Origin:

I believe that Lum shutted down the site to appease Mark Jacobs. His work was the reason why the site got closed and it was because of the obvious conflict of interest (that in Italy we know wery well). The moral reasons are together with the practical reasons.

But this doesn’t bring anything useful to the discussion, instead is way more interesting what J. says:
J. > If the demand for someone holding a mirror up to the gaming industry is so great, someone ought to be able to do it, besides him.

Yes, and it’s not happening. It’s quite obvious that Lum wasn’t an answer to an already present “demand”. Instead he created this demand. He is the cause of the demand, not the consequence. This is the simple reason why everyone else who tries to reproduce “the magic” is failing big time.

I commented this on Anyuzer’s forum months ago. It’s not *what” Lum said that was important and made his site relevant. It was *how* he wrote. That’s what I think.

And the narcissism and the nostalgia are ruining what was left.

Consequence:

You see, I don’t think Lum created this demand. I think that the demand created him but wasn’t present when it was creating him. The demand caused him but Lum was present before the demand. IN FACT I have a picture of him shaking hands with the demand when the demand came by his house a few years ago. That was around the time the narcissism and the nostalgia got together and started plotting against the demand.

Yes, yes, I will agree with you on one thing though- The moral reasons are together with the practical reasons. In fact, all your demand are belong to us.

Okay, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t make fun of other people’s grasp of english. Abalieno, your doing great!! :)

I just had to tease you.

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