Shartfield, unexpectedly unpleasant

The following is my formal review of the video game mega corp Bethesda’s recent game, Starfield, or as I prefer to call it, Shartfield. For those of you who do not know what a shart is, it is a fart in which a person accidentally shits their pants at the same time.

I’ve ranted enough about that game online elsewhere about it having terrible dialogue writing and being designed sloppily with constant bugs throughout, but that is not what brings me to the keys now.

The worst quality of the game is its story. The story is absolute garbage and not worth a person’s time. It is not motivating, not interesting, and is morally bankrupt by trying to pass off an evil agenda as worth deliberating over. What is this evil agenda? Between the lines it appears to be holding the topic of circumcision on an equal level of reason and dignity as human rights and human dignity, which it has no place at. Doing so is in fact an insult to human rights, dignity, and freedom in general because circumcision is an affront to life, love, happiness, common sense, reason, goodness, and all that is sacred. It is an abomination not worth talking about among intelligent beings because of how obviously wrong it is.

To be more specific, the game’s plot centers around politics. The main plot does not involve a threat, a danger, or a reason for going through with it aside from it being the main story programmed into the game and the added benefit of mostly useless extra abilities it renders.

The game’s biggest pivotal moments are about the player making a purely political decision with no compelling reason why the two parties cannot come to a solution without the protagonist’s intervention. If such a situation exists, neither party is worthy of my intervention because they would not understand the higher concept with which I judge them since they were not able to arrive at the conclusion themselves.

Simply put: there is no human dilemma, least of all ideological conflicts, that are not easily resolved in a matter of minutes by intelligent beings without violence or disagreement. That is because there is a universal truth of a common good which all walks of life inevitably arrive at, and that universal truth is applicable at all times with everything. If those “higher” beings squabbling over space trinkets don’t realize that, they are not worthy of possessing technology at all because they do not understand the responsibility that technology entails.

Without knowing how important it is to not abuse technology, they are dangerous and are better off euthanized if they will not learn or accept the higher truth of universal agreement. Even circumcision can meet there, however stupid that idea is, it simply cannot continue the practice of forcing its beliefs on children (or anybody) because those practices negate all that is good, sacred, and worth fighting for. The continued flesh sacrifices of newborns practiced by the savages of the Middle East, a practice often coated with a toxic lie of pseudoscience about human nature that has no justification or evidence to back up its conclusion, is the antithesis of life, love, and intelligence.

There is no reason to be discussing it among civilized people in this day and age, and if the people who demand it will not accept the reason why, which can be easily explained, their obstinance is a threat because they have no respect for the sacred divinity which is the source of all truth. Without respect for a transcendent authority of the highest order of divinity that is the epitome and ideal of justice, love, goodness, truth, wisdom, and something which is entirely conceptual for mortal beings, like an ideal that can be attained toward with infinite progress but never actually reached— such imbeciles unable to recognize the truth and importance of that highest divinity are a threat to all forms of life and civilization.

They believe they themselves are the highest authority and the source of divine existence for inheriting scriptures they have no faith in, and thus answer to no laws, order, morality, and are total self-serving tyrants incapable of being benevolent to others because of their inability to comprehend enough of reality imposed by the limitations a living body with its lack of omniscience and handful of sensory organs. Those tyrants who think themselves the source of divine authority and the highest authority as men with small ideas, have no inhibition to prevent them from doing evil to serve the perverse and carnal desires that they understand all of human life to be.

Case and point: what is the main reason why they insist on circumcision? Desire for carnal perversion.

If one is going to make an unfliching demand and not be moved by their principles, they need to know without a doubt by the ineffable proof of reason that theirs is the correct course of action. This is certainly possible the same way mathematical matters can be ineffable in their reliability as a proof for various applications. One plus one equals two. This is not a matter of debate. Good is always true and evil is always false. This is not a matter of debate. Good sources from the highest divine above all beings, creatures, and creation itself, and evil sources from the human mind abusing divine authority for perverse desires of oppressing others underneath their will, such as circumcision does.

Good is divine, evil is human. Fact. Good is always important and to be safeguarded and protected, and evil is always to be rejected, rebuked, spurned, and thwarted at all possible costs. If one is good, evil cannot overcome them by any means or costs to themselves. The smallest good is more powerful than all the powers of evil combined and even if they are multiplied exponentially, evil remains entirely inadequate.

So, if one’s demand at any sort of ideological impasse cannot be supported by effective reason that proves true, it is inadmissable. Circumcision cannot provide effective reason to support its claim, and furthermore, effective reason can be provided to prove the evil, falseness, and necessity for abandoning that abhorrent practice. That was a fact that the origin of Christianity emodies. It was known back then as true, and it remains true to this day, because that is how truth works. It is universal for all beings through all time.

The fact that people are still discussing circumcision like it is a problem that has not been solved is an indication of their evil intentions and unworthiness to be making decisions because they are not evolved beyond the first century intellectually.

Lastly, if either party is too arrogant, unreasonable, and selfish to accept less than another party in any agreement that achieves an important resolution, they are not worthy to be making decisions either because their hubris is a threat to everyone else. It doesn’t matter if you think the divisions of parts is fair, even if you know you are the most wise. If you are the most wise, you are not reliant on objects, money, resources, or any such thing because you live by wisdom alone and that is all you need. It is no problem to take the lesser amount because it makes no difference to you.

That is not an excuse to be unjust or to abuse parties by cajoling them into taking less, but it is something that is an honor for a party to do when it is required. Only arrogant fools are slighted at having less than others because they covet like savage beasts that do not understand that what is good about anything transcends what that thing is and flows into it. The point is that goodness is not dependent on the matter or energy of a thing for that goodness to be received.

So in conclusion, Shartfield is garbage because it poses questions from characters that are supposedly “higher beings” but they embody exactly that which is a lesser nature to intelligent life, and the way those situations are presented in the game is an insult to the intelligence of the player. It is arrogant garbage written by a charlatan trying to prove something about himself that he knows he is not worthy of claiming about himself anyway.

Another example of how that is apparent is in the writing for the protagonist’s dialogue. It is quite clearly the same personality of the writer without any imaginative quality that extends into different roles of personality, nor does it contain any particularly good lines. Most often it is embarrassingly immature at not recognizing the significance of situations, nor being able to express an entertaining and interesting point of view. It’s truly pathetic and an embarrassment for Bethesda that they allowed such poor writing into their game when there are a vast amount of skilled and talented writers out in the world who could have done a much better job.

While Shartfield is fun in gameplay at times considering the combat, crafting, looting, and adventuring, with my particular favorite being starship design, it is lazy in the most important areas which are story and purpose to make it worth playing.

The outpost design would be more interesting if there were more customization options, but maybe they will update that in future along with providing more starship design features, like being able to have multiple ships as a fleet going about autonomously and being productive. Also, it would be better if there were more romance options with the characters that are not involved with the Constellation crew, because as much as I want to like the Constellation crew, they always end up irritating me by saying pointless or judgmental things, and I don’t want them around. “What did your scanner pick up?” Why the fuck are you asking because it’s not like I can say anything to you and it’s pretty fucking obvious what the fuck I am doing by scanning plants and animals. There is nothing different about it ever.

That reminds me. The game would be better served if there was more scientific knowledge conveyed. More chemistry and biology written as facts for learning those sciences as applicable in a science fiction setting. Not just images, but explanations that are satisfactory to legitimate scientists of the profession. Do you not think children can understand those ideas? Or is it you who don’t understand them? When I was a child I recall other children my age being just as intelligent and capable of understanding as adults are today.

The only difference is the amount of experience a person has that begets wisdom and understanding about human life in the higher conceptual reality, as well as other adult concerns they simply will not be aware of until confronted by those situations. Science, history, and all forms of knowledge and learning are not adult concerns aside from how to effectively teach them. The youngest children should be able to access all knowledge available should they desire to learn.

Circumcision is not a concern either because it was resolved indefinitely a long time ago and people should be well aware of what the truth is about that resolution whether or not they accept the religious beliefs associated with it. The purpose of those religious beliefs are to make it easier for those to accept that truth when they are people who depend on religion for their thinking. The same people who mutilate children without their own conscience, mental faculties, or common sense being used to decide for themselves what is good or evil or whether or not they should do it.

Here is the problem with evil pursuit of knowledge: there is a power of divine presence which is supremely mystical and an authority above all else. This is a logical fact and an attainable experience common to many people. Though, its truth should be evident by it being maintained universally with such conviction for so long, unlike circumcision which is not universal and is an insult and defilement of what is sacred.

The way to access that ultimate divine power is through wisdom, service, benevolence, compassion, honor, and virtue. That is the only way, and it is not easy.

The evil method is accomplished with no effort and is very fast. Basically cheating the divine through theft and murder by use of treacherous malice and betrayal. Evil claims that by doing evil and pursuing divine truth in darkness a person can attain that same ultimate power of divine authority. That is a perversion of truth. You can in fact attain that power, but it is not the good end of it, it is the brutal wrath of condemnation and destruction that is received and that is not something a person wants or can use themselves. It helps nobody. Evil persons will say that power can be attained by evil means and it truly can be, but the complete truth is that it is the point of the sword that is attained when it destroys the evil doer, not the hilt that is used to enforce justice.

That is why that way is prohibited. Not because they want to keep you from something powerful that threatens their control, because there is no power in there for the seeker to receive that can help them or anyone. All of that power goes from the seeker of evil when they are rebuked and condemnedfor being evil. The power of self identity and existence passes from them, with that being the moment they are truly aware of it and thus receive it for the first time as the regret of losing it, into the hands of the deliverer who pursued truth in wisdom, humility, and compassion. Evil loses power by receiving power, and good receives power by giving power. Does that look familiar? You want to receive the power of the Kamehama Blast so much that you are willing to be evil to learn how to do it? Well here it is… Kaaaaa-meeeeeehhhhh-haaa—

It makes an entertaining story to describe that situation with various infernal elements of horror, but it is not all that mystical or complicated in reality. You want to meet God and receive God’s power? You can do it by being truly good and giving all your life to being good by practicing altruism, or you can do it by being truly evil and being totally destructive and villainous. The former rewards you with an enjoyable life and eternal satisfaction, the latter lands you in a prison cell for as long as you live and promises more imprisonment after you die whether or not you believe it to be possible, though you will certainly know it is possible if you are condemned as such. That is if you were not killed when justice smashes your face in for being an evil asshole.