Roderick Posted January 3, 2007 The [N]Gamer featuring my 6-page review of Twilight Princess is finally out, and in it a surprise sure to please all Thumbeteers! Those who read Dutch anyway. Thanks to n0wak for allowing me to use his awesome animated GIF of course. The column wouldn't be the same without it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted January 3, 2007 Uhhh... for those of us who don't read Dutch, mind posting a quick translation? The following is completely off topic, not really a spoiler of any kind. More a tangent about learning languages. Swear to God, I intend to keep going on languages until my brain shuts down, but right now I'm still getting my feet wet with Japanese. (language #4) Maybe the next time 'round will be Dutch (actually, that'd be cool...) but that's at least 5 years away before I feel competent enough to try to add another one in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted January 3, 2007 Alright then, I will painstakingly translate it, for your reading pleasure. ----------------- It's taking on mythical proportions: Shigeru Miyamoto's reported habit of 'upending the teatable', which refers to the old manga comic 'Hoshi and the Giants' wherein a strict father occasionally threw over the table. What is meant is that Miyamoto often comes with radical changes in the design at the last moment to perfect the game (consider Metroid Prime: long in ill health until the Japanese master reached for the tabletop and the game became a succes). According to the Twilight Princess team Miyamoto never touched their tea table. Instead, many 'lamentation-mails' came in from a disappointed Shigeru who had been attempting something in the game all night but hadn't gotten any reply from the inhabitants of Hyrule. So the tea table might have remained upright, at least one or two saucers were upended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted January 4, 2007 Thank you sir, I'dve fed it through a translator, but we all know how well that crap usually works out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted January 4, 2007 Woo! I am in print. This beats that time I was quoted in the Globe and Mail for an article on "googlewhacking" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 4, 2007 That's a nice writeup. Now someone invent a paper magazine that supports animated GIF... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted January 4, 2007 That's a nice writeup. Now someone invent a paper magazine that supports animated GIF... FLIPBOOK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 4, 2007 Yes. Small flipbooks glued to a magazine page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaff Posted January 4, 2007 hahahaha from podcast to print. awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted January 4, 2007 That is the power of The Internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaff Posted March 9, 2007 Myamoto is going on about his tea table again, I just read the transcript of his GDC keynote. "then I take the risk and upend the tea-table." http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/03/gdc_miyamotos_k.html gogo tea-table! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites