Comments on: Xi: Continuum’s Darkening Moral Universe

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:43:37 +0000

Yeah, the website chat of the Zeros is looking like stuff we’ve seen on the Forums. Looks like we’ll need to bring in Hiro Protagonist to sort this out. Or maybe Gandalf.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:28:04 +0000

You pinned it Seal. For all the reasons you’ve stated and thoughts you’ve poured over in this article are the reasons Xi C is what it is. But the key word you’ve used in here too, is the reason so many people are not fully understanding Xi; Imagination.

The moral controversy the whole thing with Meryl kicks up could have easily taken us all on a tangent far off the beaten path, but Xi marches on after throwing these things at you.

PS, I wouldn’t side with those Zeros quite so fast. ; )

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:36:27 +0000

Great article Seal,
The writing in Xi: Continuum has been fantastic. They are making us question everything and many things have much larger meanings that what they seem.

One of my favorite things they have done well is the “story behind the story” is evolving ever so slowly. The brutal treatment of MST is a great example of that!

By: Kid Fleetfoot

Kid Fleetfoot — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:30:38 +0000

Does MerylSilvertounge have feelings? Is there a real person behind MerylSilvertounge as there is behind HOME's avatars? Is there a human type character we can identify with in MerylSilvertounge? I liked Robby the Robot and could identify with with it as an interesting character in the movie Forbidden Planet. Merylsilvertounge ain't no Robby the Robot at least not to me. And Robby the Robot is not real. Created by a human true, but there is not a real person being it. So why do I like that non-human robot so much? As for Xi and Xi 2, they're stories, video games much like movies are. Can they take over the world and hurt us? I think not. It's fiction much like Colosuss:The Forbin Project <--- YouTube trailer. Or could computers rule us? Maybe, not yet though. That's in the future in things to come. As to animals, they at one time helped early mankind evolve and have in the case of dogs and cats been adopted as pets. We even like dolphins I guess because they're mammals. So why do we race them in home? Because it's fun and it's a game and no one is hurt. I've heard no uproar from PETA on banning the dolphy races... so far anyway. Maybe the answer to everything is that people care about each other and even other living things... and in the case of non-human, some real things or even make believe characters like Robby the Robot. I don't know what I'm talking about but I have fun doing it anyway. Bye.

By: J J Markin

J J Markin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:59:17 +0000

“But our kindness is still a selfish calculation — we are kind for selfish reasons, because to be cruel damages us.”

And because Middle Earth was saved because Bilbo (and Frodo) felt pity for Gollum.

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:22:22 +0000

Very nice article Seal.
I wasn’t here for the first Xi, and sadly I couldn’t play this one. I have gleaned as much information from the articles on it however and they are enlightening.
Xi has a very interesting story line.