Focusing on that line is more expedient than copying and pasting the 2 paragraphs of the article in which you describe the combat of Minerva’s Den; that sentence, I felt, was the thesis statement for those paragraphs. I disagree w/ the comparisons you’re making in those paragraphs and have commented as such.

I walked through halls tinged with Objectivism that offered no real critique

I mean, yeah, if you ignore the multitudes of other games not about winning, then sure NMS is now the game the game that finally proved that.