Exposure for an artist though. You know that people die of exposure, right?
The main thing is that when I'm looking for specific text and trying to copy it and the game takes up most of my screen, it does make it a bit harder. Especially since my mind doesn't store names.
I thought the birthday thing was okay, I mean, I think one dev makes you send her a picture or something to unlock an achievement and same dev has another game where a secret image can only be unlocked with a password found in one of her blogs (and the game berates you a bit for it iirc).