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September 12th 2014, 06:16 PM
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Bishop's Quest and APEX (Hance's second dmod) are weird constructions. I actually signed up as a beta tester for one or the other, but I never got any testing done, and Hance released the dmod a few days later since I hadn't responded to his email.

I still feel a glint of regret about that - not not testing the dmod, since that's not what it needs (virtually every screen has bugs that a blind bat couldn't miss), but the fact that I didn't try to explain to Hance that the dmod has some serious fundamental problems, and try to get him to see them. At the time, I think I was just utterly baffled.

I'm still kind of baffled. I can't comprehend the thought process that results in putting together a dmod the way that Bishop's Quest was put together. Is it an age thing?

Do old people not only create dmods differently, but play them differently as well? How would another 60-something feel about Bishop's Quest? Would they enjoy it a lot more than as young folks? Or is bad design just bad design?

Er, anyway, happy birthday! Still enjoying reading these.