Comments on: The Size Of Forgiveness https://fort90.com/the-size-of-forgiveness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-size-of-forgiveness The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Matt https://fort90.com/the-size-of-forgiveness/#comment-301 Matt Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:26:45 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=163#comment-301 Hey, I have no problem acknowledging Sim-lish as a valid form of expression. I just thought the guy was a major tool for his overly sensitive attitude. Jesus Christ, of course I'm gonna joke about it, I write for Nickelodeon, the magazine that finds talking sponges hilarious. Hey, I have no problem acknowledging Sim-lish as a valid form of expression. I just thought the guy was a major tool for his overly sensitive attitude.

Jesus Christ, of course I’m gonna joke about it, I write for Nickelodeon, the magazine that finds talking sponges hilarious.

]]> By: David Goldstein https://fort90.com/the-size-of-forgiveness/#comment-293 David Goldstein Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:38:09 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=163#comment-293 The trouble with EA "looking into" something or "taking it under advisement" is that, no matter who qualified the suggestion or suggester, they still include or omit whatever they feel like. If they'd taken advice in the past, their BattleTech online title would have scored instead of sunk. That, and Richard Garriott wouldn't have had to choose between Ultima IX and Ultima Online. But now I'm getting <i>too</i> hypothetical, so I'll stop now. The comment about "Sim-lish" being a language could actually be straight from Wil Wright. It makes absolute sense in that context. Note also that Firaxis did something similar with the speech in <i>Sid Meier's Pirates!</i>; there's nearly a one-to-one substitution of phrases. It makes the audio in the game language-independent so only text needs to be localized; especially important for <i>Pirates!</i> because otherwise there'd be <i>at least</i> four different languages being spoken. The <i>Meteos</i> opener's NICE! -David The trouble with EA “looking into” something or “taking it under advisement” is that, no matter who qualified the suggestion or suggester, they still include or omit whatever they feel like. If they’d taken advice in the past, their BattleTech online title would have scored instead of sunk. That, and Richard Garriott wouldn’t have had to choose between Ultima IX and Ultima Online. But now I’m getting too hypothetical, so I’ll stop now.

The comment about “Sim-lish” being a language could actually be straight from Wil Wright. It makes absolute sense in that context. Note also that Firaxis did something similar with the speech in Sid Meier’s Pirates!; there’s nearly a one-to-one substitution of phrases. It makes the audio in the game language-independent so only text needs to be localized; especially important for Pirates! because otherwise there’d be at least four different languages being spoken.

The Meteos opener’s NICE!

-David

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