simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAlan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencentwww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13
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minus-squareKayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down7·1 day agoNot only is that headline’s grammar exceptional(ly bad), for a moment I thought the developer of Control was named Alan Wake. Like, how did they manage to butcher that so badly?
minus-squarethisisdee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-218 hours agoIf that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·18 hours agoThis is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash. Alan Wake / Control developer agrees
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 day agoNo, it doesn’t say “Control developer Alan Wake …”
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down8·1 day agoThat’s a perfectly normal headline composition.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 day agoThat doesn’t mean it’s good.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoSure, but “good” is subjective. I had no confusion from the headline and like that it was direct and to the point.
Not only is that headline’s grammar exceptional(ly bad), for a moment I thought the developer of Control was named Alan Wake. Like, how did they manage to butcher that so badly?
If that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.
This is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash.
No, it doesn’t say “Control developer Alan Wake …”
That’s a perfectly normal headline composition.
That doesn’t mean it’s good.
Sure, but “good” is subjective. I had no confusion from the headline and like that it was direct and to the point.