[[Two cats sit facing each other across a chessboard, unmoving.]]
Researcher: Which do you like better? The knights or the bishops? Which do you like least?
Researcher: Would you say the King is your favorite character? Would you say, "I like the King because he makes the game fun"?
Researcher: Which of these adjectives would you use to describe the Queen? Likeable, cool, enjoyable, funny, exciting, impressive, relatable?
Researcher: Do you think you would be very likely to recommend this game to your friends? Somewhat likely? Somewhat unlikely? Or very unlikely?
Caption: Great moments in market research
Researcher: The pieces made of ham seem to test very well with this demographic.
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{{alt-text: according to the topline, tabbies age 3-6 love the pawns -- but we still can't get any quadrant on those calicos}}
according to the topline, tabbies age 3-6 love the pawns -- but we still can't get any quadrant on those calicos
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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