Still extremely depressing, but I ended up liking this one a bit more than the previous volumes. I think a combination of knowing what I was in for from the beginning, and feeling like there was more of a sense of direction by the end contributed to a better overall experience.

The interesting interviews with RPG designers at the end didn't hurt either.

I almost didn't get this volume after the first two. I'll stick with it another volume or two at this point, but really hope it will have wrapped up by then.