Friday, October 30, 2009

Well, Now That's Confusing!

I saw a headline today that I (mis)read as:

"[Ratchet & Clank Future:] A Crack in Time to be Insomniac's last FPS game!"

Had I been thinking straight, I'd have realized my mistake right away, because the R&C franchise consists of Third Person Shooters (TPS), not First Person Shooters (FPS). But in my shock, I thought, "Oh no! If Insomniac is swearing off FPSs now, how will we ever get Resistance 3 out of them?!"

Of course, the headline actually had "... last 60 FPS game" at the end, which refers to a game in which the video occurs at 60 frames per second. But I'm so used to FPS meaning First Person Shooter that my heart skipped a beat!

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