The Importance of Saying Something About a Work

"I don't know how this came up but somehow I stumbled on looking awry," he says. "Metal Gear Solid 2 is a very famous video game and much discussed, especially online." He was writing his master's thesis on Shakespeare when the idea of retro causality struck him. In an earlier version of this article, we incorrectly stated that John Jisick had written about Lacan as having been in contact with William Shakespeare. We are happy to make clear that Mr. Jisick did not have any dealings with either Richard or Lacan.