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Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 5th, 2015, 1:49 pm
by Wallyworld1
Earnest Evans has an error in it. The review begins with "Earnest Evans wants to Indians Jones". I believe it should read "Earnest Evans wants to be Indiana Jones."

Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 7th, 2015, 8:02 am
by scotland171
There is a dangerous link.

In the Sega CD reviews, the website Sega CD Universe is given a hyperlink as a source of some screenshots.   If you visit this site, you will be subject to a fake update attack. I alerted that site's webmaster.  The site also has numerous pop up ads, so I am going to assume they are aware of this and have elected to condone it.

My advice is that since Dave cannot stay on top of what is happening on sites he links to, that this be made into just plain text (if the statement is needed at all).  Possibly the screenshots from this website in particular could be replaced by other sources.

Edit: Heard from webmaster who was not aware of the issue or how to fix it.   Is there a modern equivalent of Caveat Emptor for clicking on links?

Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 7th, 2015, 5:12 pm
by VideoGameCritic

Scotland,
Thanks for pointing this out.  In the best interest of my readers I will disable those links, while still crediting Sega CD Universe as a source.
Let me know if you discover any other questionable links.
VGC


Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 7th, 2015, 6:54 pm
by Herschie1
In the recent "ESPN National Hockey Night" review for the Genesis, at the very end is says "change of place", when the context suggests that it ought to be "change of pace".

Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 19th, 2015, 5:22 pm
by Orion1
ESPN National Hockey Night- Sega CD
"It's ashamed the audio..."
 should be "It's a shame the audio..."

Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: March 20th, 2015, 5:57 pm
by VideoGameCritic
I'm all caught up now.  No more typos on the site!  (yeah right)

Re: Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: May 21st, 2015, 12:19 am
by Project Nintendo
Bored and felt like being a grammar nazi today so here it goes.

Alien Invasion Channel F:
*After each wave, your bonus is tallied
*During one game, I noticed an extra pixel on the screen

Baseball Channel F:
*Misspelled word...Shortshop should be shortstop
*At that point, both players must hit their buttons...
*Oh, who am I kidding...

Desert Fox Channel F:
*Misspelled word... non-descript should be nondescript
*The tanks look awful, but controls aren't bad...
*You'll need to properly time your shots, but the collision detection is very forgiving.

Pac-Man Channel F
*Upon getting caught by a ghost, you're treated to the classic...

Robot War/Torpedo Alley Channel F
*In the 3rd sentence converge should be converges.
*If you crank up the speed,however...
*Neither of these games are particularly good should read Neither of these games is particularly good.
*Game play should be Gameplay unless it's misspelled on the box...which is possible.

Sonar Search Channel F
*By making calculated adjustments, you can...
*I believe "While square" should be "White square"

Space War Channel F
*On the surface, it looks....

Spitfire Channel F
*counter intuitive should be counter-intuitive

Tennis/Hockey Channel F
*move up and down, but,in fact, your "forward"...
* paddle has a full range of movement
* collision detection could be better, but the matches...

Tic-Tac-Toe/Shooting Gallery/Doodle Channel F
*Shooting Gallery, and, believe it or not,....
*"drawn" should read "draw"

I hope this is helpful and not annoying. Just trying to help out. :)

Re: Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: May 21st, 2015, 12:55 am
by Project Nintendo
Me again back for round 2...up to bat...the Atari 2600!

3D Tic-Tac-Toe
*Remove comma in ....played like normal Tic-Tac-Toe, but....it should be played like normal Tic-Tac-Toe but...

50 Shades of Grey
*Add Comma -Upon further inspection, the game is....
*items like a rope...or the rope...may be fine how it is...just sounds weird to me

Adventure
* Change The castles look superb, and... to The castles look superb and
* Change I love how, after a dragon eats you,... to I love how after a dragon eats you,

Air-Sea Battle
*Add comma... On the surface, there's just a bunch....
*Add comma...Blue gradient skyline, however...
*Remove comma... boat or plane because...

Airlock
*Add comma... In Airlock, you must...

Alien
*Remove comma...those in the movie but instead...

Amidar
*saddest-looking should be saddest looking
*Add Comma ...off the corner squares, you can turn

Aquaventure
*Add comma...In each stage, you'll descend...

Armor Ambush
*Add Commas... you down, but, in general, the tanks move...

Artillery Duel
*Remove comma double-ender cartridge because

Asterix (Europe)
*May want to consider changing adaption to adoption in the first sentence.

Asteroids
*Makes should be make in ...patterns which make them...because of subject-verb agreement and all that jazz

Astroblast
*provides AN auto-fire capability

Atari Video Cube
*add comma...very good, however...

Atlantis
*add comma One in the middle, and one....
*A historical perspective NOT an historical perspective.

Hope these help. :) I'll do more later.

Re: Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: May 21st, 2015, 12:58 pm
by ActRaiser
I always thought the rules for prepositions were that you did not need to use a comma unless they were a part of a phrase with a verb of some sort thrown in.

Anyways, most of your typos were right on the money. The only ones that I might question are those with a preposition...but that's just me. It's been 20 years since I had an English class. :)

Re: Return of the Typo Thread!

Posted: May 21st, 2015, 10:15 pm
by VideoGameCritic
Project Nintendo -
I always appreciate people pointing out typos because by fixing these I make the site better. So don't hesitate.
I applied just about all of the changes except where you suggested adding commas. I like the sentences to flow like I would speak them, so I didn't like the added pauses. I did however agree with the cases where you recommended removing the commas.
Thanks
VGC