In playwriting and fiction, we call it deus ex machina – literally, the “god out of the machine” – which has come to mean a miraculously happy or fortuitous ending to a long and agonizing ...

The epic tale tells the story of the people who ... instead relying on a literal deus ex machina - or "god from the machine" - to conveniently boardwipe the threat. It feels like a cheat, cutting ...