Gryzor
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Καλημέρα άπαντες,
Προχθές τελείωσα το συγκεκριμένο [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Games-Insider-History-Influential/dp/0240811461/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266133966&sr=8-1]βιβλίο και ήθελα να σας προειδοποιήσω να μην κάνετε το λάθος...
΄'Οπως έγραψα και στο review (δεν φαίνεται ακόμα):
This is the worst game book I've ever read. The authors manage to turn a vivid, fun topic into a boring and unbelievably pretentious paper wanna-be. They use "serious" words and "difficult" phrases and litter the pages with totally useless footnotes and in-text references in an effort to lend some legitimacy and seriousness that is, frankly, not needed.
Two of my favorite examples:
"The game can be played with the mouse(1)"
"(1)although it can also be played with the cursor keys"
and, the most unbelievable thing I've read in a video computer book (talking of Tetris):
"Perhaps we could also talk about Freud's 'anal stage', with the disappearing lines of tetrominoes analogous to our solid waste being flushed away in the toilet. Given this model, we might describe Tetris-fans as 'anal-retentive', compulsively arranging thoise pieces in some futile quest to achieve the gratification they missed during toilet training".
I rest my case.
The content is not that good either, with games seemingly randomly chosen and not much new info to learn.
Ugh. Avoid.
Αυτά. Αν ενδιαφέρεται κανείς το ανταλάσσω με μερικές τσίχλες
Προχθές τελείωσα το συγκεκριμένο [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Games-Insider-History-Influential/dp/0240811461/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266133966&sr=8-1]βιβλίο και ήθελα να σας προειδοποιήσω να μην κάνετε το λάθος...
΄'Οπως έγραψα και στο review (δεν φαίνεται ακόμα):
This is the worst game book I've ever read. The authors manage to turn a vivid, fun topic into a boring and unbelievably pretentious paper wanna-be. They use "serious" words and "difficult" phrases and litter the pages with totally useless footnotes and in-text references in an effort to lend some legitimacy and seriousness that is, frankly, not needed.
Two of my favorite examples:
"The game can be played with the mouse(1)"
"(1)although it can also be played with the cursor keys"
and, the most unbelievable thing I've read in a video computer book (talking of Tetris):
"Perhaps we could also talk about Freud's 'anal stage', with the disappearing lines of tetrominoes analogous to our solid waste being flushed away in the toilet. Given this model, we might describe Tetris-fans as 'anal-retentive', compulsively arranging thoise pieces in some futile quest to achieve the gratification they missed during toilet training".
I rest my case.
The content is not that good either, with games seemingly randomly chosen and not much new info to learn.
Ugh. Avoid.
Αυτά. Αν ενδιαφέρεται κανείς το ανταλάσσω με μερικές τσίχλες
