The title mangling introduced a case of RAS syndrome. RPG games is redundant since the G stands for game.
The original title of this article is just "Dropping Loot". If you're going to mangle the title, at least mangle it in a way that doesn't introduce a new error!
Redundancy is an important part of communication and error- robustness I both human and computer languages.
RAS Syndrome is a sweet spot trading off economy of characters/syllables vs clarity of message. As with most things humans gravitate to, it is a rational act, not a stupid one.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."
Nope, completely disagree. It is not a rational act, it indicates thoughtlessness in language. And much as I like the Emerson quote, it does not apply here. The question isn't consistency, it's accuracy and clarity. The redundancy does not add anything -- your assertion that it adds error robustness makes no sense because the communication medium is not lossy.
Even if in the general case redundancy can be useful -- I don't correct others' spoken conversation so long as I can understand what's being communicated any more than you do -- in this case it detracts and distracts.
The title mangling introduced a case of RAS syndrome. RPG games is redundant since the G stands for game.
The original title of this article is just "Dropping Loot". If you're going to mangle the title, at least mangle it in a way that doesn't introduce a new error!