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Dexter's code was created by his father to protect Dexter from incarceration and to protect normal people from Dexter. Dexter is...

I’m pretty sure that criticizing and being condescending about people’s religious beliefs is going to get this thread shut down

But that's just people's imagination, a fictional myth. If you take this as evidence, then there are too many so-called evidences...

In that case I wonder to what extent it is a useful distinction. I think it is real--but most games are more linear than Skyrim, so it...

I think Skyrim is closer to a theme park, since most of those experiences are so simple or linear.

I think I see the distinction. In some of the sandbox threads sandboxes were described the way you use "playground". I'd wonder whether...

As a separate thing from sandboxes or theme parks. This is one of those threadss where I am literally just thinking on the keyborad, so...

So what kind of Paladin is Dexter?

I've never seen a d&d character kill because they can't help it, code or no. Usually it is because the bad guys are bad in some way.

I don't think I've ever played a D&D game where this was true. Oh, our characters are killers, but the motivation is very different...

The celebrity worship that many people engage in through social media is not that far from being a religion. There are even (urban)myths...

Very different, but also the same. It is not. The whole Afterlife is vague, and a bit of a mystery. So are most things. Mortals...

You could ask one of the 1.2 billion Hindus that live on planet earth, they might have some insight into how it worked.

I start with the layout of the space, do the big gross details of the interior, and then move to whatever is most immediate last, not...

It's a nice overview. I don't care whether AI did it or not. I'm not sure why anyone does.