User blog comment:Tyberzannisultra/I need your opinion!/@comment-5239282-20140413000401/@comment-5239282-20140413225137

Mm... From what I've heard, it's not that they don't recognize their imperfectness -- more that they think God doesn't understand them, and expects them to live by His highest standards. Regardless, though, it can be used for an interesting end, you're right.

And I'm not sure if I "get" the proposed ending. Is it supposed to allude to how humanity is becoming more and more narcissistic to the point of literal self-worship? Or, is it as we're inventing more and more religious doctrines/teachings/beliefs, we're getting closer and closer to playing the role of God? Sorry if I misunderstood.

Either way, it just depends on how you wanna play it. I could squeeze in all of this, but it'll probably be too much information for the moment and ultimately be very messy and incoherent. Pick and choose what ties you want to make to drive home your point; you're not writing a college thesis. Too long and you'll leave too many a sorely-disappointed reader. Especially with the vagueness you wanna layer your story with.

Anyway, I haven't heard of "The Egg," but I've read An Egg.

And that's the problem you'll inevitably face when tying deletion, corruption, and file wiping -- what version of eternal torment will you use, and for what? Will you just leave it up to the user to reach that conclusion? Remember: No loopholes. It's crystal clear; if they give it some thought (and that if will depend on you). Life after death (or lack thereof) is a pretty big part of many religions. Chances are they'll have some version of "Not-Heaven" -- even if it's just eternal oblivion. They'll apply it to deletion and leave it at that. Again, you won't be forcing any specific doctrine unto your audience.

It'd make for an interesting (if a tad typecast) end, too: "Now, just imagine what lies beyond deletion. ;)"

And yeah, but I haven't picked up Skyrim due to its rating (I'm still under my parent's roof). Which is strange, considering I've gotten through something the likes of SMT: Nocturne just fine. Even then, though, I'm not sure if I would pick it up; I've only played a handful of Action RPGs that I've truly enjoyed. Regardless, though, are you hosting the marathon somewhere? I might be interested in watching.

And yeah. A plot like Last Contact is intriguing enough to warrant participation. I'm just glad to help.