Applying philosophy in a practical manner! I can imagine how it can be seen as irrelevant, most people see philosophy as completely abstract and forget that there are modes of thought that are much more practical (like you mentioned, military philosophy). Self criticism is difficult, we have to do it a lot as musicians, but even then, it is hard to notice everything, so we often rely on outside help from colleagues or the dreaded recording machine...
Mod installation is much easier these days! I remember it being much more arcane in the early days of gaming! On the other hand, not so many games these days are built with modding in mind (due to the proliferation of the console gamer...).
Nice to see you early! I didn't have to scramble my reply either!
Yep. Speak it to the choir!