Twig Posted January 5, 2015 Sealion as a 'metaphor' for gg, 'analogy' is maybe a gooder idiom for me to deploy? Sorry, first time in this topic, couldn't resist ...Is it? Sealioning was coined from this webcomic: http://wondermark.com/1k62/ Yes, it was created in the beginning of GG, but I think people use it more to describe a specific harassment tactic, rather than GG specifically. I could be wrong, but I'm not! Or am I? I'm not! Or am I? With that in mind, it's neither a metaphor, nor an analogy. It's a new term for an old concept. EDIT: Oh I just read the "ethics" thread. Well, I still stand by what I said, but I guess I didn't need to over-explain it like I did. Whatever you don't know me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerretic Posted January 6, 2015 Innovation is great [...] but she uses it as if games are invaluable unless they have innovation. 'Invaluable' doesn't make sense here. It means crucial / more valuable. I think you mean "...games aren't valuable unless..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted January 8, 2015 "Nevermind" is not a word, it is an album title! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBiasedMan Posted January 8, 2015 Oh well, whatever... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badfinger Posted January 12, 2015 It's clearly the sealion vignette. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolegium Posted January 12, 2015 I know a person who pronounces vignette as 'vin-yay'. I've never corrected him because last time I tried, he was adamant that I was mistaken when I told him that actually gmail ignores periods in addresses. He's a really good listener. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Architecture Posted January 12, 2015 Mm, sea lion vinaigrette. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badfinger Posted January 13, 2015 The Sealion Parable. Sealion's Fable. The Allegory of the Sealion. Sealion: a dish best served cold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clyde Posted January 31, 2015 What's the difference between something that is surreal and something that is phantasmagoric? Which one would you use to describe the typewriter in the movie Naked Lunch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted January 31, 2015 One is a bad computer game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Video Games Posted February 6, 2015 Saw Mr. Remo tweet this today: https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 6, 2015 Yes! I just posted that on my girlfriend's Facebook because she hates that error! my wife and I's current project This should be, I'm pretty sure, "my wife's and my current project". Basically, if you take out one, the other should still work. "For my wife and me", "My wife and I did this". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted February 6, 2015 This should be, I'm pretty sure, "my wife's and my current project". Basically, if you take out one, the other should still work. "For my wife and me", "My wife and I did this". Rather a violent solution to a grammatical quandary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 6, 2015 Ha ha, yeah, EA's motivational guidelines: Basically, if you take out one, the other should still work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted February 6, 2015 Yes! I just posted that on my girlfriend's Facebook because she hates that error! This should be, I'm pretty sure, "my wife's and my current project". Basically, if you take out one, the other should still work. "For my wife and me", "My wife and I did this". The original is grammatically incorrect, but the correction is just awkward as hell too. Contextually it would have been better to go with "our current project" and establish that it is me and my wife doing the work earlier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 9, 2015 I hate Linklater's movies and I think he's one of the biggest fucking hacks out there This is the second time I've seen "hack" used here to simply mean bad. Is this becoming standardised now? Because I've always known it to mean someone who turns in mediocre work purely for the money (I'm assuming Synth is not accusing Linklater of this). Merriam Webster has it as: a : a person who works solely for mercenary reasons : hireling <party hacks> b : a writer who works on order; also : a writer who aims solely for commercial success but I have seen it defined simply as a person who does bad work. Another word losing its unique and specific meaning to become a useless synonym! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 9, 2015 I've frequently heard "hack" (in the context of comedians) used for someone who brazenly steals someone else's jokes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted February 9, 2015 Well then I won't use it in that context anymore since most people out there don't want to watch Linklater movies let alone pay to watch them and I don't think he steals any jokes because his movies are never funny to begin with and suck farts! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 9, 2015 Oh yeah, I had heard jokes refered to as hacky (as in trite, overused), but hadn't realised that extended out to comedians using those jokes or stealing jokes being called hacks. Found this about it. Hmm, I wonder whether people calling directors hacks mostly use it to mean they're mercenary, doing trite work, stealing stuff, or just plain bad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 9, 2015 Well thinking on it I've heard it both ways. Overused and stolen. Usually stolen stuff ends up overused, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted February 10, 2015 I have heard people use 'hack' to mean 'terrible' but I've never considered it the meaning of the word. I think you're right - a hack is someone who turns in barely competent work for the paycheck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ninety-Three Posted February 10, 2015 It's not the normal spirit of this thread, but it seems on-topic, so I'd like to give a pedantic shout-out to Gormongous for this sentence: If there is any way for an obsessive and joyless individual to make money in a game, it'll be abused, so I'm a bit nonplussed why cargo prices aren't more varied just to help the average player make a bit of money on the side. Thank you Gormongous for being literally the only person I have ever observed using that word correctly (outside of examples illustrating how to use it correctly, anyway). Seriously, I was genuinely elated when I saw that sentence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ninety-Three Posted February 10, 2015 Sunless Sea, a game about boats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
