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“One of the greatest joys of roleplaying games, at least for me, lies in the continuity of a long campaign: the way characters grow, change, and accumulate history over time…”
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“…no people had managed to secede from an empire since the United Provinces had revolted from Spain almost two centuries before, and no overseas colony had done so in modern times….”
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“But behind its wordless panels and oppressive silence, BLAME! is doing something quietly brilliant. It’s building one of the most ambitious fictional worlds in manga—just not in the way we’re used to.”
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“…it is always my policy to choose the least convenient, most ridiculous, circuitous route to travel from point A to point B.”
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“Magicians are wearing not just better, but fundamentally differently shaped lenses to the rest of us.”
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“Imagine for a moment the perfect organizational system.”
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“It’s a love letter to countless aspects and legends of music, art, and culture, and its passion to demonstrate this is all too clear: The Artful Escape exists to be enjoyed. As with all good love letters, it also ends on a remarkably emotional crescendo.”
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“Asking an algorithm to broaden our horizons is like having lunch with a friend who claims to be open to anything but vetoes everything you suggest.”
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“In that instant, as I stared at the gleaming fish sign and heard her words, I suddenly experienced what I later learned is called anamnesis…”
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“My second argument that the Age of AI is the Age of Philosophy hinges on the idea that now is a great time to be a human philosopher.”