He's a journalist (and no, I don't just mean ZP) so I should hope so! ;o)addeB said:
Reminds me alot of Terry Pratchett, I reckon it'll be worth a read.
Yahtzee Wrote a Book
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Reminds me alot of Terry Pratchett, I reckon it'll be worth a read.
I'm a bit amazed by Yahtzee. He does his game reviews, writes at least one commentary each week, plays games for review purposes which comes down to cramming as much gaming into x amount of hours as possible, where x is the number of hours he's not writing or recording said reviews and commentarys or taking care of The Mana Bar(You didn't all forget about that, did you?) and yet somewhere along the way he's found time to write a book as well? Granted I'm not much of a reader but I have to wonder, if I may borrow from Yahtzees own repitoire of snappy offhanded comments, if he's not spreading the Branston Pickle a little thin over his own bread.
I....might buy this. I know I got ninja'd on this, but it sounds a bit like Terry Pratchett fan fiction, except it's fan fiction of his style more than the characters.
It's not bad though.
It's not bad though.
Eh, I can say I've read worse. Maybe I only don't like it so much because I don't have much of a clue as to what's going on.
Would I say I've written better? Probably, but he's published and I'm not so Mr. Croshaw has already one-uped me in the field of writing right there.
Would I say I've written better? Probably, but he's published and I'm not so Mr. Croshaw has already one-uped me in the field of writing right there.
Not reading as I'm not spoiling it for myself.
Already pre-ordered it the DAY I heard the news.
Good times August Can't come quick enough =)
Already pre-ordered it the DAY I heard the news.
Good times August Can't come quick enough =)
Being published doesn't necessarily have anything to do with talent, and prestige should not be handed out because of it. He has an established fan base, and he's writing genre work. Both of which make it far, far easier to get published.soren7550 said:
I've also read worse, but that doesn't change the fact that the little snippet we were given is really, really bad.
That's what I thought; not that Terry Pratchett is a bad thing (one of my faves in fact) but did you ever read Fog Juice (his NaNoWriMo entry some time ago)? That was quite Pratchettesque as well.UnableToThinkOfName said:
EDIT: *does Ninja'd dance*
"This summer, Yahtzee's first novel, Mogworld, hits bookstores everywhere, and we're willing to bet fans of Zero Punctuation will be dying to get their hands on it." Posted by 'Yahtzee Croshaw'. Why the hell are you talking about yourself in a third person narrative?
And yes,he I will be buying your book.
And yes,
This was the exact reaction I had to it. I figure there are worse things to be compared to.afaceforradio said:
Because if you look at the introductory article to the sample it was from 'Editors', not from Yahtzee, so he's not actually talking about himself in third person despite posting it on the forums.SICK0_ZER0 said:
Hmm, I was intigued by this until now, but the writing is really clunky and amateur. There's a certain wit on display, but it doesn't come across particularly well. It has potential (quite a lot in fact), but it reads like a particularly rough first draft rather than a completed manuscript.
