Great article. It serves as a nice bridge for parents who might be anxious about this aspect of being a parent, though obviously it only works for parents who are willing to buy in buy-curious.

That’s like if in basketball someone declared a 3-point shot to be cheating and everyone agreed, but the rules never changed and you could still make them without penalty.  It’s not cheating, it was poor design.

I get it.  It’s a low-effort joke, and it does come with baggage.  Still, it’s sort of brilliantly about grammar and a purposeful misunderstanding of the implications.

It’s a great question, but tough to answer since you never played Shenmue. Also tough because Shenmue was made at a different time, under different circumstances, and so you can’t really compare the two. It’s like comparing Schindler’s List to The Graduate by saying that they’re both considered great films that deal…

I’m right because when I wrote the analogy, you entirely understood what I was saying. You wouldn’t be able to write anything or break down the comparison if you didn’t understand it to begin with.

Sorry - it wouldn’t update with an edit I made after accidentally submitting. Full post:

If my analogy falls flat then why does it work so well in the given context?

For me it’s always been different. I always feel left out. I’ve played every Metal Gear game except for Ninja Raiden and I still cannot shake the feeling that I’ve skipped a bunch of entries.

Honestly, I was hoping that Hayter would have made an appearance as Big Boss in some capacity, as a way of authenticating what Kojima did. That would have saved it all, but he didn’t care in the end.

It doesn’t make sense just because

Didn’t forget. Don’t care (in this context). There’s no excuse for the team they have working on fresh content that ultimately divides the player base in several ways when there are desync issues and bugs running rampant.

Okay?  No one’s grappling with that idea; that online updates keep a game in a state people want to play.  I understand Theseus’ Ship but that’s not the topic.

Where did I claim that retro was the same as vintage?

You’ve majorly misread and you’re tripping yourself up with the actual function of a flamethrower, which nobody cares about.  My analogy still stands pretty solidly.

Can a game released in 2017 have anything “old school” about it? Are the boots I’ve been wearing from 2016 retro? Do they look good as I step into my antique 2013 Jeep?

Where did I write that a motorcycle is a big bicycle?

It is entirely but I encourage you to disagree and be wrong about it wholeheartedly.

“just a big butane torch”

I wonder if he actually cared.  Maybe he was hoping to get caught.  I can’t see a person thinking they could get away with stuff like this entirely.

a) You still haven’t answered my question about the subreddit, so I’m pretty sure you can’t, since that sub is for screen caps of people who try to sound smarter than they are and use it to put other people down - which I haven’t done. I’m very much avoiding that in total.