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   Carl Muckenhoupt (carlmuckenhoupt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 11:37:51 JST Carl Muckenhoupt

   @SpindleyQ I remember some developer commentary (maybe in the Roberta Williams Anthology CD-ROM package?) where they explained that the purpose of all the heavy accents and dialects was to make it clear who was speaking in scenes where you eavesdrop on unseen conversations, even if you don't have sound enabled.

   Maybe that's true, maybe it's after-the-fact rationalization. But even if true, it takes a Sierra to think it was a good solution to the problem.

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 11:37:51 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @CarlMuckenhoupt @SpindleyQ as one of those 'funny foreigners' these games were mimicking my reaction at the time wasn't being insulted but going "hah, those Americans sure are silly".
     
     AFAIK most people outside the US do not take this kind of stuff seriously - probably because we do it ourselves. You should see how people in my own 'race' and culture mimick Americans.
     
     Tho yeah almost everything Sierra ever done was sort of a B-movie made by an unaware director and I kind of love them for that.