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Subject:RE: Do I have to understand the material? From:Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:22:02 -0700 (PDT)
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Jane Carnall wrote:
It kind of proves that it's not evidence that's needed, it's willpower. The gaming industry has to provide great manuals/online help/rigorous
user-testing, because people play games for fun. If it's not fun to play a game, word gets around and people don't buy it.
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Mmmm, good point. I don't think it's cynical at all. I think it's the reality. Go to any fan-site/message board for a game, and you'll find out pretty quickly whether there are tons of bugs in the game or not. I guess it doesn't help that in many cases, we're forced to use software (at work for instance) and deal with the bad design. We have no choice. :-(
I'm reading "The Inmates are Running the Asylum" right now, and it talks about this very issue.
"Whatever you do, do NOT let your editorial decisions be made by the squiggly spell-checking lines in Word!" ~Keith Cronin, Techwr-l irritant ;-)
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