
When it comes to giving things to the players versus making them “earn” them:
Give a player a fish, and he’ll probably try to sell it to an NPC fisherman.
Crysis 2

Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?
Why The Christmas Shopping Season is Worse Every Year

Everyone hates Black Friday sales. Even retailers! So why does it exist?
Skyrim Thieves Guild

The Thieves Guild quest in Skyrim is a vortex of disjointed plot-holes, contrivances, and nonsense.
The Death of Half-Life

Valve still hasn't admitted it, but the Half-Life franchise is dead. So what made these games so popular anyway?
The Biggest Game Ever

Just how big IS No Man's Sky? What if you made a map of all of its landmass? How big would it be?
I do like the Whoosh! effect on Gandalf and Shadowfax there. I had to check the original to see if that was an addition, you’ve recreated it quite well.
Hate to be *that* guy, but I’m sure Shamus didn’t write that blurb on “Tuesday Dec 31, 2024” (either that, or the reports of his passing have been exaggerated).
That said, back when I played D&D for the first time, I was guilty of researching every possible pantheon, spell, and ritual any cleric could cast. Thankfully, my DM told me it’s not very common for a Cleric to switch beliefs every other week.