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Frustrating moon logic, bizarre character design, completely ridiculous legal system… and yet I've played and thoroughly enjoyed every one.

I don't think he missed the point; rather I think you and the reviewer just don't agree on how fun the multiplayer and level design is. The reviewer says the multiplayer is "chaotic fun", but that the fun of said chaos only lasts so long, after which you're left with sparse, empty-feeling levels. You say the…

Good for you, what a great opportunity to showcase your skills. Thanks for sharing.

That's me in the spotlight…
I did the straight up de-convert (born into Christian family, held on tight until 16, gave it all up on a single day), and I can attest to a similar feeling of deep, oddly world-shattering calm - or "tragic and liberating" as the author describes.

Yeah, it's really nice to see the AV Club 'style' applied to events like this. Makes for much nicer reading than the vast majority of bloated coverage of GDC.

You're not indie
Christ people, who cares whether you're indie or not - ditch the navel-gazing identity politics and just make good fucking games.

Sorry to add to the trolling, but I gotta ring in with my own two cents of mild disappointment. As Evil Jack said, the trailer seems all warm-eyed, sun-dappled nostalgia, which seems to clash with the Heart-of-Darkness-for-the-kindergarten-set tone of the original. Not to say that it needs to be 'dark' as in gritty;…

That ain't no HTML I ever seen before, no sir.

Die in a Pop-o-Matic bubble.

Ladies always wanna Eat More… and I'm more than happy to give it to them.

There's also a scene in The Beach where it basically turns into a videogame… though I may have just blocked out that movie with memories of other videogames, and thus gotten it mixed up.

Was there an equivalent to that part in Doom where it basically turns into the video game (ie. first person camera, running around corridors shooting things)? Like, maybe the camera suddenly goes for a really wide side shot of two people fighting, and then one just starts crouch-kicking until the other one gives up?…

Maybe Tron as well… though to be honest I'm not positive about the game v. movie timeline.