Martin could always have some supernatural explanation at some point.

Maybe it can.
Martin actually constructed a *very* realistic depiction of medieval humanity, and he did so by maintaining a fundamental quality of medieval culture: Stupidity

That is, the problem wasn't that the world was waiting for a few geniuses to invent technology and carry us into the present, or for a Martin…

Wait, are we supposed to be buying new games here? I only use summer sales so I can get those shiny 10 dollar games for 2 bucks each.

The tone of the interview was a bit negative, wasn't it? A few questions were like "Is this going to have this awesome feature, or this crappy one?" with a 50% chance Aonuma would have to say "....the crappy one..", or "I didn't like ___ in the last game. Is it going to be in this one too?" with the very real…

Hungarian is definitely the most evil voice.

Either these vary in sound quality, or Chinese and Arabic dubbing are really going all-out with the cyborg thing

It could be bear-y much worse.

Female NPC's are just playthings that give quests, rewards, or run and scream when attacked, because that's what all NPC's are for. Historical/Gritty games feature prostitutes because prostitutes are historical and gritty. They're flat killable dolls because all NPC's are flat killable dolls.

Yikes. This analysis kind of had the opposite-than-intended effect on me. Rather than concluding the new Zelda is really amazing, I can't help but feel it means the E3 presentation was dishonest. The more mind-blowing and chock-full of incredible detail and artistic flair a presentation is, the less likely it's an…

In fact, a gay link would be truer to the character than a female link.

I think they are. It's not just that Link is a petite, wispy character who stoically saves the world; Link is a petite, wispy boy who stoically saves the world. That hits a sweet spot in the public's consciousness because it defies the muscle-bound anti-hero tough guy archetype. There's something uniquely sweet…

Not necessarily, but the gender identity of a person is a big part of who they are, and we've come to appreciate and emotionally invest in Link as a plucky, intrepid young guy. I don't think Canon sets Link's gender in stone, because there are many Links, but they're all fundamentally the same person, a boy whose…

The existence of ponytail and earrings really don't sell the argument, but taken as a whole, the style of the hair, female-anime-eyelashes, softer face, and generally feminine body shape make a better case.

Ultimately it's a series of very subtle design differences that distinguish a pretty boy from a girl, but when enough of them accumulate it's immediately apparent which it is. This *would* be the prettiest link, with the most feminine eyes, face, hair, and body shape he's ever had. If this weren't an established…

The first time I saw the video I didn't even think that was link, not until i rationalized it at the very end.
There's already too much confusion over who 'Zelda' is in the general public anyway, without gratuitously switching his gender.

Didn't we already have a severely demented president?

It would be less problematic because there aren't millions of people on the internet who'd take it as support or validation of their views; you wouldn't have to worry about being used to promote something you don't agree with.

There's a thriving and growing segment in American and European society that deeply resent…

It's a good microcosm for society: some greater institution must exist to protect the rst of us from the highly-skilled, wealthy, or charismatic, because they tend to be psychopaths and abusive personalities.

Poetry is originally and fundamentally an art of the illiterate. Societies develop poetry before writing, and (more relevant to the point) "Poet" in a big city is much more likely to describe a 'street corner poet' or rapper than a poet published in the New Yorker.

Excuse me sir, are you proposing that some shadowy anonymous person or group of persons is targeting conspiracy theorists? >_>;;

What do you think constitutes being a modern 21's century "poet". Do poets turn in a CV and get hired by the poetry firm, to sit at a desk filing tps reports about poetry? You don't have to qualify "Poet" with "street corner" or "free style rapper". Those people make up the majority of Poets, and if someone tells…