{"id":3401,"date":"2009-05-20T07:19:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2009-05-20T07:44:54","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T11:44:54","slug":"death-to-good-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=3401","title":{"rendered":"Death to Good Graphics!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just want to point out that another installment<\/a> of my weekly column went live at The Escapist last Friday. I didn’t link it at the time because the site was inaccessible to me. They were in the midst of some hardware upheaval, the emergent result of an upgrade of some sort. I thought I’d let that business calm down before I tried to send you<\/a> in that<\/a> direction<\/a>. The column<\/a> is about the self-destructive pursuit of graphics<\/a>, and what I think developers should be doing instead. In order to make up for the lateness of the link<\/a>, I am linking it<\/a> an unprecedented eight times<\/strong> in this paragraph, so that you’ll be able to find it easily.<\/p>\n

Also, I want to congratulate The Escapist on the new site design<\/a>. Some people have groused about the layout in the past, but I think this new thing they have going is, in youngster parlance, “totally sweet”. If this were the 80’s I would pop my collar, put on some awesome shades, and declare the site to be “rad”. I may even go so far as to say it was bitchin’, and I’m sure you know me well enough to realize I don’t make such unqualified appraisals of excellence lightly. But there it is: Bitchin’!<\/em><\/p>\n

I love the new Stolen Pixels index<\/a> with the little comic thumbnails. There is something compelling about seeing those little windows into the comic that makes me want to click on them and see what they say. Then I remember: I’m probably already familiar with said contents. <\/p>\n

Anyway, Death to Good Graphics!<\/a>, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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