So Nik and I had this conversation the other day:

Nik: You know how I have my Grumpy Friday feature, right?

Me: Right.

Nik: Well, I was thinking that you should start a Happy Friday feature.

Me: Really? I’m not happy all the time, you know. Sometimes I’m grumpy, too.

Nik: Are you as grumpy as me?

Me: Well ... no.

Nik: See, it’s all relative. You’ll be happy, and you’ll like it.

Me: Whatever.

Nik: Also, seeing as you're pretty new to the game industry, I thought you might be in a good position to write about Turbine and what goes on here from a player's perspective – what's it like to work at a game company? How are design decisions made? Is everything the way you expected it to be?

Me: Hmm. That sounds suspiciously like a dev diary. A happy one. And now that I think of it, isn’t Grumpy Friday kind of like a grumpy dev diary?

Nik: I guess it's sort of similar.

Me: I thought you and I weren’t supposed to do dev diaries.

Nik: Just do it, okay?

Me: You're the boss.

I suppose I should probably give you some background. My name is Steve, and I'm the better half of the Online Community Relations (OCR) team for DDO (you might also know me as "Xundau" on the community forums). Read more .....