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Once upon a time there was a man. And he loved movies. But also maybe video games, a little bit? And so he set out to create things that were kinda both at once. Often reviewed with "I loved it, but it was crazy. And whoever made it is crazy."

But the fat cats. The big wigs. With their penny pinching and their bean counting. They would meddle with his creations. Because the fat cats, the big wigs, they only see value in monetary gain and industry dominance. And thanks to them this man's greatest artistic endeavor was hampered. What should've been a cultural force of nature more or less faded into irrelevance as the last whisper of better days.

The man fought his case. "I was gonna do so much more!" But the big fat wigs, they denied up and down the existence of any "epilogue" or "extra content" left on the cutting room floor. But in time the man proved there WAS such content, doing the best he could with what he had to create sort of a half-formed "Here's Some Concepts Of What I Wanted To Do If I Had All The Time, Money, & Freedom To Do It" piece. To which people said "See? He really is a genius of the craft! Look at what we might've gotten if he had been free to create! Those big cats puffing their cigars and wringing palms don't have an appreciation for art!" The man was declared the underdog victor against an industry that needed him more than he needed them.

And so the people put faith in him as an independent creator. Let him be free to do his absolute own thing. The fat cats had it their way and they failed. We saw what we might've gotten to have. Let's let the artist do his art. And so he did just that.

But when it was released, well, you could say response was mixed. Because upon seeing this thing, created with more freedom and resources than he had ever had before, a lot of people were like "Okay, yes, the last thing he made, the Whigs wouldn't let him do it. But does that really mean everything he touches is gold? Come to think of it, let's revisit some of the other stuff he made."

But a lot of other people were like "You're looking at this through the wrong lens. You're reviewing a pizza to see if it makes a good truck tire. Because you don't 'understand' the art this man makes. It's for people like us. And the French."

This man's story I guess you could say is the story of every man. Every man, woman, and child who dared to dream.

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Kaljinyu