I think this kind of content warnings kind of makes sense for children’s television. But these are games primarily targeted towards adults. We’re able to form our own opinion.
Well, I’m glad that they’re not butchering it like other games, but still this is just stupid.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 10 months ago
vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I’ve been an adult for a little while now and I can confirm: Adults don’t exist. We’re all children with various levels of impulse control. But it is frustrating when you feel like you’re being treated like a child. The reason I learned not to repeat swear words on TV wasn’t because they took all the swear words out. It’s because I repeated them, got in trouble, and learned my lesson. So, I’m not against it, but it shouldn’t be news worthy that someone chose not to butcher prior art.
Fuck me I sound like I’m 60.
bighi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Isn’t a warning good for that, though?
A warning helps you make an informed decision.
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Whn everything has a label, all labels are ignored.
Like _This chemical has been proven to cause cancer in the state of California _, literally plastered on everything.
bighi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If there’s no label, the option to ignore it isn’t even there.
If you’re really in favor of adults being able to make their own informed decisions, hiding important warnings is not the way to go. Or maybe you just want to complain, like many other people.
Make up your mind.
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I think it’s a reasonable middle ground. Much better than outright removing the content and the warning…
vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I think it’s stupid that this behavior is considered worthy of an article. This is how we should be handling this all the time. If the values change, then update the content rating, but don’t touch the content. And for some reason the norm right now is to completely memory hole anything that doesn’t fit the values. I should have been clearer with my comment.
Maven@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Unrelated to video games but Taylor Swift has a song where she threatens to tell the friends of her Ex that he’s gay for breaking up with her. This has since been replaced entirely with a new line and can’t be found on anything but the original 2006 release.
aloeha@lemmy.world 10 months ago
She changed the lyrics of a song called Better Than Revenge where she basically calls a girl who “stole” her man a whore.