Yes, thank you! You read what I read.

No, I will not quit it.

How I vote with my dollar and intellectual accountability are both important enough to me that I'll miss a thing because I have a gripe with it. I refuse to use Twitch because I have gripes with Amazon. The gaming industry generally isn't about pleasing the player. Like any other corporatized industry, it's about making as much money as it can while offering as little substance as it can. Yeah, we have some gaming studios that are passionate about their craft, but they are subject to publishers who want to rush deadlines and push profits. This is one more example of that. They aren't here to give Zelda fans much. They're here to take Zelda fans' money, and if we don't like what they're giving us, we shouldn't give them our money.

I agree that the two aren't mutually exclusive, but that doesn't change the rational inconsistency of feeling strongly enough about it to rant on the internet and then buying the game anyway. One can be well articulated and still be full of rationally inconsistent bs -- look at politics.

It's really hard to take your complaint seriously when you're buying the game anyway. With your purchase, you're saying, "Eh, it's fine," and adding your voice to the chorus of fans who defend the lack of map design update with their money. All a corporation cares about are their profit margins, and if those look good, their choice in game design gets a pass as far as they're concerned. If it's a problem, don't support it.

I love the way Seattle Times didn't criticize Smiley directly but instead quoted Murray's criticisms. It's just the most perfect and passive-aggressive middle finger at that MAGAt.