RyushiBlade on 3/6/2003 at 23:22
Probably not... I'm too american to live there, and too english to live here. ... Gimme back Atlantis. It was right in the middle. America's fine for me anyway ;)
Ania on 4/6/2003 at 10:53
Her curiosity satisfied, Ania gets back on-topic:
So, does anyone know when is Bloodmoon coming out in the UK? Still no sign on amazon.co.uk, although it appears to be available on amazon.com. Game (computer games chainstore) has no info at all.
I want Bloodmoon NOW.
Ania
Jordana on 4/6/2003 at 21:36
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Originally posted by RyushiBlade
Nah, I'm kidding. I'm forced to spell the 'American way.' If I don't the teachers take off points... So what if I'm in America? It's not even as though I'm a citizen. I'm living here on a green card ;) My view is that in almost every single instance where English and US spellings differ, the American ones make more sense. The English spellings seem to consist for the most part of the entirely gratuitous addition of vowels, which add nothing whatsoever to the pronunciation of the word, but which render it unnecessarily long and clumsy-looking, and more difficult to spell.
I mean, foetus? Manoeuvre? What's the point? As for the traditional English pronunciation of Lieutenant... *shudders*
Anyway, thanks for the Bloodmoon info, Myoldnamebroke. I'd been checking amazon.co.uk hopefully every day for weeks without news....however, since the new Tomb Raider is out on June 20th, I may not have the time or inclination to play Bloodmoon straight away...I need my Lara fix first :)
Myoldnamebroke on 4/6/2003 at 21:56
I don't know, though. I say 'AR-muh'. Armor looks more like 'Ar-MORE'. But I could have just made that up. We need a rapid infusion of someone who knows what they're talking about ;)
Ania on 4/6/2003 at 22:27
I do.
English spelling may be illogical, but there are frequently historical reasons for it, and if one is interested in the origins of words it is important to keep the various idiosyncracies in spelling. For example, the word 'knight' is pronounced nite, but it used to sound more like the German 'knecht', to which it is, indeed, related. If we were to use the spelling nite, this connection would not be so apparent.
Having said that, the main differences between the UK/American spelling are less drastic; the one under discussion earlier (-or/-our) is inconsistent in UK English anyway. Consider colour/color/French couleur, but doctor/doctor/docteur. English spelling used to be a pretty fluid affair until Johnson's dictionary (in the 1700s, IIRC) which first codified it.
I do like the differences, myself. They used to fascinate me when I was first learning English and discovered that there were variants in spelling.
Oh yes, Bloodmoon on the 30th! Yippee!
:thumb:
Ania
Zaphod on 6/6/2003 at 01:46
Bloodmoon = 0wned. By me.
The only part I'm not looking forward to are the snowstorms. If they're anything like the ashstorms or the pixel-shaded rain falling on the pixel-shaded lakes and rivers, I might as well kiss my framerate goodbye now and get it over with.
And the boss said I could work from home (or "work from home") tomorrow! I'll be "working," alright... working on the frozen tundra of Sothwhatever.
{EDIT}
After playing it for about 3 hours (and I play games like this very slowly, so it'll probably be 1 hour for most people), I have to say I really like it. It's a little more wildernessy, not as towny, as I like my games (I'm a city boy, not a dungeon kid), but it's a cohesive storyline that allows for tons of individual exploration.
The thing that's struck me most so far, though, is the new large variety of NPC calls. Bethesda obviously spent a lot more time on a variety of NPC calls than they did in Morrowind or Tribunal. It is really nice to walk up to someone and hear them say, "I told you go to talk to So and So. What happened with that?" rather than the tired old, "Hello there! A pleasure to see you" or "What can I do for you, outlander?" It feels like a much more "realistic" gaming experience when not every character you meet says the same things over and over, regardless of context or game progression.
Hortator on 9/6/2003 at 12:38
Ah, so it'll be in Finland on the 13th of June.. in 2190.
