And another reason I hate the term "fluff" . . .

[Shortman McLeod]

Did you say that "crunch" is a taste?

No, I said that both "crunch" and "flavor" are consistent with taste as a metaphor. Perhaps I should have said food or eating as a metaphor. But you know what I mean.

 

[Felix]

If you're going to do away with fluff, which Samnell quite rightly objects to thusly:

Why abandon a term which has such an aptly analogous function?

(Awesome.)

Then have it be the opposite of crunch; like, "Mush". It could work:

Is this book full of crunch?
No, indeed not: it is rather mushy.​

This way we could rate all books on a "How Long Have The Grape Nuts Been Sitting In The Milk" scale of crunch-to-mush.

Something we can all relate to.

 

[JustinM]

Make it squishy, like casters.

 

[pawsplay]

. . . is it makes me think of "fluffers". You know, from the, ahem, adult film industry.

Please retire this dreadful term. We should speak of "Crunch" and "Flavor", which at least keeps the "taste" metaphor consistent. But dear gods, how I hate the term "fluff."

Yeah, but style vs. substance is so 80s.

 

[mhensley]

Ahh, this reminds of playing Fallout 2 where you could take the job of a fluffer on the porn set. What a great game.

 

[Psion]

. . . is it makes me think of "fluffers". You know, from the, ahem, adult film industry.

That's just a sign you need to get out of the house, return the pr0n to the dirty vid store, and go on a date or something.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

. . . is it makes me think of "fluffers". You know, from the, ahem, adult film industry.

This is a point in the term's favor as far as I'm concerned.


"Hello, Mr Game Designer! What have you written lately?"

"I wrote 40 pages of setting text for Eberron!"

"Oh! So you're a fluffer now?"


Yeah. This term needs to stay.

 

[ruleslawyer]

No, I said that both "crunch" and "flavor" are consistent with taste as a metaphor. Perhaps I should have said food or eating as a metaphor. But you know what I mean.

Crunchy and fluffy are textures, not tastes (or flavors, for that matter, as taste is a somewhat more narrow category). So the analogy doesn't work so well.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

just because you did not make the connection, doesn't mean others did not.

Then you're clearly having badwrongfun anime video gamey Pokepr0n.

 

[Darklone]

Why abandon a term that makes board users talk for more than 15 posts?