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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:29 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
Edge wrote:Actually, it's a bit more than how appealing it sounds - the publishers thought that Americans wouldn't catch the historical reference, the 'philosopher's stone' being a mythical object that alchemists believed would change base metals into gold.
Well, that makes more sense, but being in the American market, I still feel like they're "dumbing it down" for me... and I resent that as much as I resent them altering something for better marketing.

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:06 am
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Yeah, I understand Edge's explanation, and I sympathise with you Alynna. ;)

--A