Malstrom email response: The Sick Obsession of Culture in the Game Industry

[Non Sequor]

As I read it, he is criticizing the infatuation with preserving certain perceived values which a subculture seeks to hedge in the protected status of art or purity or hardcoreness or whatever else.

The error is in judging all things by their commitment to the culturally inscribed principles without any regard to the broader world or even any introspection. The deeper error is to allow the culturally inscribed principles to warp your view of the world so that you can't enjoy anything that does not conform to them.