isaaclyman | 8 years ago | on: Best board games from Essen 2016
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isaaclyman | 8 years ago | on: Best board games from Essen 2016
I feel like most of the games in this roundup, as an alternative to ingenuity, have turned to complexity as a way to keep things fresh. And that makes me sad. In my opinion, any game that needs more than one type of "counter" token is probably overengineered. (Sorry, eurogames, I know this hurts your feelings.)
My favorite games are either very simple or designed to absorb complexity into familiar devices, like decks of cards and well-designed boards. And they thrive on a deceptively simple mechanic, a few difficult decisions, and a sense of urgency. Pandemic, Dominion, Ticket to Ride, 7 Wonders and Quadropolis come to mind. Each of these is clever, not just because it adds another "thing to keep track of," but because it asks you to do something that seems easy and is not.
I am speaking out of ignorance a little, though, since I haven't played many eurogames (and probably don't have the patience for any game that takes longer than 90 minutes).
isaaclyman | 8 years ago | on: Coder? Programmer? Software engineer? Choosing a job title
Author here. I don't actually know what "analyst" means in the context of software. Is anyone "just" an analyst? Is it a well-defined role? I didn't come across the term in my research, so I wonder how many people are familiar with it.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: The Website Obesity Crisis (2015)
You, sir, are the Ron Swanson of internet consumers and I salute you.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week?
This sounds true to me, but it would take a very uncommon executive to put it into practice. MBA types won't do a thing without quantitative data behind it and attempts to measure real productivity in creative fields usually turn into meaningless self-fulfilling prophecies. I wonder what it would take to break the dogma of the 40-hour week?
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
I'm mostly with you, but it seems like an antipattern to ignore HTML structure like that.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
Agreed. If you come up with a way to write user interfaces using French horns and violas, I will start using it right away.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
You should be a street preacher ;)
CSS Grid and flexbox are a nice improvement over what I had to work with in, say, 2010.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
It sure gets more hits than my MySpace profile
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
Thanks for the feedback. I basically feel like if someone can get through number 6 without smelling the satire, perhaps they're not paying attention.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
You're welcome! Thanks for the compliment.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
You're welcome, glad it could be part of your day.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
Excellent, that's exactly the effect I was going for. My posts have about a 75% abandonment rate, though, so most of the people who hit the post probably won't stick around long enough to get the joke. Oh well.
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
That's pretty much what it is. I guess my artistic goals have been accomplished, so I'll go home now
isaaclyman | 9 years ago | on: 8 CSS gotchas to start your morning off right (satire)
Yeah...I wouldn't say that "accuracy" was one of the main goals of this post per se.
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I haven't played Legacy, because on principle I won't buy a game that can only be played a set number of times.
In conclusion, get off my lawn, I guess.