Linguistic Pet Peeve

While I don't like it when people substitute "tho" for "though," I can live with it. Yes, it's irksome and stupid, but it's not a super big deal to me.

What really, really makes me want to set people on fire, however, is when they use "doe" instead of "though." I have to assume they do this because they think it's cute or cool or something. If that's what they think, they are sorely mistaken.

"Towns development halts after its sole developer abandons the game"

Glad I wasn't invested in this game at all. It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of "Early Access" games. I can't say that I've never supported this model, because I clearly have, and I can't say that I will never back such games again in the future, but I do have to admit that the idea of paying for an unfinished/unstarted game is interesting me less and less these days.

"Based on Frankenberger's post, it seems the team is now betting on a sequel. 'Xavi and I were talking about a possible Towns2,' he wrote. 'At the moment this is just in an idea stage and we can't really say if he, I, or eventually Ben have the time to create a Towns2.' That news will be of little comfort to those who supported and funded the development of the original game."

Why the fuck would anyone support them in making a second game when they abandoned the first one? o_O It's people like this who give the entire thing a black eye. You can have a hundred successful projects that are diligently seen to completion, but it only takes a couple projects like this to sour people on the very concept of "early access" games.

"Diary of a Droid Jedi - Star Wars Conquest"

I'm just going to post this right here, because I think it's one of the funniest things I've read in a while.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

It's only marginally funnier if you've actually played Mount & Blade as I have, so if you haven't, don't feel like you're missing out on anything by reading the above. It'll still be funny.