And when GRRM dies of heart failure we will find out by digging through his notes on the tenth book, slated for sometime in June of 2040, and containing none of the original characters, Bran having been the last to be killed in book 7.

Thats right. Bran comes back like Flash Gordon and impales Ming the Merciless with ... oh...

How do you handle occlusion of blocks when you are underground? This is impressive from a ‘my virtual legos’ perspective but not from an actually playing the game perspective.

Its code for I can’t comment. Saying no, I’m not working this next season - is code for ‘I’m lying?’

All the characters signed a contract extension for seven years, he’s the one that cut his hair when the contract he signed said not to. Even if they bring him back, its a deus ex machina - death has no consequences move…

To drive people away from the show? Saying he’s done is not keeping suspense alive. Saying “I can’t comment.” keeps suspense alive.

Ok, well, if he has to say that, then I’m still done with the show on the assumption he’s not lying , the only way to bring him back is deus ex machina, consequence-destroying resurrection from the dead with a new actor - or as his warg, and there are no characters left worth paying any attention to. I am in complete…

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

Yes. The actor himself has said he’s looking for a new job. Presumably the writers will bring in a new character now, someone minor until this point or someone entirely new.

As for myself, there’s only one character left I even give a crap about (Arya) and I don’t think she’s going to win the iron throne, so shows…

Don’t look at beam with remaining eye.

(You’re insane - those aren’t laser goggles you’re wearing, stray reflections off that window behind you or anything shiny at all can - strike that - WILL cause permanent eye damage. And you’re waving it around like its a toy. I don’t think I’ve seen anything this stupid in…

Destiny is the answer.

But what was the original question?

“Also, repetitive, punishing and poorly designed? Doesn’t that accurately describe like every popular “omg super hard amazing perfect” game out there?”

Except for the repetitive and poorly designed parts, yeah.

Are you talking about CLANG or about Oculus. Oculus indeed used the kickstarter’s money to build a prototype and get bought by facebook. The people who took the bulk of the risk got a prototype piece of equipment and the people that took very little of the risk became overnight millionaires. Yes, the letter of the…

100% loss of your investment with the possibility of no return whatsoever a substantial fraction of the time is not a tiny amount of risk - its a huge amount of risk. Just because you bought a few shares in a company for chump change doesn’t mean as an investment it was a small amount of risk compared to a few shares…

No, Clang which ran out of funding because what they wanted to build was overly ambitious.

Exactly. They took all the risk and got a consolation prize. I’m not interested in buying tons of risk for a totebag.

My favorite example is CLANG.

That is in fact THE argument. Kickstarter is only legitimately any good to people whose idea is so intrinsically risky and expensive that the people who came up with the idea aren’t capable of shouldering it themselves and there’s no bank or publisher in the world who would back them. Anyone else has access to…

Yeah but the trusted platform in your pc might decide to never run that particular os again.

When that happens I won’t. Because my corporate lawyers will be calling theirs.

Entirely at the mercy of enemies who just won’t finish the job, while you continue to kill them and accept heavy losses of your own civilians. Two state solution would be great. Neither side will accept it.