Yahtzee Wrote a Book
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Um, no, they're not. Not yet anyway. They could be, but what we've all seen here is desperately in need of a professional editor and several more drafts. It doesn't take snobbery to see that, it just takes pretty much any basic writing experience. The fact that you don't like that statement doesn't make it any less accurate, nor does it make insulting people who can see it any less ignorant. This would not have been published in this form if Yahtzee weren't already pseudo-famous.iDayman said:
I feel that this has been rushed out to be honest. We know Yahtzee has a way with words, that much is pretty hard to miss (although his vocal delivery is certainly just as big a part of that as the words he uses), but that just isn't evident from this passage.
I would buy this book anyway just because it's a serious novel about videogames. Although I admit it's kind of left me down, it's not as good as the stories posted on Yahtzee's site, even though it's supposed to be his magnus opus... it's still quite good, and I actually laughed out at it.
Not sure why they didn't post the first chapter instead, though, so people wouldn't be all like 'omg wtf is this i dun get it!' It's not as bad as the silly fanboys that can't bear to realize some people might not like their hero and saviour.
Not sure why they didn't post the first chapter instead, though, so people wouldn't be all like 'omg wtf is this i dun get it!' It's not as bad as the silly fanboys that can't bear to realize some people might not like their hero and saviour.
The cost of a book isn't going to break me. I'll buy this one (pre-ordered months ago) and if it sucks I won't buy the next.Skoldpadda said:
I haven't really been into MMO's Ever in my life (Not even Runescape), so it's kind of a hard sell. However... I like the idea, Yahtzee's choice of words, and it's perhaps the closest I'll ever get to meeting him in real life (to imagine that he touched my book would make me so happy).
I'll throw down a pre-order, methinks.
I'll throw down a pre-order, methinks.
I wish I could read this from the beginning because I was a little confused at first, but once it got going I had quite a few lol moments. This book certainly won't appeal to everyone, but if you've ever played an MMO before, I think you'll get a kick out of it. I can't wait to pick it up now!
For the people who say it sucks, stop complaining already and go write your own damn book about MMOs if you think you can write better.
For the people who say it sucks, stop complaining already and go write your own damn book about MMOs if you think you can write better.
Sir, may I say that you seem to have a very high standard for literature. This is not War and Peace. This is a fun book about an undead man's quest to die, not the next A Tale of Two Cities, so please lighten the fuck up if you don't mind.OANST said:
Thank you for your time.
At the start of the chapter i thought there was little variation in what words he used.. But after first page that got better.. Then i got into the story, and found it very interesting.. And just could not stop reading until the end.. I would actually like to see this book through, it kept my interest..
Well done..
Well done..
Eh, if I was to compare this to any Pratchett, and I'm loathe to, it's like the Colour of Magic, before Pratchett really started to shine. Instead of having an interesting story and characters everything here is just used to throw reference after reference out.
I mean, the colour of magic wasn't particularly great, and that's coming from a die hard Pratchett fan. This seems to be a book with all the problems of the colour of magic and none of the charm that it had.
Dull, one joke characters, disjointed events and I have to say his writing style just pulls me right out of getting into the book, when you're using words like "retarded" you just lose me.
I mean, the colour of magic wasn't particularly great, and that's coming from a die hard Pratchett fan. This seems to be a book with all the problems of the colour of magic and none of the charm that it had.
Dull, one joke characters, disjointed events and I have to say his writing style just pulls me right out of getting into the book, when you're using words like "retarded" you just lose me.
I can see definite inspiration from the works of Douglas Adams. It's quite similar in many aspects.
I wasn't 100% keen myself, but I don't think that people should be able to write better in order to say they thought something was rubbish; I think Stephen King is a terrible writer, but someone must like him that keeps him on the Bestseller list, and I doubt my writing is a patch on what his is to his publishers.ResiEvalJohn said:
I liked it, some kind strange style of writing, which makes it doubly interesting for me.
I ordered it on suspicion of quality weeks ago (on amazon.de actually
) and look forward to get my greedy little fins on that one.
I ordered it on suspicion of quality weeks ago (on amazon.de actually
) and look forward to get my greedy little fins on that one.
audiobook? from the guy who is the voice of ZP?Xanthious said:
It's 350 pages long, that's about 15 minutes at ZP speed
Nah, I'm sure he'd get someone else to read it or find a way to slow himself down to a more narrative friendly style if he did.
EDIT: Had a quick scan of the excerpt, I think I'll give it a shot next time I'm in need of a new book, a fiver's not much to risk on finding a new author I may enjoy.
