Recent content by ThingInTheCoat

  1. ThingInTheCoat

    On Difficulty and the State of Gaming.

    I can't understand why people keep suggesting that games have one purpose and one reason anyone might play that game. This just isn't true. If Dark Souls had only one directive -- to challenge -- then why have all the other things it has? Why have character-building, the world lore, the...
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    Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

    I feel like I've been trying to convince a kid that Santa Claus isn't real. Not a terribly great feeling, that. Ah, yes. The Conrad Verner Theory [http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=ythY_GkEBck&annotation_id=annotation_617338&feature=iv&v=hzYLTbQQEZQ]. I subscribe to that school of...
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    Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

    Jesus Christ. I'm not apologizing for text blocks anymore. Evidently, you're writing your thesis on Mass Effect 3, so you reply to mine with a manifesto. I'm humbled. Inspired, even. Not so inspired that I'll reply in like, but it's the thought that counts. This is going to be a sloppy...
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    Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

    Bard, I can admire the idea of the Indoctrination theory. I really can. Hell, I even believed Shepard was being subjected to some sort of fishy Reaper control the instant Harbinger's beam blind-sided him. But that idea quickly fell apart as the ending continued, and I can't see any reason why...
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    Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

    After reading your reply, I think I understand better where you're at, and it seems we agree a little bit more than I thought. I just have a couple issues with what you're saying. Just to clarify, when I say that Mass Effect isn't really a tragedy, I mean it isn't strictly a tragedy. The...
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    Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

    It is a subversion, without a doubt. The problem is, it's not an effective subversion. Every sign points toward it simply being a subversion for the sake of a subversion -- a means to manufacture controversy and "lots of speculation from everyone!", in the lead writer's own words -- and that...