HarkMahlberg

I’m glad both party

Like any tech industry hype cycle, it requires them talking out of both sides of their ass, because AI is the only thing investors and stakeholders will pay any attention to. So even if they have to cannibalize their core business to feed the AI frenzy, that’s just a Pavlovian response at this point.

Allbirds was an extreme example, but basically every company is Allbirds to some degree at this point. It’s a mass psychosis.

There’s definitely a time and a place for playtesting, and “user was confused about which way to go (water looked inaccessible)” would be the kind of note I’d expect them to take out of such a session. If I were the developer and I saw my player struggle like that, I’d be kicking myself for that design.

I think TGD is only trying to say that the show floor isn’t the time or place for playtesting. One would hope that that has already been accomplished by that point.

Oh yeah, I’ve only ever seen this adage used with the former implication rather than the latter.

(jp: sekkyo ojisan) are people of any age and gender

It’s kind of funny to me they used the word ojisan which normally means an older man, but the connotation is that it applies to anyone and describes their behavior as being “old man”-like. Like if you called someone Unc or Gramps.

Or maybe this is just speculation on the part of the article author? Edit: nope, they are explicit in the original tweet lol

The point is that some users like acting like QA, having an active role in the development of a game. And an easily persuaded developer might assume they ought to cater to the feedback they receive, but the adage is meant to signal to developers that they should take their user’s feedback with a grain of salt. It stands in opposition to another adage: “the customer is always right.”

So the cats were in the bathroom, with no one else inside, with the door closed? Cats are flexible sure but I’ve never seen one get under a door jamb.