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I checked the endings slide, and the last one mentions what happened to her children:

I wouldn't mind a science fantasy setting. Like Eora meets WH40K with Spelljammer ships and magic.

How about a renegade educated Polpovir helmsman... "Keep a tentacle on that tiller, helmsman."

Did Sagani ever mention how old her kids were? Perhaps the eldest may depart on a vision quest of her own and we'll meet up. The Boreal dwarves are described as instinctive explorers, so encountering one outside of Naasitaq doesn't seem out of the question.

Excellent. I really like how it is all coming along! That animancy cat seems to be moving much too quickly for its animation though.

Meanwhile, in Massachusetts...

Hmm. There are two factors: (1) irrespective of our views on the matter, what are the cultural elements of this setting that would impact behavior due to sexual preference? (2) how tolerant would we be toward a different cultural perspective on the matter? I'm not sure the two can be treated independently. For example, the ancient greeks societies tolerated pederasty. How would we feel about an island culture in PoE2 that permitted and even promoted pederasty? What if a pederastic Edér wanted to live there? How would you feel? Perhaps there would be a loud outcry to have that content removed? But pederasty has been accepted in many historical societies. I'd say it is very difficult for developers to introduce modern cultural elements of sexual orientation into their games because of the societal baggage. Most likely they'll steer well clear of the topic, except for certain light touches.

Perhaps they could make additional variants of existing godlikes? For example, a nature godlike that is "rooted" and gains a bonus against knockback and the hindering effects of slippery ground. These may be more plant oriented nature godlikes, although their features still resemble animals.

Is the coupon transferable? Maybe you can work a trade with somebody.

I'd like to see some naval-related weaponry like boarding pikes, musketoon, belaying pin, marlinespike, boarding axe, and, of course, grenados.

Perhaps. The misidentifications are particularly ugly though. It smacks of McCarthyism.

Meh. Both extremes are nutwings. Life is too complicated for easy answers.

There's another side to this, and that is: businesses who don't listen to their customers tend to go out of business. Gaming is the only industry I know of where customer feedback is called "entitlement". It's an issue right now only because the supply of top-level games is rather limited. Hence, players who want that time of game are stuck with whatever content they particularly dislike. Once there's a more diverse base of media releases (as there is in the movie industry), then top-flight games will be able to cater more to particular preferences. It's much easier with paperback novels, for example, because there's a huge selection and it's easy to discard books you don't like. The alternative, as already mentioned, is to build games tailored to particular preferences.

Parenting tip of the week?

Do you suppose PC correctness and the tolerance meme have become this generation's McCarthyism? It's starting to feel that way. There's a definite witch hunt element to it.

How to do 12 different accents: Kind of fascinating, at least to me.

Hmm, if somebody has a female Orlan PC, will they be able to romance Serafen... and will their offspring be blue rabbits?

Meh, in terms of fighting the most wars, the U.S. is still playing catch up to Great Britain. simultaneous wars? Mmm, I think GB has us beat there too. Anyway, the scope is probably more important than the total number of wars.

Meh, in terms of fighting the most wars, the U.S. is still playing catch up to Great Britain.

People still use 'whois'?

Hmm. He pays for the games. Why shouldn't he expect that games be made for him? It's the same with every other consumer product. Calling it "entitlement" makes it sound like he's just supposed to accept whatever he is given without complaint. No, it doesn't work that way. That guy wanted to removed gay content because he didn't want to deal with it. Should women be removed from games because sexist customers ask for it? Should people of colour be removed from games because racist customers demand it? Oh sure, use straw man tactics. Right then, for the sake of discussion, I'll say yes. Sure it can be ugly... possibly even very ugly. But I think the player should be given a certain amount of leeway to customize a game experience to their preferences. The developers already have to take into account certain national preferences when developing their games. Why not convert that into a set of configurable options? Why shouldn't a man of African heritage have the option to convert the entire cast into people of color? He paid for the game. Why shouldn't a lesbian have the option to convert all romances into lesbian romances? The angry guy I mentioned was a straight guy who wanted gay content removed. He was enraged by it. He was a homophobe. It's hatred. Asking for gay characters is asking to be included. It's not asking to exclude and devalue other people. Like MortyTheGobbo said it's not the same. Yes, I'd already heard about the guy. I'm just saying he's within his right to express that preference because it was content he'd had to pay for. That doesn't mean the game developers need to satisfy his qualms. But, in thinking about it, I'm just saying there's a middle ground that can satisfy both camps: make the PC's sexual preference a configurable option at character build time. (Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Robots, Alien Octopuses, &c.) That would allow the developers to create a richer romantic experience for players of all sexual preferences, since they can branch the conversations, cut scenes, and what not on that setting.

*The sound of a slow one-handed clap...*

Do you mean like Battle Brothers? Iron Oath sounds like it could be.