Hmmm. I wasn't thinking of AVGN when I wrote the "worthless pile of dogshit" lines. Those lines were inspired by 2bcproductions, a YT channel that does Let's Play videos for EA Sports NHL games (although I can definitely see a similarity with old AVGN). I mainly wanted a gag where MC gets irrationally angry at the hardware and then Jasmine gets irrationally angry at the software (the game they're playing) and then pay it off when she goes meta and malds over the "To Be Continued" banner in the actual game.
I consider humor to be an integral part of this game and someone saying the game made them laugh is the ultimate compliment, as far as I'm concerned. Aunt Charlotte's changing Brooke's schedule has caused a ton of problems for this update and probably will for future updates. I'm thinking about just removing that and making Brooke's (and Jasmines') schedules be far more predictable. Increasingly, the need to know when and where to find a character has become a problem and I already have horror stories on other forums from people trying to trigger the Vibrator scene who can't figure it out. If players are trial-and-erroring their way through the sleep and rest icons to try and trigger an event and when it finally triggers, they don't necessarily understand what they did to trigger it, that's bad game design. I will contemplate this and try and find a way to address it. Off the top of my head, something as simple as peeking through Meredith's bedroom keyhole and if it's not Afternoon, have a throwaway line like, "Meredith is usually hanging around in her room in the afternoon" would go a long way.