Yahtzee Wrote a Book

[sosolidshoe]

Hrrm....I likes it. I likes it a lot. "Terry Pratchett with swears"

 

[TheDoctor455]

Pretty funny so far...
I can see the Terry Pratchett influences... nice...
Yeah... definitely going to pick this up when it comes out.

 

[K9unittp]

Looks like a great read, just my type of humor too. I love everything you do, Yahtzee...EVERYTHING ;P

 

[Venatio]

Holy crap. That was laughably bad.

Screw you, its a satire of mmo's which goes about it by making the story that one of the npc's, Jim, has become self aware as have many others. Anyone who has played an mmo will understad the humor involved. if its not your cup of tea then get the hell out of the tea party.

I liked it, and I already ordered it a month back. Hope it comes soon.

 

[OANST]

Holy crap. That was laughably bad.

Screw you, its a satire of mmo's which goes about it by making the story that one of the npc's, Jim, has become self aware as have many others. Anyone who has played an mmo will understad the humor involved. if its not your cup of tea then get the hell out of the tea party.

I liked it, and I already ordered it a month back. Hope it comes soon.

Oh, no. See I'm not saying that I don't understand it. I'm saying that it's bad. As in poorly written. Glad that I could clear this up.

 

[Mr. Win]

I would agree that the first page or two are pretty terrible, but once the characters got talking I really liked it.

 

[LWS666]

at first I was sure I wasn't gonna get this.

now I'm on the fence.

but first I have an unopened Dune Trilogy that I just haven't started. and the windows 7 bible.

 

[Taco of flames]

Do want. Very much. Though I don't really want to preorder it from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. Will it be available in bookstores(Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc.) when it's released, or will I have to buy it online?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

I'm not going to buy it, though I must confess to being curious how you're expecting to keep the "LOL IT'S AN MMORPG GET IT OLOLOL IT'S SO UNREALISTIC" thing up for an entire book if it gets boring after just these few pages...

 

[Seneschal]

Aww, thanks for the preview. I really like it, it's very genre-savvy and it has that British absurdist humor thing. What are the chances I can find it at my local bookstore in Eastern Europe? ._. Next to none?

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

It wasn't that bad... Well actually i liked it. I don't think many people who haven't had any experiences with MMOs would get it, or find it particularly interesting. But yeah, if you ever tried to find your own place in an MMO, you'd get something like this. I hope to get it when it comes out.

 

[Sizzo]

There are three things that makes me want to buy this:

1. The premise of this book is interesting.
2. I love Terry Pratchett, so something like Terry Pratchett is a good thing for me to start with.
3. I will buy this just because it's Yahtzee who wrote it. I'm a little fanboy^^

It's not really bad, as far as I know. Sure, might not be Shakespeare, Tolkien or ......well, Pratchett, but that doesn't mean it will be a bad story.
It will definitely not be amazing or all new (I drew a little comparison between Jim and Windle Poons from Pratchett's "Reaper Man" pretty early on), but it will certainly be a good time reading it.
I do have some suspicions, but it would be wrong to just claim on the spot that it will be a bad book since this is just a tiny excerpt from the whole novel (it would be as bad as judging a book by it's cover).
Don't get too high hopes about this since this is written by Yahtzee, who is best in his reviews, but at least have SOME hopes about it.

To sum it up: Will buy, but no high expectations.

 

[Lemon Of Life]

It's like Pratchett, but with worse writing, maybe not as funny and I'm pretty sure there won't be as much character development. Having said that, it was a very good effort, and a fun read, though I probably won't buy it.

 

[Catalyst6]

I'm not reading this, since I already pre-ordered the book and don't want to spoil it...

Although just an observation from looking at the book cover, didn't Looking For Group have a warlock with a rabbit for a companion?

 

[dfcrackhead]

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.

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.

EDIT: *does Ninja'd dance*

I loved Fog Juice, I'd definitely buy that one, this one I'm not too sure about yet...Maybe I'll read a bit of it in Border's and decide then

 

[Tharwen]

"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.

It could be because Yahtzee is his online persona who supposedly does all the internet stuff and Ben Croshaw is the person who wrote the article. That, or he's possessed.

 

[afaceforradio]

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.

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.

EDIT: *does Ninja'd dance*

I loved Fog Juice, I'd definitely buy that one, this one I'm not too sure about yet...Maybe I'll read a bit of it in Border's and decide then

I just finished it this evening I really enjoyed the ending, it got better as it went on - and I agree, I think with some editing, that one could've been completely publishable, but although I will buy Mogworld to see what it's like - I dunno... doesn't have the same charm to me.

 

[dfcrackhead]

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.

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.

EDIT: *does Ninja'd dance*

I loved Fog Juice, I'd definitely buy that one, this one I'm not too sure about yet...Maybe I'll read a bit of it in Border's and decide then

I just finished it this evening I really enjoyed the ending, it got better as it went on - and I agree, I think with some editing, that one could've been completely publishable, but although I will buy Mogworld to see what it's like - I dunno... doesn't have the same charm to me.

Did you read the Articulate Jim? I forced myself to finish it, but I did learn Yahtzee reused names like the world only had 6 names total so I'm understandably skeptical about this.

 

[Dogstile]

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.

Don't forget he's programming too!

Anyway, it looks like i'll pick this up eventually.

 

[Venatio]

Holy crap. That was laughably bad.

Screw you, its a satire of mmo's which goes about it by making the story that one of the npc's, Jim, has become self aware as have many others. Anyone who has played an mmo will understad the humor involved. if its not your cup of tea then get the hell out of the tea party.

I liked it, and I already ordered it a month back. Hope it comes soon.

Oh, no. See I'm not saying that I don't understand it. I'm saying that it's bad. As in poorly written. Glad that I could clear this up.

Well I think your wrong, glad I cleared that up. Really - what were you expecting from Yahtzee? Stephen King? Its a cheap book that is good in its own context.

I'd like to see you do better.