Maybe it was a triple bluff: make a terrible AMA to market a mediocre comic, to make the sandy hook thing come up again so she can apologise publicly and get a bunch of brownie points and signal boost her comic's kickstarter.
(It wasn't, but I bet they wish it was)
It rings a bit self absorbed with trying to explain herself initially but overall she's at least made it very clear she's unreservedly apologising for the action and that she knows she fucked up and what exactly the fuckup was, which is the checklist of a good apology.
8/10 as apologies go, assuming it's genuine, otherwise she's got a great PR team.
Of course, just because there's an audience doesn't mean you're pandering to it.
Fundamentally, integrity is an internal concept.
Only you can know if you have it, because only you can truly know your motivations.
As long as your moral choices are truly based on your own principles and you would do the same regardless of observation, then you have integrity.
External factors can only give you reasons to pretend you have integrity, but they can't prevent you genuinely having it.
I actually almost only get board games I'm hype about from KS these days, that's how I know.
Board game fighting game BattleCon for instance, which I heartily recommend.
Given the fact that neither side demonized him, this may be one of the few cases of actual "mentally unstable lone wolf" with no sane or reasonable motive.
Kickstarter is largely used to market and gage interest while setting up a very early preorder list.
Almost no media project is actually funded solely through Kickstarter anymore, especially not for physical media like comics or board games.
Is there a preferred metric to measure this by?
For the sake of my asscheeks' preservation, I'd say "if in ~20 years (that's how long it's been, god I feel old) it's regarded with the same high praise and fondness as Bloodlines."
Preferred by me of course.
But honestly, I'm definitely going to at least pirate and play it, and I'm a man of principle, so I'll own it if i think I was wrong.
Your word picture is just so funny that I want to root for the game's success just to be the person that quotes this comment and @s you, even if I tend to agree with your assessment.
Nobody ever spares a thought for my asscheeks! Everyone just wants to see me fail! Assless and suffering! But I'll show you!
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