I do like that it gives more credibility to the depth and detail that a video game story can have, more than enough to support a full dramatic show in the right hands with the right cast. It will probably win a good amount of awards so that’s about its peak but it’s not going to be revolutionary in the TV space like GOT, BB, or even TWD was just because streaming is different than TV audiences and the range of available options.

If the two people debating aren't experts in the particular field being discussed, debates are literally just pseudo-intellectual sparring matches between two people who stand ideologically opposed, usually for some sort of ulterior gain.

I did competitive debate in HS and coached it after. It's literally just a popularity contest with a bit of persuasion. I cannot tell you the amount of reasons we "lost" because the other team was dressed better or had more interesting ideas, even if they were flat out wrong or had literally no evidentiary basis.

Demanding that a debate be televised or recorded is overwhelmingly a ploy by that person to look better at the opponent's expense. Most people don't learn much nor change their position based on a debate.

It's the 40/40/20 rule. 40% of each side of a debate audience has already chosen one person to be superior, regardless of what actually happens in the debate. They are simply looking for W's or points that make their guy look better in comparison. Debates for politics are fighting for that 20% who could be convinced by so much as a single slip-up or joke, so for most it's a fruitless endeavor with a lot of preparation and more risk of fucking up than succeeding.