Caltrops - Dead Trees





	[quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"][quote name="WITTGENSTEIN"]Recommended by <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/books/2015/09/gamelife_by_michael_clune_reviewed.html?wpisrc=burger_bar">David Auerbrach</a> who famously got the credits for an old 80's game wrong or something and Jonesy chastised me for making fun of him. [/quote] I always wanted to revisit that. I wasn't familiar with Auberbach's work before you sent that tweet. 99 times out of 100 you will @mention someone and the person you're pointing to is laughable. I enjoyed that. I still do! You and Creexul and a few others really know where to unearth the crackpots. So I'm checking my work between meetings or whatever and I assume that this is another clownshoe and I glance over what the guy wrote. It was about a Magnetic Scrolls game. Jinxter or The Pawn or something. I thought he was saying some WOMAN programmed it or wrote the text -- I can't remember which -- but grrr I knew it was a MAN. Later after it all blew up I re-read the piece like a normal human would, which is great like all of Auerbach's stuff. He is delightful. He's the one of the few people left writing even tangentially about games that does any research. I didn't mean to chastise you. I'm sorry I did that. I think you're hilarious. Your quote about Wikipedia and what it's like under the hood before they banned you is one of the most inspirational things ever said. I hope I didn't create a rift between us. I try to not reply on Twitter during working hours any longer. My brain is already in half a dozen directions at work. I came home for lunch to write this since I saw it on the RSS feed for Caltrops. the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey![/quote]