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    "Games should just be fun."

    When somebody says something like this, I'm reminded of how I feel watching a movie like Brick. Brick is a hardboiled detective drama using film noir slang, set in high school. It isn't a comedy. But it is fun in the way that watching something that's really good is always fun. Games should be...
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    Poll: Think you think straight? Think again...

    I'm reading the back of a cereal box. I'm reading dialogue strings in Pokemon White. I'm reading a forum topic on the Escapist about philosophy. And I'm reading my Twitter feed. And even I think that trying to insist your philosophy is any more or less valid based on the book you're reading is a...
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    Poll: Think you think straight? Think again...

    Yes, but see, it's not asking you what your opinion is. It's asking you what history's opinion is, and that involves taking everyone in the entire world who has ever seen the work of Michaelangelo, alive or dead, into account in your answer. And if you say he's one of history's finest artists...
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    Poll: Think you think straight? Think again...

    Ah, but there's the rub--if no one but you thought he was one of history's finest artists, would he still be one of history's finest artists? It is a bunch of semantic horsecrap, but where it got you was in saying "finest", which is meant to be a subjective thing, instead of "most famous" or...
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    Poll: Think you think straight? Think again...

    I'm just reading through all of these responses now, just after having taken the test. I got 0% contradictions, but especially struggled on the Michaelangelo tip. Eventually, I came down on "I think he is what he is and other people disagree, so, disagree." Which apparently jived perfectly with...