Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Bingo Beta and this and that.

The Bingo beta  for AOL games is out and going well.  One funny thing about it is that the one thing I thought would be strange bout the game,  the testers found as well.  The ball called in AOL games Bingo game is an old man,  and he's just creepy.  Sure enough,  right after the first email regarding Bingo,  one tester said the old man was a creep.  I felt strangely vindicated.  I sure hope that too many people don't feel the same way or the game is going to come out and tank!

It's been an interesting week so far.  Did most of my usual AOL games chores,  but we do have a new initiative coming down from high up to move our pages to 980 pixels wide.  Its a good thing to do,  as AOL has been living in the 90's with their 800x600 layout.  It will allow our pages to have more room and move us into the 21st century!  Hooray! 
The thing that stinks about it,  is that we're in the midst of a redesign of the AOL games site,  and we're just going to have to do this all over again.  Sometimes I really don't know what everyone is thinking.  We're cramming to get these wide pages out the door,  but we're going to replacing the pages in 2 months?  Makes no sense!  Anyway,  the big shots up the proverbial stairs are calling the shots,  so we just follow what we're told.

It is a something that at the end of the day good for the customer but a pain in the neck for the work.  Not too big a deal,  but interesting none the less.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What Happened to Yahtzee Please