While Cave Story was a relatively accessible action-adventure that took seven or eight hours to complete, La-Mulana's tale of an archaeologist delving into the titular ruin was so deep, complex, obscure and difficult that only the truly dedicated were able to survive even the first few hours, let alone the dozens to come.
His cult of devoted fans dug deep, unearthing obscure factoids and near-mythical anecdotes for Hawtin to respond to, mixed with lighthearted questions about his love for sake... and making out with other DJs. .
There's an introspective quality that, far from being deep, is pointlessly obscure.
Focusing on particular practices, like quotes on fry boats or gospel music, can obscure deep philosophical divisions among Christians who think about business ethics.
Not to get into political or big money issues here, but even the limited democratization of information currently underway could have serious implications, though there are channels of information deep enough and obscure enough that even 4chan might not be able to uncover them for quite some time.
Delving deep into an obscure mysticism in which he blends religious beliefs of all colours into an all-encompassing deity that he calls the "creator" or "sustainer," the prince bemoans that mankind at large--and scientists in particular--have lost a "sense of the sacred in our dealings with the natural world".
If that really was Congress's intent, Bagley observes, the lawmakers would have made the threat explicit, not buried it deep within an obscure provision of a 900-page law.
Local landowners are struggling to hold on to their ancestral land as resort developers with deep pockets exploit obscure legal loopholes to force the property into court-mandated auctions.
But the "trend" rate of growth discussed by forecasters and, yes, by journalists is never as fixed as they make it seem: it can be influenced by shocks like rising oil prices or wars.This may obscure deeper relationships hidden in the data, posing tricky problems for statisticians.
Failure to take this long, discriminating look will obscure deeper problems than some Muslims are willing to admit.
One of Jonathan's constant critiques of me was that I didn't keep up with the news enough, but I wondered if he wasn't overinformed, deep-diving into obscure articles and message boards, seeing connections that weren't there.
