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Josef Fares' last game sold 23 million copies, but he insists success hasn't changed Split Fiction – can Hazelight Studios recapture the magic?

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Tags: sweden, games studios, hazelight studios, developers.video game, josef fares, it takes two, split fiction, interviews, coop, author.jordan middler, source.videogameschronicle
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/split-fiction-game-interview/

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Jordan Middler
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Feb 13 2025
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  1. smiles134
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    I hope so! I was a huge fan of It Takes Two and really liked the ways it expanded on A Way Out (which itself evolved out of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons). I'm not totally sold on what I've seen...

    I hope so! I was a huge fan of It Takes Two and really liked the ways it expanded on A Way Out (which itself evolved out of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons). I'm not totally sold on what I've seen from this game so far but I'm definitely going to give it a shot myself.

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    Sapholia
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    I enjoyed this article, but I'm pretty distracted by the fact that it's got two word swap mistakes I've never seen before (and one fairly common one). I've seen "grizzly" instead of "grisly", but...

    I enjoyed this article, but I'm pretty distracted by the fact that it's got two word swap mistakes I've never seen before (and one fairly common one). I've seen "grizzly" instead of "grisly", but "rye smile" is new to me, as well as "recounting" instead of "recalling". Whole language instruction has a lot to answer for.

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    1. [3]
      hungariantoast
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      Hm, it's a stretch, but I think this use of "recount" gets a pass. According to Wiktionary: or Or maybe I'm just a poor englisher 🤷

      “A lot,” Fares said, rolling his eyes, presumably recounting hours spent shortening tutorials by seconds.

      Hm, it's a stretch, but I think this use of "recount" gets a pass. According to Wiktionary:

      To tell; narrate; to relate in detail

      or

      To rehearse; to enumerate

      Or maybe I'm just a poor englisher 🤷

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      1. Kawa
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        Yeah, I'll agree that "recounting" as it was used in the article is extremely common. I feel like using "recalling" would actually be more rare in my region. Maybe the "count" portion of the word...

        Yeah, I'll agree that "recounting" as it was used in the article is extremely common. I feel like using "recalling" would actually be more rare in my region. Maybe the "count" portion of the word is derivative of the same "count" portion of "account" as in "according to his account of the events?"

        But it's painfully obvious that "rye smile" should be "wry smile" instead.

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      2. Sapholia
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        All of the non-dated definitions, I feel, refer to telling the details out loud. Given the other mistakes, I'm not personally willing to give the benefit of the doubt for use of the dated...

        All of the non-dated definitions, I feel, refer to telling the details out loud. Given the other mistakes, I'm not personally willing to give the benefit of the doubt for use of the dated definitions (which, to be honest, I don't think would be applied correctly in this situation either). I think we lose something when words get fuzzier in their meanings because they're mistakenly swapped in for similar words.

        However! I'm not any kind of authority, and one wide-spread language can vary a lot over time and regional use. I know my experience is just a single one in a sea of many millions, so if others say that definition is a common one for them, I'll take that as something new to learn.

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