Reason #9835219731 Why I love John Scalzi
Because this morning, he posted an entry titled "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is."
All analogies are flawed, but this is a damn good one.
Pull quote:
"This means that the default behaviors for almost all the non-player characters in the game are easier on you than they would be otherwise. The default barriers for completions of quests are lower. Your leveling-up thresholds come more quickly. You automatically gain entry to some parts of the map that others have to work for. The game is easier to play, automatically, and when you need help, by default it’s easier to get."
Click to read; stay to watch him moderate the comments with impunity.
♥
Also posted at http://kouredios.dreamwidth.org/216245.html ; feel free to comment there if you so choose: add comment/
comments.
All analogies are flawed, but this is a damn good one.
Pull quote:
"This means that the default behaviors for almost all the non-player characters in the game are easier on you than they would be otherwise. The default barriers for completions of quests are lower. Your leveling-up thresholds come more quickly. You automatically gain entry to some parts of the map that others have to work for. The game is easier to play, automatically, and when you need help, by default it’s easier to get."
Click to read; stay to watch him moderate the comments with impunity.
♥
Also posted at http://kouredios.dreamwidth.org/216245.html ; feel free to comment there if you so choose: add comment/
comments.