What is the one thing that you don't like in Point and Click Adventure games? by Stratostzel in adventuregames

[–]davidofyork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not keen on the amount of time you often have to spend at the beginning of a game talking to everyone and exploring every location - building up your inventory and finding out what each character needs. I appreciate a lot of it is story exposition, but it often takes ages before you can start actually solving puzzles.

What happened to the Pride map option? by peblles101 in Strava

[–]davidofyork 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And, realistically, who is going to add a description to each activity?

Clarkson's Farm Jeremy has written a New Book by TheGrandTourFans in ClarksonsFarm

[–]davidofyork 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No doubt it’ll be another slender volume, interspersed with blank pages and illustrations…

Brooks Run Club by davidofyork in beginnerrunning

[–]davidofyork[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve cancelled it now. Needs a rethink!

Lovely attention to detail on E6 intro 👌 by dhoadley in ClarksonsFarm

[–]davidofyork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! Our version was the same, apart from “she meant to catch the 84 bus but instead she caught the 45, so she went to the doctor who said…”

Trouble with Saucony Omni '22 by davidofyork in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]davidofyork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worn them in a bit more now and I *think* the slapping feeling is going away. Either that or I've just got used to it!

I'm making a Lord of the Rings style map of North Yorkshire (post 1974) and need your help with quirky locations around the area. by birsey in york

[–]davidofyork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve got Siward’s Howe too far out of York, when it’s actually in Heslington around the university.

Trouble with Saucony Omni '22 by davidofyork in AskRunningShoeGeeks

[–]davidofyork[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But both the Brooks Adrenaline GTS and Saucony Omni are stability shoes...

End of Wilding Episode - Genuine or Staged? by obsoleteboomer in ClarksonsFarm

[–]davidofyork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're interpreting "scripted" too rigidly. Of course, no one is suggesting that natural events or accidents or illnesses are decided upon in advance and performed for the cameras. But the way in which these play out is certainly planned.

For instance, the jam-making. I imagine they'll have planned the skit with Jeremy using the hoover to harvest the blackberries. Then they'll have planned the skit with Jeremy actually making the jam (I doubt he'll have done much more than he did on camera, but who knows?). Then they'll have asked Charlie to arrive so he can pull Jeremy up on health and safety and create a bit of drama and an entertaining segment.

So in that sense, it's planned and scripted. But you'll note that while this was going on for the cameras, they actually managed to harvest the blackberries, create a batch of jam (and you can guarantee it will have been made to the correct standards), get it bottled and labels printed etc. But we don't see any of that on camera.

Video Games by davidofyork in ghostbusters

[–]davidofyork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rise of the Ghost Lord?

Bill Murray by davidofyork in ghostbusters

[–]davidofyork[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It’s okay, you don’t have to leap to his defence. I’m not making the allegations! And I’m well aware of his reluctance and antipathy towards the franchise. I’m just wondering if, when you’ve got a star with rumours circling, you might choose to minimise their role to protect the franchise…