stupid moves

Duke Nukem 3D pisses me off.

by ZombieSkittles on January 8, 2012

Well, not so much the game as the developers responsible for the port to Android, Machineworks Northwest.

Screenshot_2012-01-08-06-43-39I’m humming the theme song while I write this.

The game is fun, and a decent port given the restrictions of a touch screen. Sometimes the controls don’t respond to two simultaneous touches and the like.

As the title indicates though, I’m pissed off about something. What is it? Well, an update that has been released for the game today, which flat out ruins the thing.
It seems good at first, proclaiming the game is now forever free. I was lucky and managed to get the game for free about a month ago in a pre-Christmas sale, but it’s good more people are able to get it too.

Where it gets iffy is that the game now sports annoying advertisements at the bottom of the screen, for both free users and those who have previously paid for the game, which judging from the reviews on the application’s page makes them feel like the developers have “rested their balls on our chins and brushed our teeth with their dicks”.

What pisses me off most is that they don’t even give us all the episodes. We’re expected to purchase the other two remaining episodes for $1 each, regardless of whether or not we paid for the app or otherwise. Why not just give us the full game and charge $2 for the game?

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This is complete bullshit. It feels like such a terrible thing for the developers to do. To deal a low blow to what were loyal customers and fans of the game is a dick move. The approach gives the appearance of Machineworks Northwest not giving a shit for those customers, or for the game itself.

I never thought a developer could be so stupid. Surely they should have kept charging for the game as it was, and released a separate ad-supported demo application. But hey, I’m just a hurt customer, what would I know?
I’m sending them an email, though I doubt that will do anything. Do not bother with the game, and if you have, avoid updating it.

Update: Apparently a follow up patch has been released removing ads for those who had paid for the application prior, or bought episodes. Those of us who got the game during the “two day” Christmas promotion however, are still stuck with the fucking advertisements.

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My first girlfriend (Part 2.1)

by ZombieSkittles on August 24, 2009

This is a random situation that occurred, and by itself seems just foolish. But looking back, in the grand scheme of things, would of attributed to the downfall of the relationship. This is a brief post which segues into the next story, and if it weren’t for that fact I wouldn’t even mention it.

hug-2 Both Charlotte and I had a friend in common called Anna. They had gone to the same school together for a little while, before Anna started at Nuriootpa, then I met her. She was a funny weirdo, but in a good way. I did enjoy talking to her, and while I only really saw her because she stalked me before school, it was good to have extra company.
Now, I ended up at a different, larger Youth Group this one night, it was a sort of combined effort of several groups, into one big one. I’d gone because Charlotte was going to be there, and I had a gift for her in the form of a bracelet. The day was fairly basic; I hung out, awkwardly gave her the bracelet, then continued hanging out. I felt out of place at the event until Anna arrived, I hung out and caught up with her for a little while.
Then, the next scene I remember is the clincher. Both Anna and Charlotte were sharing a lift home, and I walked outside with them to the car. At that point, I hugged Anna, and went to hug Charlotte, but thoughts went through my mind. She was on the other side of the car, if I went to hug her, would that come off as weird?, and before I could get up the courage to go over and give her a hug, she was in the car. This is a perfect example of how bad I am. I can hug Anna, but I couldn’t work up the courage to hug my own “girlfriend”.

Bad? YOU BE THE JUDGE, BECAUSE I AM CLEARLY BIAS.

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