Games For Windows Magazine: Knytt

Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:25:00 GMT

Games For Windows

Games For Windows is fast becoming the most indie-friendly magazine around, what with its 3-page spread on Dwarf Fortress (yes!) a few months ago, and now this little write-up (scan) on Knytt. Go Nifflas!

And by the way, I had no idea Knytt was pronounced “KNIGHT.” I’ve been pronouncing it “KNIT” this whole time. I don’t think that’s gonna stop, either. Also, I’ve been pronouncing metanet’s N as “CHEESEBURGER,” which I’m now worried is totally wrong.

And The Underside as “CAVE STORY.” (Ohsnapwtfbbqkekekekejk <3.)

(Thanks very much to The DMac for the news/scan!)

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  1. crukid said 17 minutes later:

    Dear god, the second paragraph reminds me of why I love it when you post.

  2. Nikica said 38 minutes later:

    Hehe I LOL’D, Podunkian hates when somebody says that The Underside is like Cave Story !!!

  3. Pnx said 39 minutes later:

    Really? I’ve been making that mistake too? Do you auppose my pronounciation of Dwarf Fortress (“WORLD’s GREATEST GAME”) is wrong too?

  4. Skyleak said about 1 hour later:

    Yes Pnx; it is actually pronounced “Dorf fortress”

  5. Benzido said about 1 hour later:

    Pnx: Seriously? that’s how I pronounce “toribash”

  6. contra said about 1 hour later:

    lol @ knight

  7. Dusty Spur said about 1 hour later:

    I am totally going to still say KNIT.

  8. gum said about 2 hours later:

    being from sweden, i can assure you that it’s NOT pronounced “knight”. more like “knit”. it’s even more like “knytt”, though.

  9. axel said about 2 hours later:

    Yar, he’s right. It’s Swedish, and it’s pronounced like “knit”, except with a strong “K”. But I guess Derek was being sarcastic anyway, so WHO WANTS TO SING?!

  10. Cycle said about 3 hours later:

    Hey man, I wrote a three page indie article, a three page article on DEFCON and cover indie and freeware games each month, I even interviewed you Derek, why you gotta do this to me man, we’re totally the most indie-friendly magazine :(

  11. Mr. Podunkian said about 3 hours later:

    whoa, dude… not cool…

    not cool…

  12. Noyb said about 3 hours later:

    No mention of Knytt’s atmosphere and music? Typical skepticism that all indies want is to be devoured by the corporate games machine? Okaaaay…

  13. Cycle said about 3 hours later:

    We happened to us Derek, we used to be tight :( remember when we used to rock out all night, what happened to those days man? What happened?

  14. Cycle said about 4 hours later:

    What happened, rather. Cursed lack of sleep!

  15. Derek said about 4 hours later:

    Bro. We still tight. fist pound

  16. larsiusprime said about 6 hours later:

    Yeah, I’m from Norway, and our language is pronounced almost exactly the same as Swedish, and I can definitely confirm that it’s pronounced “Knit.”

    A lot of english words originally come from the Scandinavian langauges - pretty much anything with a KN in it came from the Vikings…

    Knife, Knight, Knot, etc… and in the original Scandinavian, those all had hard, not silent, K’s.

    I think it was the later Norman french influence that swallowed the “K’s”

  17. konjak said about 7 hours later:

    I am Swedish and in no way is “knytt” literaly pronounced like “knight” from a Swedish standpoint.

  18. konjak said about 7 hours later:

    Adding to that: Personally, I’ve been reading it like an English person would: “nit”.

  19. Mizumon said about 7 hours later:

    LOL’d at the Underside pronunciation. ^o^”

  20. Sergio said about 9 hours later:

    Pronunciation of Knytt is something I believe Nifflas is asked a lot… If I remember rightly (I probably don’t) it is said “knit” but the k sound isn’t completely silent or something.

  21. Tr00jg said about 12 hours later:

    It is with a hard “k”… afaik. There is even an audio of Nifflas saying it.

  22. Nikica said about 13 hours later:

    It’s “knjit” and Dwarf Fortress is “GREATEST GAME IN UNIVERSE” !!!

  23. haowan said about 14 hours later:

    KERNIT THE FROG

  24. gnome said about 16 hours later:

    Wow.. a Microsoft sponsored mag spreading indie love? I’m shocked…

    Ni! (the knights who)

  25. Movius said about 21 hours later:

    Knytt in Shinning armour?

  26. whitebrice said about 22 hours later:

    You guys know that Nikujin got a mention in the latest issue of Retro Gamer with tigsource as the download link, right?

  27. negative zero said 2 days later:

    i thought it was pronounced keh-night. holy shit, that’s an eye opener.

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