Comments on: The Videogame Style Guide http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/ The Best Strategy Game Blog in My House Mon, 21 May 2012 05:34:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott R. Krol http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-56564 Scott R. Krol Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:52:38 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-56564 Great example of vgj over at 1up over the *trailer* (I repeat, TRAILER) of Fallout 3: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160085 Choice quote: "When the camera pulls out of the bus, and you see that ruined cityscape--I want to explore that s*** in first-person." Ugh. Great example of vgj over at 1up over the *trailer* (I repeat, TRAILER) of Fallout 3:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160085

Choice quote: “When the camera pulls out of the bus, and you see that ruined cityscape–I want to explore that s*** in first-person.”

Ugh.

]]> By: Alan http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-56077 Alan Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:27:03 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-56077 A cliché-less p/review would still appeal to fans of the genre, but most readers would find the writing to be a bit of a mixed bag, a half-baked p/review trapped in journalistic purgatory. A cliché-less p/review would still appeal to fans of the genre, but most readers would find the writing to be a bit of a mixed bag, a half-baked p/review trapped in journalistic purgatory.

]]> By: Troy http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-55978 Troy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:42:06 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-55978 No word on either previews or cliches, since cliches are an issue of bad writing more than bad preview/review structure. We'd need a Fowler's English Usage For Games in order to cover that. P/review cliches could be an entire chapter. But if you take away the cliches, what would I be left with? Garbled references to Dante, that's what. No word on either previews or cliches, since cliches are an issue of bad writing more than bad preview/review structure. We’d need a Fowler’s English Usage For Games in order to cover that. P/review cliches could be an entire chapter.

But if you take away the cliches, what would I be left with?

Garbled references to Dante, that’s what.

]]> By: steve http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-55976 steve Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:36:27 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-55976 I was hoping the style guide would cover personal style. Like, bathe regularly before press events. Don't wear your freebie T-shirts to a competitor's event. Does it at least have a section about not thanking people at the end of an e-mail interview? And while I'm all for dumping "fun factor," how about, "If this pulls together..." or "it's coming along nicely" in previews? I was hoping the style guide would cover personal style. Like, bathe regularly before press events. Don’t wear your freebie T-shirts to a competitor’s event.

Does it at least have a section about not thanking people at the end of an e-mail interview? And while I’m all for dumping “fun factor,” how about, “If this pulls together…” or “it’s coming along nicely” in previews?

]]> By: Troy http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-55684 Troy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:12:56 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-55684 Hey, you know I love Rise of Legends. Great, great skirmish game. Excellent art design. Brilliant interface. But the campaign didn't have a "twisting and turning" plot. Hey, you know I love Rise of Legends. Great, great skirmish game. Excellent art design. Brilliant interface. But the campaign didn’t have a “twisting and turning” plot.

]]> By: Gamegeek http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-55654 Gamegeek Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:34:16 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2007/06/05/the-videogame-style-guide/#comment-55654 Hey now...that's uncalled for. :) Hey now…that’s uncalled for. :)

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