This was brought up back when the forum first opened, and the general concensus was that off-topic discussion could occur on one of the numerous other Myst/Uru forums and that GoW should remain focussed on Age Creation. So far this has worked out nicely, there have been a few threads that may or may not directly relate to Age Creation, but the were posted in General Discussion, they were appropriate to the tone of the forum, and they were pretty darn interesting to read.
However, with MOUL closing and with very little to really tie the community together, I'm not against the idea of opening a General Discussion area on GoW. If nobody has any objections, we could put it to public vote.
Opinions?