ADHD affects over 360 million people worldwide, it is by far the most common disability, yet video game developers make no attempt to help accessibility, and in fact actively antagonize the neurodivergent, through forced cutscenes, save files, and player options/settings
There is a breadth of possibilities between what George had in mind when had only just seriously started writing the first book (when Sansa was going to be a villain) and whatever happened in the show past season four. He discards ideas and changes plots all the time!
A lot of Extremely Aloof and Super Not Bothered people that Really Don’t Care About The Culture War are drawn to these kinds of things like flies to rotting meat to let you know How Much This Does Not Bother Them But Here’s Why It’s Bad
one of the worst things that’ll come out of new hotd is the amount of morons who are gonna come on here to ask why ned couldn’t handle going south the way his chad ancestor did as if a) cregan isn’t a bum who barely did shit b) those two scenarios are meant to be remotely similar
Im all for some good old gamer hate, but to critique an action game based on the skin it dawns rather than its meaningful content is not a serious adult critique at all
IGN will grovel at the feet of Capcom with every release, but the moment they get a hold of a smaller game they release all that is pent up and pull out "ludonarrative dissonance"
Regular people still really like 2D animation but Hollywood will only put out a 2D animated feature if it's half live action & full of "real" movie stars because Space Jam & Roger Rabbit made a lot of money a lifetime ago