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I pledged for the original as well, and though the game looks much better than the original pitch, I've given what I can.

Where do you watch it? It sounds like exactly what I want in wrestling. I miss old WWE with brainwashing cults, vampires, snd the Ministry of Darkness. With Mankind falling off the top of the cage onto some tacks and Jeff Hardy doing a moonsault off a 20 ft ladder.

I saw in some documentary somewhere that corporations by law have to put profits before people. At least in the US. Found a link that sort of explains what I'm talking about http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0119-04.htm

I know probably not exactly what you're looking for, but... http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/calgary/racist-bullying-plagues-calgary-family-in-mostly-black-housing-complex-mother-says-1.3081784

Not if you go by the definition of racism as "prejudice plus power". rac·ism ˈrāˌsizəm/ noun the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Pretty sure thats the definition most people use. Only people who want to dismiss racism against white people make up the prejudice plus power definition.

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Racism is the belief that races have characteristics that make some superior and others inferior. Okay so how would integrating minority groups in a game like W3 be racist? Integrating them into a game like W3 isn't racist, saying that white-centric game needs PoCs, but a PoC-centric game doesn't is racist. Its saying the white game is inferior without the inclusion of PoC, but the PoC one is just fine without white people. Its perfectly fine to have minority representation in your games, but its also perfectly fine not to.

Technically, no one is forcing Western developers to include minorities in their games either. If you want to split hairs, then you got a point. There's *no push* then from media or the intelligentia for japanese/asian game companies to include non-asians. It would be hair-splitting if the... "push from media and intelligentsia", as you phrase it, had a realistic chance of achieving any effect whatsoever on how big-budget games are produced. But it doesn't. Their loss for their own stupidity then. With that mindset, i would've never played any of the Final Fantasy games. Why on earth Polygon thinks that this is good idea stems either from something very sinister or just very ignorant. This thing right here, exactly this, is what the article was about ?? That minority consumers maybe, just maybe, should be able to voice their complaints of underrepresentation without being insulted and shouted down. No, it is about having games made by white people in white countries based on white culture to be changed to suit the possible needs of minorities in other countries. That's insanity. Thats another thing. When we talk about Minority Representation, who's minorities are we talking about?

But its really a fantasy realm so why not just include minorities? It can still be very Slavic but I don't see the big deal? The big deal is 1) Is that it is quite racist to include minorities for the sake of them being minorities. 2) The double standard. No one is forcing the Japanese/Asian market to include whites or blacks in their games. I know I will fail to convince you but its not racist if its intention is to be inclusive and we don't need other cultures to prompt the white\European race...we already dominate on most levels Racism is still racism despite with "good" intensions, nice try though. Who's "we?" not needing to prompt european race? Who are you talking about? Why is it morally right for any artist pursue this racial/cultural propaganda and why should companies profit from it? I think you are misusing the word " racism " ...what is your definition of racism in this case? Why do you feel Japanese games have to now feature European people? Racism is the belief that races have characteristics that make some superior and others inferior.

I'm saying it shouldn't matter. White people don't have a responsibility to tell stories about brown people, and vice versa.

Your absolute tone-deafness and inability to look at things in a wider cultural context would be a lot less jarring if you at least managed to avoid insulting everybody who doesn't happen to agree with you. The wider cultural contex argument might hold water if the game in question wasnt developed by a polish dev based in a polish story, for a polish publisher, in Poland, where the idea of minority representation just isn't an issue because minorities are statistically irrelevant.

Saying that a story based on Slavic mythology is problematic for not including brown people while a story based on indian mythology not including white people isn't only makes sense if you are a crazy person or a racist.

I dunno, I'm your generic eastern european mix of slavic, germanic and god knows what else, and didn't really feel the article was trying to erase me or my culture. Well, this is more about what the text says and not what you feel, is it not? When the argument is that it's exactly like racist grandparents yelling about "pollacks stealing our jobs", I think it might matter whether I feel that comparison holds water or not. Also, I feel we leave out vital context when we interpret the text as the author arguing for "slavic culture [being] less than chinese". The article was responding to the very specific argument that the Witcher's world not featuring people of color is exactly like a story based on Indian mythology not featuring white people. It's saying that the two things are not even remotely alike when you view it from a wider cultural perspective, which is... actually kind of reasonable? I mean, if you read the entire article, I'd argue it's not even about the Witcher, much less about condemning CD Projekt for the lack of diversity. I dont get why devs from a country that is 98.6% white has to worry about diversity.

Its stuff like that that makes the white genocide people sound reasonable. Particularly their points about how white countries and cultures are constantly under pressure to be accommodating to other races and cultures and a desire for homogeny is viewed as awful and racist, but for brown/black/asian cultures/races, a desire for homogeny is seen as proper and their right.

Basic income would be essential to keep society going as is, but that's short term. We'll have to completely reorganize our economy if we want to make it long term.

Speaking of people jailed for facebook posts, what happened to Justin Carter?

This. I was interested in it, after a day of bitching about how much stupidity is permeating society it would be cathartic to go home and shoot up a bunch of The Masses, but TotalBiscuit's WTF is made me lose a bit of interest.

I liked Lady in the Water

Could this be? Could this finally be the moment when actual industry people start to call FF for their bull****? The article itself linkes to this: https://medium.com/@adrianchm/feminist-frequency-and-the-witcher-3-6b126d3d6206 Dear lord, what happened to the graphics in Witcher 3 btw? That just looks appaling Another good piece from Adrian. I really hope these are the first signs developers and journalists start to see what FF is all about, which is a human equivalent of a broken clock: "It's always 12 o'clock. Everything is 12 o'clock." Years of Conservative political ads makes me ask: Context? I need to hear what was said before and after before I make judgement on that statement.

Personally the reason I hate Anita and her ilk is because the media is pushing their agenda as "the only proper agenda". And if one business jackass at EA or Acti or Ubi decides to take what the GameJurnoPro's folks say and force their studios to slightly conform, we done got problems bro. I have no problem with criticizing her, but I just don't see any evidence that her agenda is succeeding (or is even all that focused.) Jack Thompson was bringing lawsuits against these companies, she's putting together youtube videos and tweets. She just doesn't do it for me as public enemy number 1. Publisher's don't care about her agenda, they care about the profits. I listed a bunch of games from 2015 earlier, they are pretty much all violent and geared towards male gamers. It doesn't bother me, that's the business. That is what will sell. That is all the publishers care about. Hurlshot has summarized my view on this latest incident I have asked a question several times and no one supporting GG on this thread was able to respond ( and yes there are people on this thread who do respond to me ) The question was simple one " name 3 games that have changed and impacted your gaming experience due to SJ pressure " And guess what? No evidence to support this apparent pernicious SJ influence So for me its like you guys wait for comments from people like Anita, then you all get "outraged and offended " despite the fact its just her view and doesn't really translate to any meaningful changes by publishers So then I have to ask " whats the reason behind this anti-Anita sentiment " ? That should be the real question you guys need to ask yourselves Stop being silly. Should we have to wait for the frog to be cooked before saying that boiling water will kill it? But thanks to Gamergate, it will not happen in the close future because the insidious ****s have been exposed and are running with their tails between their legs. You should be happy that the cancer is gone, why do you wish for it to grow? Now, name three games that have been changed due to reactionary pressure. None, I can't name 3 games which is exactly my point. Its false outrage that you guys are expressing because the objectives of Anita don't really translate to anything that directly effects your gaming experience I think its a bunch of factors. Its more the fear that she could change things that drives the hate. Gamers acknowledge that the online community is only a small part of the actual audience, but at the same time tend to subconciously view it as the entire audience. So when every game site holds her up as some sort of righteous crusader for all that is good and right, and if you disagree with her you're some lowly scumbag, she looks like she has a lot more influence than she does. Especially when people who have nothing to do with gaming or gamers grab on to her cause while the people trying to debunk her are looked at as awful subhumans and their points aren't even examined. Film is similar yet different. There are artsy films, the equivalent of Gone Home or Depression Quest that get all the rave reviews and are looked at as important, but no one watches them because they don't appeal to most people. Movie fans don't freak out about it because most of the film media is all about the big blockbuster entertaining movies that people actually watch. If Entertainment Tonight started talking about how movies are garbage and need to grow up and the Lord of the Rings movies are horrible misogynist messes that propogate rape culture, and everything should be more like *insert critically acclaimed art film that everyone hates*, I'm pretty sure there would be a #MovieGate too.

I don't see the point of licensing a PNP game if you aren't going to use the ruleset like doing a D&D game and not using the rules. Forgotten Realms being different as its not just a campaign setting but a shared narrative universe as well.

Read the whole thing. Made a lot of good points. Need to save $30 more to build my Retropie...

I think you're wrong there. Children want everything done for them without payment, so they're pro slavery. Most kids are a-ok with taking what doesn't belong to them, even after repeatedly being told its wrong, so they're little thieves. Constantly telling other kids they're going to kill them, so pro murder. Rape yeah, thats an adult one.

Maybe I would run Disney into the ground, but I would think Tron 3 would be a better bet than a live action Dumbo.

OE owns the art assets right? The Black Hound tavern in PoE has the pic on the wall that was associated with the game (Dude walking with dog)