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Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan responded in the thread, accepting the validity of the complaint. “We'll replace the pose. We want *everyone* to feel strong and heroic in our community. The last thing we want to do is make someone feel uncomfortable, under-appreciated or misrepresented,” he wrote. “Apologies and we'll continue to try to do better.”
Remember when making games used to be about having fun instead of worrying about offending motherfuckers? Â Remember when this...
... was controversial because of its graphic violence? You might think that's an early version of "Cosby Escape" with a green leg where Bill's dick should be, but it ain't.
If some classics games were released today:
1) Asteroids would be banned because it reminds people of man's powerlessness in the face of natural disasters.
2) Missile Command gets axed because it pisses off Pakistan and India, who think it's a parody of their political turmoil.
3) Pac-Man never sees the light of day due to protests by eating disorder foundations.
4) Duck Hunt is stopped in its tracks by PETA and the ASPCA, who successfully convince the public that it's only a "small step from shooting imaginary ducks to real people."
5) 1945 is shelved due to perceived anti-Japanese sentiment.
I could go on.
Edited by Malcolm on Mar. 29 2016,09:19
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
