[revolvingocelot]

IMHO the evidence suggests it's both -- plus, everybody knows the Tortured Artist is always going to lash out, and the Money-Men are always going to scheme. I suspect the one is used as evidentiary justification for the other, and vice versa.

...this is the Moralist analysis, anyway. Hello from the Kingdom of Conscience!

[tnecniv]

It’s very fitting that whether to pirate or pay for the game is its own dilemma with healthy shades of gray. It’s like a meta aspect of the game.

Either way, it sounds like neither party is particularly Disco, baby!