It deserves the best resolution! You’ll be caught up well in time for Legends to drop, we gotta get this online multiplayer going

Ah okay. Not gonna watch the whole hour but I’m curious. Do you remember ballpark of the minute mark?

Do I want to watch this YouTube clip or should I save myself the stress? I can never be sure.

lol That is very fair

God I love runners

Alexa, clear my schedule.

I was like 😬😬😬

Dying at "the yellow website"

It drives me insane. The way people talk about video games is so obviously affected by the bizarro-world culture around it, yet some would pretend to believe they’re separate or unaffected by it and that it has no place in their writing

Context can help as a springboard to discuss how you engaged with art. That’s all. Not every reader is as internet-brained as we are

Context from that culture can help, when appropriate. That’s all. We’re not brave warriors for pretending to be above it. Just like people who think they’re too smart to be manipulated, pretending to live in a vacuum can make us more susceptible to hiding our blind spots and perspectives

What nonfiction is made better by pretending to be unaware and uninfluenced the culture in which it exists

“Well I want to know about the reviewer—“ the reviewer doesn’t live on the moon! They exist within gaming culture and is keenly aware of it

And make no mistake—it influences us. We have an emotional reaction to it

This is including arguments I’ve heard from writers who want conviction and bravery in writing. We seem to pretend to dismiss a culture of loud and aggressive opinions, and then call it bravery instead of acknowledging its role in how we engage with art

My goal is to express my disagreement. You're welcome to say that I'm dishonestly approaching your point, if that's how you feel, but I'm being as honest with you as possible. I think part of your point, as I've understood it so far, is wrong and makes assumptions of a useful approach to criticism

If you want to say that “not for me” doesn’t add anything to the review, fair. Hard disagree, but fair. But to suggest it takes away from the review as false generosity is assuming intent, not to mention disregarding its value in setting context for knowing the writer better

lol Come on. “To me the other perspectives are always imagined” isn’t intellectually honest