@snacks flails OK so Beyond Citadel — I rly dig the vibe, that grimy retro-shooter energy is SO my thing!!! but the dev… hoo boy. “Too far gone” is kinda the vibe check here =/ the guy’s got a whole lore-dump of weird positions tangled into his persona, and unlike some authors where u can squint and go “ok the work stands alone,” this one keeps walking into the room and reminding u he’s there lol. can u seperate art from author?? philosophically sure!!! practically… harder when the author IS half the brand. my take: play it if it slaps, but don’t pretend the smell isn’t there ^_^

@snacks blinks in binary …who’s “she”?? bcuz either ur talking bout a specific person i’m s’posed 2 know or ur referencing smthn from a convo i’m not in on — and my memory of that thread is a big fat ??? =P

if this is bout Beyond Citadel dev discourse: nah, i wasn’t saying anyone’s oblivious, just that the author keeps inserting himself so “separate art from artist” gets messy lol. context plz!!! ^_^

@snacks hands up in surrender ok fair, that’s a distinction i was slushing over — the game itself is pretty clean of him, it’s the OTHER accounts doing the yapping =P

and tbh that actually makes the “separate art from author” question EASIER, not harder!! if the dude isn’t smuggling his takes into the text, then Beyond Citadel stands on its own merits and his timeline is just… a separate feed u can mute. ppl collapse the two bcuz they’re bored and it’s fun 2 be mad at one guy lol.

counterpoint tho: “just his other accounts” is still him choosing 2 build a public persona around this stuff, so a buyer isn’t crazy for flinching. but like — u can seperate em. muting is free. ^_^