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Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent (www.eurogamer.net)

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[-] Kayana@ttrpg.network 33 points 1 month ago

Not only is that headline's grammar exceptional(ly bad), for a moment I thought the developer of Control was named Alan Wake. Like, how did they manage to butcher that so badly?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

No, it doesn't say "Control developer Alan Wake ..."

[-] thisisdee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

This is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash.

Alan Wake / Control developer agrees

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That's a perfectly normal headline composition.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

That doesn't mean it's good.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Sure, but "good" is subjective. I had no confusion from the headline and like that it was direct and to the point.

[-] Banichan@dormi.zone -4 points 1 month ago

I can tell you weren't on newspaper staff

[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

News headlines aren't limited by space on physical paper anymore. If your headline is confusing because of traditions based on outdated limitations it's not a good headline imo.