To be fair, it's not that much out of context. What people need to get more in general is that not every superficial adjustment, focus on minor details, re-contextualization and less confrontational wording of an argument actually changes its nature. Sure this is a bug, and DA is as much as almost any game an honest…

I think it's good that they are apparently trying to work something out. I don't think there is reason to give up anymore at this point. If they could have waited for the Kickstarter to end, it seems they could end the Kickstarter prematurely and keep going for a while to work something out.

Easy examples are the time-, size-, or force-relations of the "sublime", which "sublimates" the subject by extinguishing the ego, which would feel "threatened" or overpowered and would like to react in some way if possible (even to the point of obsession and destructiveness: see Ahab <-> Ishamel). Or the moral,…

This is useful, I think, although some of the expressions might still appear somewhat arcane, and it's also just one side or approach of what is a big topic, although I think it is summed up with subject-object-relations (and often taking the forms of epistemology and ontology):

Good that you differentiated the "natural science" side of things and the subjective, human experience, which are different categories, whereas religion is more an appendage or some precursor of science and mixture of philosophy and poetry.

Haven't finished yet her much-praised Riddlemaster Trilogy. I see what's "good" about it, it's clear she can write, but think it is just a much airier and naive Le Guin. There is no real need to see "what happens next" and it's not something that needs constant refreshing either. But I don't have discarded it either.

I don't know why you make "new age mysticism" and "daddy issues" such big elements of the movie. Whatever one may think of the movie's "existential" or mythological direction (or any of its faults in dialogue, character etc.), it's simply inaccurate to degrade it as essentially "new age mysticism". Similarly I could…

Is this about the infinity larger than infinity idea?

Wargs are not "especially intelligent" but they have a kind of intelligence that separates them from ordinary beastly intelligence, as it's said in the Hobbit how there is a kind of deliberate cunning in their relationship with Orcs and Goblins, and they also react in different, conscious ways. It's not all that much,…

While I agree that elven steel is probably not comparable to normal steel of any kind (as they can be used against more dangerous enemies), I don't think there's any known difference between Sting and Glamdring apart from a slightly more legendary status of Glamdring (and length).

These are "strange characters". There are also plenty not so strange or ordinary characters. And that robot looks just as it does anyway. Why do Ghibli commenters always scream...?

I don't think it's adequate to call the book "hugely ambitious", although that seems to be common. It's better to call it unusual. It doesn't try to stem any grander messages than many other books. It's a comingling of different styles and time periods, which seem to be loosely connected, but less in a literal way and…

What are they supposed to think about in 6 years time? What's the benefit, lesson, point? How are the number of years contributing to this effect? Whatever.

Crunch time doesn't mean they still have to figure out key elements. Probably the opposite.

Anticlimactic and a sentimentality which shouldn't be there. Sentimentality simply doesn't exist in the book, it's only under the surface in certain moments, implied but not the main drift of a scene, yet here it is laid over everything. For example this inner monologue with "propositions" is a longer passage in the…

Why is the simplest, most basic and unsubtle statement always immediately "brilliant". That's merely an explanation of the simple assumption implicit in the words themselves. That can only be starting point of any serious examination of the subject matter that will probably lead to more ambiguous answers, and I think…

I doubt they didn't know what actually happened in medieval times or thought it was a believable rumour based on the Gilgamesh epic. Skepticism is appropriate but calling it "debunkery" seems a bit much.

The video may not have been so enthusiastic, but honestly, the project seems to me the most worthwhile and enthusiasm-inducing out there. Also, anyone is doing the "enthusiastic". They have made a good, informative video, and what's more, we have already got a teaser of the game's prose style, and I think it's utterly…

"The nice thing about KS is that you know in 30 days (often, less) if your idea doesn't resonate with the public, rather than 2-3 years down the line or trying to pump so many marketing dollars at people they become brainwashed into liking an idea that never resonated with them in the first place. (That's my final…

Seriously? I was wondering if the real show had ended and all they were doing now were tired self-homages (not far off from the Simpsons).