which actually means:
"We hired some random company with cheap server clusters in Europe, so we don't have to bother with 'em"
You know, every time a publisher announces to treat European customers equally, a little kitty dies painfully...
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