Curmudgeon Gamer
03 December 2008
More Words You Are Not Allowed To Use In Your Game
Continued from previously. Again, include all cognates. Again, exceptions as listed.
Infect (if you're referring to bacteria then you get a pass, otherwise....)
Assimilate (in all Borg-ish contexts, so Grand Theft Auto IV is allowed to use this, but you are not)
World (the only exception here is World of Goo)
Light (especially when prefixed by the word "of")
Demonic (Unless you've read all, and I mean every freaking word, of the Divine Comedy. If you're gonna throw this around, you'd better know what it means.)
Angelic (We are equal opportunity snarkers.)
Chosen (Especially if it's unclear who's supposed to be doing the choosing. Pervasive, subtle personification of God/destiny/fate is a disease, and I'm the cure.)
Ninja (Exceptions granted if your ninjas are obviously from the Japanese culture. Of Earth, not Generic Fantasyland.)
Portal (Unless your game is named it.)
Infect (if you're referring to bacteria then you get a pass, otherwise....)
Assimilate (in all Borg-ish contexts, so Grand Theft Auto IV is allowed to use this, but you are not)
World (the only exception here is World of Goo)
Light (especially when prefixed by the word "of")
Demonic (Unless you've read all, and I mean every freaking word, of the Divine Comedy. If you're gonna throw this around, you'd better know what it means.)
Angelic (We are equal opportunity snarkers.)
Chosen (Especially if it's unclear who's supposed to be doing the choosing. Pervasive, subtle personification of God/destiny/fate is a disease, and I'm the cure.)
Ninja (Exceptions granted if your ninjas are obviously from the Japanese culture. Of Earth, not Generic Fantasyland.)
Portal (Unless your game is named it.)
Labels: cliche, curmudgeoning, pretension, snark, writing
--JohnH at 01:34
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18 April 2008
Words You Are Not Allowed To Use In Your Game
Including all cognates, and especially if it's a fantasy of science fiction game. No exceptions except as given.
Corruption
Tainted
Chaos (RPGs may use "chaotic" to refer to alignment only)
Darkness
Genetic
Evolution
Memory
Absolution
In the title, all pretentious musical terminology, for example:
Rondo
And last, but most especially:
Sephiroth
Corruption
Tainted
Chaos (RPGs may use "chaotic" to refer to alignment only)
Darkness
Genetic
Evolution
Memory
Absolution
In the title, all pretentious musical terminology, for example:
Rondo
And last, but most especially:
Sephiroth
Labels: cliche, curmudgeoning, pretension, writing
--JohnH at 10:35
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