tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post2195290404771795881..comments2024-03-10T04:32:25.985-07:00Comments on Improved Initiative: Why Are Games So "Politically Correct" Now? (Hint: It's Money)Neal Litherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01307649737269196558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-38253660216350185862018-10-11T08:32:07.765-07:002018-10-11T08:32:07.765-07:00In a world filled with magic, anyone can be post o...In a world filled with magic, anyone can be post op trans person. Don't need a fancy shapeshifter race to do. FFS, pathfinder in the ACG introduced a lost cost magic item that changes sex for this purposeAlchemicgeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593383315904646149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-5411045718626409702018-10-10T07:11:08.163-07:002018-10-10T07:11:08.163-07:00If you want sex transitioning elves that only need...If you want sex transitioning elves that only need meditate for a few hours instead of sleep, go for it. In my world they don't do either. If you want to be trans, I offer the Changeling from Eberron.Roderick Kutch, Candidate for TX-31https://www.blogger.com/profile/11593821144224719732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-5768634862728655772018-10-09T22:25:35.740-07:002018-10-09T22:25:35.740-07:00According to this logic only women would play RPGs...According to this logic only women would play RPGs since most games use female pronouns. How could a man relate to it if everything is she/her/hers? I am gay and every PC I have ever made was also, but I do not buy games because they mention gay people. Games are neutral it is how people play them that is not. <br />Larry Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678244104557227532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-82556994903774924922018-10-09T17:13:59.588-07:002018-10-09T17:13:59.588-07:00"the white male hero mold that's been sta..."the white male hero mold that's been standard since FOREVER" Fixed it for you. <br /><br />When straight white males complain about representation of minorities in pop-culture or gaming what they are actually petitioning for is more representation of straight white males. In other words they want even more representation in the media in which they've overwhelmingly been over-represented for decades. This is no different than someone eating seven slices of pizza then raging when someone tries to grab that eight slice from them. Dave O'Garahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036068913615524140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-2417067405847434532018-10-09T14:30:18.129-07:002018-10-09T14:30:18.129-07:00You know just maybe the people with the talent nee...You know just maybe the people with the talent needed to make these things happen just may fall in to gender queer/ minority categories, and chose to have content that represents them???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440102134393381687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-35875969871632860202018-10-09T11:19:11.894-07:002018-10-09T11:19:11.894-07:00Great post, Neal.
It's not pie, people. Addi...Great post, Neal. <br /><br />It's not pie, people. Adding flavor to the game doesn't take your piece away!Razzberry Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840086788002742580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-87938629654559489792018-10-09T10:14:46.062-07:002018-10-09T10:14:46.062-07:00While opening new markets is indeed a good thing, ...While opening new markets is indeed a good thing, and a motivator for some. Others have pointed out that decisions like this tend to flow from a desire of individuals in an Industry to 'educate' what they view as a flawed base, or are directed at markets that the given individual wants even at the cost of his existing market. <br /><br />The concept of 'inclusion makes additional markets available' does have a shadow in the not inaccurate phrase of 'go woke, get broke,' where some groups' dedication to a social cause results in them alienating so much of their core group that they end up drying out their own markets. I do recall some scuttlebutt about someone at WoTC indicating they no longer wanted the older fans who weren't dancing to their current thematic tunes. <br /> <br /><br />Personally, I haven't really been happy with any fluff in pathfinder or D&D post early Second Edition (Primus being killed by Orcus, the weird Hell triumphalism from the end of 2e, 4e Abandoning the great wheel cosmology, etc), and tend to not really worry overly much about what fluffy nonsense the companies are putting in since (thankfully) the companies currently lack the capacity to compel me to tow their philosophical lines at my own table and it doesn't really effect the mechanics of the RPG itself (which is really the primary reason I purchase them). <br /><br />Burning your own property out of protest is pretty dumb though. Its like burning down your own neighborhood. <br />Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964225365016966994noreply@blogger.com