Hi Stuart, Pithy retorts are always challenging! I like your 'red lens' approach: it gets to the point rapidly, although whether it has impact on those who are locked into 'everything is political' is harder to say! I think for myself, I like Abraham Maslow's somewhat similar line: "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." Thanks for commenting! Chris.

Hi Fabian, Ghost Master, as I've said many times, is the game I'm most proud of making. It's my sincere wish that I might get to make a spiritual successor before I retire, but at the moment it is proving difficult to secure the funding to make that happened. I have far from given up on this endeavour, but it is proving to be something of an epic quest right now! In the meantime, it means a great deal to me that there were players who found and enjoyed this game. It is something really quite unique, and I'm so proud to have been a part of the team that made it. Many thanks for stopping by, Chris.

Hi Matt, You raise some extremely key points here: there is a marked difference between corporations that are operating as part of our shared economy, and corporations that are ultimately siphoning off money into vast reserves of capital for the benefit of the very few. I think it darkly amusing that the Movement, and the faux cyberpunk genre that is all that survives of it (cf. Cyberpunk is Dead), always saw megacorporations as the new powers that would dominate city life as they were stronger than governments. But it turns out that this would be far too much hassle for them. Rather, the giant corporate organisations want nothing to do with human life as it is lived at all, but merely want to accumulate vast pools of capital, like Smaug upon his treasure pile. And as you say, they wish to do it in offshore holding accounts where they can avoid paying for the infrastructure they use. In this regard, this kind of corporation - which we might call the parasitic megacorporation - is entirely unethical, whether looked at form virtue, rights, or outcomes. Thanks for commenting here! And apologies for the abysmally slow turnaround time on replying. Chris.

Hi Mika, The environmental impact of meat farming is, for me, the strongest argument against it. Although it is, strictly speaking, an argument for eating less meat, not necessarily for ending meat production. There are indeed sanctuaries for farm animals at this time... although they would certainly not be able to accommodate all the farm animals if meat farming were to come to a crashing close 'overnight'. It's not implausible that some farm animals could survive in sanctuaries going forward, although how many could survive this way is an open question. Almost all sanctuaries operate as rescue centres; these are not facilities that could operate long-term to keep a species with us. Something fundamental would have to change. Honestly, I still think it more likely that farm animals' long-term survival as a species is intertwined with farming. It's not a popular viewpoint among non-meat eaters, but I find it hard to escape. Thanks for commenting! Chris.

Hi GriddleOctopus, You seem to be using Consequentialist/Utilitarian ethics here, attempting to perform a 'hedonic calculus'. But this approach to assessing extinction is surely fallacious... as Parfit explored in Reasons and Persons, it cannot be the case that the best way of maximising human happiness is to bring about the extinction of all humans, no matter what the mathematics suggest. The same argument extends comfortably to other animals. While it is true that an extinct species cannot suffer, that does not provide a compelling argument for extinction. If it did, this would provide an ultimate solution for human suffering... but I hope that you shall not be arguing for this! :) Thanks for engaging in the debate on this one! Chris.

Hey Andy, It's always interesting to tamper with the starting mechanics for a card game. Personally I love the quirkiness of 'whoever has the 3 Diamonds' opening for Cho Dai Dee, and it's one of the joys of card games that it's so easy to put 'house rules' together! Thanks for dropping by again! Chris.

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