Would you hate me if I said I haven't heard of Malazan before? When I searched for it, it seems pretty epic! Might have to carve up some time to delve into that world. But yeah... right!? Death should mean something. If characters get resurrected based on a writer's whim, then they shouldn't have just died in the first place. Removes all the stakes in the world. Death should bring some finality to something, and not leave possibilities of a return open.

You know, I've often thought that there was some deep philosophical lesson from games that force you to start the whole thing again. What if everything we build in our lives just come crashing down in one fell swoop? Why do we even try if anything we do, doesn't mean something? Aren't save spots just another way of removing the stakes brought by death?