While I love the editor concepts, but I'm so used to cua bindings that it's difficult to embrace it. May I suggest to add this feature to the extra features list ?
https://ergoemacs.github.io/
I did not read the article but I disagree with your statement "we all collectively know that making fuel out of food is dumb and inefficient".
Sunflower oil fuel is a very good counter-example : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00218...
Yes, one of the examples I saw is Far Cry. In the 2, there was this nice mechanic of fire that spread from grass to trees to houses. It added a realistic dimension to the game.
You think they kept it in the latest Far Cry ? No, of course they prefer to put very beautiful graphics than add/keep interesting mechanics.
Also the number of bugs in the first release version of AAA's lately is insane.
Signs that editors don't polish their games so they can sell them fast.
This is not normal, we don't want mediocre quality for our games.
One of the counter-example is Baldur's Gate 3, this game is polished and oddly, people like it !