@AshDene I haven't encountered that in an RTS. I have in 4X, though. I don't think being that far zoomed out on an RTS would be helpful - you'd lose track of units, micro would become incredibly difficult if not impossible, and the FoW would become a lot weaker. It doesn't seem to fit the genre design, in my opinion.
Not to mention the accessibility nightmare it would be for the visually impaired.
@LollerCorleone I completely agree. It's helping to build a community. Honestly, I would be happy with the federation kept off until traffic and platform engagement drops by a significant amount, to help support kbin as a platform and the users as a community. Bring in content from elsewhere only when there isn't new content organically available.
The evolution of The Matrix IMHO. Simulacron 3, the book, Daniel F. Galouye. 1964. World on a wire, Fassbinder, German TV. 1973. Abre Los Ojos, Spanish film. 1997. The Matrix. 1999.
@jwildeboer You missed two very important pieces: The film adaptation of Simulacron-3, "The 13th Floor" which was started development before the Matrix; and Johnny Mnemonic (1995). I'd also argue that Cronenberg's eXistenZ is part of the conversation around it as well - though I do find it interesting that within two months of 1999, we had three movies (The Thirteenth Floor, The Matrix, and eXistenZ), all focusing on what amounts to being the same basic concept. It was a wild time before the new millennium.
@grillchen My understanding is that Reddit is distinctly unprofitable - that's why they're trying this nonsense with the API pricing, Frankly, I'm tired of public communication spaces being judged by profit. I hope they fail in the IPO and Advance cuts Reddit loose, so that they can turn into a non-profit org.