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treid13

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) hhmmmm! .....

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WaYoJin

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Love the concept. How to make philosophy entertaining. Great effort at edutainment.

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Therealtrogdor

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I need to start wearing a scarf to show my emotions.

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Shark4675

Aug. 21, 2013

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fafdsfr

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) God damn it Voltaire, quit playing with the matches.

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Shark4675

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Am I the only one who likes Text Scrolling and likes how I can slowly read it as it scrolls rather then having it all pop up before I can finish reading?

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Mngwa

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Great game! Original and thought-provoking. I wish there were more like this.

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kitten1257

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I'd like to think that each realm has its own freedom challenge. Maybe the math realm has to divide by zero.

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Developer response from ChiefWakamakamu

Nah, then the math challenge would be undefined. ...get it? hohoho

trevorp

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) i've tried every possible response on kant. multiple times. including your face is ugly. even tried to see if it was some sort of specific combination. and i went back and made sure every question was asked, through every phase. ... somebody please explain this to me before i start a burning copies of the critique of pure reason

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LordBucket

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Going to wait for the text scrolling to be removed. Note to all developers: every game that does this, people complain about. Nobody likes it. Stop doing it.

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Developer response from ChiefWakamakamu

Well, there's a vocal group that doesn't like it, but that's far from everyone. I'd say the moral is that providing options is good. Presentation is a huge part of a game like this and timing, and dramatic pose changes, and yes even the scrolling text is part of that, but we definitely should have had an option for people who want the more bare-bones version, and we'll get it to you guys in a couple days =)

Swinebane

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Nicely done, well written, well thought out, and certain to change a few minds. 5/5

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mordredlefay

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Well, this was a truly enjoyable game. I would have liked to debate Nietzsche, but arguing for the case of absurdist philosophy was good too.

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JohnT191

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I had such a great time playing this game. I learned a thing or two about philosophy, had fun with the Phoenix Wright-esque style, and loved the characters. Oh, and "your face is ugly" is flawed for the Arbiter, since you can't see his face. That's why he wears a cowl ;)

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bugfartboy

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) The game crashed, and I lost all my progess

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ChaoticBrain

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I think the questioning system could stand to be improved. Instead of questioning entire statements at once, key words and phrases should be highlighted in red, and clicking on these key phrases causes a mini-menu to pop up near the cursor, from which you can select questions. This way, if a given sentence has several elements worth questioning, you can examine them each individually.

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Chillizzle

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Reminds me of Ace Attorney. I was waiting for, :"OBJECTION!!"

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DreadWarhawk

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Curiously enough, the deer repellent in the introduction actually seems to work - if you buy it, although it's a game over, Socrates Jones is in fact protected from the deer that gets him in the main storyline.

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FenrisVargr

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) "Why will it not let me challenge the assumption that gods create lightning or created the world in seven days etc? You won't bloody let me challenge his assumptions about gods that are the center of his argument.

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Pulsaris

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Wait, which god had turned their daughter into a tree?

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Developer response from ChiefWakamakamu

The greek river god, Peneus

aynonymous

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) hang on, ARIADNE? as in the girl who got Theseus to use a ball of string in the labyrinth? nice reference if that's where you got the name from since Ari certainly guides the player pretty well... most of the time at least.

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sophmore

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Why can't I tell the Arbiter that his Face is Ugly?

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goodshowoldchap

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Immanuel Kant made my brain explode

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uberpenguin

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Oh, I almost forgot my actual point; while this is a good idea, it's tough addressing such a complex subject in such a limited fashion. Like with the first guy I press for backing on the statement that gods are far greater than man. He asks if I can hurl lightning and w/e. Well, that's relevant, but not actual evidence...I realize we're dealing with philosophy, but if one could simply make up facts they could win any argument of any sort any time. I ask for clarification on the phrase "killing without reason" seeing as what's considered "reason" is 100% open to interpretation. Yet rather than clarification, he basically just repeats himself. This makes things quite a challenge seeing as trying to bring out what are imo the most glaring flaws yields nothing. And of course the answer to the riddle is that morality is entirely subjective and is purely an invention of the human mind.

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SAM0095

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) silly how the argument option seems to be so different from what the character does. When I saw the arbiter say it is pointless unless we achieve perfection I knew the retort would be that striving would make things better not perfect but i had to click everything I could find until this argument was put forwards

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Lichice

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Easily one of the best games on Kongregate. 5/5.

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Nocturne_98

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Anyone else disappointed you don't actually get to debate Nietzsche?

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Pester100

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Calling the opponent ugly should have been an instant win.

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Hssrak

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) is it just me, or does anyone else think of Phoenix Wright saying "OBJECTION!!!" when the nonsense sound and text pops up?

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irdl

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) different but I got tired of it after a bit, kind of boring

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RandomNeko

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) This has to be the best I have played in awhile.

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Amp1590

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Beautiful :,)

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Trapslick

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I'd love to see more games like this about different views... although, I'm not sure how you'd end the rest of them

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ibnerd14

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Wow. I absolutely loved it. I am ashamed at how much time I spent trying to get to the end.

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heyheyitsmeitsme

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I legitimately thought "your face is ugly" was going to be a valid argument in the boss fight.

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fan518

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) This feels a lot like the Phoenix Wright series

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hitgoa

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) OBJECTION!...I mean, NONSENSE!

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iruleall

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Argh. And I was so looking forward to saying "Your face is ugly" to the Arbiter

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uberpenguin

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Yeah, I was making good money workin' at a place down the road and one day my boss just calls me into the office, he's like "Hey, Dev...I'm sorry to tell you this but we're going to have to let you go". I'm like "What? Why?". Well, turns out they'd went and gotten a deer in for half of what I was making. I told him man, that freakin' deer doesn't even have thumbs! I shoulda known better than to have taken the position in the first place; there's no job security in being a salt licker anymore. As a side note, I wish Ari was real. We'd go to dinner then spend a wonderful (albeit sweaty and vigorous) night together. By the time morning rolled around we'd have discussed philosophy so hard we'd barely be able to walk.

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Aglathan

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Great game, can't wait for the next episodes, maybe on the nature of responsability (maybe on a sci fi enviroment?), Happines or even self. (for the nature of self I liked the thought experiments on this site http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/)

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DinazadeDreamer

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I AM AN ACCOUNTANT!!

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Developer response from ChiefWakamakamu

Hi, Socrates!

chocobo4eva

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) 5 star for being something different

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Sciamancer

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Very fun... and informative. I ended up spamming questions on some of them, but I was forced to think before blowing all my credibility screaming "NONSENSE!" at every given opportunity. Still, sometimes it was difficult to know when to pick a given objection- I knew basically what Jones was going to bring up, but it was hard to figure out which combination would trigger it.

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Jake8k

Aug. 21, 2013

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Samarkand100

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I would give a 5/5 for such a wonderful homage to lovers of wisdom, if it wasn't for one simple fact. YOU TEASED ME WITH NIETZSCHE. Favorite philosopher, you said he was next, and then its over. For that, 4/5.

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Developer response from ChiefWakamakamu

awwwwwwww. Joke backfire ): I'm sad now. His mustache would have been amazing.

fmj492

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) That hole thing wouldn't have happened if they had bought the deer repelent in the first place...

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madboy663

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Simple, smart funny, and engaging, the most entertaining game I've played in a while!

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Yusodus

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) First of all, Phoenix Wright x Philosophy. Good concept^^ Secondly, it is pretty funny how every philosopher got shattered like that, but even in the ending acting morally after their own ideas. I kind of hoped for Schopenhauer to appear (if you don't know him, check him out!) because I love philosophers that speak badly about humanity (like Hobbes) xD Overall, 5/5 from a philosopher :D

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Randomgrl17

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) I think it hurt my head a lot less to talk about deer repellent. Still, a clever game that makes you think.

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wbr17

Aug. 21, 2013

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Azreal341

Aug. 21, 2013

Under rating threshold (show) Press Protagorous about yelling "FIRE!" in a theatre. Hilarious.

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