I think you are being compleyely dishonest about what I said, which is that people have more of a right to the truth when it allows them to make choices, even if those choices might be bad in the opinion of others who decide they know better what you should know. If the truth does nothing to your scope of freedom who…

Where is this gaming community and who are its leaders?

As opposed to a “possible” delay? In one case I think people have every right to make their own judgments.

Any attempt to restrict the truth ultimately is presuming you know better than the people you are not telling it to. The bigger the truth, the more I am against undermining someone’s right to choose for…

I think those are the cases where the press is obligated to tell people the truth and damn the consequences, and small things like this are the cases where they can exercise as much discretion as they want. One literally is life shattering, and the other is about as trivial as it comes. I have to wonder how we could…

“Does that mean gaming journalism shouldn’t exist, because it doesn’t rise to someone’s subjective standard of importance?”

I don’t think I said it “shouldn’t” exist, but I am allowed to think had this never leaked I would be no worse off, personally. My opinion of humanity would be just as low, and I would have spent…

But on the scale of newsworthy, a two day heads up on something that would be announced anyway, with no details, and burning a lot of good will, bringing out the freaks, ... well ... I mean I guess you have to do those things ‘for journalism’ but this wasn’t exactly the Panama papers and who did the leak do any good…

Being dead can do that to you.

We crave authenticity on teh intarwebs.

Totally ‘shopped. I can see the pixels.

Static testing, statistical sampling, automated tests. They will never be able to guarantee zero bugs, but they will be able to reasonably assure people that they can complete a playthrough. Its not software for a nuclear power plant, it just has to not crash enough that most players don’t run into issues. They could…

No, they are found in the environment. I play a deprived - and take no gift.

They give you five fire bombs — used appropriately, that’s enough to take him out from a distance. Otherwise, roll past the attacks and be stabby mcstabby-person.

I kicked him off the cliff face. His stuff rematerializes at his spawn point.

The first chest I opened was a mimic. And I thought it was a mimic and said ‘nah, they wouldn’t put a mimic this early in the game’ - thus getting my head bit off. :/

You must have missed that particular side passage.

Oh for a ice-cold glass of tranya about now.

No trouble with the demons in the basement?

You do have those little rocks you can throw to show a path. AND THIS IS THE ONE PLACE IN THE ENTIRE GAME WHERE THEY ARE USEFUL.

Seriously, it’s like they really wanted little glowy rocks in the game and needed a level to justify them.

Fantastic treasure ahead. Try jumping.

I think you’re overstating it, I’ve yet to see an area that was truly unfair - even in Anor Londo the archers were obvious. Doors and corners, wide open spaces - approach all with caution. Usually the scorch marks, burning corpses and blood stains give it away.